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Category Archives: celebrity news
Royal Visit to Jersey
Jersey welcomes the next king of England and Camilla. Fickle Cheeky Charlie had no difficulty suspending his republicanism when meeting Prince Charles and Camilla. Honoured to represent Jersey Arts in Health who received the Princes Trust Award for Voluntary Charitable Work, … Continue reading
Uber cool wedding bands – made in Chelsea ?
One of the Uk’s best wedding bands plays at The Palace Hotel, Manchester, for a corporate function. Arch buffoon Bernhardt was rather delighted with the Charleston Charlies banners, pictured on stage, and was overheard describing them as ‘uber cool’, in … Continue reading
The Halle – The Rite of Spring at The Bridgewater Hall
Bernhardt and Mrs. B were delighted to be part of a full house for a riviting performance of an excellent programme – Beethoven’s first symphony, Bartok’s piano concerto and the Rite of Spring. Thank you Mark Elder and the Halle … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridgewater Hall, the Halle Orchestra
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Bernhardts Ave Verum Corpus
It’s sunday night – a very necessary trip to the Catholic church on Oxford Rd. to expiate and expunge Bernhardts’ many and multiple sins. But how refreshing and replenishing is the choirs performance of Mozarts ‘Ave Verum Corpus’, and a … Continue reading
X Factor Twist – Jade Richards ?
The whole nation awaits tonights revelation – about Jade Richards ? – what will the X Factor twist entail? If ONLY it could be something truly wonderful – like for xample Soriah – the American Tuvan throat singer seen here … Continue reading
Acker Bilk Lives – Clarinet Maestro at Stockport Town hall
Charming Charlie – The Great Mike Hope – infused with the spirit of Acker Bilk plays an homage to the great man. Wardy, Thorne and Bernhardt prove the adage – its not what you play but what you don’t play………. … Continue reading
Sir William Walton – a tribute by Wetherall and Thorne
After the initial inertia of deciding who should drive the car – Wethers and Thorne sprung a surprise on Bernhardt – playing one of Uncle Willie’s compositions – it almost brought a tear to a glass eye – memories of … Continue reading
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Tagged Jon Thorne, Richard Wetherall, Sir William Walton
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Bernhardt and Thorne’s day out
Taking a break from a punishing schedule of touring abroad with his pop group, Jon Thorne enjoyed a leisurely day out with his old pal Bernhardt………..despite much of the days filming being unusable, Bernhardt has put together a little vignette … Continue reading
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Put the ‘Jazz’ back in ‘Manchester Jazz Festival’
Bernhardt today makes an impassioned plea to MJF to put the ‘Jazz’ back into the Manchester Jazz Festival. “Sca has a home, so do blues, folk, world music, experimental…. what about some jazz bands playing in the jazz festival. How … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, folk, jazz, manchester jazz festival, sca, world music
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