EAST CHESHIRE HOSPICE MIDNIGHT WALK

The more observant of you may have noticed that we are giving our services to the East Cheshire Hospice on Saturday 25 June to get everyone revved up in advance of this year's Midnight Walk. As we've mentioned before, the Hospice does a fantastic job, and needs around £6000 per day just to stay in existence, most of which comes from voluntary donations.

So, if you fancy not only having a bop around to us, but also participating in the Walk itself, why not log on to the ECH Website, and register NOW?

THE BOYS (AND GIRL!) WERE BACK IN TOWN - IF ONLY BRIEFLY!!

Good heavens - it's over 4 weeks since a post hit these airwaves; better fix that!

A good reason for the absence (well I think so, anyway!) - antipodean visit to long lost travelling daughter meant Paul was away for most of February and, unfortunately, that's just the start of it, as Dave is off on his annual attempt to shatter his limbs in the snow this week, and then next week Paul AND Chrissie are off to the US to witness first hand the magic of the South by South West Music Festival in Austin Texas! Who knows, maybe they will pick up some tips - either way, you can be sure there will be a report on here sometime around the end of the month; with bands like "Trampled by Turtles", "Wordburglar", "Pulled Apart by Horses" and "Say No to Architecture" to enjoy, how could there not be?!

In the midst of all this holiday mayhem, however, we did find time to fit in a gig! Last Friday saw us back at Porter's in Macc and, as seems to be the norm these days, it was a wild night! The "stage" at Porter's is not what you would call the biggest and, in order to fit all 6 of us in, we had to put one of the speakers and the PA mixer IN THE FIREPLACE (see Pete Banks' picture below)!

However, once we'd set up, and all agreed to Andy's request not to "gyrate" too much, we kicked off in front of an absolutely stuffed pub and things just got hotter and hotter (in more ways than one!). Highspots were more furniture dancing, a not so tuneful vocal backing to "Sex on Fire" from Mad Dave (don't ask!) and Sue, the landlady withdrawing her 11:30 curfew and allowing us to play on till midnight, because the pub was still rammed and nobody wanted to go home!! The only thing missing was Alison Unwin and her tambourine doing her crowd surfing but, on reflection, it was probably for the best that she couldn't make it - things might have got broken (like arms and legs!).

Thanks to everyone who come along - we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Below is a a further selection of photos courtesy of Pete B.

I've also added a link to the "Dazed & Confused Massive" Facebook page where Roger Thawley has kindly posted some videos - if you listen closely to the "Sex on Fire" vid, you might just hear Mad Dave's dulcet tones in the background!!

Next gig is now not until 16 April at The Cock & Pheasant in Bollington, where we hope to be giving an airing to some new tunes, in advance of our annual appearance at Macc Beer Festival - put the date in your diary - we'll be raring to go after all this travelling!!