Anyone who attended Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin’s and Sammy Davis Jr’s concerts at The Sands Hotel, Vegas in the early1960s obviously took away the memories of a lifetime afterwards, and its probably fair to say that anyone who attended the sell out tribute Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular in Newport on Saturday evening probably did the same. < The 8 strong Rat Pack Orchestra under the direction of Drummer Richard Blanchard and featuring Al Terry on Piano kicked off with a rousing rendition of Ain’t That a Kick in the Head Performed by Wayne Kennedy as Dean Martin.

Patrick Kumah as Sammy Davis Jr then made a startling entrance through the audience performing My Shining Hour before launching into the classic Mr Bojangles.

The show was already in full swing when King of the Rat > Packers, Roman Marek as a Songs for Swinging Lover’s era Frank Sinatra made his entrance complete with trademark hat and spats with a rendition of Come Fly with Me.

Accompanied by two wonderful dancers’ Jenny and Sarah who made a wide variety of costume changes throughout the evening, the trio delivered many Rat Pack standards and a personal tribute to Newport – a lyrically adjusted version of My Kind of Town.

Concluding with Sinatra’s New York New York, The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular was a neat tribute to three of the 20th centuries Greatest Performers and judging by the audience response a magical evening for all who attended.

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