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When Cheeky Boys Met Karaoke Queens We Talked Of Childhood Days  And When We  Went To The Rock Jam Night We Knocked On Heaven’s Door 

​It seems slightly mad that my post on the June Words And Music event is being posted nearly a after the July event  has taken  place. Note to self I really must stop misplacing my notebook .That said it  was with a sense of relief that the June edition of Words and Music actually went ahead.  I say this because the May edition of our event had to be cancelled to due to your  host bring unable to…

When Cheeky Boys Met Karaoke Queens We Talked Of Childhood Days  And When We  Went To The Rock Jam Night We Knocked On Heaven’s Door 

​It seems slightly mad that my post on the June Words And Music event is being posted the day after the July event  has taken  place. Note to self I really must stop misplacing my notebook .That said it  was with a sense of relief that the June edition of Words and Music actually went ahead.  I say this because the May edition of our event had to be cancelled to due to your  host bring unable to…

When A Sleeping Princess Was Awakened By A Midnight Lullaby Then I Knew I’d See Tears At The Bells

Hey Readers As we get ready to enjoy the February edition of Words and Music , It’s time to look back on our first New Year party in our new home.  It is I think fair to say, that as the cultural bells rang in another year we started 2017 in far better spirits than was the case twelve months when that  January saw though we didn’t know it at the time our last ever night at the venue formerly…

The Night With Two Endings Was The Night We Saw A Star

Hey Readers.     As I get ready for the annual festive shenanigans which is the Words and Music Christmas cracker it’s time to look back on the events of magical November in which our featured acts were a mixture of youth and experience and there was the welcome return of some our most popular characters to our cultural family fold. As is now customary I opened the night dead on 8 o’clock and…

Hey Readers As the cold wind blows to welcome in November and with it the onset of a traditional Scottish winter, it is with warmth I look back at the October edition of Words and Music. This I have to say was the kind of night which made Words and Music the kind of night it went on become and hopefully will always be with the accent firmly centred not only poetry, stories , and songs but on…