Blackpool Tower Ballroom, Phil Kelsall, Strictly Dance, Organ,Tea & Pleasure.

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • Welcome to the ballroom at Blackpool Tower for this virtual lockdown dance. I have put this together from videos that I had previously loaded to RUclips. The dances are, Opening Waltz, Mayfair Quickstep, Sereda Tango, Sindy Swing, Balmoral Blues, Emmerdale Waltz, Melody Foxtrot, Lilac Waltz, Valeta and the last waltz. Phil Kelsall, MBE, finished with a few bars of 'I do like to be beside the Seaside'. I hope viewers enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed watching it myself. Michael Parkinson

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  • @donbehrendt2871
    @donbehrendt2871 Год назад +2

    I have enjoyed Phil Kelsall music so much and now the dance routine you have is great.

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  Год назад

      Thank you donberendt2871 for your lovely comment. I put some video clips together during the Covid lockdown and it has achieved over sixteen thousand views. I am pleased to write that things are back to normal now and the Blackpool Tower Ballroom is open again. You have made an old man happy with your comment, bless you Michael Parkinson

  • @rosettalawrence1577
    @rosettalawrence1577 Год назад

    Great video. Shows off the beautiful Tower Ballroom being enjoyed by so many people dancing to the fabulous music 👏👏💃🕺🎼🎶🎶🎵

  • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
    @michaelparkinsonnotsir  4 года назад +4

    I watch this repeatedly, it is lovely to listen to the music and watch so many people enjoying themselves. Dancers, spectators, tea and cake customers. I hope , hope and hope that the Tower and Ballroom is open again and that my wife and I can be there again. If I was a judge I would give it ten, ten, ten and ten. Michael Parkinson

    • @karenstitt7284
      @karenstitt7284 3 года назад

      I used to play the organ for old time dancing it doesn’t seem to happen anymore I used to go playing around all the clubs I absolutely loved it

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  3 года назад

      @@karenstitt7284 Thank you for your interesting comment Karen. I am sure that the events that you played for were enjoyed by the dancers and organist. Michael Parkinson

  • @Mike-kc8rl
    @Mike-kc8rl 3 месяца назад

    Certainly has been Pal of my cradle days! I can remember hearing the Blackpool Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer from my childhood 60 years ago, then I believe Ernest Braodbent, followed by the current house organist Phil Kelsall since 1977! I remember thinking back then ,this guy will never last? How wrong can you be?

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  3 месяца назад

      Thank you @Mike-kc8ri for your comment. It is good that you can admit to being wrong. Phil has certainly made his mark at Blackpool and the Thursford Christmas Spectacular. Keep enjoying the music. Best wishes

  • @unclelouie3828
    @unclelouie3828 6 месяцев назад

    LOVE THIS!!!!!!

  • @donbehrendt2871
    @donbehrendt2871 Год назад

    Such Great music and the dancers are also PRO:S 'Wishing we know are learn all of the steps in the U.S.A. The dancers are all know the steps just perfect timing THANKS AGAIN

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  Год назад

      Thank you Don for your comment. Whilst it is great that you write that the dancers are Professionals of course they are not but look as though they are. The setting, floor and the brilliant playing of Phil Kelsall make it so easy for the dancers to show their expertise. It gives me great pleasure to read your appreciative comment. Best wishes Michael Parkinson

  • @DavidWatson-g1c
    @DavidWatson-g1c 6 месяцев назад +1

    As children my parents also took a suite of rooms at the Imperial and they would come to afternoon tea dances at the Tower Ballroom followed by the Grand Theatre in the evening Blackpool was a magical place then and still is. It really is a wonderful place to come for a holiday. I have never understood why some people rush over to the continent when we have Blackpool.

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you @user-on3zp6jn5d For your lovely comment. Joan and I have enjoyed many holidays at Blackpool and particularly our visits to the Tower Ballroom. Michael Parkinson

    •  6 месяцев назад

      Perhaps, it's a British understanding, however, being from the US, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "the continent." In any case, I'm amazed with the planet spinning above these dancers!

