Stand & Deliver Open Mic Night

01/06/2026

For long-standing Stand & Deliver performers - Mays' open mic is known as 'Dylan month' & so it proved to be once again. Before that...
Kevin, Steve & Peter: began the music with 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain' followed by...
A special presentation to Brian our sound wizard, as this was his 75th time on the mixing desk for us. Well done Brian, you are an essential part of the team & much appreciated!
Then followed...
Dawn & Kevin: & the 1st Dylan number of the evening - 'Is Your Love In Vain'.
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: followed on with 'Sylvia's Mother' - remembering Dennis Locorriere of Dr. Hook fame & finally 'Love On The Rocks'.
Tony D: with a Dylan double of 'Talking World War 3 Blues' & 'Just Like A Woman'.
Teresa & Les: with their own splendid Dr Hook tribute in 'If Not You', followed by 'They Don't Know' & Smokies' 'Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone'.
Stephen, Martin & Peter: with the instrumental 'The Ashokan Farewell'.
Neil: on fine form with his trio of 'Cherokee', 'Cleveland County Blues' & Led Zeppelins' 'The Rain Song'.
Rachel: on her 2nd Stand & Deliver performance, beginning with the viola on a jaunty football crowd medley, before swapping to ukulele for the 'Match Of The Day' theme tune.
Rachel & Dad Terry: then continued the football theme for the super 'Three Lions'.
Terry: then treated us to 'The Book Of Love', his own composition 'Hold Me' & then 'Baker Street'.
Margaret, Nick & Steve: & the very weather-appropriate 'Lovely Day', along with 'Handle Me With Care', whilst...
Nick & Steve: completed their set with 'Another Day In Paradise'.
Sarah & Peter: with firstly the Queens Of The Stone Age epic 'No One Knows' & then 'If You Go Away' & the essential Cohen...'First We Take Manhattan', where they were joined by Steve on bass.
Stephen, Steve & Nick: with our personal favourite song of the night - Snow Patrols' 'Run'. Fabulous.
Kevin & Martin: then teamed up on guitar & fiddle for 'One More Cup Of Coffee'.
Martin: then treated us to a bagpipe tune - ( on the fiddle!)
Stephen & Kevin: with another super Dylan number 'Every Grain Of Sand'.
Tony: then amused us all with the splendid 'Have You Got Any News Of The Iceberg' poem, before being joined by Kevin for the 6th & final Dylan song of the night - 'Hey Mr. Tambourine Man'.
The finale' consisted of...
Teresa & Les: & a very enjoyable 'House Of The Rising Sun', before...
Nick, Steve, Peter, Martin & Tony: played us out with 'Bad Moon Rising', when some very energetic 'dancing' by a couple of chaps completed the entertainment.
Well done everyone!
Special thanks as always to our soundman Brian.
We go again - Friday 26th June which should be at Debenham Community Centre. Maybe a Dylan-free month??😂
Come & join us
K & D

08/05/2026

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06/05/2026

Friday 24th April...& Stonham Aspal Village Hall hosted our latest Stand & Deliver.
Teresa & Les: who arranged the booking at this venue, kicked off the evening with a splendid trio - firstly accompanied by Martin on fiddle for 'Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word', followed by just Les & Teresa on 'You've Got A Friend' & 'Nowhere Man'.
Neil: with a cracking '3:59AM' sandwiched between a Simon & Garfunkel duo of 'America' & 'The Only Living Boy In New York'.
Tony D: regaled us with a Shakespeare reading, before being joined by Pauline on Ry Cooders' 'Boomers Story'.
Jenny: making a very welcome return with melodic renditions of 'No Regrets', 'Five Hundred Miles' & 'Summer Fly'.
David: with firstly his own 'miserable' song 'Make It Go Away', followed by more of his own compositions 'Everybody Knows' & 'Map Of Life'.
Rachel: on debut, & standing in for Dad Terry, with her own splendid self-penned composition for recorder - 'A Dancer In The High Wind'.
Margaret, Nick & Steve: with firstly 'Let Your Love Flow', before being joined by Kevin on 'Meet Me On The Corner'.
Nick, Steve & Kevin: concluded the set with 'Over My Shoulder', complete with great guitar, bass & whistling skills respectively 😄
After a short break...
Judith: began the 2nd half with super keyboard skills on 'The Joyful Eastertide', Beethovens' 'Symphony No 7, 2nd movement' & 'The Band Played On'.
Karl & Joan: with gentle acoustic renditions of 'Magnolia Wind', 'Green Eyes' & the sing-along 'Bright Eyes'.
Sarah & Peter: with their song selection of an essential Leonard Cohen, in 'So Long, Marianne', followed by a rousing 'Ready For The Storm' & the not-so-cute 'White Rabbit'.
Wendy: with a traditional English trio, to celebrate the previous day being St. Georges' Day, in 'Scarborough Fair', 'All Around My Hat' & the C16th 'Greensleeves'.
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: also with English songs - but these weren't QUITE so traditional ...'London Calling' & 'Hurry Up Harry'!
Dawn, Kevin & Nick: with a 3rd English - appropriate theme & 'Raincoat And A Rose' where Nick added glorious 'twiddly-fiddly bits' on guitar.
Les & Martin: with super guitar & fiddle on 'Groovy Kind Of Love'.
Pauline & Tony: back with 'There Ain't No Sweet Man' & super sing-along 'Belle Of Belfast City'.
The four-song finale' began with...
Nick, David & Steve: on 'Let's Work Together' followed by...
Teresa, David, Steve, Les & Nick: on a splendid 'When Will I Be Loved', then...
Les leading the above chaps on 'I saw Her Standing There' before the final finale' of 'Don't Let Me Down' with David leading this time.
Thanks all.
Another evening done, with special thanks to Brian on sound, Teresa & Les for arranging & to Bob & Alex behind the bar & at the hall.
We resume on Friday 29th May, this time at Debenham Community Centre.
Until then...
K & D

