Simon Brown pianist for corporate event at Radisson Edwardian

Last Friday I was the singer and pianist for a corporate event at the very elegant Alto Restaurant in the Radisson Hotel Manchester. The event was hosted by Engage, the Super League sponsors, on the eve of the rugby Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.
My own performance on the evening was set between a talk on beers and accompaniments given by the very entertaining Adrian Tierney-Jones, several speeches by Engage on the eve of their final match as sponsors and later speeches by national sports writers and journalists who paid tribute to the very positive contribution made by Engage during its years of Super League sponsorship.
As formalities drew to a close, the inevitable singsong began with a few “guest singers” who ”showed them how it’s done!” A night that had everything but nothing could have prepared us for the drama that was to follow at Old Trafford on Saturday as Leeds secured a memorable victory…