The local village stores are holding a Greek Night next weekend and I’ve been invited to perform the after meal music and entertainment.
So I’ve been busy trying to find some Greek songs but I’ve only found two, “Never on a Sunday” and “Zorba’s Dance”. In my set list are also a number of other songs such as sing-along classics (e.g. “Sweet Caroline”) and I’ll be ending with some Queen (“Crazy Little Thing Called Love”) and some Status Quo (“Rocking All Over the World”).
If the weather is fine the Greek Night will be held in the gardens of the village stores and if it’s wet we’ll be in the village hall. The organiser said that at their last event they had seventy people attending, it was over-subscribed and they’re expecting a similar number again this time. With such a number of people and also with it possibly being held outside, I reckon that I’ll need to use my busking amp which has two channels, one for an instrument and one for a microphone.
For a bit of support, I’ve decided to use my looper station on which I’ve recorded some backing tracks for the songs. This means I’ll be able to strum along using my tenor ukulele which has a pickup. In the picture you can see the looper station on the right and to avoid confusion I’ve put a green label on the play/recorder footswitch and a red label on the stop footswitch. The microphone will be sent through my vocal harmoniser pedal, not to add any fancy harmonies but to add a touch of echo to enhance my voice.
I’m quite looking forward to the event and hopefully I’ve included some songs that people will not only know but will also sing-along with. If my set goes down well, there may even be people who get up and start dancing. The organisers of the event asked if there’s a fee for my services and I replied that there’s no charge, but as it’s a Greek Night I’ll accept a glass of ouzo.