Roy Hunt - Strolling through the Forties
Event type: Music Recital
Date & Time: Tuesday 5 Oct at 7.30pm
Location: Gold Room, Winter Garden, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Admission: £8 (Members £7)
Tickets: Available from Hon Treasurer/Ticket Administrator Wendy Bishop
Something a little different from the Friends this time. An evening of pure nostalgia as we re-visit the Forties through the music of the time. Roy Hunt retired from the Law and found himself in demand as an entertainer. Talks on Al Jolson and George Formby were all well received and his ebullient personality and keen sense of humour ensure that he is much in demand.
He has been a leading speaker on the Queen Elizabeth liner and was voted the best entertainer on board. His talk Strolling through the Forties evokes an era of great songs. Lerner and Loewe, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Hoagy Carmichael are all names to conjure with and their music is bound to stir up memories. Perpare to re-live the war years and their aftermath but mainly to recall the laughter and cameraderie of the feisty Forties.
Roy Hunt