Manchester Evening News Award nomination

Desperate to be Doris has been nominated for a Manchester Evening News award in the Special Entertainment category. We are absolutely thrilled, particularly for the Manchester choir who performed for two weeks in addition to their day jobs. Well done everyone, let's hope we win.

Looking forward to The Brindley

Really looking forward to the run at The Brindley, choir sounded fab on Saturday, the Dakota descant is worth the trip alone, also to see Malcolm and Tony from the Manchester choir taking new roles. See you Manchester lot there on Saturday. Please come in good voice!

New vid clips

Have a look at my profile on Facebook, see link, and it will help you with the dance moves!

Last chance to order photos!!!!

Last chance to order Doris pics from Vincent Abbey, our official photographer. He is about to take the pics off his site so if you haven't done so already get
your orders in quick! The link is http://tinyurl.com/dtbdoris

Thanks to the Ipswich choir

A big thank you for all your hard work, it certainly paid off. A big thanks for my Otley and Ashbocking T shirt which I wore yesterday, it took quite a bit of explaining to people living in Manchester! See you all in Sudbury 17-19 March and hopefully back at the Wolsey next autumn!

Lost property

Have some lost property, a mobile phone with a cracked screen, a bracelet. Ring our office 0161 881 0061 to claim. You were all fab on Saturday. Missing you already! Sue & Maggie x

Choir photos

To look at choir photos follow the link to Vincent Abbey's site and order direct from him.
http://tinyurl.com/dtbdoris
Had request for choir members from a new Manchester choir. Their link is:
http://www.manchestershowchoir@yahoo.co.uk

Special Doris Fairtrade Teatowels

Do get your tickets for Doris at The Library, some performances are selling out, some are selling fast. The only exception is Monday 28th, when I will be giving the performance of a life time to a sadly smaller audience. So get your friends, relatives, school parties, allotment societies, homeopaths, dentists and bank managers along. Also exciting news, this is as exciting as it gets at LipService, we are having special Fairtrade Desperate to be Doris tea towels made, which should arrive on Wednesday. Now go and lie down and absorb the thrilling news.

Song lyrics

Lyrics for Still I'm Burning Up (Steamed Up)
The choir do the “click click fsssss” bit. Maggie, Sue & Darren sing

(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
When I’m with you then passion starts to brew.

(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
Your love’s so hot it gets me in a stew
You get me kinda woozy
Your love is a jacuzzi
That bubbles and troubles me dear

You’re the kind of lass is
misting up my glasses
simply from having you near
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
Cause what you’ve got, it really gets me hot
Choir sing
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
Your love’s so hot it gets me in a stew
You get me kinda woozy
Your love is a jacuzzi
That bubbles and troubles me dear

And when the lights are dimmer
I really start to simmer
the moment I am holding you near
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
(click click fsssss ) I get steamed up
Cause what you’ve got, it really gets me hot

Maybe I really should take a cold shower.

Maybe I really should take a cold shower.

Maybe I really should take a cold shower.

Still I’m burning up.

Maybe I need a cool dip in ice water.

Maybe I need a cool dip in ice water.

Maybe I need a cool dip in ice water.

Before I blow my top!
Pause in music for clapping unaccompanied section
Take a cold shower. No no.
Dip in ice water. No no.
Ice? NO! Fire? 
YES! sssssss yes yes yes!
Cool me baby, I’m hot!!

Music comes back in.
Maybe I really should take a cold shower (Boink boink).

Maybe I really should take a cold shower (Boink boink).

Maybe I really should take a cold shower (Boink boink).
It really gets me hot!



Reprise of the “maybe I really should take a cold shower” section of music to cover the scene change.

Running order for songs

Running order for the songs in Desperate to be Doris is as follows:
Act One Que Sera, Secret Love; Act Two Steamed Up, Black Hills of Dakota, The Deadwood Stage, Enjoy Yourself. You have loads of time in between numbers in Act One, but Act Two you are back and forth to the stage quite swiftly. You were sounding fab last night and those daffodils circling round were a deep joy!

Deadwood Stage lyrics

The Deadwood Stage

Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains,
With the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins.
Beautiful sky! A wonderful day!
Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!

Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-headin' on over the hills,
where the Injun arrows are thicker than porcupine quills.
Dangerous land! No time to delay!
So, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!

(Chorus) We're headin' straight for town, loaded down, with a fancy cargo,
Care of Wells and Fargo, Illinois - Boy!

(Chorus)Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-comin' on over the crest,
Like a homing pigeon that's a-hankerin' after its nest.
twenty-three miles we've covered today.
So, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!


(Chorus)Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!

(Dean)Introducin' Henry Miller, just as busy as a fizzy sarsparilla
Ain't a showman and he's smarter, operates the Golden Garter
Where the cream of Deadwood City come to dine
And I'm glad to say he's a very good friend of mine

Hi Joe, say where d'you get them fancy clothes?
I know! Off some fellow's laundry line.
Hi Beau. Well aren't you the Prairie Rose,
Smelling like a watermelon vine.

Here's a man the Sheriff watches.
On his gun there's more 'n twenty-seven notches.
On the draw there's no-one faster
and you're flirting with disaster
when Bill Hickok's reputation you malign.
But I'm glad to say he's a very good friend, of a friend of mine.

Oh! The Deadwood Stage is entitled to rest today.
In the Golden Slipper the folks are chipper and gay.
Last to the bar’s a three legged crow,

Joy Set ‘em up, Joe, give me a shot of red eye!
(Chorus) Drinks on the house!

Secret Love parts now on Facebook

Have a look at this link, takes you to our Facebook page where you can download audio files for the choir parts to Secret Love and Deadwood Stage.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44504348921

Calling all choirs

Have a look at this. We could do something similar with all the choirs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

Hi to everyone in York

Just to let you know I have received the music from Andy for The Deadwood Stage and it's great! Hopefully you can rehearse that on Wednesday night.The following week we will be singing with you too, including Darren Southworth who sings like Doris Day. Can't wait. Maggie & Sue

Tony & Twizzle's tour diary

We've been having an absolutely super time in the north, we love Northerners, they're so...well...northern. We've been in Liverpool and Newcastle, which were very, very northern indeed and this coming Friday we are headed to Southport. Twiz is bringing her rubber ring but she shouldn't get her hopes up, the sea is just a myth in Southport. After that we don our climbing boots and head off to Kendal on 12th Feb to stock up on mint cake and then the fabulous shores of Lake Derwentwater in Keswick on 25th Feb.Do join us, we'd love to see you.You get chance to ask us questions, feel free to ask anything you like, it's a warts and all show, and in the second half we pick your questions out of a bin. Don't be put off by the word "bin", it's a very glamorous one covered in gold stars. Anyway, bye for now and hope to see you soon!

Tony & Twiz