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The Newbury Shadows Guitar Club is up and running at

The Sutton Hall,
Church Road,
Stockcross,
Newbury,
Berkshire,
RG20 8LN

The hall is just off the junction of the A4 and the A34 with first meeting on FRIDAY 12th JULY, 2013 from 7pm until 10.30pm and thereafter on the second Friday of each month.

£5.00 to play and £2.00 for visitors and it will be Backing Tracks only to start with but hopefully, we may be able to arrange a backline at a later date.

We have most of the Shadows BTs available but should you wish to play something different, please feel free to bring your own BTs on either CD or Minidisk.

The hall has an ample sized free car park and there will be refreshments provided.

Any questions, please PM me.

Pete.

Congratualtions Pete. Well done (+ whoever your team of helpers are) for setting this up. I will be there!! Here's hoping that it will be a great success.

Bests....Rob

Wishing you every success with your venture. I ran a club in Cambridgeshire for several years and you need all the help you can get.

Ron

A Shadows club in the Newbury area is very good news. I am looking forward to the first meeting in July local resident and Shadows fan pf Well done Pete

Well done, a local Shads club at last, I will see you there!!!!!

I would personally just like to say a very big 'Thank You' to both Peter Gillies and Peter J Fisher (lovely, lovely guys both) for taking the initiative in setting up the latest Shadows Club - filling a huge 'hole' (as it were) in this part of the South East. I've always been puzzled why such a large area (encompassing such areas of habitation as Reading, Calcot, Theale, Woodley, Earley, Tilehurst, Pangbourne, Newbury, Thatcham, Hermitage, Hungerford - & lots of others & with places the size of Basingstoke and Swindon being not too far away) has never had a Shadows Club. Well - now we have. The ''Two Petes" have siezed the initiative, put up the money (always a risk) and will be providing all of the necessary equipment etc., etc. Those of you who run, or have run, Shads Clubs know what is involved.

I was invited to spend yesterday afternoon with them at Stockcross Village Hall while they rigged everything up and tested out the sound system & various ways of playing the BTs (from Laptop, CD player, Minidisc etc) & setting sound levels, general 'mixing' / 'sound balancing' etc. Of course - it was great to hear them both playing guitar too. A few Shads faves were aired "Wonderful Land", "T F Y Lovers", "Dance On!", "The Savage", "Gonzalez", "Return To The Alamo", "The Miracle" etc., etc. Newbury Shadows Guitar Club will also feature Cliff/ Shads vocals (if there's anyone who wishes to perform any) in order to break up the instrumentals from time to time. As I was there - they kindly allowed to sing a few numbers too. This was mainly to work out the various permutations (sound) for any vocal performances etc.

Of course, we had lots of fun too - cracking jokes and 'swapping' anecdotes. I suspect that (as well as the inevitable 'spadework' behind the scenes) that (just like all of the others) NSGT is going to be great fun for everyone who loves the Shads, guitar instrumentals (& a few Cliff & Shadows vocals) etc., etc. I think that Pete & Pete want a friendly club where people of all standards of performance and levels of experience will feel comfortable refs: playing (or singing) in front of a supportive audience. They are certainly both extremely good players and very jovial, friendly, encouraging and supportive people. So....do come along on Friday July 12th, either to listen / watch / socialise or to play / sing (or both!!!). They already have an encouraging list of potential attendees (including some well - known names from the site). The more the merrier. Anyone wishing to come along and perform on the night...please do let Pete or Pete know in advance if you can....as it all helps with future planning & getting ahead on the night.

See you there???

Bests....Rob

The Newbury Shadows Guitar Club is all ready to go FIVE WEEKS from today.

The first club night is Friday 12th July 2013 from 8pm to 10.30pm.

Backing Tracks only of which we have plenty but feel free to bring your own.

All are welcome, see you there.

Pete.

Pete.....your original message mentions 7.00pm - 10.30pm. This latest one says 8.00pm - 10.30pm. Has anything changed? Or is it one of the dreaded 'typos' which afflict all of us (yes, myself included!) from time to time? I only mention it so as to avoid confusion for potential guests, visitors, players etc. So....could you kindly clarify the starting time...7.00pm or 8.00pm. (Doesn't affect me much personally as I don't have very far to drive).

Bests....Rob

Sorry Rob, typo error! Thanks for pointing it out.

The time should be 7pm to 10.30pm.

Pete

The Newbury Shadows Guitar Club (NSGC) is all set for FOUR WEEKS from today.

The first club night is Friday 12th July 2013 from 7pm to 10.30pm.

It's Backing Tracks only on CD or Minidisc if you bring your own.

Get it in your diary as all are welcome, see you there.

Pete