Stand & Deliver Open Mic Night

02/09/2026

Our latest Stand & Deliver took place on Friday 28th August & began with...
Dawn on vocals, Kevin on guitar, Steve on bass & Pete on mandolin for 'Jolene', in tribute to Dolly Parton. ( Also remembering Tim Curry...maybe with Time Warp at our Halloween special someone?? )
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: continued with 'Get It On' & 'Graffiti On The Train'.
Sarah & Pete: with Richard Thompson's splendid 'Taking My Business Elsewhere', then 'Will You' & 'Quiet Heart'.
Anne & Steve: Anne making her 2nd Stand & Deliver appearance & this time with 'Follow Your Heart', a super 'Gravity' & 'Kiss Me'.
Stephen, Pauline, Tony & Pete: with firstly Tony's own cracking composition 'No Stabilizers', followed by 'Just Pass It On'.
Pauline, Tony & Pete: then concluded with 'I'm Into Something Good'.
Pauline was then presented with a unique mug to mark her 75th Stand & Deliver performance. Well done Pauline!
David: then stepped up to the mic, with 3 of his own compositions 'It's Everything', 'It's All In My Head' & the splendid 'I Burn For You'.
Alex: making her Stand & Deliver debut, with entertaining renditions of Pam Ayres poems 'The Vegetable Patch and The Runaway Horse', 'The Annual Holiday' & the very short 'You Have To Dance While You Are Able'. Indeed! Thanks Alex.
Karen: swiftly followed with the equally amusing 'Giant Marrow' song.
Terry: with his unique rendition of 'Streets Of London', his own composition 'Poor Auntie May' & finally 'School's Out'.
Teresa & Les: on fine form with 'You're So Vain' & 'Walking In Memphis' - sandwiching Les on solo duty & a great 'Handbags and Gladrags'.
Rachel: on violin, accompanied by Karen on guitar for a fine quartet of 'Believe Me', 'My Darling Clementine', 'Pizzicato Polka' & 'Wiegenlied'.
Margaret, Nick & Steve: bringing back The Bangles with 'Eternal Flame' & then...
Nick & Steve: with Karen on flute for 'Over My Shoulder' & the classic 'Nights In White Satin'.
Neil: with Chris Stapleton's splendid 'Fire Away' then 'Just The Two Of Us' & Duran Duran's 'Ordinairy World'.
The finale' involved...
Teresa & Les: with 'Proud Mary', & finally...
Pauline & Tony: bringing the evening to a close with the poignant 'Boulder To Birmingham' & the jaunty 'Belle Of Belfast City'.
Thanks everyone - especially Bob, Alex & Brian.
We resume on Friday 25th September, same time, same place.
Performance spots have been snapped up - but audience would of course be very welcome.
K & D

21/08/2026

Performance spots are fully booked for next Friday, but audience members are very welcome. 

04/08/2026

Stand & Deliver on Friday 31st July took place at our new home of Stonham Aspal Village Hall.
The air con was on, Alex & Bob were behind the well-stocked bar, Brian was ready at the sound desk...so, time to kick off the music from...
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: with firstly - in tribute to Bonnie Tyler 'Holding Out For A Hero', followed by 'Maybe Tomorrow' & then 'Budapest' - with some marvelous high 'oooohs' from everyone!
Neil: with 'Better Be Home Soon', The Commodore's splendid 'Easy', followed by another tribute - this time to the very recently departed Glen Hansard & 'Say It To Me Now'.
Joy & Tony: with firstly 'Persuasion', before being joined by Steve on a further melodic duo of 'Ooh La La' & 'Can't Let Go'.
Tony D: began his entertaining & eclectic stint with 'Song For Neil', followed by 'Have You Got Any News Of The Iceberg' poem & then Mary Gauthier's 'I Drink'.
Sarah & Peter: with 3 more cheery songs for us!😄- a great selection of 'Northern Sky', Leonard Cohen's 'Amen' + 'Don't Pay The Ferryman'.
Karen: making a very welcome return to Stand & Deliver, treating us to a super trio - firstly with her own lyrics to 'Eve Of Destruction', followed by the very quirky 'Eddie Don't Like Furniture' & then the epic 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely'.
Anne Meacham: making a super Stand & Deliver debut on guitar + lovely vocals & accompanied by husband Steve on bass for Morcheeba's 'The Sea', then 'Better Be Home Soon' & a Travis favourite 'Sing'. Well done Anne, we hope to see you behind the mic again soon.
Judith: entertaining us with 4 super numbers on keyboard - Grieg's 'Morning Mood', 'Moon River', 'I Vow To Thee My Country' & 'The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond'.
Terry: with a very pleasing trio of 'Poison', his own composition 'Young Forever' & finally 'California Dreamin'.'
Teresa & Les: with their own Bonnie Tyler tribute 'It's A Heartache', followed by Les on solo duty for The Beatle's 'If I Fell', before they teamed up again for the splendid 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'.
Jenny: with lovely vocals & acoustic guitar for 'The Crossing', a touch of Cilla with 'You're My World' & finally a great a ca****la rendition of 'When I was Young'.
David: starting with an 'I Shall Be Released/ First Cut Is The Deepest' mix followed by Lennon's 'Beautiful Boy' & then being joined by...Neil & Steve for a splendid 'Holy Moses'.
Joan & Karl: with a fine acoustic set of another Glen Hansard tribute 'Falling Slowly', then 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes' & finally Runrig's 'Every River'.
Kevin, Pete & Steve: on guitar, mandolin & bass respectively for 'Early Morning Rain' - is that wishful thinking? & then finally...
Les, David, Tony M, Steve & Pete: with a rocking finale' of 'I Saw Her Standing There' & 'Roll Over Beethoven'. Great dancing too!
Thanks everyone, especially Brian, Alex & Bob.
We will be back at Stonham Village Hall on Friday 28th August, where a few performance spots are still currently available.
Until then...
K & D