31/03/2026

Performance spots for Friday 24th April at Stonham Aspal Village Hall are now fully booked, but audience as always are very welcome to join us.

31/03/2026

The Great Hall of the Debenham Lion hosted our latest open mic night last Friday.
The evening kicked off with an Irish theme & a belated Paddys' Day celebration from...
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: with 'Zombie', 'Ride On' & 'The Irish Pub Song' (it's your influence Kate & Clare!)☘ & later in the evening, the non-Irish 'You're My Star'.
Neal H: making a very welcome Stand & Deliver appearance with a cracking trio of 'Chevrolet', 'Bus Route' & 'Mardy Bum'.
Teresa & Les: on fine form with 'You Needed Me', 'Baby, I Love You' & 'Sorrow'.
Terry: with the classic 'Walk On By', his own composition 'Sail Away' & finally 'House Of The Rising Sun'.
Stephen & Neil: a new combo! with a smashing rendition of 'Take On Me'. Aha!!
Wendy: returning to the fold with the intriguingly-titled 'Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!', followed by 'Miss Otis Regrets' & an a ca****la 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'.
Poppy & David: firstly with joint composition 'I Like It This Way', followed by battle-scarred Davids' own 'Everybody Wants To Be Your Friend' & ' I Love The Rain'.
Following a drinks & Easter egg break...
Phoebe: escaped briefly from behind the bar & accompanied by David, treated us to 'Big Yellow Taxi' & a super rendition of 'Jolene'.
Sarah & Peter: sharing their Irish-theme numbers of a splendid 'Rocky Road To Dublin' & 'When You Were Sweet Sixteen', followed by 'Strange Game'.
Joan & Karl: with an acoustic set of the gentle 'Sandman', then 'Ready For The Storm' & 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'.
Neil: with the specially requested & splendid 'When The Stars Come Out' followed by 'Delicate' & 'Just Say Yes'.
Les & Stephen: teaming up for the Enrique Iglesias 'Hero'.
Neal...& Neil!: & a first for Stand & Deliver...& indeed anywhere...with their collaboration on 'Dream Lover'.
The finale' involved:
Peter, Steve, Karl, Kevin, Les & Terry: on 'Dirty Old Town' & then the girls...
Teresa, Dawn, Zoe, Andrea & Penny provided backing vocals for ...
Les & Steve: on 'Proud Mary'...with lots of rolling on the river!
Many thanks to all performers, Brian on sound + the staff at Debenham Lion for hosting us again.
We resume on Friday 24th April, this time at Stonham Aspal Village Hall. As we post this, there is one performance spot remaining.
Until then...
K & D

