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OhNoAPacer

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Struggling for an answer I think of the song vaya con dios, but am not aware of any named person in that song. Maybe the person isn't named and is just his darling.

I expectedly wait to be told this is all completely wrong :D
 
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Not that one. I am surprised that after three hints, the answer is still not forthcoming.

If I was able to sing on this thread, everyone would know the answer. The Kingston Trio's 1959 version is good.
I now know the answer but I had never before heard of the song and suspect it is not very well known.
 

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I looked up on the net and whilst I had not heard of the song, I wonder if it is one of those songs that if I heard the tune I might recognise that. In my experience people are more readily familiar with tunes than specific lyrics.
Of course knowing any song depends on if it is of a genre that you were ever into.
 

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Time to reveal the lady in question whose name is emboldened below and contains all the hints that I gave....

"Down by the mission San Miguel
is a great house, wherein dwells, Don Carlos,
and La Dona
Maria Elena Cantrell

Our folk group sang the song many times.

Open Floor......."sounds like an announcement in Come Dancing"
 

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Pans People,Ruby Flipper,Legs & Co and Zoo were all dance troupes associated with Top of the Pops. They were choreographed by Flick Colby. Only one dancer has been credited with performing in four above troupes,who was she?
 

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Wasn't there a Sue Menick, or some name approximating to that, could it be her?
Close enough. Sue Menhenick is her full name. She joined Pans People in 1974 and danced in the subsequent troupe’s afterwards. She only performed with Zoo once but enough for her to get credited for it.
Your turn to choreograph the next question……
 

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The forum holds its breath, the moderators alarms go off as OhNoAPacer sets a question.

Other than cricket what do the following have in common

Colin Cowdrey
Nassar Hussein
Mark Ramprakash
Bob Woolmer
Their names contain farm animals or products - cow, ass, ram, wool
 

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