  • @ianhead9477
    @ianhead9477 4 года назад +2

    Hi from Perth Australia great memories as a child 60 yrs ago watching the great reg Dixon,enjoy all youre videos and all videos of the tower ballroom

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  4 года назад

      Thank you Ian Head for your comment. It gives me great pleasure to learn that you like my RUclips videos. Michael Parkinson

  • @donhill5146
    @donhill5146 3 года назад +1

    Great Stuff!!!! Phil Kelsall does it again. What a pleasure it is to listen to him playing the Mighty
    Wurlitzer. Full Marks for the video.

  • @billbickley5798
    @billbickley5798 3 года назад

    Beautiful Playing as always...............................Bill Bickley uk

  • @mainaccount131
    @mainaccount131 4 года назад +1

    Super excellent with very good interesting video

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  4 года назад

      Thank you very much, that is a scene that we will not be able to see for some time. Michael Parkinson

  • @veraval6836
    @veraval6836 Год назад

    Superbe!!!

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  Год назад

      Thank you VeraVal6836 For your one word comment that means a lot to me. Michael Parkinson

  • @ronaldsaunders8736
    @ronaldsaunders8736 2 года назад

    llast danced on the floor 40 years ago to phil kellsall had a great time nostalgia m thanks ron s townsville australia pomme kiwi ausie

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  2 года назад

      Thank you ronaldsaunders8736 for your comment. There is a great atmosphere in the Tower Ballroom and Phil has that magic touch. Michael Parkinson

  • @robertdodds7228
    @robertdodds7228 4 года назад +1

    I love the music thats kind I played a long time ago still nice to listen to Bobby N.C

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  4 года назад

      Thank you Robert Dodds for your comment. I am glad that the video recalls such happy memories. Michael Parkinson

  • @mainaccount131
    @mainaccount131 3 года назад

    Delightful

  • @unclelouie3828
    @unclelouie3828 6 месяцев назад +1

    First song, "Pal of my Cradle Days". I'm just singing along with the organ.

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you @unclelelouie3828 for your lovely comment 'Pal of my Cradle Days is a well loved song. My memory of it is dancing at a place called Calverton Miners Welfare, near Nottingham, with most of the dancers singing to it as we danced. Happy Days! Michael Parkinson

  • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
    @michaelparkinsonnotsir  4 года назад +5

    Spare a thought for Phil Kelsall. Three days ago I learned that the 2020 Thursford Christmas Spectacular has been cancelled. The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is still closed as well. Phil is just one of the many entertainers who are suffering with the rest of us. Michael Parkinson

    • @ul7185
      @ul7185 4 года назад

      Thursford Christmas Spectacular Gets Postponed

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  4 года назад

      @@ul7185 If Covid had not happened Joan and I would have been there this week, second week in October. Michael Parkinson

  • @johnthornton73
    @johnthornton73 2 года назад

    I do not know if it IS my eyes but does this seem blurry??

    • @michaelparkinsonnotsir
      @michaelparkinsonnotsir  2 года назад

      Thank you for your comment @johnthornton73. You are right, the vision is a bit blurry. To achieve better picture quality I would have needed to control the lighting in the ballroom and employ a team of technicians but that would not have been allowed by the Tower owners. I am just one man using an iPhone. I think the sound is fantastic though. As I type this nearly 13 thousand people have viewed the video with many positive comments. Michael Parkinson

    • @johnthornton73
      @johnthornton73 2 года назад

      @@michaelparkinsonnotsir Thank you for that - I then looked at another of your contributions and had no problem. Thank you for the great service you provide.

  • @bobawolf
    @bobawolf Год назад

    Festival. Glide?

  • @gordoncrook7507
    @gordoncrook7507 3 года назад

    For me Reg lives on Phil can handle the Wuritzer A1 if only we had Sunday concerts
    Gordon Exmouth

  • @bobawolf
    @bobawolf Год назад

    Emerdale Waltz

  • @bobawolf
    @bobawolf Год назад

    Mayfair Quickstep

  • @bobawolf
    @bobawolf Год назад

    Tango serida