A selection of original recodings from the Clog Dance musical, written by John Marcangelo.

Copyright: John Marcangelo 2006, except "Clog Dance": Aviation Music 1979

Clog Dance

"There Are Times"

A selection of tracks from throughout Cathy & John's musical careers

Brazil - from Celeste Francis' "Live At Sea"

Feeling Good  - from Celeste Francis' "Live At Sea"

Superstar  - from Celeste Francis' "Live At Sea"

Cathy sings The Girl From The Hard Rock Cafe (D. Mackay)

Cathy sings Dancing On My Heart (J. Marcangelo / D. Mackay)

John and Cathy Marcangelo are two musicians from the Cumbrian coastal town of Whitehaven, England. The Marcangelo's have a wealth of musical experience and knowledge with stage and studio careers spanning some 30 years. 
 
John was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria and spent his early childhood in New York. He started his life in music with a band called The Invaders in Cumbria, after leaving school, when earlier intending to go to Carlisle Art College. John  attended the new facilities of Leeds College of Music to train as a classical musician (pianist and percussionist)  where he met the violinsist Mik Kaminski. It was whilst here that Cow was formed by violinist Mik Kaminski, drummer John Hodgson, with Mr. Marcangelo on keyboards and percussion.
 
After leaving college in Leeds, he went to London, and worked as a session musician and also in orchestra pits for musicals such as Hair. Mik Kaminski then joined ELO in 1973. He found a new musical partner in the composer Cornelius Cardew in their band called People’s Liberation Music, with Vicky Silva as singer. Together they worked with the opera singer Jane Manning and toured the world, recording the first music concert for the BBC World Service in communist China. Cornelius was killed in a hit and run accident in 1981. He was asked by Mik Kaminski to record an album with Violinski, and got another Cumbrian musician, Barry (Baz) Dunnery a guitarist from Egremont, to join them. From the album No Cause for Alarm, recorded at the Musicland Studios in Munich, came John’s most well known composition, “Clog Dance” reaching number 17 in March 1979. He then went on a European tour with Violinski and also contributed to their second and final album Stop Cloning About. He has worked on cruise ships, first on the QE2 as a drummer with the Ronnie Carroll Orchestra, and has since performed on many cruises with his wife Cathy as the Celeste Trio with keyboard player Dave Taylor from Distington.
 
He has recently made Clog Dance into Clog Dance: The Musical. The composition has also been arranged by Bill Charleson and Bill Bailey for brass band after he re-wrote “Dog Shrapnel” part of his acclaimed “No Cause for Alarm” tour.

Born in Malta, Cathy has been living in England since the age of 3. She began her professional singing career performing in prestige venues across the U.K. Theatre credits include “Dorothy” in The Wizard Of Oz. Commanding performances aboard some of the world’s most luxurious cruise ships followed and today she is often heard across her country on the BBC. She made her U.S. debut in a series of sold out appearances on the East Coast.
 
 Cathy has the unique combination of a huge vocal range, the capacity to sing virtually any style, and a charismatic presence on stage that charms her audiences and brings them to their feet. She particularly enjoys performing tribute concerts featuring the great composers of the last century. If there has been one constant in Cathy’s career it has been her comparison in vocal tone and range to the great Karen Carpenter.
 
Cath has over 25 years as a professional singer working with her many bands and as a soloist in all fields of the business. Her band Celeste toured the UK, playing summer seasons and later the Celeste trio worked onboard the world’s major cruise lines playing music to suit all tastes. She has appeared with many notable performers including Jack Jones, The Osmond Brothers, Mac Frampton & The Hollywood Hills Orchestra in the U.S. and was recently a guest on BBC Radio 4’s “Soul Music”. She was also a guest of TV comedian and chef Hardeep Singh Kohli on the award winning Nearly Naked Chef show at Rosehill Theatre.
 
Inbetween seafaring, she managed to establish herself as a top session vocalist, one project was to provide all the harmonies and guide vocals for production shows used by Warners and Thompson holidays. In 2007 Cath had a leading role in John’s musical incarnation of Clog Dance, which starred Brad Kavanagh (Billy Elliott, House Of Anubis). Cath is also a freelance voice coach and an accredited London College of Music tutor, her pupils study all styles of singing, musical theatre, speech and drama; she also teaches at Stagecoach Theatre Arts. And as if she isn’t busy enough, Cath also enjoys working with her all girl vocal harmony group The Bytches of Eastwick
 
Today, John and Cath continue to work the occasional cruise contract and perform locally playing jazz, blues, rock, pop, showtunes, country, folk, latin… in fact, every taste is catered for!


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