Past Lyrical Challenges - Greasepaint and stage Lights - Musicals

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Broadcasting on  Radio Hillingdon - Thursday at 9pmCountywide Radio - Mondays at 4pmCoast & County - 97.4 - Mondays at 11pmCarillon Wellbeing Radio - Tuesdays at 5pmCirencester HBO - Tuesdays at 7pmForest FM - 92.3 - Tuesdays at 7pmUK Radio Network - Tuesday at 9pmCabin FM 96.4FM - Wednesdays at 6pmHastings Radio - Wednesdays at 9pmSouth Devon Sound - Wednesdays at 11pmJHR Radio - Thursdays at 12pmDrystone Radio 103.5 - Thursday at 12pmRed Road FM - 102.4 - Thursdays at 9pmSounds of Broadway - Various USA timesIlluminate Radio - Saturday at 4pmCrystal Radio - 107.4 - Saturday at 5pmConquest Radio - Sundays at 9amCoast and County - Sundays at 9amWhaley Radio - Sundays at 10amSouth Wales One - Sundays at 4pmBarts HBO - Sundays at 11amKGH HBO - Sundays at 2pmHereford HOB - Sundays 2pmStorm FM - Sundays at 7PMWest Hull FM - 106.9 - Sundays 5pmIslands FM - 107.9 - Sundays at 6pmCanalside FM - Sundays at 6pmMeridian FM - 107 - Sundays at 7pmRural Radio UK - Sundays 7pmBasingstoke Radio - Sundays at 8pmGuernsey Radio - Sundays at 9pmLCR FM - 103.6 - Sundays at 11pmSouth Devon Sound - Fridays at 1pmHWD Radio - Tuesdays at 6pmKGH - Thursdays at 7pmLondon Wide Radio - Various TimesIslands FM - Thursdays at 8pmSouth Devon Sound - Friday 2pmJHR Radio - Fridays at 4pm

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Past Lyrical Challenges.

Week commencing 13th November 2023.
"The world is cruel, The world is wicked.
It is I alone, who you can trust in this whole city"

Week commencing 6th November 2023.
"I don't need no money fortune or fame
I've got all the riches baby, one man can claim."
(My Girl - Ain't Too Proud)

Week commencing 30th October 2023.
"For Paul Revere I'll bite, I hear his foot's all right.
Of course it all depends if it rained last night."
(Fugue for the Tinhorns - Guys and Dolls)

Week commencing 23rd October 2023.
"Just add a little chilli and you'll grow to love you silly
and the days fly by"
(The Pasta Song - Love Story)

Week commencing 16th October 2023.
"And when you go, when you slam the door.
I think you know you want be away too long"
(Mammia Mia - Mamma Mia)

Week commencing 9th October 2023.
"All things being even, Here's what I believe in.
Nothing matters more than love"
(Song on the Sand - La Cage Aux Folles)

Week commencing 2nd October 2023.
"And I'm gonna be me, I'm gonna be free.
While I'm walking on moonbeams and staring out to sea"
(Gold - Once)

Week commencing 25th September 2023.
"Now that I've chosen to become a pal, a sister and an adviser.
There's no-one wiser"
(Popular - Wicked)

Week commencing 18th September 2023.
"And when I hurt, the hurt runs off my shoulder.
How can I hurt when I'm Holding you"
(Sweet Caroline - A Beautiful Noise)

Week commencing 11th September 2023.
"It use to be so easy, living here with you.
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do."
(It's Too late - Beautiful)

Week commencing 4th September 2023.
No Lyrical Challenge this week.
Alastair Woodgate's special radio show.

Week commencing 28th August 2023.
"The way you wear your hat.
The way you sip your tea"

Week commencing 21st August 2023.
"I remember my Mum dug earrings out of the car"
(At the Ballet - A Chorus Line)

Week commencing 14th August 2023.
"If you had a secret, you bet I would keep it
I would never tell on you"
(Don't Tell Mama - Cabaret)

Week commencing 7th August 2023.
"The simpering and whimpering,
The dribbling and the spitting"
(The Smell of Rebellion - Matilda)

Week commencing 31st July 2023.
"He's the big affair I cannot forget.
The only man I ever think of with regret"
(Someone to watch over me - Nice work if you can get it)

