Mike

Winsford Niter was a enjoyable one , a good crowd and some good sets Seems was last nite for the modern room format More details soonest Heard that Yorkshire Riders annivesary was a great one as well Events Good to see event guide getting a hammering. Noticed a few posting up links but forgetting to add http:// in front of the web adress and so it wont work, will try and sort some later but if submitting links to the event info please use below http:// www.thisway.com not www.notthisway.com More than welcome to post in how the event went as know many visitors will find it worthwhile ..... as well gives more exposure to your event

North Wales Coast is on a sort of soul flood alert. Up and coming are the following major events The Northern and Modern Soul Weekender at Prestatyn. Week after Llandudno Bodafon Nite sees one of the major soul events of 2003. Myself looking forward to this as last year weekend was most enjoyable! Brief Highlights Top Uk Northern and Modern DJS, awesome live acts line up, legends and current soul stars, best facilities on offer for any uk weekender, 4 main rooms, more events in Queen Vic, The best value Uk weekender, and more. Last year someone summed it up as "the overall feeling was a event for soul fans run by soul fans" you know the score. Highly recommended http://www.soul-weekenders.co.uk for latest news, sounds, info, bios and more After that weekend you mail feel that you require a month off, however seems that North Wales is set to suffer this month, just 5 days later its time to drag yourself together and crack on, and look what is on offer Llandudno Conniseurs Weekender at Ormscliffe Hotel Again to me last years one was one of the highlights of the year, the tag conniseurs says it all, quality rare soul, quality rare soul djs is what is on offer. Yet again some of the UKs top Djs hit North Wales with a whole weekend of quality sounds in a great atmosphere. Uk wide travellers turned up last year and most are returning such was their enjoyment. Again highly recommended Soul Dragon Llandudno All Niter and Dayer Ocean Lounge Conference Centre Well as a local and involved with other North Wales events think a "no comment" is best thing for me to say about the fact that this event is scheduled for the same weekend as Llandudno Conniseurs Niters have a reputation for great friendly atmosphere with its own unique feel and style. Always have had most enjoyable nites there and dayer day after is a main part of event. Details of djs etc up on the events guide

For info Llandudno Soul Nites and Bangor Soul At the Social both these regular monthly events are coming under the DMSC banner, no big thing its just to make life easy for all concerned and as far as Soul At Social goes it will make no difference at all with Johnny J still doing the event his own way (and all Donkey work!) Its just for easy promotion, keep costs down and as the DMSC is all about punter friendly and quality soul, it will work well and should improve your nites with each event keeping its own feel, sounds and identity Winding up for the big March event , come back soon for latest news on Drunken Monkey At the Springfield dmsc team - monkey for the monkey by the monkey Next DMSC Events Drunken Monkey Soul Club At the Springfield 21 March Two rooms Current Fresh Top Rare Northern Sounds The best in quality rare soul sounds featuring the best independant quality rare soul djs giving the best and freshest rare soul sounds around. Regulars Andy Rix and Rob Thomas Guests Just the best available, from well known and respected top of the tree djs to up and coming rare soul fiends,keywords passion , quality and soul Chamelon Room - All Era Soul Offering quite simply a mix of the best all era soul sounds around. With top guests and regs this room is all about all styles, all eras quality and dance soul DMSC North Wales Coast Nites Two local events, featuring north wales coast djs and guests , good time northern soul all the way north wales coast style Llandudno Soul nites 21 Feb The long running nites are now at Bodafon Farm Park and off to a kicking start Good time all styles northern and more Bangor Soul At The Social First Fri of Month Johnny J s big city soul nites , northern enjoyment for all

