WHAT A WEEKEND!

Friday 8:00pm: Paul & Louise's wedding.
We kick off the weekend at Maiden's Barn somewhere in deepest, darkest Essex. The Best Men' s speeches were excellent and Paul & Louise want 'Chasing cars' as their first song and we nailed it. The evening got better and better, the DJ from Sound One Events was a great bloke, doing the lights during our sets and giving us some great introductions. We sent Paul & Louise off happy and got home relatively early (1-ish).

Saturday 10.00 am: Kilimanjaro Charity Ball - Stockbrook Manor Golf Club
Have to get up and get over to Billericay to set up the gear for tonight's charity bash. Room looks great, all dekked out and we've actually got a stage big enough (just) for once! Turn up in our monkey suits for the evening do. Nice meal, plenty of drink flowing and a chat with some old friends, then into the set. Sounds good - big echoey room, with loads of reverb - lovely. Everyone up from the first number, which was er... 'Chasing cars'. Played through til 1:15pm, got home at 3:00am, happily knackered... Big thanks goes out to Deb, Bev, Wendy and everyone who helped arrange such a fantastic night, and everyone who helped make some money for such a great cause.
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Sunday 12.30 pm: White Hart Beer Festival - Margaretting Tye
Happy birthday Wendy! Band turned up on time, except for Chris who had the van with our equipment. So, with nothing better to do, we had to start sampling the real ale. Chris turned up and hour later looking very sheepish (until he started on the real ale). We kicked off at 2:30pm, did an excellent 2 hour non-stop set until Beth and Richard came on for an acoustic session at 4:30pm which was superb. More acoustic stuff from us (Weather with you/Why does it always rain on me? and other fine weather related songs) then into our second serious set. At 6.30 time for the jagged eyes to make their full band appearance doing all their own stuff, 'Twilight skies' still my favourite, They just get better and better. We came back on (by now very worse for wear) about 7.30pm to finish the night off, with some kicking versions of Mr. Brightside / Comfortably Numb / Hysteria / Dakota. Mr. David Barrett doing his stuff as only he can do, whipped the audience into the kind of frenzy only they can do. Off stage about 9-ish home by 10.45pm, trying not to think about work tomorrow... Happy Birthday Ian!!! Click here to see more photo's