11/07/2026

29/06/2026

In the midst of a heatwave & with much appreciated air conditioning, Stand & Deliver no: 125 was held on 26th June at Stonham Aspal Village Hall.
Kevin, Steve & Pete: kicked off the music with 'Urban Spaceman'.
Teresa & Les: followed on with a lively trio of 'It's Getting Better', 'Make Me Smile ( Come Up & See Me )' & 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'.
A special presentation was then made to them, to mark their 50th & 51st Stand & Deliver performances respectively. Well done you two & thank you for all your support of our open mic nights.
Neil; then treated us to a Jason Isbell trio of 'We've Met', 'Travelling Alone' & 'Speed Trap Town'.
Pauline, Tony & Stephen: then teamed up for the poignant 'Boulder To Birmingham' & then...
Pauline & Tony: combined for 'Boomer's Story' before...
Pauline: concluded the set on ukulele with Dylan's 'Make You Feel My Love'.
Wendy: also with trusty ukulele, for the Mamas & Papa's 'Dedicated To The One I Love' & then with some accompaniment from Dawn on the possibly biographical 'Thorn In My Side' 🤔 & finally a lovely a capella rendition of 'Tell Me On A Sunday'.
Ollie: on his Stand & Deliver performance debut, accompanied by Steve on bass, with confidence on guitar & vocals for 'Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me'. Ollie has previously helped to man the sound desk, so it was great to see him step up to the mic.
Joy & Tony: returning to Stand & Deliver with 3 lovely songs. Firstly 'Still The Good Old Days' & then being accompanied by Nick on '( What's So Funny 'Bout ) Peace, Love & Understanding' & finally 'Warm Love' - on a very warm night!
Terry: with a very pleasing trio, of firstly his own composition 'Daisy On The Internet', followed by 'Another Round' & 'When The Cranes Fly South'.
Margaret, Nick & Tony M: with Clapton's 'Change The World'.
Nick: with solo artistry 😊on 'Vincent', then...
Nick & Steve: being creative on 'Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs' followed by...
Dawn, Nick & Steve: & the steadfast 'Time After Time'.
Stephen & Les: Stephen on guitar & Les on vocals/ guitar for another Clapton number - 'Tears In Heaven'.
Stephen, Neil & Martin: Neil on vocals/ guitar this time, with Martin on fiddle for Van Morrison's 'Almost Independence Day'.
Sarah & Peter: well, we hadn't had a Cohen song so far, so they put that right with 'Take This Waltz', followed by 'People Are Strange' & Nick Cave's 'The Mercy Seat'.
Dawn, Kevin & Steve: with the empowering 'Flowers' followed by the jaunty 'Irish Pub Song'.
Teresa & Les: closed out the evening with the finale' of 'House Of The Rising Sun', 'Mony Mony' & 'Hi Ho Silver Lining'.
Thanks all...
Especially to Brian on sound & Teresa & Les for arranging the venue for us at short notice.
We are due to resume on Friday 31st July - venue to be confirmed.
K & D

22/06/2026

Please note the change of venue, we are now at Stonham Aspal Village Hall. 

20/06/2026

We had a great time at the Debenham Art Exhibition on Friday evening. We enjoyed playing & viewing the wonderful paintings on display from some very talented artists.

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