Another soul event on North Wales Coast and yet another enjoyable nite, it was time for a trip thru tunnel to Bangor Social. Bit quiet at first, djs on nite were guests Steve holyhead Thomas, Bob Shaffer, Paul Oslem with me and Johnny J doing reg bit Place ended up well packed, long distance haulers from Manchester Stockport Flint Wrexham and even more exotic locations, a well large Llandudno contingent showed up and all the local Bangor and Anglesey types Always a good laugh here, with local ducking and diving, good vinyl sales, catching up , sorting out and all that, sounds wise it often depends on the crowd as in reaction to what goes down, as was a good mixed one in it meant sounds following suit. Current, all era, revivals all went well with crowd up for it. Djs dished out a great mix that worked well. Afterwards it was a session at farmhouse, went for 30 mins and ended up getting home just after milkman. Looking back a very enjoyable nite, feedback had by some says was one of if not the best been to Next one as always first friday of month line up incs Andy Killock (chester) Gerald Hogan (bangor) Dave Miller (stafford) regs johnny j and mike h

LOWTON CIVIC HALL Friday 14th February 2003 7th Anniversary All-nighter spinning the platters that matter: Lizz Foster Paul Baldwin Ian Cunliffe Simon Hunt George Hunt Tim Brown Kenny Burrell Bob Hinsley Ron Pedley Kev Murphy Check out the R&B room with Pete&Friends Second Friday of Every Month Lowton Civic Hall, Hesketh Meadow Lane, Lowton, Nr Leigh. (Jusst off A580 East Lancs Road/Exit 24 M6) Tel: 01942 672971 Special Anniversary Gift To First 400 8pm til 6am Admission 10 pounds (limited to 550) CLUB CULTURE The home of Soul and Soulful Dance in the North West Valentines All Nighter @ Lowton Civic Hall A session of the Finest Funk, Classic Soul and Dance Music from some of the best nights at the best clubs in the country. Mecca - Ritz - Cassinellis - Parkers - Carlton - Cricket Club - Angels DJs Steve Connor - Baz Maleady - Kev Edwards - Pete Haigh - Bob Hinsley - Mark Grice - Paul Hawkins The last one was Superb - Dont Miss the Special Event! FRIDAY 14th FEBRUARY 2003 9pm - 6am SOUL CENTRAL @ LOWTON CIVIC HALL Hesketh Meadow Lane, Lowton, Nr Wigan, 2 mins from main A580, M6 and M62. Part of the successful Lowton Northern Soul Nights. Admission 10 pounds (Limited to 550 so please be early). Pick up your vinyl and CD wants. Dealers in attendance on the night.

Doesnt seem 12 months ago since we started at the Rider Club in Halifax but here we are and this Saturday is our 1st Anniversary. Guest DJ is the UKs No. 1 BUTCH Residents GUY HENNIGAN, ALEX JONES, EDDIE ENGEL&COLIN WOOD. All kicks off at 8.30pm until 2.00am and bar til 1.30am. £5 OTD. There is a limited amount of free CDs of the varied sounds that can be heard at the Rider so get there early to make sure you get one. Cheers, Colin, Rider Club, Halifax http://totn.topcities.com Gotta say congrats to all involved with this event, has some great nites there and highly recommend it. Quality sounds, quality djs, quality people!!

Dunno if anyone else has seen this "Northern Soul" video that someone has made for Molokos new track... Familiar feeling... This England remade for the nauhgties... link: http://www.video-c.co.uk

CSC Dome event was one of the major going ons of last weekend . Site has been updated with review of the nite, playlists and photos Click here for Plays like 16 Timmie Williams "Competition" (Mala) 17 Sensations "Demanding Man" (Way out) 18 Executive Four "I got a good thing going" (Lu-Mar) 19 Flash McKinlay "Ill rescue you" (Bombay) quotes like It was very nice. Irish Greg and Alan played some very nice records. Then David and Kenny played some very nice records. All in all, it was a very good night and the people I met were really nice. photos like...... (withdrawn due to complaints) Watch out for next one featuring the return of Sidney Barnes !!! Last Friday in March being the one.

