Snippets from Camelot - Hawkeye Reis

Hawkeye Reis

Studying medicine can jolt you into real life pretty suddenly. Ali Cimen (AKA Hawkeye Reis) is in his fourth year as a medical student at the University of Western Sydney. He sang “Tough” at Camelot last week, his heart-rending song dedicated to “King”, a patient he met in palliative care.  

Here are the lyrics:

I used to run eight miles every day, young man,

See that's what you did back then,

No iPhone, no laptop computers, just you,

Your two legs, your two hands

I was training for the army you see, young man,

All my friends had gone to war,

Sixteen nine months I snuck my way in, saw some things I did,

Saw some things you wouldn't understand.

Now my shit just collects in a bag on my chest,

And I need someone there just to help me get dressed,

And the doctors keep saying that I should just rest,

So I sit here all day, stuck in this bed,

While my legs,

Just waste,

Away

Oh my legs,

Just waste,

Aw

My wife's lost her mind, young man,

She wanders around in a world of her own,

She needs me, She needs me at home, young man,

Where's your compassion? Don't you understand?

Now my shit just collects in a bag on my chest,

And I need someone there just to help me get dressed,

And the doctors keep saying that I should just rest,

So I sit here all day, stuck in this bed,

While my legs,

Just waste,

Away

Oh my legs,

Just waste,

Away

Oh I'm going to break this bed and run away

See I was a tough, old bastard, young man,

What have you done to me, what have you done to me,

Yes I was a tough, old bastard, young man,

What have you done to me, what have you done to me,

Yes I know where I'm headed, young man,

Oh I know where I'm going, young man,

Let me go home, let me go home, let me go home,

See I was a tough, old bastard, young man,

Look at me now

Performers Night Photo Gallery

Curious about the Creative Doctors doings at Camelot last week?
Click HERE to see the pictures

Love your work everybody concerned!

What a night we had at Camelot!

Camelot Lounge was busting at its seams last night with a house full of doctors and their friends and family for the annual performers gig. It was a night of exciting, varied and high quality entertainment. Who'd have thought that bagpipes and burlesque could work so well on the same bill!

Many thanks to the entertainers for their fabulous efforts and the audience for rolling up in great supportive numbers. Thanks too to the fabulous staff at Camelot who have now hosted SIX wonderful shows for us.
But most of all, thanks to Judith Babich from Active Locums who has unfailingly supported us as our sponsor for all these years.
This is what Judith has had to say about Performer's Night 2017:

"Huge congratulations to you all for another wonderful event  at Camelot last night.  The Performers Night was, as always, very inspiring and there were  many highlights.  It was a great turnout and an interesting and well balanced mix of doctors and medical students. 

Active Locums Pty Ltd  is very proud to sponsor such a fine and talented group of doctor performers  which allows them to explore and nurture their creative side. Everyone had wonderful time and I am already looking forward to next year's performance."

We'll post some pictures when Howard has recovered enough to provide them!

Here are some more doctor-friendly events coming up in 2017 that you might like to know about:

Doctors Gerard Ingham and Genevieve Yates

• From 14th to 17th September the Parade Theatre in Randwick will host "GP: The Musical" on the back of last year's sold out season in Melbourne with a cast of talented doctors. The show was written by NSW GP Genevieve Yates (on whose blog you can find photos and video clips of the musical and possibly even some familiar faces) and Victorian GP Gerard Ingham. Tickets are available on the NIDA website  

• On Thursday 5th October Creative Doctors present our Visual Arts Night at  North Sydney Community Centre. Doctor artists are invited to show their visual art accomplishments - from photography to felting, portraits to pastels, bookbinding to beading, sculpture to sandcastles - everything is welcome as long as we can see it and it's art and a doctor (or medical student) did it. More details later on the blog.

Members of the NSW Doctors Orchestra with founder
Dr Cathy Fraser at centre back (on flute)

• NSW Doctors Orchestra's 2017 performance in the afternoon of Sunday 5th November at Chatswood Concourse (also sponsored by Judith with proceeds to aid research into Huntington's Disease). Special guest at the concert will be Slava Grigorian who will play the wonderful Rodrigo guitar concerto! More details on their website soon.

Come to Camelot and see what we can do!

Performers Night is almost upon us and what a line up we have this year! If it seems to have come around fast its because we've moved the event forward to catch a few performing doctors and medical students who've been unable to come in the past when Performers Night has been in exam season or holiday season.
The date to mark in your diary is 20th July. Yes, it's a Thursday night so you might have to be prepared for a slow start on Friday morning but I promise it will be worth it and by eight the morning fog will definitely disappear. 😊
Camelot is great fun. It's a fully equipped club with 2 stages, a sound engineer, a grand piano and even a dance floor and, just as importantly, it has food and a fully equipped bar.
Come at 7.00 if you can. Bring friends and relations, grab a good table to share, or find someone friendly to share with, and order your food and drink at the bar. The entertainment will start in earnest at 7.30 on the dot.

We have old faces and new faces - a good many new faces I'm pleased to say. We have lots of music on a variety of instruments, some original songs and some covers, and some very special surprises. That dance floor might even see a bit of action at the end of the night because the one and only Dave Eisinger and his band have agreed to make a return performance.
There'll be no Sir Lancelot or Lady Guinevere at Camelot this year but there will be a whole lot of camels and a few doctors trying not to make monkeys of themselves! Come and join the fun! There's no more congenial spot than the Camelot Lounge http://camelotlounge.com/ Cnr Railway Pde and Marrickville Rd Marrickville
Thursday 20th July 2017