Ye Olde Rose and Crown, Walthamstow

This was yet another ‘covid postponement’ and one of our regular venues. A lovely theatre pub with plays upstairs and live music downstairs.

The stage area is nice and roomy too.

Apart from my ‘microphone stand malfunction’ – temporarily fixed thanks to Brian – the evening went wonderfully, I loved the way people from the other bar occasionally peered round the corner to see what was going on and joined in the singing and dancing.

One audience member was seen peering through our set list with Dave in the interval. One of the songs she wanted us to sing – ‘Half The World Away’ – was not current but we agreed to play it for her anyway.

It’s amazing how quickly songs come back to you when you’re put on the spot! And there was a nostalgic return to audience participation in ‘New York, New York’. We hope to return soon!