Shipmates — I mean, passengers — included my acupuncturist (who rebuilt an old Montgomery-Ward ukulele and carries it in a handmade cardboard case), his wife (an ardent fan), and Uke Goldberg, a performer who would be making his solo début in Provincetown.
Though Waits has never been a mainstream star like Charles, few performers attract more ardent disciples.
The Wooster performers are clumsy fans: ardent but awkward in their imitation of "greatness".
At the same time he is an ardent, outspoken champion of younger pop and jazz performers who continue the tradition.
His ardent lyricism and powerful sound marked him as a performer of considerable promise.
An ardent champion of live entertainment, Lady Rizo makes connections between performer and audience that are impossible in any other context.
Despite their ardent efforts here, the actors come across as such ill-assigned performers generally do, not as children but mentally deficient adults.
The result was The Entertainer (play 1957, film 1960), in which the actor astonished even his most ardent admirers with his shattering portrayal of pathetic end-of-pier music hall performer Archie Rice.
Guests included the performers and organizers of Thacker Mountain Radio, a Mississippi public radio program; Mary Lou and Snooky are ardent supporters.
As for the performers, you could fault Ram?argas, the Faust, for his Italianate French but not for his ardent, lyrical singing.
