Some great memories of the outdoor concert at Cardiff Castle on
Saturday July 29th 1995
And it feels like yesterday
The weather was perfect, the crowd was friendly (well, it was Cardiff) and the catering vans offered a wide choice of food. Most guests sat on the lawn enjoying their drinks in the afternoon. The atmosphere was warm and relaxed before the show started
Support was the Bootleg Beatles, who were great
A local radio DJ gave an amusing build-up
Mike Alexander and the orchestra came on, then Shirley (not a Dame then) appeared to a rapturous ovation, and the party started!
The outdoors seating was comfortable and well spaced. All very civilised, unlike the Faenol Festival in 2006 with its monsoon (which couldn’t be helped), and bad disabled access (which could)
All ending with a spectacular fireworks display from the stone keep
These images from Rien recapture part of the fun
Come back to Cardiff Castle, Shirley!
“Where’s she gone?”
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Scanned from the programme, it’s that gown again!
White shimmy in full, umm, shimmy
The Flyer
.. and the reverse
Some articles scanned from the local rag…
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Click here for the Cardiff Castle web site
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New addition on YouTube…
Good sound and picture quality
from the 1980 Thames TV special:
Video: esprit61
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This Is My Life
Remixed by Cagedbaby, audio available on his MySpace
This is totally fabulous – you’ll love it!
100 percent Peggy recommended
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