08/03/2026

Last Fridays' Stand & Deliver took place in Debenham Community Centre.
Great songs & performances were enjoyed from:
David: with 'I Started A Joke', 'I Know' & 'Everybody's Rolling Down The Hill'.
Teresa & Les: & 'Help Me Make It Trough The Night', 'Mama Mia' & 'Don't Marry Her'.
Dawn & Kevin: with the Welsh-themed 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough', 'Holding Out For A Hero' & 'Maybe Tomorrow'.
Ann & Ian: & 'Weather Bomb', 'Valentine Moon' & 'Blue Moon'.
Nick: solo with 'What Kind Of love Is This'
Nick & Steve: & 'It Must Be Love', then more love from...
Margaret, Nick & Steve: on 'Looks Like We Made It'.
Stephen, Nick, Steve & Martin: with The Strawbs' 'Lay Down'.
Martin: with Scottish fiddle tune 'Calum's Road'.
Neil: On his 100th Stand & Deliver performance & hence a special presentation, following a Jason Isbell trio of 'Street Lights', 'Good While It Lasted' & 'Ride To Roberts'. Well done Neil. We really appreciate all the support from yourself & Andrea over the last 10 years.
Judith: on keyboard for 'Tulips From Amsterdam', Handels' 'Gavotte' + 'Theme from Downton Abbey', much enjoyed by all & especially by her supporters' club of Matthew & Farjie.
Sarah & Peter: with 'Suzanne', 'If You Go Away' & 'Quiet Heart'.
Karl & Joan: & 'Sunshine On Leith', 'Rule The World' & the sing-along, clap-along 'Radio Ga Ga'.
Terry: with 'I Can't Stop Loving You', own composition 'End Of The World', then 'I'm Not In Love'.
Pauline & Tony: & the intriguing 'Stone For Bessie Smith' + 'Bring It On Home To Me' & 'Cold February'.
The finale' involved:
David, Stephen, Les, Martin & Steve: on 'Wonderful Tonight' complete with smooching couples! followed by:
Nick, Steve, David, Les, Martin & Kevin: with 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere' & finally...
Neil: the 4th member of our '100 club' played us out with 'The Whole Of The Moon'.
Thanks everyone, especially Brian & Ollie on sound.
See you on Friday 27th March, this time upstairs at the Debenham Lion.
Performance spots are fully booked, but audience as always, are very welcome.
K & D

12/02/2026

Stand and Deliver 🎙🎸 is now fully booked for February 27th. It will be held in Debenham Community Centre.

04/02/2026

On Friday 30th January, Stand & Deliver celebrated 10 years of open mics & this month our venue was the Great Hall of the Debenham Lion.
The evening began however, on a reflective note, remembering Edmond Jackson, who had entertained us on guitar in the last year.
Kevin & Steve: then began the music with 'Four Strong Winds' before...
Sarah & Peter: gave us a cracking quartet of 'Tower Of Song', 'Lilac Wine', 'Red Right Hand' & later, 'Pale Blue Eyes'.
Teresa & Les: with splendid versions of 'Somewhere Only We Know', 'Nothing Rhymed', 'River Deep, Mountain High' & 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'.
George: with his own super compositions 'The Sea' & an as-yet untitled number, followed by 'Something To Talk About'.
Joy & Tony: with a lovely trio of 'After Hours', 'Loving The Skin You're In' & 'May You Never', with Tony also treating us to a fine instrumental version of 'Crazy'.
Terry: with his own super composition 'Country Fair', sandwiched between stylish interpretations of 'Heroes' & 'Patience Of Angels'.
Nick, Martin & Stephen: with a nod to one of Edmonds' favourite songs - 'The Rose'.
David: remembering Chris Rea , with a fine 'Fool If You Think It's Over', followed by...
Poppy & David: firstly with 'So Hard', before Poppy also picked up her guitar for both 'It's A Place' & the wonderful 'Wish You Were Here'.
Margaret, Nick & Steve: with the lovely 'Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow' & 'Turn, Turn, Turn', before...
Nick: took up solo duty for the appropriately seasonal 'January Man'.
Dawn, Kevin & Nick: with their own tribute to Chris Rea in 'Raincoat And A Rose', before...
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: continued on with 'Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll To Me', 'Have A Nice Day' & 'London Calling' - all of which marked Dawns' 100th time behind the mic.
Phoebe & Sophie: who both work at The Lion, were accompanied by David, on a very confident rendition of 'Jolene', before...
Phoebe & David: shared vocals on 'Sunny Afternoon'.
The finale' involved firstly...Nick, Steve & Kevin: especially for the occasion, their rendition of 'Long May You Run', & finally...
Nick, Steve, Tony, David & Teresa ( with Joy & Poppy on percussion ) for 'Bad Moon Rising'.
Well done everyone!
Some great performances, & we hope you all enjoyed the celebratory cake in the interval.🎂
Thank you to the staff at Debenham Lion for hosting us & extra special thanks to Ollie, who stepped in at short notice to man the mixing desk, after Brian found himself on the 'road to hell' travelling home from Exeter. Not to be attempted on a Friday evening it seems!
We resume on Friday 27th February at Debenham Community Centre, where a couple of performance spots are still currently available.
Until then,
K & D

29/01/2026

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