Showbands veteran Joe Mac joins fellow classic acts for one night of good-old fashioned variety entertainment, writes Jo Kerrigan

“You really are only as old as you feel, you know”, the elderly lady from Lancashire saied, tossing a lurid pink feather boa over her shoulder and sashaying on to the dance floor at the opening chords of ‘Ain’t Misbehaving’.

BRENDAN Grace has been making people laugh for 40 years. 

University Concert Hall, Limerick

William Buick made the best possible return to riding in Britain by winning on his first mount of 2012 in the Bet At Blue Square Maiden Stakes at Lingfield this afternoon.

William Haggas has no serious stamina concerns about Sooraah when she tackles a mile and a quarter for the first time in the Blue Square Winter Derby at Lingfield on Saturday.

DONCASTER: 2.05 Eton Forever; 2.35 Bated Breath; 3.10 Our Joe Mac

ROBERT Thornton rode his 1,000th career winner, and his 50th of the season, when steering Araldur home in the Free Bets At gg.com Novices’ Hurdle at Towcester yesterday.

RICHARD Fahey is sending over a strong raiding party to the Curragh tomorrow for the opening day of the Irish Flat season.

Eoin Doyle is looking for a repeat performance from No Full in the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown later this month.

MEGANS JOY, very disappointing in the Galway Hurdle and absent since then, came right back to her best when taking the Grade 2 Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.

Eoin Griffin hopes Lounaos can return to form in the Ballykisteen Hotel & Golf Resort Tipperary Hurdle tomorrow.

IN THE heyday of the Dixies, Brendan O’Brien was used to stopping traffic.

BRENDAN O’BRIEN, one of the brightest lights of the showband era, has died.

IRELAND’S showband legends are to be immortalised Hollywood-style.

GOLDEN folk memories came flooding back yesterday as the National Museum of Ireland Country Life began to celebrate a generation that danced its way into history.

THERE is gym equipment in a backroom of this tall house, number three, Landsdowne Terrace, but, truth be told, getting to the front door is a cardiovascular workout in itself.

SHOWBAND legend Joe Mac was accorded a civic reception in his native city last night to honour his remarkable 50 years in the entertainment business.

A ROADSIGN approaching the southern capital for many years carried the legend 'Welcome to Cork, Home of the Dixies.'

CHAMPION Hurdle aspirant Back In Front gets the vote to beat Intersky Falcon in a fascinating John James McManus Memorial Hurdle at Tipperary tomorrow.

THE funeral took place in Clonakilty, Co Cork, yesterday of Noel Redding, the man who played bass with one of rock’s most famous outfits, the Jimi Hendrix Experience.