Meghann Clancy (soprano), Hannah Taylor (alto), Laurie
Shepherd (tenor) & Ruth Lambert (bass)
(Review by Russell).
The Andrews
Sisters, the Puppinis and now the Shoeshop Girls. The close harmony barber shop
quartet is experiencing something of a renaissance and the Shoeshop Quartet can
only prosper with performances like this one at the King’s Hall. An audience
ranging from a group of six year olds to eighty six year olds loved every
minute of this lunchtime concert. The ‘girls’ dressed to the nines (forties style) in hats, lashes,
dresses and heels.
Mr Sandman, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Cheek to Cheek – great material, four individual voices (Ruth Lambert, bass and
Laurie Shepherd, tenor, the touchstones, Hannah Taylor and Meghann Clancy,
respectively alto and soprano, invariably sharing the sweetheart
limelight) – the Shoeshoppers know how
to put on a show. Diamonds Are a Girl’s
Best Friend (so they say), One Fine
Day (Goffin & King), the Shoeshoppers’ pad varied in style and era. Lennon
and McCartney’s When I’m 64 (the Fab
Two did many fab things, harmonies top of the list),
Stefani
Germanotta (aka Lady Gaga) found herself on the set list – Bad Romance a favourite with the student element in the hall, as
did Eliza Doolittle’s Pack Up (kit
bag ‘n’ all). It can’t be too often that popular songs of the thirties dovetail
seamlessly with the pop hits of today – King’s Hall or anywhere else for that
matter. Checkout www.shoeshopquartet.com
Russell.
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