Week commencing 24th July 2023.
"All things being even, Here's what I believe in.
Nothing matters more than love"
(Song on the Sand - La Cage Aux Folles)

Week commencing 17th July 2023.
"There's no man in town as admired by you, you're
everyone's favourite guy"
(Gaston - Beauty and the Beast)

Week commencing 10th July 2023.
"You're the one who taught me how to twist and shout,
because you shout non-stop and you're twisted to."
(Mamma I'm a Big Girl Now - Hairspray)

Week commencing 3rd July 2023.
"All things being even, Here's what I believe in.
Nothing matters more than love"
(Spread the Love around - Sister Act)

Week commencing 26th June 2023.
"Nothing I've found is, as sweet as that sound is.
The music that fattens the calf"
(I want to make the world laugh - Mack and Mabel)

Week commencing 19th June 2023.
"Pardon the dust of the upper crust.
Pass us a cup of Tea"
(POSH from Chitty Chity Bang Bang)

Week commencing 12th June 2023.
"My Booties heading for a special place.
Where people shake it baby, wrapped in love's embrace"
(Take me to Heaven - Sister Act)

Week commencing 5th June 2023.
"It All starts Now. I can see my name in Neon,
I won't allow any cloud to rain on me"
(Just arrived - Copacabana)

Week commencing 29th May 2023.
"If You're ever in a mill
and get sawed in half, I won't laugh"
(Friendship - Anything Goes)

Week commencing 22nd May 2023.
"Once again, I'm a little depressed by the tired old face that I see.
Once again it's time to be someone, who's anyone other than me"
(A Little More Mascara - La cage aux Folles)

Week commencing 15th May 2023.
"If you had a secret, You bet I would Keep it.
I would never tell on you"
(Don't Tell Mama - Cabaret)

Week commencing 8th May 2023.
"Just one tiny thought, it started out so small.
The thought made a brick, the brick made a wall"
(Wall in my head - Everyones talking about Jamie)

Week commencing 1st May 2023.
"Leave expectations at the door. Just let your eyes explore.
My cinematic flair. From my boot to derrière"
(Kinky Boots)

Week commencing 24th April 2023.
"If I am patient. The break will mend.
And one fine morning, the hurt will end"
(Time heals everything from Mack n Mabel)

Week commencing 17th April 2023.
"Start a conversation. Throw a celebration,
Let whatever's in you out!"
(Spread the Love Around - Sister Act)

Week commencing 10th April 2023.
"Song Song Song. Sing Sing Sing Sing.
Song. Sing Sing. Song, Sing a Song."
(Good morning Starshine - Hair)

Week commencing 3rd April 2023.
"Here you are. At the start of a moment. On the edge of the world.
Where the river meets the sea."
(Welcome to the Rock - Come From Away)

Week commencing 27th March 2023.
"Fellows will fall in line. Eager young lads
and rogues and cads. Will offer you food and wine."
(Sixteen going on Seventeen - Sound of Music)

Week commencing 20th March 2023.
"We'll become a screaming horde.
Take out your hockey stick, and use it as a sword.
Never again will we be ignored"
(Matilda)

Week commencing 13th March 2023.
"Don't you think it's funny that I should be in this poisition.
I am the one who is so calm, so cool"
(I Don't know how to love him - Jesus Christ)

Week commencing 6th March 2023.
"I remember my Mum dug earrings out of the car"
(At the Ballet - A Chorus Line)

week commencing 27th Feb 2023.
"War isn't over when it ends, some pictures never leave you mind
They are the faces of the children the ones we left behind"
(Bui Doi - Miss Saigon)

week commencing 20th Feb 2023.
"If I'm flyin', then shoot me down.
If I'm wooin', get the girl right out of town"
(Get Me to the Church - My Fair Lady)

Week commencing - 13th Feb 2023.
"There's a calm surrender. To the rush of day,
When the heat of a rolling wind. Can be turned away"
(Can you feel the love tonight - The Lion King)


week commencing - 6th Feb 2023.
"A pair of new shoes with matchin' laces. A permanent box at Sheepshead races.
A porcelain tub with boilin' water. A Saturday night with the Mayor's daughter"
(King of New York - Newsies)

week commenicng 30th January 2023
"The minute you walked in the joint.
I could see you were a man of distinction, a real ....?"
(Big Spender -Sweet Charity).

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