I went to the quarter final of the Welsh Factor Talent Competition at Cwmfelin Social Club. This is largest Talent Competition in South Wales. The Welsh Factor is supported by Wales’s leading Entertainment Agencies and has links to many promotional companies. It has a growing reputation of bringing different groups of the community together on a social basis and people who attend the competition meet and make new friends.

The Show was compered by Helen Ensor Morgan of Bay Radio fame. As usual she was an impressive and difficult act to follow, opening the show with a musical number she made her own and showing the contestants how it should be done. She played the audience in style.

Above from left to right Ashley, Bethan Davies, Bethan Hillier, Bethan Payne, Craig Kiley, Hannah, Jacqueline, Nicky, Leah and Neverspoilz all gave professional performances. Some had only performed on stage once before so well done.

In Town Today 1st April 2010

This Thursday I played a short with words by Sharon Bainbridge and melody by Jakson Lee.

Watch for more tomorrow

This is about a book and a creation through a bed-time story

In Town Today Thursday 4th March 2010

Starting with an empty canvas it's time to look for material for next week's show.

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Iris Gower was born in Swansea, where she still lives. The mother of four grown-up children, she has written over twenty bestselling novels. She received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea in 1999 and has been awarded an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cardiff.

Her latest book Bomber's Moon is set in Swansea in 1941 and once again sets her as a world best seller.

Iris kindly spoke with me on Tuesday and she was a joy to listen to. It must have been a challenge to write with 4 young children around her. She told me that she put them in the playpen together so she could get on with her writing.

I went to Castle Square in Swansea on Saturday to enjiy the St David's Day celebrations. There were some old friends to chat to and plenty of new faces to talk with. I've tried to capture the even with a few remarks given on the day.

Carol Watts (left) is wearing her gran's shawl which is over 100 years old and James (right) is drinking a cup of his own Company's Swansea tea. He gave me a mug so watch out for another mugshot. He'lll be at the Dylan Thomas Experience launch on Thursday 25th March. I had a cuppa and it was really delicious.

 

Yes! It was something else!! Michael Roberts singer with The Somethings was a great entertainer. And the lady on the right is wearing the costume her daughter. Linsay Thomas, should have been wearing. was it a cope-out?

Plenty of food to try and buy. It was a great morning out.

I asked last week if you were comfortable with British Gas making such an obcene profit when thery have hiked prices up dramatically and everyone has had to use extra resources to keep warm in the coldest winter for 32 years. What do you think?

And the Royal Bank of Scotland making a further loss of £3.5 billion  yet paying out more than  £1 billion in bonuses. Does that make sense to you? And if you have wanted to borrow and been refused, felt that charges were back again with a vengence or that the real bank robbers were the banks themselves then lt me know.