News reached me this week of something Penny Black our resident BOY BAND have been working on for some time. Dates have now been confirmed for a series of open air concerts at OSWALDTWISTLE MILLS during the summer . I will obviously been joining the lads and hope more of our members will come along to meet us and stay and have a picnic on the lawn . Here for your diary are the dates and information the lads sent me
Just to keep you up to date:-
We
have today arranged 6 "Make Music Live" Concerts at Ossy Mills,
Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, to be held during the season in the marquee
(60ft x 30ft approx) in the gardens at Oswaldtwistle Mills. These will
take the form of a day of Folk for ARC (Arthritis Research Campaign)
under the Penny Black & Friends banner.
The six main events
will be held on Sundays between 11am and 4pm - 5 hours of music and fun
supplemented with ad hoc performances on weekdays (prior to the main
events) to advertise them and add to the ARC collection.
The dates confirmed are as follows
15th June - Father's Day - barbecue and other events
only part of Marquee to be used for "Penny Black & Friends"
all the following dates will be held in the full marquee:-
29th June - Penny Black & Friends Concert 11am - 4pm
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13th July - Penny Black & Friends Concert 11am - 4pm
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10th August - Penny Black & Friends Concert 11am - 4pm
24th & 25th August (Bank Holiday Sun/Mon)
Penny Black & Friends Concert 11am - 4pm (both days)
2 days of folk for ARC - WOW a mini Folk Festival :0)
(If there's a lot of interest in this weekend we'll see if it can be extended to the Saturday as well)
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Those
are the main dates and the friends who have already offered their
Talents will be contacted individually to see which dates are
convenient for them.
Anyone who would like to perform at the above Concerts please contact us and let us know what dates you would like to do.
Once
the events have been finalized, Artistes confirmed etc. we will let
everyone know and hopefully you will support the events by letting your
friend, club members know and popping by yourselves. Ossy Mills will be
extensively covering the events with posters, Radio, and Press cover
etc.
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our thanks to Oswaldtwisltle Mills for their support
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------I will also be attending shows and festivals through out Lancashire during the summer spreading the LANCASHIRE RE-UNITED word hope to see you all out and about .
The events are really coming together well and fast - should add they are being held in the gardens/park in a 60ft by 30ft Marquee (Thanks to Ossy Mills for their support) a great venue.
Already 10 acts have "signed up" for the events including LRU members - and John will be there spreading the word (Might even get him running around with a collection bucket for ARC - did I mention that one John :0)
Thanks to everyone for their support, and hopefully many of you will get along to support the events and a charity that is close to us all (if not resident!)
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