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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
became stars in their own right. |
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Angela Blacoe shared a stage with Senator Donie Cassidy in
The Firehouse 5 + 2 |
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Maria
was the female member of Tommy Drennan's
Top League from Limerick? What was her surname?
(thanks to John O'Regan) |
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The Royal Earls was Sandie
Jones' first showband. |
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Can you name the female singer with Lurgan's Carlton
Showband? |
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Wendy Hutchison
and
Maria Dowdall
spent some time with The Arrows. |
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Una Hodge sang with The
Footappers in the early '70s. |
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Muriel Day
sang with Dave Glover's Band and married the
bandleader! |
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Did someone once say
that musicians
would do anything for a crust?!
Bernadette Deegan
(in the skirt) sang with The Tartans. |
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Can you send us any information on
Tara
who replaced Tony Kenny in The Sands? |
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Patsy Fayne was the only female
member of Paddywagon |
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April South was The featured vocalist with
The Silver Pennies. |
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Who
was the
Philomena
with The Dawnbreakers? |
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