After last week’s busy induction, each night has the pleasure to welcome new volunteers!
Wednesday Night can proudly introduce….Hugo Denby-Mann, 21, from Ealing. Hugo, graduated at Oxford Brookes University in Media Technology and has always had a keen passion in radio. Currently working as a TV Broadcast Engineerer, he said: “I found Radio Northwick Park on the internet and after researching it looked like the biggest and best.”
After his debut on the hospital wards Hugo felt the radio has a major role in the patients’ time in hospital. He said: “The relationship with the patients establishes a personal connection which is a warming thought when you’re in hospital.”
With his goal “to be happy and help people”, Hugo will fit into the Radio Northwick Park crew perfectly.
Radio-ish facts about Hugo:
Favourite song: Baz Lerhman: Sunscreen
Worst song: Rihanna: Umbrella (because she made it rain all summer)
Just trying Google’s newly announced Chrome browser… to test it, did a search on Hugo’s name (I’m his dad by the way) which led me to this page – and the discovery that Hugo likes Baz Lerhman’s ‘Sunscreen’.
Guess what? Never heard of him or his song – probably because I’m a Radio 3 addict.
Then I spotted the ‘Hugo on Welcome’ link with its link to ‘Sunscreen’ – do like the way the YouTube video appears as a mini-site.
I was expecting some form of rock music (anyone remember Family?) so was surprised to find one of those so-meaningful ’songs’ by yet another Yank who talks rather than sings.
Sorry Hugo, and any other fan of Lerhman, but canned it after half-a-minute. It’s down there with Strauss waltzes and other mind-numbing drivel.
But then, Hugo’s not forgiven me for thinking that the film of ‘South Pacific’ was worth watching. (He’s right – great in 1955, terrible today.)
By the way, Hugo’s desire to ‘be happy and help people’ is genuine.