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Jimmy White Exhibition (Lincoln, Feb 2019)

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YouTube: 'Kurtis Norman vs. Jimmy White' Saturday 9th February 2019 Whilst on a weekend away in Lincoln, Laureece and I heard that Jimmy White was doing an exhibition nearby at a pub called 'Tyrwhitt Arms'.  After enquiring, I was lucky enough to grab the last ticket of the evening to play the legend himself. I was super excited, as this was the first time I'd ever played a top class professional in an exhibition in front of a packed crowd of a few hundred people. I even had my own entrance for when I made my way to the table! My walk-on music was 'High Hopes' by 'Panic At The Disco'. When I got to the table, Jimmy and I shook hands and we had our photo taken - whilst this was happening, Jimmy commented on my choice of music and whispered to me, "finally! some good bloody music!" The full match is on YouTube (link is in the caption of the top image on this page) I broke off and somehow didn't pot anything! I t...