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I certainly agree with everything that Andy and Frank have said. I have learned a great deal about this comparison by talking to regular visitors and getting my daughters opinion. In my early days at Filey, in the fifties, there were 97 Redcoats, and only very few of them, perhaps the odd dozen, had a stage act. As much as we loved the glory and adoration we got on the Redcoat show, it was only a small part of the job!! Choose how good an act a Redcoat might have been, if they didn't mix and mingle or didn't learn how to work out the competition bye's, they would be quickly shown the door!! As a compere/producer I was able to put on a fantastic Redcoat show, with hardly any or even no acts at all. Enthusiastic,popular Reds doing slapstick comedy sketches couldn't be followed!!! Every Redcoat could do 'Joey Joey's' to open the show. My view when putting on a show was "I will try to get the lads to dance in the Opening, but if they can't we will do a marching one!!" I have seen just one recent Redcoat Show, they were not cheered off!! Our's always were!!! I have not used certain Redcoat acts in favour of Johnny O'Mahoney doing "The Naughty Boy" sketch, because that was stronger than any act and was what the camper's wanted!...Rockycatmad wrote:YES, EVERYTHING ANDY SAID!
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