Judi Dench gigs with Sharleen Spiteri at party
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Guests at an Aberdeenshire hotel were treated to a Hogmanay performance by Dame Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri.
A video posted on Twitter showed the pair belting out a rendition of Abba's Waterloo at The Fife Arms in Braemar.
Ms Spiteri sings the famous chorus while Dame Judi pretends to play on a pianola, as well as offering the occasional backing vocal.
The Texas frontwoman then feigns shock at the Oscar winner's musical abilities, mouthing: "What a pianist!"
They shared the piano stool throughout the impromptu performance which followed a dinner and ceilidh at the venue.
Ewan Venters, CEO of Artfarm which owns The Fife Arms, posted the video on , and it was soon amassing thousands of views.
He told ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland the crowd's reaction to the performance on the hotel's self-playing piano was "joyful".
"Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri were staying at the hotel and we had an impromptu moment at the piano," he said.
"It was a happy evening with lots of guests and locals clapping."
He said the pair burst into song just before the midnight fireworks.
"It was a classic Scottish Hogmanay party at The Fife Arms," he said.
"The hotel was fully sold out, with four course dinner and a ceilidh with lots of reeling."