SINGING IN THE RAIN??

So that was Summer was it???

I really hope those of you that got away did manage to get some sun on your backs - as for the rest of us, well just take a peek at the last line of our last post, and tell me that it wasn't Nostradamus-esque in its perspicacity (look that one up!)!! Supposed to be good for the plants, but the number of bloody caterpillars that were chewing on my brassicas after a weekend away gives the lie to that as well! Some of our number have been to exotic climes, e.g. Hugh travelled the full length of the Western US (although even he got rained on in the Grand Canyon!), and Matt went all French and sophisticated (yes, really!) in Paris and the Dordogne! Andy had a holiday in his bathroom, and even smashed his head on something sharp, while Paul & Chrissie just chilled (literally!) - especially at the Bellowhead concert at Gawsworth Hall! Dave, on the other hand, is still on holiday!

Anyways up, enough of that; it's time to get back on the road again, and turn our thoughts to things musical. If you check out the gig list on the right, you will see that, true to our word, we have managed to negotiate a number of public gigs in the next few weeks and, believe me, it will be great to get back amongst the muck and bullets (not to mention the sweat prompted by the 2 fires of The Ship!). You'll see that we kick off our Autumn/Winter term at the Time Out Group Ball this Saturday - this has become an annual event for us, and it's great fun (and does a bit to help the charity); if you care to peruse the blogs from previous years you will get a flavour of how things go, so we're really looking forward to the same on Saturday.

Our first pub gig is at the end of this month (29th), back at The White Lion in Disley, then we pitch up at The Millstone in Macclesfield on Saturday 8 October. You may remember that this has not been our favourite pub, since aprevious landlord told us to bugger off in September 2009 because we hadn't given him any posters - a stance that led to us taking every opportunity to bad mouth him subsequently! However, forgive and forget is what I say so, with the advent of Ken & Donna, we have agreed to give it a go, and we hope that there is a decent turn out to help them in their quest to add another good music venue to the ones that Macclesfield already has. The end of October sees us back at The Old Ship on Beech Lane, and then, towards the end of November, we trek into the wilds of Whiteley Green for a Friday night at The Windmill - we already know there are quite a few people planning to make an evening of this, so why not join in?

So, all of a sudden, it's famine to feast! We had a bit of a practice last week, to get rid of some rust; we're doing the same tonight, and we're hoping that a couple more new songs will surface by the time the pub gigs come round - Hugh has even been persuaded to try "Tainted Love"!!

The Facebook page will also be springing back into life, so check out Dazed and Confused Massive to read gig details, see some photos/vids (courtesy of Paparazzi Pete) and leave comments (only nice ones please!).

Toodle pip!