What A Battle

What a fantastic night we all had on Friday night raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.  The Battle of the Bands event arranged at The Tunnels was a very successful night. 

 

The Tunnels © Karen Kennedy

 

 

Unfortunately one of the bands had to pull out at the last minute, but that still left five bands in the battle.  Easily Led got the night off to an exciting start, unfortunately they had to leave immediately after performing for personal reason's but we would all like to say a big thanks for making the effort.  Congratulations also go to Easily Led for coming second in the battle :-) Our thanks go out to Morgan's Music for donating the second prize of a ukulele plus £25 Gift Voucher.

 



Easily Led - © Howard M. Kennedy PhotoClassic





 

Eden was next on the timetable however, their was a slight problem, someone at The Tunnels forgot to pass on the message that we had a wheel-chair user in one of the bands.  Thankfully the staff at the Tunnels were very good and although it was not ideal, they did the best they could to help.  There are two rooms at the Tunnels, one which is wheel-chair friendly and one that is not, unfortunately we were in the wrong one.  Rodney could not get up onto the stage so the mikes were brought to him. 

 



Two of the Eden band members on the stage - © Howard M. Kennedy PhotoClassic



 



Rodney played the Harmonica up by the sound man and the bar © Howard M. Kennedy PhotoClassic



 

The third band up was Reverse 61, a very young band with a great future ahead of them, these lads had great voices and had everyone there was singing along with them.

 

 

Reverse 61 © Howard M. Kennedy PhotoClassic

 

 

Logic Effect were the fourth band to take the stage and have the crowd singing and dancing to their music.  They are also the band that took the third prize for the evening, a large selection of chocolates donated by Heather and Myself. 

 

Logic Effect © Howard M. Kennedy PhotoClassic

 

The last band to take the stage were a very new band to the circuit who had only performed a few times before, but they had the whole room bouncing and with the result took first place in the Battle of the Bands competition, they were I Just Punched A Hurricane.  The winners of this event got a Photo Shoot worth £250 from PhotoClassic, that the bands are free to use for promotional material, cd covers etc. Thank you PhotoClassic, its much appreciated!

 

I Just Punched A Hurricane © Karen Kennedy

 

 

At the end of the night we counted the takings and have added a further £263.61 to our fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support.  Thank you everyone for a brilliant night.

 

Don't forget we still have one more large event on the calendar for the 15th February at the Transport Club, join us that night for a Race Night and Fun Photo Booth.  This event should be full of fun and laughter, tickets are available in advance online or on the night.  Don't forget to buy and name your horse, prices start from £3 per horse.

 

 

 

We also have a couple more Fancy dress pub crawls arranged for the next couple of months, the next one is arranged for the 18th January 2014.  Please give generously, you will be promised a good laugh at our costumes, remember what the last ones looked like, I'm not sure I want to.

 

 

Sarah, Heather and Me!

 

Shaz, Heather and Me!

 

 

You can also sponsor Heather and Karen for our biggest event, the Trek to Machu Picchu through our Just Giving pages. Email us if your interested in joining us on one of our fancy dress pub crawls.