On Saturday we made arrangements to take my mother-in-law (Mumsey as I normally call her) out for tea later that evening. Our first port of call was the Globe where the contest Hay's Got Talent was being held. It was packed to the brim with children, mums, dads, grandparents, friends . . . those wanting to preform and those wanting to support the performers.

On arrival there was a young boy from Dorstone playing the keyboard – what a talented young lad, more than worthy of the 1st prize, £50 cash. One judge commented on how the keyboard he was using didn't do his music justice, he then went on to offer him a piano of his own he no longer uses – wow what a generous offer.

Next up was Chrissie Maddy (used to be Keylock) from Hay, she had put together a poem entitled 'The Men of Hay'. Very, very funny indeed, although I did feel a couple of men in the room were not too impressed with some of the statements!

Another young lad was to take the stage, to sing 'O Danny Boy'. His name was Tom, son of Peter and Sheila Lewis from the Mill Station, Three Cocks. He sang unaccompanied (with no music to guide him), his voice was very gentle and what confidence to sing in front of all of us. Tom then went on to show us his second act, the hacker! Peter started him off with a shout, Tom burst into a completely different young boy! Looking at the faces around, it was a shock for most watching. Tom put every bit of effort into this act, he was scary, confident and just wonderful to watch. Two very different acts, but both great entertainment. Tom has a bright future ahead of him, whether it will be on the rugby field or as a performer on stage.

Next up was Siaska, Laurie and Marcia Jones' daughter from Hay chemist. She played the guitar whilst singing along. Her voice was beautiful, her ability to play the guitar whilst singing just baffles me, what a talent. A huge round of applause was given, then one judge asked Siaska to sing something else. This time it was a song she had written herself, again - mindblowing. Siaska appeared to be a little nervous on stage, of course she had every reason to be, you wouldn't catch me up there stone cold sober with room full of people looking at me! After hearing her second song, the judges were even more convinced that she has a bright future ahead of her. They too loved her voice, thought that her writting music herself was also fantastic. So watch this space people of Hay, Siaska could be the next big thing in music!

Unfortunately, at this point we had to leave as we had a table booked at The Blue Boar. The food was divine, but then it always is here.

Later in the evening we were informed that Siaska had won the £50 cash prize – what great news to end the evening.