ASHFIELD HARMONY, Kirkby’s mixed voice choir, are staging a concert with former Blackpool Tower Ballroom resident organist Nicholas Martin.

Command Performance, at Ashfield School, Kirkby, on Saturday, 14th November, will showcase the music of entertainers who have appeared at the Royal Variety Performance, London.

Following his 30th visit to entertain in the USA this year, Nick will be playing on a TECHNICS GA-3 organ.

His programme will include Cavalleria Rusticana and The Dream Of Olwen, numbers from well-known films and shows, as well as 12th Street Rag, Tico-Tico and Tiger Rag, famously performed by Russ Conway and Winifred Atwell at Royal Variety Performances.

A collection will be made for the charity Miracles To Believe In, founded by Mick and his wife, Marianne, for children with autism and their families.

Ashfield Harmony will be singing from the wide variety of music they enjoy the most — including from The Beatles, Tony Bennett, and Matt Monro to Dames Shirley Bassey Vera Lynn and Gracie Fields.

Tickets for the show, at 7pm, are £7 and can be reserved for collection and payment on the door by calling choir member Carolynne Bennett on 01773775176.