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Clare HIngott
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HAMPTONS OF PENARTH
Hamptons is widely acknowledged as having one of the best daytime cafés in the Vale of Glamorgan. What has become something of a best kept secret however is their extremely popular music and dinner evenings.
“It all started,” explained owners Andy Bradshaw and Peter Knowles, “with a request from our customers to put on an event for Valentine’s Day.” Rising to the challenge, they hired a vocalist, Neil Craven who performed a series of Rat Pack, soft jazz and Michael Bublé numbers and served up a wonderful menu with a rather whimsical, romantic theme.
“Tickets for the night sold out so quickly,” said Andy, “that we added a second night which also sold out immediately. People were so desperate to come that we had a waiting list with people calling each day to see if there had been any cancellations”.
“One of the great things about the evening,” added Peter, “was that many of the diners were groups of friends out for a relaxed evening, trying to avoid the huddles of couples staring longingly into each others eyes.”
Andy and Peter then found that having enjoyed the evening so much their customers were asking what was next –a result they hadn’t anticipated. They’ve now put together an exciting programme of events for the whole year, including News Years Eve.
“To date,” said Andy, “we have had an evening on the Orient Express with food and music from around the world, Cocktail Jazz with the Graham Watkins Quartet, Abigails Party with fab food from the 70’s (yes we did have prawn cocktail and arctic roll!) accompanied by an energetic Motown show from the very talented Copthorne Players and a Night on Broadway with West End singer Morgan James which will be repeated in August.”
Andy and Peter are keeping the programme of events varied to ensure there is something that appeals to absolutely everyone.
Further events will include Summer Jazz, A Night at the Opera with WNO, September Swing with Neil Craven and of course they are already taking bookings for Christmas which they assure us will not include turkey or the dreaded brussel sprouts!
A Night on Broadway
15th and 16th August Songs from all your favourite Broadway musicals with vocalist Morgan James and pianist Gwyn Morgans.
Summer Jazz
29 and 30 August The fabulous Clare Hingott and the boys from the Graham Watkins Jazz Quartet serenade us over dinner for our Summer Jazz evenings.
A Night at the Opera
5th and 6th September Join us for an evening of light opera and food – think summer’s evening picnic at Glyndebourne - with our four fabulous performers by kind permission of Welsh National Opera.
September Swing
12th and 13th September Back by popular demand we are delighted to present Neil Craven for an evening of Rat Pack, Michael Bublé and soft jazz – and great food of course!
Autumn Swing Fever
3rd October An evening of swing, Dixieland jazz and shuffle with the Keith Little Band.
Harvest Festival
17th and 18th October We celebrate the harvest with an evening of country and western music and a harvest festival style menu.
Halloween Party
31st October and 1st November It all gets spooky at Hamptons for our special Halloween parties with a spookylicious menu and jazz from the Graham Watkins Jazz Trio.
Autumn Swing Fever
14th and 15th November The Keith Little Band return for two more evenings of swing, Dixieland jazz and shuffle.
Midnight Jazz
28th and 29th November Two nights of laid back midnight jazz and relaxed dining.
Christmas Parties
4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th December The Graham Watkins Jazz Trio and the fabulous Miss Clare Hingott will be with us for Christmas jazz and our special festive menu each Thursday, Friday and Saturday in December.
New Years Eve
This will be the hot ticket of the Hamptons year – details will be announced on the Hamptons website on 1st September.
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