PRESTON & DISTRICT CONCERT SECRETARIES FEDERATION Entertaining Preston since 1958

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SECRETARY MRS ANN BRETHERTON Tel 01772 460784/07847394330

Welcome to you Happy Cub Goers,Well it was a delight to see a FULL attendance at the monthly meeting held at The Supurb Venue,ACREGATE LABOUR CLUB,At this Meeting The COMMAND SHOW 2026 was confirmed as Friday 13th November at The Acregate L.C. with a selection of various categories of artists to be confirmed at a later date, Please pop the date in your diaries,it's not to be missed and the ShowcaseTickets at the usual Price of £5 will be available in due course.Right back to the Showcase well in MY opinion it was amongst the best we have had in recent years with 4 fantastic acts. giving their all, first up was CHARLIE a fantastic female vocalist whom sang some well known numbers and was great and had a good audience responce,Secondly it was STEVIE.G. who came along and again sang some great well known songs and his experience showed up so well,,,the crowd loved him.Then after the Interval we had KATE.S. a relative newcomer whom started off with two acoustic numbers(with guitar) and after that relativeley quiet start she then "Plugged In" and gave us a great show with her fantastic voice and stage presence WOW.As if we had't had enough our 4th Turn A really terrific female Duo TRACY MORGAN and CO ??? Well they came on and gave us a really great performance with vocals and fun it was so refreshing to see an act like this so talented and had the full attention of us all Well done Ladies.. Well Thanks to OUR AMAZING ANN BRETHERTON whom again produced the Show and also compered the Afternoon in the absence of ERIC JONES who wasn't very well so Get Well Soon our our mate and hope to see him at our next Showcase.ALL the 4 acts got future bookings so if you weren't there then keep your eyes open for appearences at your local Clubs.Thanks for ALL whom attended also to PAUL the Con Sec the tireless commitee at The Acregate for being most welcoming,the really nice Buffet which was really enjoyed by us all also a very good bar staff which served us so well Thanks for Reading and Best Regards from MICK editor.

Acregate L.C 3 Lostock Hall.R.B.L. 3
Bamber Bridge Cath. 2 Penwortham S&S 3
Deepdale S&S 3 St.Anthony's 1
Empire Services 1 St Gerard's 3
Farington Cob Club. 3 St Gregory's 3
Neadow St,L,C. 3 Wilbraham Club. 3
Eccleston W.M.C. 3

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.