SCENESVILLE AT THE CAMDEN CENTRE, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21ST Just a quick note this month to give you all a bit of advance notice that Scenesville's 2003 dates kick off on February 21st with our long-awaited return to the Camden Centre. With no Camden Centre gig since the anniversary night stormer in October, it'll be great to get back there again, with it's superb dancefloor, amazing decor, power-packed sound system - and helpful management! To celebrate, we're reinstating the happy hour, and adding some extra bar staff in view of the overwhelming demand last time, so you'll be getting the same jawdroppingly cheap prices as October, but without the wait! Furthermore, since Chris is about to become a dad again, he'll be away from the decks for a few months wrestling with nappies and feed bottles, so we hope you'll join the whole Scenesville team in wishing him and Joely congratulations and the best of luck with their new little one. Meanwhile, back at the go go, the good news is that KITCH will be joining the team as a resident, at least for the time that Chris is away, and hopefully afterwards, too, if we manage to find a way of still squeezing everybody into the time available! Finally, we warmly welcome MARK HANSON as February's guest, with a boxful of stunning sounds that will slot into the Scenesville playlist like a dream. - Top Ten and more details about Mark coming up soon!

Hammy passed on his plays from the recent Spiders Web event at Edinburgh Sounds like a top nite Dont forget any thing similar always welcome Thelma Lindsay - Why Werent You There (MAGIC CITY) Marvin Gaye - Love Starved Heart (TAMLA) Carol Anderson - Taking My Mind Off Love(WHIP) BJ Thomas - Keep It Up (JOED) Howard Guyton - I Watched You Slowly Slip Away (VERVE) Leo McCorkle - Im On Top of the World (POPSIDE) Sugar&The Spices - Have Faith In Me (SWAN) Jimmy Robins - In My Heart (JERHART) Liz Verdi - You Let Him Get Away (COLUMBIA) Sam Fletcher - Id Think It Over (TOLLIE) Beverly&The Del Capris - Mama I Think Im in Love (COLUMBIA) Sandpipers - Lonely Too Long (GIANT) Gwenn Douglass - The Picture (MICHELLE) The Shadows - My Love Has Gone (GOLDEN SOUND) Patti&The Emblems - Its The Little Things (CONGRESS) Age of Bronze - Im Gonna Love You (GUAVA) Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open (VALISE) La Reine La Mar - Thats Not The Way to Love (CLOUD) George Freeman - Down&Out (VALIANT) Cheers Hammy

In the past couple of years I have stayed out of the politics, At times over these years it has been very very difficult.Today I have had enough. Everyone should make up their own minds about who the perpetrator (s) may be. But I was going to head over to the Rocket as well as coming to Crossfire. Now if anyone visits the Rocket, IN MY OPINION, you are supporting the kind of parasite this scene does not need. You dont need to go to the Rocket to have a good time this saturday. The Rocket promotors dont need your entry fee. The Rocket promoters do need their egos massaged by a high turn out. All beit with hundreds of freebies handed to non soul people, just to add to the "atmosphere" of hundreds of people stood at the side gawping, or pratting about on the dancefloor with a bottle of beer in their hands. I will be down at crossfire on Saturday night. I hope to see most of you there too. miky

I have just learnt of the dirty tricks campaign being waged against the promoters of Crossfire involving the attempt of individuals, as yet unknown, to cause the maximum amount of disruption to the event and to try and steer Soulies away from the venue this coming Saturday. (I am certain by the time I post this everyone will have been made aware of the details.) As a promoter myself and as someone who knows the guys behind the event well (and admires their love of the scene and the music and their integrity) I could not just sit and do nothing as someone attempts to gain from this underhand dirty tricks campaign. It is at times like this you find out who your friends are and where people stand with regards to the way the scene should be. Therefore I am happy to say that I stand side by side with the lads from Crossfire and give them my 100% support. I have mailed all of the Plinston members and all of those in my email address book urging them to attend this Saturdays event if they can and I would ask all decent like minded Soulies to do the same. This sort of underhand campign MUST NOT be allowed to succeed, it is the thin end of the wedge and will do nothing for the scene that we all love and hold dear. Apathy allows these sort of individuals to flourish and grow stronger....vote with your feet as I will do this Saturday - See ya at Crossfire! TheBigO :-x