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many competitions really don’t mean a great deal to the winner, if you don’t count the prize money, but this could mean work and consideration for television and recording work. Comedy seems to be the scarcest commodity on the Scottish scene these days.”Ĭompere for the week will be comedian Ray Jeffrys and for the semi and final stages there will be well-known judges. I had hoped it might have produced one or two comedians, but it wasn’t to be. Peter tells me “That was the only disappointment in last years show. However, all types of acts will be welcome, particularly comedy. However, he will welcome two or three handed acts. It is not that he has anything against groups, but the stage at the Strand is not suited to them. He is looking for all types of acts, except, sorry to say, groups. Those who want to enter can write to him at Chalmers Wood Ltd., entertainment agents, 79 West Regent Street, Glasgow, giving details of type of act and experience and he will arrange a time for the audition. Peter will be holding auditions for the Search for a Star show on Sunday, November 28. The man who is organising things is Peter de Rance who books many clubs throughout Scotland and produced the tremendous popular Glen Daly show which is currently running at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow. There will be six heats running from Monday till Thursday with semi final on Friday and the final on Saturday. Nevertheless prize money is valued at more than £100 and the winner will be booked in at the Strand for a week’s cabaret, for money. It is not so much a contest as a search for acts which can be used in cabaret in the future. This is a repeat of the last year’s show, which, with the backing of this column, was such a tremendous success. The Strand in Hope Street, Glasgow, are running their second Search for a Star contest in their cabaret room on the week starting December 6 1971. Appearing with them is popular singer Alf Freeman. The Strand, a haunt for many of the gay men and woman in Glasgow during the 1970s.īenny Garcia, the black and white Minstrel man, and attractive singer Jan Douglas, recently returned from a tour of South Africa, top the bill in the Strand in Hope Street, Glasgow, next week.Ī new act to Scotland, the Wagner Brothers, top the cabaret bill at the Strand, Hope Street, Glasgow, next week. Many will remember these old premises as the Strand back in the 70s. Named after Robert Austin who had previously owned the Tropics Bar, Argyle Street, under the bridge of Central Station, a fantastic bar in it’s day.Īfter a few years of the premises being closed down it became known as the Crow Bar. Austin’s was a well known gay bar during the 1980s and 90s. I will also call them tomorrow and follow up.This may not look like an old established pub but it has been around for a long time. I also asked the officer if they could patrol this block more and station a car on the block for a few weeks.
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“Going forward, I will be placing a camera outside that can see license plates. The cops said they would look into it but without a plate number or description of the person/people in the car. “No one on the patio got a description of the car and our camera system doesn’t record the street. The cops were called and actually showed up this time. In as statement posted on The Iron Bear’s Facebook page, Beshear said: “So someone in a black or dark colored car threw a firecracker onto the patio about 1:08am. The police reportedly did not respond to the June incident. A karaoke night was being held at The Iron Bar at the time of the incident. He said that another firework was thrown onto the sidewalk outside the bar on June 28, which was also a karaoke night. The co-owner said a new street-facing camera would be installed because the CCTV at the bar did not capture the firework being thrown on Thursday. Beshear told the regional paper he did not know if the bar was targeted because it was a gay venue, saying that he did not hear any anti-gay slurs being shouted, but added that he was “little more concerned this time because this is the second time this happened.”