Monday, June 6th 2011 - The Best Of One World Club

The Best of One World Club!

This happens once a year, in June.

One World Club becomes a major event in the Stony Live festival, and for one show only, moves to The Cock Hotel (Marquee Suite) Stony Stratford.

Last year the hotel staff instructed us to close the doors because we’d hit capacity! People then stood outside in the courtyard trying to catch the show through the windows!

We invite the most popular acts to take part in this show. It’s a tough choice as their are so many great acts lining up to perform in this prestigious show, so we narrow it down to the audience’s favourite act from each genre.

ONLY THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE (including performers) WILL BE ALLOWED IN. As entrance is free there are no tickets bookable in advance.

10 acts, no open mic this show, just the best guaranteed performers!

Flamenco with Tomas, Maria, Josefa and Monica.
This show-stopping act comprises music and dance. With Tomas on guitar and Maria, Josefa and Monica dancing and playing castanets this act alone is a spectacle worth paying good money for. In fact, they are worth much more than the entrance fee, which, as I said earlier, is nothing at all!

One World Zeidaco Band
Zydeco is the music played in the New Orleans are where French is the spoken language. Veteran of Zydeco festivals around the world, accordionist/singer Phil Underwood has put together The One World Zydeco Band especially for this performance. Local celebrity vocalist Cathy Woodward has joined the band for this performance, which is great news as Cathy simply knocked out our audience when she appeared in her own right, and got the audience stamping and clapping to her feel-good music!

Julie Herlihy Irish Dancers
If you thought Riverdance were good you ain’t seen nothing yet! This all girl group amazed us when they kicked, skipped and clogged their way through 10 minutes of Irish dance last November. If you didn’t think you could get emotional about dance this act will convert you!

Sue Gray
Sue is considered by many to be the best singer of popular,  soul  and blues in the MK area. After a short set with her own band she will team up with Andy Gilbert (OK, that’s me) on slide guitar, Mike Forrester on bass and Vicky Scrase on guitar, as well as all the other singers in the show to perform something too special to tell you about here, but, believe me, this is not an act to miss. Make sure you’ve been already when they appear!

Danni Antagonist
Danni is this show’s representative of the poetry culture of Milton Keynes. As well as writing her own material, she performs it with a passion that makes her stand out from all the poets we’ve seen, giving her a well-earned place in this prestigious show!

Paul Jackson
Paul has embraced Indian culture and regulalrly earns his daily pitre bread playing citar at Indian functions, where he is accepted as a native-born Indian. Everyone who sees Paul play is spellbound by the speed and dexterity of his fingers as thet fly up and down the  sitar’s huge neck!

Ayo came to us like a gift out of the blue, and people haven’t stopped talking about him since. After performing for us in March, he was singled out to sing live on BBC Radio Northamptonshire on  24th April, where his selection of soul and pop, together with a passion and drama rarely seen on the UK stage made him an instant star!

Chordination
These four ladies sing barbershop like you’ve never heard it before. With no instruments, their voices do all the work. They recently played to a packed house at MK theatre, where they stood out among more than 200 performers as one of the most professional acts!

Shona Shah
Shona is this show’s Bollywood representative. At 14 years old she just bowls everyone over with her dance  and self-designed costumes. When it comes to Bollywood, it simply doen’t get better than this!

We are also promised a short performance by no less than Stony Live chairman, Andy Powell. Andy did a spot for us on May, when he compered the show. Our vidiographer, John Meachen, decribed him as a film-maker’s dream, as he puts so much passion and movement into his performance that John just left the camera zoomed in and let Andy’s performance do all the work. You can see that film at http://www.youtube.com/user/OneWorldClubMK#p/u/2/bd80ed21VQg

Date: Monday,  June 6th 2011
Location: Marquee Suite, Cock Hotel, 72-74 High St. Stony Stratford, MK11 1AH
Doors open 6.30, show starts 7.30.
Entrance free
Meals available in the restaurant from 12.00 noon.