Soul On Sunday 3pm Until 8pm All Welcome

"Soul on Sunday" is back for a second outing. All because of the music, er, moonlight and of course YOU.

Many thanks to those that supported our first outing, on Sunday the 23rd of September at the Hanley Swan, Royal British Legion clubhouse (nr. Upton on Severn, next to the duck pond and over the road from the Swan pub), very much appreciated!

Gracing us with their record collections this time and manning the decks are Les (Malvern), Mark (Tewkesbury Soul Club), Ray (Soul at the Star) and Mike (Soul Ledbury, fresh from celebrating their highly successful 1st anniversary event) 

Several regulars and DJs will be offering vinyl to sell and swap on the day.

A relaxed evening of Northern Soul and Tamla Motown, playing the predictable, the unpredictable and the slightly rarer - all welcome! Complemented with club prices at the bar, plenty of parking, a highly polished beech dance floor and a guaranteed warm welcome. Four DJs playing their vinyl only collections for you to help cling to the last vestiges of the weekend or to perhaps celebrate a new week beginning...hopefully see you on the dance floor! Starting at 3pm and running through until 8pm (or later as we did last time, just to keep everyone happy.) Still only £3.00 entry per individual or £5.00 per couple.

Hopefully, see you on the dance floor...

“Soul on Sunday” – 23/9/18

In the tranquil setting of picturesque Hanley Swan, alongside the duck pond, sits a squat low-roofed building that belies its interior: the RBL club. For five hours on a slow Sunday afternoon this anonymous building became the venue for the first “Soul on Sunday” session. The flyer idly boasted of a “celebration of Northern Soul and Tamla Motown…”

The DJ equipment stood statuesque on the small stage, primed and coiled.  As the djs gathered and exchanged knowing glances. Record boxes were lovingly ordered and reverently sorted, and set lists were deliberated over as we stepped in to the unknown.  Lights were dimmed, candles arranged and lit, bar pumps were switched on, muted chatter was exchanged and the strains of the opening track filled the room like a familiar comfort blanket. The club’s barmaid enquired innocently: “So, what’s this Northern Soul all about then?”       

Proceedings were initially slow as the venue seemed to personify the rural village life that was the backdrop to the event.

The pistol crack of a collective hand-clap greets the verse and the dancers unite on the dance floor – well-chosen dance steps are re-enacted – the ambience is enhanced by a unified understanding of what is happening.  The dancing becomes more urgent as the tempo is pushed further by the “double-decking” djs and all but two are on the floor lost in a reverie. The volume is pushed to a Sunday defiant level. Our barmaid involuntary raises her swaying hands aloft in acknowledgement of the atmosphere. The clapping is intensified; the frantic movements become more ambitious. Our barmaid exclaims to no one in particular…”this isn’t bad for a Sunday afternoon!” She holds her camera phone in a determined pose and records the proceedings as proof; as the dancers perform  their own personal celebration of Northern Soul and Motown…hopefully see you at the next event!