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Back in February, one of the featured news items on Soul Source concerned itself with a very critical view of Bolton Octagon plans to stage a reworked version of the "Once Upon A Time" this summer In the news article posted Soul Source member Paul Sadot (who devised the actual play in its original format) gave his strong views on the reworking, which included points such as... "The production worked in its presentation, the actors, the film, the setting, but, most of all, the use of a real and narrative sound track" the full post can be read via the via the links at the bottom. Thanks to Del ( member nubian75soulsis) it seems that a reply to this and other criticism was posted on the Octagon Blog by Sally Boyd around the time the original article was published. Though the reply was made two months ago, its content and style may be of interest to those who were unaware of it till now. Can read the reply on the Octagon Blog (link Below) Octagon Blog Reply http://octagonbolton.blogspot.com/2007/11/once-upon-time.html

The 2nd annual Dublin City Soul Festival including a live performance from Gospel Hall of Fame Inductees The Rance Allen Group and Queen of Beale Street Ms Ruby Wilson. Info from website The Story So Far The Dublin City Soul Festival - Soul ain’t nothing but a feeling… and that’s just what the Dublin City Soul Festival is all about…a feeling, “a celebration of peace, unity & love” the annual feel good celebration designed to bring people from all walks of life together, from the four proverbial corners of the world, in a positive celebration of all things soulful. Soul is - mind, body, spirit, essence, heart, core and character… Celebrate your soul! Bring your soulmates or make some new ones! Join us from May 22nd - May 25th 2008 as we bring some of the world’s finest performers to Dublin for your entertainment pleasure. Future Dates: • 2009 - May 21st – May 24th • 2010 - May 20th – May 23rd Full details from www.dublincitysoulfestival.ie

Stevie Cato (Little Stevie) passed on a quick heads up shout for the showing of a clip filmed at the just gone Soul Revolution event in LondonApparently it follows Steve on his journey from Manchester down to Soul Revolution last month and should feature some interesting footage of the club. Here's Steves words "A short film we shot a few weeks ago is on tv tonight at 7.55. channel 4 and repeated on channel 4 plus 1/ film 4 plus 1, one of those type channels an hour later if you miss it... just 3 mins and won't get in the way of the footie too much, ha ha... . A Northern Soul... Let us know what you think, i aint seen any footage yet and don't know what to expect... click on link below" steve x

Regular Allniters Return To The West Country After an absence of 25 years and the closer of the Yate Allniters. Allniters are to return to the west country on a regular basis. Dave&Malayka Thorley have passed on that they have a great new venue at the old Berkeley Power Station site in Gloucestershire. They have already road tested the venue, so to speak, with a Yate re-union earlier this year and following a great response have book the venue for four allniters this year, starting on Friday May 30th. The event will have three rooms and they are promising 9 hours of great soul music with a twist. For the first night, dj's will include top UK names, plus some old Yate faces and the cream of the south west. The Allniter will run from 9pm until 6am.

Good News on Upcoming 6Ts 100 Club Nighters and also word of a upcoming 100 Club photo show Back to as it was - Allnighters Allnight Ady C just passed on the welcome news below The 100 Club rang me today to say they had received the Temporary Events Notice that the all nighters are run under now. So the all nighter on May 17th and all future ones should be fine. Due to the shortening od hours last time, we've held over the guest DJs James Trouble and Chris Dale for this May date. 10pm-6am. Hope you can make it Ady http://www.6ts.info/ 100 Club Picture Show Friday 9th May - Sunday 11th May Curated by Emily Beaver Main Show for Public: Friday 9th May - Sunday 11th May 12pm - 4pm Free Entry Announcing a new permanent display for the walls of the world famous 100 Club. For 3 days the 100 Club will open the doors through the afternoon, giving the public unlimited access to view the work and venue for free. Photographs from the club, spanning the last 60 years will include Jazz and Blues by Walter Hanlon, Terry Cryer and Chas McDevitt, The Punk Festival of 1976 shot by Barry Plummer, Ray Stevenson and Jill Furmanovsky and Rock and Indie acts by Paul Slattery, Dean Chalkley and Ross Halfin. Bringing you The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie Sioux, Metallica, Oasis, Humphrey Lyttelton, Gallows, Chuck Berry, The Damned, Primal Scream and The Horrors to name but a few. Still standing after 60 years the 100 Club has earned a long overdue show of appreciation, not only for being a place of historical importance for music, but also for remaining a personal treasure to many. The inspiration for the exhibition came from The Rolling Stones on stage at the club in 1982, images of which were donated to the club by Carole Lateman, only to be stored away and forgotten for over 20 years. Recently discovered, they sparked the desire to put them where they belong on the walls of the club for the public's enjoyment. With a capacity of 300, the 100 Club shows are always intimate and accessible. This show serves to update the famous walls, rather than transform them, keeping the existing style of the interior. http://www.the100club.co.uk

