THE OWEN BRANNIGAN STORY - A TRIBUTE BY GRAEME DANBY Music she's quick

she's quick

Alan Fox – 'Foxy' – the North East's King of Comedy

Plus a film showing the Blaydon Races centenary celebrations in 1962 and a performance of the updated2012 version of the famous song by internationally famous Geordie opera star

Pat Roach and other cast members we've lost along the way

carol-singing snails and a witch doctor's curse are all topics dealt with in Brendan's irreverent and zany style

THE OWEN BRANNIGAN STORY - A TRIBUTE BY GRAEME DANBY Music she's quickGraeme Danby, North Eastern born opera star and St James' Park's own 'Top Chanter' tells the amazing story of Owen Brannigan, the Geordie carpenter who travelled south in 1929 to seek his fortune, gained a Scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music, was appointed Principal Bass at Sadler's Wells Opera and then became the North East's first operatic superstar. The 5th October 2008 was a big day on Tyneside, over 50,000 stout hearted runners completed