Accordionist Ian Robinson entertained the residents of Woodingford lodge, Ingersoll, with a musical program which included a number of hand-clapping, toe-tapping and foot-stomping songs and melodies from yesteryear.
The performance featured a mix of sea shanties, folk songs, an Elvis Presley medley together with a number of rousing Christmas songs and carols.
Jennifer Kilgour, a Woodingford recreational aide, explained at the outset that Ian initially booked for the lodge’s annual Oktoberfest was unable to entertain due to the home being in a state of shut down owing to a respiratory outbreak.
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The audience was provided with background information about Silent Night which was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St. Nicholas' parish church in Oberndorf, Austria. This well-known carol, they were old, has been translated into about 140 languages and was sung simultaneously in French, German and English by troops during the WW1 Christmas truce of 1914, as it was one carol that soldiers on both sides of the front line knew.
A moving rendition of Danny Boy, dedicated to the accordionist’s granddad, brought the evening’s performance to a close.
Concert comments
You changed from the peppy ones to the slower ones beautifully. - Eula
Really enjoyed all of your performances, very nice singer and entertainer.
Very good performance. We need to have him back again. - Bill
You share my last name and that's why it was such a great performance! can't wait to hear you again. - Mary
You played the good songs that i like to sing to. - Lester
Really enjoyed how you could play the accordion and the modern songs. - Joan
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