PRESTON & DISTRICT CONCERT SECRETARIES FEDERATION Entertaining Preston since 1958

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SECRETARY MRS ANN BRETHERTON Tel 01772 460784/07847394330

Well A sincere Happy New Year to you all and thank you for picking up your copy of THE GUILD BOOK. The Annual Christmas Party at WILBRAHAM CLUB was indeed a success,the hospitality there is wonderfull, It was a great little atmosphere with complimentery food,Trifle shots and mulled wine which went down well with everyone there,if you missed it then see you next time hopefully. "OUR ERIC JONES" got things underway with his usual great singing and banter "What a great Guy he is" First of our 3 Acts was LA BAMBA a fantastic Real live group who won the Band of the year,at our recent Command show,they gave us lots of nostalgic numbers which is their trademark they played their guitars so well,,Next to entertain us was NICK JONES A smashing versatile vocalist who sang songs old and not so old and again went down really well.Last performer of The Party was very experianced and popular Vocal/Keyboard artist JOHNNY.B,,he indeed belted out some popular numbers and went down a treat in fact ALL THE 3 ACTS gave us extended spots withr gratitued from our audience. THANKS must go to DONNA & MARK for all there efforts once again SUE and her staff for the wonderfull Hot pot and Cheese Pie,Our very own Ann Bretherton for producing the artists and the rest of the Executive commitee for all their fine efforts for make it a memorable afternoon. Gratitued nust also go to YOU for supporting our showcases,hope to see you on the last Sunday of every month at various clubs throghout the Year.'

COMMAND SHOW HELD AT BAMBER BRIDGE CATHOLIC CLUB ON 14th NOVEMBER 2025.
Our annual Command Show held at the extraordinary concert room at B B C C where the near capacity audience enjoyed a night to remember. the awful weather on the night didn't deter the clubgoers from the event,it must have one of the best performance stages in the North West. To begin the show right on Time was our very own Compere and singer ERIC JONES after a couple of songs he introduced the first Act, REBECCA the best Female act of the year, a well established lady whom gave us a "Whirlwind" Performance including the likes of Cher and Celine Dion she went down a real treat with cheers and applause from all a great vocalist and personality to boot. Second act was PHIL RICHMOND another fantastic well known performer who won the Best Male of the year,he at once said How Do I Follow that meaning REBECCA,well he didn't fail giving us a great rrendition of mostly well known numbers,A great performance again from a wonderfull man Well done PHIL. That took us to the Interval in which we had a succesfull raffle run bye our two regular volunteers PAM & FLO Thanks Girls.with bottles of Wine and Spirits kindly donated by our member clubs Many Thanks For those efforts.Then we had the Presentation of Trophies to the Four Winning Acts, Well then the Second Half began with vocal/instrumentilist winner JOHMMY.B who gave us another Great performance with his cracking voice and keyboard playing with a great list of mostly familier songs Well done JOHNNY. The forth and last act was played by Duo/Group winners MACSEN a father & son act who both vocalised and played guitars which produced a great sound they came from North Wales in the horrible weather which deserves praise alone. CAME 11.30pm and the show was over bearing in mind praise must go to all concerned with the HOST CLUB,,DEREK BAILEY for his lighting and impresive On stage graphics WOW,also the rest of the Commitee for allowing us the venue,it's the second time that they have hosted this Prime Event and here's hoping for many mote to come.Last but not least thank you to the excellent bar service run by K.Farrington and Paula Birch. To all that attended the show we at the Federation hope that you enjoyed the event and Many Thanks please keep supporting YOUR CLUBS and we can look forward to nights out like this in the future and don't forget OUR SHOWCASES held at the end of every month pn Sunday afternoons troughout the year at various venues. BEST REGARDS MICK & ALL THE EXEC COMMITEE.