September 23rd, 2019 First PodCast recording day with Amanda Stanley, who has set up her equipment in the Founders Room at Festival Theatre. Doreen is up first and is great! We’ve spent the last couple of weeks planning what we are going to talk about based on the brief we have been given. “Betty isn’tContinue reading “Vaccinated with a Gramaphone Needle”
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Planning for the Future
September 9th, 2019 Season three begins with us talking about what we would like to achieve, how we would like to spend our time. Our list includes to work more on Festival Theatre’s archive, invite Jackie Dennis back to meet with us, and Jack Gillon from Lost Edinburgh, invite dancer Liz Lumsden to give usContinue reading “Planning for the Future”
Harry Lauder
July 1st, 2019 Harry Lauder performance today in the studio theatre and Betty’s connection was briefly touched upon. Marie says, ‘you never know what your day is going to hold or where you are going to end up when you start in the morning!’ And Doreen talks about how lovely it is for her toContinue reading “Harry Lauder”
Show Day
May 18th, 2019 What a brilliant success, nerves were running high, but of course, everyone surpassed their expectations of themselves. It never ceases to amaze me how much the women rise to an audience! True professionals and troupers, never shrinking violets. Marie danced as the audience entered, June led everyone in a seated dance andContinue reading “Show Day”
Preparation To Preparation
May 13th, 2019 “Our show rehearsals are in full swing, and it’s the last of our Mondays in which to work through and rehearse everything. The texts are written and run through with our host and MC Paul Hudson. It’s great to have Paul on board as he knows the women so well and theyContinue reading “Preparation To Preparation”
It’s In The Bag
April 8th, 2019 “Filming day and what an occasion, it was great having all four women in the same room at the same time and of course all four loved being ‘on’ for the camera. Our prep paid off and Jude from Hot Button and her crew were excellent at giving the women agency andContinue reading “It’s In The Bag”
Doctors Orders
April 1st, 2019 “A busy hectic day. Gavin, June’s son, brought pies, of course, that he cut with a Stanley knife much to everyone’s enjoyment. Took a fabulous photo of Marie with a pie in one hand and a sandwich in the other. It was great to have June with us after her spell inContinue reading “Doctors Orders”
Tea For Two
March 4th, 2019 “Tap lessons are going strong with lots of progressions made. Filmed Euan and Doreen duetting to one of Doreen’s routines and put it on Twitter and Facebook. Also practised our choreographed routine to ‘Tea for Two’, a mixture of Marie, Betty and Doreen’s style and steps, and as I predicted we haveContinue reading “Tea For Two”
Preserving History
February 25th, 2019 Lots of chat and sharing today while working on naming, and uncovering information on folks in the archive. Fi Johnstone our production manager joined us to discuss and begin planning our May performance event for the Luminate Festival. Catherine Bromley also came to chat to us about an idea for us toContinue reading “Preserving History”
Dyspraxic Dancing
February 18th, 2019 Another good tap lesson today with Euan and Laura, our brilliant and dedicated ‘pupils’, and I finally mastered the the time step! As a dyspraxic dancer, tap is a massive challenge for me, and of course I haven’t practised. But by breaking the step down into tiny incremental components, I have atContinue reading “Dyspraxic Dancing”
An Audience With... 