Nidd Hall,Harogate 08/01/2010

Ten inches of snow on the ground,abandoned vehicles,homes without gas and electricity,what a night to have to set off on a journey which under normal circumstances would take an hour and a half. We set off very early leaving plenty of time to allow for mishaps,but once we were on our way the roads began to clear a little and we had no incidents occur(thank God). At the venue there was lots of snow and slush on the ground which made loading in and out fun to say the least! We set up,sound checked and awaited our performance time. Literally ten minutes before we were due on stage,there were only around 20 people in the room(paid practise Ha!)we had to delay our time slot by fifteen minutes by which time it slowly began to fill up,so as you can imagine the audience were a bit thin on the ground,but this didnt seem to matter as the ones that had decided to brave the terrible conditions were up for a good time. They joined in with the singing and clapping along and stuff and we were very well received,there was no shortage of people coming up to us and saying what a great show it was and how much they enjoyed it,thank you it does mean a lot! We finished up,loaded out and made our way back home,once again luckily with no incidents to report.Great night considering the weather issues,thanks to all the staff,we always seem to have a good night at this venue!!!!

St.Georges Hill Tennis club,Surrey 31/12/2009

New years eve was here,and no better time for the local district council to dig up just about every road in Weybridge! Finding the venue was impossible every which way the Sat-nav took us was closed due to road works.We'd actually been in the area for 45 mins and still couldn't get to it! Anyway after several phone calls to the venue,many diversions and a few choice words we arrived much to the event organisers and our own relief. Fantastic venue,the grounds were immaculately kept and very scenic even on a cold freezing wintery night.We loaded in to what was rather a small venue and began to set up. After sound checking we made ourselves scarce while the guests had their meal etc. We were booked to perform twice on this night,and as with most events of this nature they usually run over the allotted time,this night was no exception,things were running around fifteen minutes late(which from experience was pretty good to be fair). We struck up and....oh my God,the dance floor was packed straight away,cant say i've ever seen a dancefloor fill up from nothing to solid in about 10 seconds....ever! They danced the entire set,with not a glimmer of sitting down,the joint was jumping! Due to the fact that the evening was running a little late,we barely had time to run off stage,have a quick drink and change costume before we were due back on and as soon as we kicked off again,the same thing happened,dancefloor was solid from start to finish,we had a great night. We finished our set at 5 minutes to twelve so the DJ could count in the new year......."Should old aquaintants be forgot....." And so it was.....the end of another year and the start of a new one(i'm sure they get quicker) We(the band) all shook hands and congratulated one another on a great show and indeed a great year. We'd like to say thanks to everyone for making it a fab night,and hopefully we can do it all again sometime.....see you in 2010......HAPPY NEW YEAR to one and all!!!!

Bodelwyddan castle,Wales 30/12/2009

Here we were at this truly stunning venue the night before new years eve,and it was a cold one! The journey was none to pleasant as we got stuck in loads of queuing traffic,that said,we still made the venue in good time.
We loaded in set up and sound checked without any issues,and were led to the restaurant to collect our 'Turkey and Tinsel' meal which we were so kindly provided with. After our hearty meal we sat back to watch the first installment of the 'in-house' band 'Gemini', lovely bunch,great musician's and the audience warmed to them very quickly. Soon enough we were donning our glad rags and hopping on to stage,as with most Warner venues the clientele are of the slightly more senior end so we decided to start the show gently. Due to the age group not too many people got up to dance,but they were watching our every move intently and were very appreciative of our every song. Although the dance floor wasn't as packed as we'd hoped,they certainly made up for it with the sing-alongs and were in top voice, they were in fact the best audience we'd had all night (Ha!!) Anyway we finished off with a couple of steadier songs and the lovers(so to speak) were up in a flash. After a quick encore it was all over and back to Gemini to finish the evening.Great night for all involved,hope to do it all again in 2010!!!!