Mar. 28th, 2008

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To the Windsor Castle this evening to see Kat Perrio. I'd first seen this talented young local chanteuse towards the end of my mother's deputy-mayoral year when she performed at a civic function, but through a combination of skintness and clashes with mayoral duties hadn't had a chance to catch her since.

She was superb. Her voice is very strong and she is magnificent at putting a song across. She did two great sets, with a mostly 90s flavour, including favourites of mine such as What's Up? and You're Still The One. I was only sorry she didn't do Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb which would have slotted in perfectly. Also included were some 80s numbers I absolutely love - One Way Or Another, Manic Monday, and (I will love her forever for this) Summer Of '69. When she announced "This is an oldie - for my parents", it was a little sobering when she struck up Manic Monday, a song that was a hit (and one of my big favourites) when I was 14. Then I remembered Kat is young enough to be my daughter...

Present in the pub was one of my heroes, local writer, anti-racism campaigner and ex-pro footballer Richie Moran. I got to say hello to him during the interval and gabble a few words about how much I love his written works, and how I'd seen him play for Gosport Borough when I was a youth. "Was I the fastest thing on two legs or what?" he grinned.

I also met Graeme, an old school pal who's now the pub chef - although he's leaving on Sunday to move to the Isle of Wight where he has a barman's job. We had a good chat for the rest of the interval about mutual friends, Kat, and how time's treated us both.

Home to read on the Hawks website that we've signed ex-Portsmouth striker Luke Nightingale from Bognor. Nice one Galey.

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