The 80’s and early 90’s were revisited on Thursday 25th November when St Mary’s held its own version of Stars in Their Eyes - the fun British Singer impersonation show that saw hundreds of contestants impersonate their favourite showbiz stars.
Local performers came out in force for the chance to mimic their idols and to raise funds to support the Hospice.
The event saw 10 local singers perform firstly as themselves and then after talking to the host for the evening, Mr Pete Murphy, about their job, their life and the universe they then went through the "star door" and (kaboom!) after a few dry ice clouds in the second half of the show they suddenly become the star of their choosing.
Stars in Their Eyes remains one of the UK's most successful shows attracting around 13 million viewers and this showed when hundreds of people filled the Nines, in Barrow for this special event and together raised £1240.
There were special performances during the evening from stars including Marc Bolan, Lady GaGa, Freddie Mercury and Patsy Cline and all for a ticket price of £5!In addition, during the interval the audience was treated to a special performance by Mr Neil McLaughlin as Elvis Presley.
Funding & Operations Manager for St Mary’s, Zoe Guest, said: “All the performers have given up their time for free and the staff at the Nines have let us use their room, which is a fantastic support. I would like to say a big thank you to them all and to everyone who has come along to support St Mary’s. Without the help of the local community we wouldn’t be able to do what we do, and we really appreciate everyone coming to tonight’s event.”
The room, covered in multi-coloured lights, was packed full of applauding people during the show. Host for the evening Pete Murphy, speaking on the night said: “There has been a really nice feeling in the room tonight. Every act we have had on has seemed a little nervous, but they have all done really well. It has been a massive success.”
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