A small favour to thank Kathleen please

My good friend, Kathleen McDermott is competing in "A Little Less Strictly Come Dancing" tonight at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow. You will be doing me a great personal favour if you take a minute to vote for Kathleen.

Kathleen is without doubt the most accommodating person I have ever met when it comes to giving up her time for charity and those less fortunate than herself. I have asked Kathleen on numerous occasions to help promote various charities and, without hesitation, she agrees to do it every time. She is currently an ambassador for Revive MS Support and With Kids and tonight she is dancing to raise money for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice and, she gives her time generously to each of them and many others.

I know Kathleen has put literally 100's of hours of practice into her performance tonight and that's another endearing trait with Kathleen, if she says yes, she gives you 100%.

Please take a minute and give her your vote; you will be doing me, Kathleen and the hospice a great favour.

To vote please text DANCE K to 70100 all day today and, if you're voting after 6pm tonight please text DANCE KATHLEEN to 70100.

Finally, you will be doing me an additional favour by using the Facebook, Twitter and Share buttons below to share this post with your online community.

My comedy debut

Lots of people have been asking how my stand up comedy debut went last Thursday night; I'm pleased to report it all went well. I' equally pleased to tell you I'm glad it's over, I rather think my debut and farewell took place simultaneously.

It was an extremely nerve racking experience for all four of us, not helped by the fact that we didn't actually start until 11pm, I suppose the organisers thought it better to let everyone get a good drink before we went on. That said, the audience of around 500 were very kind and supported all of us extremely well.

I was first up, followed by Gaynor Turner, Jack Konopate and Lorraine Herbison. It was a strange system used to judge the winners where the top two in the text voting (which had been taking place since the Monday) went through to be judged by the panel of three judges, Tam Cowan, Des Clark and one other (apologies, his name escapes me). Jack Konopate and I were the last two with Jack emerging the winner after Tam Cowan's casting vote went in his favour - it probably didn't help that my opening gag was at his expense!

Anyway, I think we were all winners; Jack, Gaynor, Lorraine and myself were truly petrified by the whole affair but we all managed to stand up and get some laughs and, over £40k was raised on the night.

Thank you, on behalf of all of us, for the text votes, the support meant a great deal to all of us and, when we see the cash raised for The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, it make the sleepless nights very worth while.

Below you can see the video footage of my comedy debut.

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Probably my toughest ever challenge!

On Thursday night this week I will take on probably one of the toughest challenges I have ever faced when I take to the floor of the Hilton's Ball Room to do a stand up comedy turn in front of around 500 people.  The events is the annual "Hottest Night of the Year" organised by Charan Gill but, this year is has been renamed the "Funniest Night of the Year".

But I'm not alone, I suspect it's an equally daunting challenge for the three other contestants; Gaynor Turner, Lorraine Herbison and Jack Konopate.  I salute each of them for agreeing to do something so far outside their comfort zone that it beggars belief.  We will each do approximately five minutes stand up in front of a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

The wonderfully funny Janey Godley has been mentoring each of us for the event however, there's only so much one woman can do!  I know Gaynor, Lorraine and Jack will join me in thanking her for giving up her valuable time to make this event happen.

However, the toughness of the challenge is insignificant in comparison to that of the people affected by the cause we are rising funds for, The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. The patients and staff at the hospice face far greater challenges every day in life.  That's why my three fellow contestants and myself are "happy" to take on this challenge.

We have each been allocated a text voting code which is in operation now.  Each text costs £1 and the proceeds go to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice.

I would personally like you all to vote for me however, in the interests of fairness, and more importantly to raise as much as we can for the hospice, I have listed each contestants voting codes below.  If you don't know who to vote for, you can simply vote for each of us, there is no limit to the number of votes you place!

I am asking you to do two things to support us:


• Vote for at least one of us, at least once.
• Share this blog with all of your contacts either by using the Twitter or Facebook link below.  

Better still, share it on both - the more you share it, the more we will all raise for the hospice, that will make it worth the sleepless nights Gaynor, Lorraine, Jack and myself are having this week.

Here are the voting details:

Text Hot Gordon to 82055

Text Hot Jack to 82055

Text Hot Gaynor to 82055

Text Hot Lorraine to 82055

TICKETS
One or two people have asked if there are still tickets available for the event and the answer is YES.  If you would like to come along you should contact Kylie Forrest by email kylie@klevents.co.uk or, by telephone on01698 459966k

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