Some background snippets on some classic recordings from The Honorable Milton Wright and a member of the Ambassadors As to be expected over time there has been a fair few threads in the forum regarding Milton Wright and his recordings. As Box regs may be aware, nowadays he's still out there involved in music but due to his daytime job nowadays he is better known now as the Honorable Milton Wright, Judge of the Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury Massachusetts. After reading recent discussion the Honorable Milton got in touch with this site and during the email exchange I asked if he could pass on any background information on his recordings. He was good enough to take the time to pass on the below... 'I recorded the vocal version with the Terra Shirma Strings. The instrumental version was released and the vocal versions were not released until later. I never received royalties for either tune. I wrote both tunes and sang on both. I left Michigan and recording and finished my law degree at Boston University. At any rate "The Rollin River Song" which was misnomered "Like A Rolling Stone" and released as an instrumental was always recorded with a vocal track. The players loved it. I loved it. Ollie didn't. Or so I was led to believe. Anyway, those tunes belong to me. I'm not out to hurt anyone now. But I would like to begin now to be appropriately compensated. I am happy that so many people enjoyed my music. It is a gift from God that I cherish. Luckily I am still full of music and have pursued several new avenues including writing a musical ( script and music) and acting. Thank you for your interest.' As says he's still involved in various music related productions and can view a recent video of how he manages to involve singing with his daily courtroom routine via the Faith and Values Website Another artist who also recently got in touch with the site after reading a recent thread ( this time directly by joining and posting in the forum ) was the sax player from the Ambassadors of Too Much Of A Good Thing fame. He posted the below in the thread and as stated does deserves more exposure so its reposted below "Came upon this little discussion and thought I’d clear a couple of things up. I’m the sax man from the Ambassadors. That’s the Ambassadors from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The group started as the Seven Dwarves. In 1964, they added two horns–a trumpet and a sax, very unusual for the time–and became the Ambassadors. Our first gig was at the Silver Springs Fire Hall, near Lancaster. In 1965, we cut our first record, Too Young for Me (flip side: Pork Chops, an instrumental) on the Fleet label. We cut a second disk, I Want a Love (flip side: Those Things Called Girls), which was never marketed. Only one copy of that record exists: a metal and acetate dub. Our third record was Too Much of a Good Thing, on the Pee Vee label (flip side: Whole Lotta Soul). The group had several drummers and bass players over the years, and we lost one singer, who was no longer with the group at the time of Too Much. The Ambassadors continued playing through December 1966, then disbanded. In 1984, most of the original members reunited, with a couple of new guys, to play a reunion concert. It went so well that we kept going, playing with various personnel until 1992. We continued with the same music: the sweet soul sound of the sixties. Since 1992, we have reunited several times for one-time concerts, the most recent being in October, 2004. We played behind a number of acts in the ‘60’s, including Lee Andrew and the Hearts. But we never played behind the Trannells–also from Lancaster, by the way. They were their own band. Our only connection to them was that our bassist on Too Much once played with them. Our records are occasionally available on e-bay. A brand new copy of Too Much of a Good Thing–never played, still in original sleeve–recently brought $370. By the way, the Ambassadors from Philadelphia, referred to on this site as the Uptown/Atlantic/Arctic group, was a different group. 'Nuff said. It's great to see interest in our band after more than 40 years!...." There is a cd being released to coincide with a re-union at Yorkstown featuring original tracks (it seems) from Ambassadors and other local bands such as Del Chords, The Del Chords, The Tranells, El Dantes ,The Exciting Invictas ,The Crystalaires The Ambassadors Seven Dwarfs The Emperors The Chateaus The Magic Monorays The Thundering Sentries can view brief details and a few photos via link below link out of date Have to say always find such posts and emails as above great enjoyable reading and thanks go to both artists for passing on

Here's details of two events, that while am sure that there's a chance that they may not get all the lips licking as stand alone events, they may be of interest if you do get caught up in any spend time with your family moments over the upcoming bank holidays. The Tate in Liverpool is celebrating its 20th Birthday, as part of the celebrations they have a Northern Night lined up which includes the showing of the northern related film that won the highly regarded Becks annual contemporary arts award. Not to sure on the blurb below but does seems a lot of other things going on during the day. On Saturday 3 May from 19.00 - 23.00 Tate Liverpool will be hosting its very own Northern Soul night with a rich line-up of well-known Northern Soul DJs including Phil Saxe, Ste Hodge and other DJs from the Vertigo club night in Manchester. Long After Tonight, a mesmerising film by Beck's Futures award-winning Matt Stokes of a Northern Soul reunion, will be screened as revellers demonstrate their dancefloor prowess. Tickets for this event are free, but booking is essential. For more information on the birthday weekend activities visit http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool. The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection 13 May - 19 October 2008 The V&A Museum has the The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection' is at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW1, May 13 to October 19 The display will show the changing image of The Supremes from the early days when they were known as The Primettes to the glamorous Hollywood designs they wore at the height of their fame, and look at their continuing stylistic influence on performers such as BeyoncÃÆ’©. The display will include dresses worn by Mary Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard for live performances, television appearances and on album covers. Original television footage, photographs and magazine spreads will examine The Supremes as the stars of Motown Records whose highly visible success story helped change racial perceptions during the time of the American Civil Rights movement. http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/supremes/index.html