Stand & Deliver Open Mic Night

29/09/2026

Our latest Stand & Deliver took place on Friday 25th September.
We were entertained throughout the evening by the following performers & songs:
Nick, Kevin & Steve: with 'The River'.
Margaret, Nick & Steve: with 'Moon River' & 'Try To Remember'.
Nick & Steve: with 'Brown Eyed Girl'.
Sarah & Peter: with 'I'm Only Sleeping', 'The Crystal Ship' + Cohen's 'First We Take Manhattan'.
Terry: 'Rocket Man', 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' & 'Beautiful'.
Pauline & Tony: with 'Misguided Angel' & 'I Drink', then...
Tony: with re-written lyrics to Jolene - which then became 'Pauline'. Tony then received a special presentation glass -to mark his 100th Stand & Deliver performance. 'Well Done Dear Boy'!
Stephen & Pete: with the 2nd Cohen song of the night - 'If It Be Your Will'.
Stephen, Pete, Nick & Martin: & 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes'.
The Unexpected: with 'Harvest', 'C***r Rain' & 'Good Old Days'.
Judith: on keyboard for 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', 'Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring', Aria from 'Orfeo' + Scarlatti's ' Moderato in E Minor'.
Neil: with 'Goddamn Lonely Love', 'You Do Something To Me' & ' Distant Sun'.
Teresa & Les: & 'Bright Side Of The Road', 'Valerie' & 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You'.
Martin: on fiddle for 'The Moorlough Shore' & 'St Patrick's Breastplate'.
Kevin, Martin & Steve: with Dylan's 'One More Cup Of Coffee'.
Kevin, Martin, Steve & Pete: & 'Ride On' + 'What's Up'.
The encore came from...
Teresa & Les: drawing the evening to a close with 'H***y Tonk Woman' & 'Stuck In The Middle With You'.
Well done to all & special thanks to Brian.
Our next Stand & Deliver will be on Friday 30th October, which will be our Halloween Special. 👻🎃
Spooky songs & outfits are strongly encouraged, although not compulsory.
There will be prizes for the best dressed this year at Stonham Village Hall.🧙‍♂️🧛‍♂️
We hope to see you then,
K & D

17/09/2026

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

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