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Playlist from yesterday evening: The Lockettes - I Love The Boy Next Door The Marvelows - Your Little Sister Dee Dee Sharpe - Coming Home Baby The Ideals - The Mighty Lover Carol And Gerri - On You Heartache Looks Good The Orlons - Envy Allan Sisters - I'm In With The Downtown Crowd Jimmy Robins - Just Can't Please You Kenny Gamble - The Jokes On You Timi Yuro - I Aint Gonna Cry No More The Trends - If You Don't Dig The Blues Betty Harris - I Don't Wanna Hear It The Funk Brothers - My Kinda Woman The Isley Brothers - My Love Is Your Love ( alt ver. ) Dee Dee Sharpe - Lets Twine Sherli Allen - Think It Over Kell Osborne - Small Things Liz Christian - Suddenly You Find Love Melvin London And The Red Hearts - I Can't Give Up Terra Shirma Strings - I Can't Make It Any More

A wonderful afternoon and evening of music for the crowd who attended, could've been better in that respect but then folks do still work, even pensioners!, nevertheless a big THANKYOU to all who came along and took in a fabulous selection of music from 10 purveyors of quality tunes, a good sprinkling on the rare stuff amongst the sets and lots new to the ear as well..a big UP👍 To Don Forbes and Dave Stubbs for getting the event on and slme decent sound equipment to boot!, and the obligatory informative right here to try and entice people out, as always. Shrewsbury has a pretty long and feserved reputation for soul events in the country, as does Shropshire on the whole and has had a fair shared of outstanding venues over the decades..the message and emphasis on that is still very important even now. A Big thanks to ALL the lads who deejayed listed above, and special thanks to Steve Thomas and Lydia for making a pretty arduous trip from Anglesey amongst all the returning holiday makers and their caravans, to get to the Claremont, get settled and then the man delivers an outstanding set in his inimitable fashion...brilliant!. Hopefully this occasional gig will have another date coming up soon, definitely entertaining and worth paying a visit here for that fact alone.😉👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Just a heads up as we approach the weekend. It being the first Bank Holiday of 2025, and the longest ( 4 days ) and probably most popular, Shrewsbury is very much a destination town, full of history, lots going on and extremely busy with tourists and traffic. Anyone looking for accommodation, i've already listed the best, occasioning the fact they have parking facilities, mostly in with the cost of rooms. Listed here are their geographical positions in relation to the town, 3 are within walking distance, the others between 10 and 15 mins from town centre. For that purpose ive also provided here the main municipal car parks, again short walking distances from the venue. ABBEY FOREGATE IS FREE ON BANK HOLIDAYS ST JULIAN'S & FRIARS: HALF PRICE ( 60p per hour ) FRANKWELL & RAVEN MEADOW may differ, also there may be a max all day payment but, theyre large car parks so there should be plenty of space....as always, best to arrive EARLY, as the function begins at 13:00pm!😉👍

All good Skipper!, bargain rooms for a bank holiday, 10 mins from venue....extra hour as well - 1pm kick off!...through til the band says ' we quit! '😊

The full line-up of selectors for this forthcoming Easter festival of soul, a truly esoteric climax to a Bank Holiday Monday!!..music that's good for the mind, spirit and the body moves!!🎵💃🕺🎶 Roger Dean, Don Forbes, Rob Haigh, Steve Thomas, Dave Allen, Paul Rousell, Brian Taylor, Dave Stubbs, Brian Chidley, Nik Krneta. An array of astute and avid collector/djs, time served on the scene and still kickin' it...all ready to bend your ears, necessitate chin stroking and or get some serious shape throwing with tunes covering the decades and genre's: known, little known...and even unknown ( with the obligatory c/up here and there ) but ALL in Invariable good taste!

10 of the very best djs there are, RIGHT HERE!. A proper festival of soul across the board covering a variety of venues from previous decades, all done with eclectic taste, and attention to detail when it comes to getting the floor moving with frantic feet....still some very athletic sixtysomethings in attendance here...music to keep the mind, body and spirit alive!😉👍🎵💃🕺🎶⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Looking forward to giving these an airing too!, the former currently on a few playlists of late, both relatively unknown?

Fancy a stopover? Premier Inn, Smithfield Road A58 ( encorperating Raven Meadow car park) SY1 1PG The Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop A5191 ( with own car park ) SY1 1UY Abbotts Mead Hotel, St.Julian's Friars ( parking spaces ) SY1 1XL Travelodge Battlefield, A53 services ( with parking ) SY4 3EQ Travelodge Bayston Hill, A5 by pass, junction of Hereford Road A49 ( with parking ) SY3 0DA Holiday Inn express, Sika Drive, Shrewsbury Business park, Emstrey ( off B4380 ) SY2 6LG Check websites for room rates and availability!😉👍 All recommended accommodation!

And almost certainly THIS...🎵💃🕺🎶

And....hopefully THIS.....😉👍

Sums up where it's all going to happen on Bank Holiday Monday! Tip top tune, up for a spin!

If you're planning to attend and coming in via car: parking at Abbey Foregate ( bottom end of town by Asda ) is FREE on Monday. A large car park, about 10-12 min walk to venue. St Julian's & Friars ( just off town walls by BT building ) is 60p an hour but there is also a max charge for all day. Kingsland Bridge ( adjacent to Town Walls ) has limited parking £5 for all day. Baker Street car park is next door to venue. Quite pricey at £2:80 an hour!, not sure if there's an all day charge allowed on there. There's also an NCP at the rear of Premier Inn on Riverside, 5 mins from venue.

If you're planning to attend and coming in via car: parking at Abbey Foregate ( bottom end of town by Asda ) is FREE on Monday. A large car park, about 10-12 min walk to venue. St Julian's & Friars ( just off town walls by BT building ) is 60p an hour but there is also a max charge for all day. Kingsland Bridge ( adjacent to Town Walls ) has limited parking £5 for all day. Baker Street car park is next door to venue. Quite pricey at £2:80 an hour!, not sure if there's an all day charge allowed on there. There's also an NCP at the rear of Premier Inn on Riverside, 5 mins from venue.

The man who puts together soul events in Shrewsbury and Shropshire, from time to time, and a veteran of the scene, DON FORBES. very knowledgeable and intuitive,always looking to invite guests with collections and not necessarily current djs...which has to be a good format. Definitely should be in for an interesting afternoon/evening of quality soul from the dead good rare to plainly obvious classics brilliance...bit of a melting pot of all thats soulful!.😉👍