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Nobody ever said it
would be easy. Cooped up in a minibus with six or seven
'lads', changing in a toilet or a mineral-bar, dealing with
amorous punters and then facing the long journey home. It's
not a surprise that well over 95% of showband member were
male. On these pages, IrishShowbands.Net turns the spotlight
on the girls who threw in their lot with a showband and
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Deirdre Wynne
teamed up with Seán Dunphy in Earl Gill's
band, The Hoedowners |
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Barbara Dixon,
formerly of Maxi, Dick & Twink,
joined The Royal Showband in the late 1960s |
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Mae Kelly, who sang with her father's
band, is mother of Keith and Lorraine McDonald of The
Showband Show and The Conquerors respectively |
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Eleanor Nodwell
was featured vocalist with Michael
O'Callaghan's Showband from Buttevant, County Cork |
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Dawn Knight
joined Pat Campbell's Showband and they changed
their name to The Casuals |
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Mara Faine
was featured vocalist with the top Derry showband
led by Johnny Quigley |
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Two
more singers whose names we woul love to know - one with The
Des*etts . . . . |
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. . . and the other with Cork's Diplomats Showband. |
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Can anyone identify the 'blue lady' with this
County Tipperary showband? |
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Lala Hardin
was the featured singer with The Slieve
Foy Showband. |
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Would anyone know
the name of this singer with The Grafton Showband
from Cookstown ? |
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Thelma Hall
sang with The High Seas from Larne. |
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