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DangerHere Exclusive
Beglin Set
For a Career in Cabaret
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Jim
accepts the acclaim of an adoring
crowd after a rousing version of
"A mother's love's a blessing".
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We
might like a good news story here at the
Towers but we just love a great scoop. It
gives us great pleasure, therefore, to
exclusively reveal that the Jury Doyle
Hotel Group have recruited Mr. Jim Beglin
for the forthcoming season of their world
famous Irish Cabaret.
Mr Beglin, the former Liverpool and
Ireland star was uncontactable this week,
but we managed to catch up with Mr. Dick
Bourke, General Manager of Jury's,
Ballsbridge, home of the nation's greatest
cabaret. Mr Bourke was in an ebullient
mood over the Cabaret's latest coup.
"The Foot and Mouth crisis might have
had a deleterious effect on our Spring
trade but with Beglin on board, Summer is
set to be a scorcher" he beamed. |
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Dangerhere staff are quietly bemused over Mr.
Beglin's elevation from a football pundit to
Cabaret crooner, but Dick Bourke was quick to
inform us that performing is in Beglin's Waterford
blood. Before a professional career in football
beckoned, Jim's abiding passion was music and the
vehicle for this interest was the family band, the
Beglin Boys, a stylish group that enjoyed huge
success on the back of the folk explosion which
reached its zenith in the 1970's. The highlight of
the group's year used to be their annual spot at
the Christmas party for the workers in "the
Glass." It was from the attendees at these
legendary gigs that Jim received his performing
moniker "Crystal Boy Beglin."
As an avid sports
supporter, Bourke is well aware of Beglin's
reputation. "Yes me and Jimmy go back a long
way. I first met him when the "Pool"
lads were stopping here on a pre-season friendly
seventeen years ago at the height of the club's
success, and we have been great pals ever since.
Jimmy just loves Jurys and between the Dubliner
Bar and the Coffee Dock he practically lives in
the joint. He has also attends many functions in
the hotel especially events like the
"Jury's/Irish Independent Sports Star of the
Week Award."
Although I have been coaxing him for years, it's
thrilling news that Jim has finally relented and
agreed to join the troupe. Were always on the look
out for a performer with plenty of style and
charisma, the pazazz factor if you will, and Jim
is just the man. He really was a perfect choice.
The Cabaret is constantly evolving and we try to
mirror the social and cultural changes taking
place in the country in the show. Our core Cabaret
customers, the Yanks, are a lot more clued in than
they were, say, ten years ago. It's no longer
possible to dress Noelie (Noel V. Ginnity) up in
Leprechaun gear and expect them to be rolling in
the aisles. Nowadays we are expected to work a lot
harder than that.
Jim represents the kind of successful, urbane and
confident race that we have become. Its great to
finally have a performer with a mid-Atlantic
accent that everyone understands rather than one
with some sent-up "Flatley-like Oirish"
brogue that everyone sneers at. The days of
patronising our audiences with that kind of
rubbish are long gone. Thanks be to God." |
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In
joining Jury's Cabaret, Beglin is following in the
footsteps of some of the country's finest
entertainers including such luminaries as Ray
McAnally, Tony Lynch and Bertie Le Bas, one of
Ireland's most celebrated magicians. Mr Bourke is
extremely proud of the fact that Jury's Irish
Cabaret features the country's top artists and has
entertained nearly 3 million people at its home in
Ballsbridge. The Cabaret features a cast of twenty
people presenting the traditional song, dance,
music and comedy of Ireland.
The stellar line-up includes the country's most
celebrated tenor, Tony Kenny and Ireland's
"Master of Mirth," the great Joe Cuddy.
Perhaps, the cast's most celebrated member is the
"Celtic King of Blarney" himself, Hal
Roach. |
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For
a final encore, Jim invites on stage star guests,
Gabby, Kirsty,
and George. |
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Roach, who was
once described by the Los Angeles Times as "the
funniest man in the World," is the longest serving
member of group and like Beglin, also hails from the
City on the Suir. Hal, in fact, has been putting Jim
through his paces in preparation for his debut season.
He was very complimentary of Jim's talents, which have
been showcased at a number of recent cabaret
performances in support of local charities. "Jim's
powerful, expressive delivery, his dynamic stage
presence, and his innate ability to draw the audience
into a song, create a magical milieu at his live
performances, with each and every show marked by
laughter, tears, and thunderous applause."
The Beglin repertoire is apparently an eclectic mix of
innumerable styles that is sure to hold the audience in
rapt attention. As well as the standard Irish classics
such as Raglan Road, Jim also pays tribute to a range of
international artists. His set begins with the Josef
Locke classic "Blaze Away" and concludes with
the Nana Mouskouri number "Was in Athen Geschah."
Apparently Beglin is overjoyed at the prospect of
sharing the stage with the pantheon elite of Irish
entertainment. We at Dangerhere have a sneaking
suspicion that the Jury's crew will kind of feel
honoured about sharing the stage with Jim. We wish the
"Crystal Boy" the very best of luck in his new
career and our delighted to award him a very exclusive
but much deserved Spotter's Badge. |
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