Colin Penn sing-along celebrates Armistice Day

FOR the last 28 years people have flocked to Colin Penn’s Armistice Day show and Sunday was no different as people packed the Norwegian Club hall for the The Biggest Sing-a-long Ever.

The show celebrated the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 and also included songs from WW2 and the Korean War, with the audience singing along to songs like Daisy, Beebopalula, Let’s Twist Again and Calypso.

Colin, who has been entertaining the public for 64 years, started off his musical career in the days of the Alfresco on the Esplanade, entertaining crowds at weddings, nightclubs, parties, balls and dances. He surpassed his 100th show in 2012, and the number is still climbing.

He has played the piano since the age of four and performed his first New Year’s Eve show at the Perthshire Hotel at the age of 13. He played in the West End of London, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Disneyland, has performed on Union Castle ships, played at the Mayor’s Ball, the Red Cross Ball, at the Los Angles Hotel and the five star Tiffanys. He has played in just about every night spot in Durban, performed four times for the Queen, once for Princess Anne and for every State President since South Africa became a republic.

Penn loves the classics and enjoys playing music from the 1940s to 1970s, but it is his tributes to the greats, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Tom Jones, Tony Bennett and Johnny Mathis, for which he is best known.

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