The Opera Dudes at Manea Village Hall, Cambridgeshire

Saturday 10^th March 2012. Manea Village Hall, Cambridgeshire

Fenland Frolics.

Opera Dude Mania in Manea!

The Opera Dudes, famous for not being famous, donned snorkels, flippers and wet suits this weekend to perform to the folk in the fens.

Manea was apparently the first choice of capital city of England for King Charles II and for a brief moment on Saturday night it was as if Chaz's wish had come true. The West End of Manea was alive with the sound of carriages, cars and various water-borne vehicles pulling up outside the resplendent Village Hall. 




All Fenland was abuzz with the excitement of Manea's answer to Les Miserables - the Crabby Opera Dudes!!

Janet put the key in the door, Dianne put the tea in the pot and the Dudes put the sea in celebrity.

By the evening the Hall was packed with almost 100 of Manea's finest. 

What an evening it was; the Dudes were bathing in the warm reception all night. The audience were aquatic – I mean, ecstatic. From the word go, it was clear it was going to be a good night.

The more discerning members of the audience went first to Classics Restaurant, where they had a delicious three course meal and a first glimpse of the Dudes over their prawn cocktail.

The show followed and the audience were soon put in their plaice by the late arrival of 

a certain gentleman, bearing some resemblance to Neil but claiming to be an original Maneac! This gentleman's rather fishy, suspicious entrance was soon revealed to be imposterous and the audience had no doubt that they were in for a whale of a time!

The audience was lively but these were no shark-infested waters for the performers. Soon the watery residents were eating out of the Dudes’ hands and chasing rabbits around the Hall. Despite all this, the untimely appearance of a well-known Disney Duck – as opposed to a Nottingham Ducky – was still a shock to all and sundry!

The verdict – this was Salmon Chanted Evening!