Rebecca Cole

Rebecca Cole

November 4^th 2006

This talented young lady is sadly leaving the circuit, as both her parents have some health problems - and all that organ equipment is very heavy!!! It will also enable her to spend more time with her husband as, apart from giving concerts all over the country, she is also holds down a full-time job.

Following her last concert in Wanstead on November 8th, there will sadly be a spare Technics GA3 for sale.

Dressed in a sparkling black dress to match the fireworks going off outside, she opened her concert with a couple of her favourite marches The Cavalcadians & The Household Brigade. A very lively Amor & The Peanut Vendor followed before playing us the very expressive ballad Never Never Never, a hit for Shirley Bassey in 1973.

A couple of tunes composed by none other than Sir Patrick Moore followed Dragonflies and The Kantshill March, both set nicely to a red background by Keith. A delightful rendition of Angel In Blue was dedicated to her No. 1 fan John from Surrey, who has travelled to many of her concerts and originally gave her a copy of the music. It was a pleasure to meet up with him again.

Then it was back to 1997 with a boogey medley: Let Me Be Your Teddybear - Max Bygrave's I'm A Pink Toothbrush & You're A Blue Toothbrush - Chicago and last but not least Goody Goody, allowing Keith once again to have some fun with the lights.

Piano, strings and a delightful Arpeggio at the end were the setting for From Russia With Love, played to a rumba rhythm. From Russia to Spain with James Last's 1973 arrangement of Y Viva Espana to warm things up again. Just to show that she is equally at home playing classical music, we had a superb rendition of The Artists Life by Johann Strauss. From Austria we travelled to the far South West in the UK to enjoy A Morning In Cornwall, played with panpipes and strings and waves gently washing onto the shore in the background.

To close the first half, we were treated to a lively Rock'n'roll medley with At The Hop - Chantilly Lace - Lucille - Wipe Out - Peggy Sue - Johnny Be Good returning to The Hop once more, with the background colours changing as befitted the music.

Rebecca changed into a beautiful blue sequinned top with a flowing skirt for the second half of her concert. A well thought out opening of guitars, strings and trumpets took us to Grenada before we had a complete change with a hoe-down featuring some banjo music.

Once again another flavour to her music, a lovely ballad: A Portrait Of My Love by Burt Bacharach. Now back to some Latin flavour with the theme tune from "Animal Magic", the samba Las Vegas. A blueish/greenish background set the scene for a selection of marches under the heading of "The Naval Parade". Then it was right back to the Twenties & Thirties To Face The Music And Dance - don Top Hat & Tails - listen to Now That You've Gone - and finally look at some Four Leaf Clover.

Let's jump some 50 years to 1978 (the year of Rebecca's birth) and from the film Grease Hopelessly Devoted To You. Rebecca has always enjoyed playing marches - this medley was entitled "On Parade": Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler? - This Is The Army Mr. Jones! - Something About A Soldier - Hey Little Hen and finally Auld Lang Syne. Two more to conclude her program, first a beautiful rendition of A Girl From Corsica, composed by Trevor Duncan played on the violin and strings and as a complete contrast a Rock'n'Roll medley, entitled the Great Balls of Fire, naturally set to a red background.

Rebecca really had been on top form this evening and gave us a smashing concert. She is a delightful young Lady and she and her music will be very much missed and having talked to her throughout the evening, she will miss all of us up and down the country as well. We wish you all the very best for the future Rebecca.

Why not come along to a Basildon Keyboard Club Concert, you will be made very welcome, have a great evenings entertainment, a complimentary cup of tea or coffee with biscuits and of course experience the delights of live music played on top of the range electronic organs & keyboards by the best players.