The Last Twelve Months At Soulfusion!

Soulfusion yearly review

Well what a rollercoaster year its been at soulfusion!

The weather has played a major part of the success of this years 6 events

Its fair to say its been a very mixed year yet rewarding too

January promised to be the usual packer that an anniversary brings with SEAN CHAPMAN in the Northern room and PAUL GOLDSMITH one of the UKs finest modern DJs making his first visit to Our Modern room. So all looking good for a terrific night

On the day the UK was covered in a blanket of snow that closed many motorways and main arteries to Gloucestershire, Sadly Paul Goldsmith could not get his car off his drive in the south so had to cry off which I fully understood. but we had a tremendous turnout in spite of the weather and Sean Chapman had em rocking in the main room! so thankyou to everyone who made it along on the night to support us.

On to March now and we were again looking to make up for the bad weather we had suffered in January and with Bristols DEAN READ from GO GO children in the main room and South Coast Modern soul DJ MICK FARRER in the Modern room we had no doubt that it would be a great night!!

Again it snowed and caused us a few problems with many folks not wanting to chance the poor road conditions but we managed to attract enough folks along to create a good atmosphere in both rooms and musically it was as good as its always been and always will be so a BIG thankyou once again to all involved DJs and soulies alike

I very much appreciate your support .

On to May now and surely the weather is gonna be kind to us?!!

RESULT!!!

Thankfully it was very kind and the Alldayer proved to be probably our best attended event throughout 2013. not surprising really as we had such a great roster of both local and visiting DJs including DAVE EVISON,MAZZ from Oxford, ALAN POWELL plus GLEN WORTHINGTON on percussion to entertain and educate us all with their music choices. This event also saw the launch of our open decks room, purely because there were so many folks wanting to get involved. We have carried on with this idea and its been well received for the second half of the year!

Rest assured there will be another soulfusion alldayer in 2014 so if you fancy spinning a few sounds then please get in touch.

July is always a bit hit and miss with the school holidays just starting and folks jetting off to the med for some well deserved sun, also we had the best summer for a very long time so lots of folks were taking advantage of the long awaited sunshine and chilling out at home by the barbequeue. To be honest I don’t blame you all as we had had such a crap summer the previous year. But on we went and had two great new DJs as guests SAM EVANS in the Northern room and STEVE HOBBS in our modern room

Sam is one of the BIG characters on the scene these days and always entertains whatever room she is in and Steve is a gentleman and TOP Soul DJ from the South of England and both did great sets to entertain our crowd. They will both be coming back in the near future!!

On to September now and a visit from two old Soulfusion friends PETE LYSTER & NEIL RUSHTON both are terrific supporters of soulfusion and I have worked with both of them on many occasions so knew we were in for a belter of a night, Neil always keen to DJ wanted to do a Ritz northern set and an Upfront modern set too!! So we let him do his thing which worked well for the auduences in both rooms such is the legend Neil Rushton is!

Pete does what he always does entertains with a real mix of rare and unusual sounds typical of his excellent Soul night at Bridgwater! Thankyou both of you for outstanding sets!

Onto our November final event of 2013 which again looked like being another terrific event with the awesome JO WALLACE in the northern room and Bournemouth’s NEIL HANRATTY special guest in the Modern room

We wanted to finish the year with a BANG as its been a bit of a rollercoaster as previously mentioned and with the darker nights I was hoping to attract a decent crowd to support two terrific DJs. Sadly due to various reasons we had a low attendance and although it was a brilliant night musically it just wasn’t the way I would have liked it to finish, such a great shame as we had two DJs that had travelled long distances to be with us! But thanks go out to all who attended on the night.

A few thankyou’s to the soulfusion posse who without them the event would not be possible. Sara Baker, Dean Carr, Marc Moyse, Bev Short, Stella & Tim, Keith, Steve Bennett, etc

Thankyou to the staff and management of Dowty Sports & Social Club

Thanks to Don & Liz & Sue Taylor for help on the door

The resident dj’s who support our special guests, JERRY HIPKISS, JON WILLIS, JINKSY, MART & SUE TAYLOR, DON PALMER, STEVE LLOYD, GRAHAM & WILL

plus a special mention to PAUL GARLAND who not only DJs but supplies the kit for the modern room and keeps me abreast of all the best new soul material available. You are a special friend Paul!

One other person who needs a mention is my fiancé Gina who supports me and encourages me to keep it going!! Thanks love!

And the final thankyou goes out to everyone who has supported soulfusion by paying to come in throughout the last 7 years. Without you lot there would be no audience to play to so thankyou very much from the bottom of my heart!

On to 2014

Right here we go with the start of a new year and what a lineup to kick off the year!!

SOUL SAM & COLIN CURTIS!!!

After taking 6 months off due to a major operation SOUL SAM is back at soulfusion and it’s his first gig coming back so he is raring to go with his box of 45’s so get ready for the SOUL SAM experience in the main room.

As if that wasn’t enough to wet your appetite we have the awesome COLIN CURTIS headlining our modern room. Colin is without a doubt THE leading light on the modern soul/house/jazz dance scene and we are so lucky to get him on at soulfusion for his third visit to us!! It says a lot about our event that we have two TOP TOP DJs wanting to come and DJ for us so please make sure you come along and support them.

I have always stated that as long as you want soulfusion I will continue to put on the best event possible for you,

See you on the dancefloor on Sat 18th Jan 2014 for another spectacular soulfusion event!!