Kedington's top musical talent and a few from further a field gathered at St Peter and Pauls Kedington to round off January with a fund raising concert for the church restoration fund.After a brief introduction from organiser Sue Brown the music began with Gregory Bush with a rousing rendition of the Top Cat Theme. The Music then moved to the first of a wide range of pieces for strings we were to see during the afternoon, the first performed by Sharon Brandon accompanied by husband Julian. Next to take up his bow, this time for a beautiful and lively performance on the cello was Ian Bracken of the Liverpool Philharmonic. Kedington is also well stocked for vocal talent as was soon to be proved by Mirjam Dekker's rendition of Have A Little Faith In Me accompanied by Simon Shirm. We then heard a spirited performance from the youngest performer of the afternoon in the shape of Marlise Bush, who after a brief piece on the violin went on sing.
Younger performers continued to provide the entertainment with two of them taking to their cellos; First Barty Shirm then Josie Bush. At the end of a highly enjoyable first half the audience were played in to the interval by Ken Ireland with a cheerful medley of Broadway hits on the church organ.During the interval the audience were treated a delicious plate of chilli each provided by Paul Davis of Gourmet Knights along with a beautifully flavoursome warm spiced fruit drink along the lines of mulled wine but based on non- alcoholic fruit juice.
A fully sated audience retook their seats at the beginning of the second half to hear Julian Brandon team up with Ian Bracken for a Rossini duet.
A surprise addition to the program was William Brandon who volunteered on the afternoon and left the audience happy he had with a rousing set on the keyboard.The end of the afternoon came courtesy of the two Quaffs. Quaff jr got the audience nicely warmed up with Son Of A Preacher Man and Bob Marley's Three Little Birds. This left the audience ready for more from Quaff (who had the name first and are all way too young to be senior) who kept the tempo up with The Scissor Sisters - Take Your Momma Out Tonight, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police and Happy Hour by The House Martins. After thanks from the reverend John Eley both the Quaffs teamed up to play out with The Monkey's - I'm A Believer.
The concert raised £250 for the church restoration fund, but before leaving the audience were also reminded that a collection was being taken to send aid to Haiti. This raised a further £95.
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