Hello again and welcome to the Festive period of The Guild Book..I hope that you are ready to enjoy your nights out and that you find all you need to know abuut YOUR Club and others where i'm sure you will get a warm welcome wherever you go,.First of all i'd like to announce that ALAN HAMILTON of ST GREGORY'S CLUB was voted our CON SEC of the year congratulations to him. Well our latest Showcase was held at Deepdale.L.C. it was a good day with 3 artists there to entertain us,first up was ENCORE a Male,and Female Duo was a experienced act who give us a mixed bag of songs we all knew.Next up was a fantastic(in my opinion) lovely young lady BECKY DEMAINE who was a very entertaining vocalist with ,she went down very well with everyone there and got a fair few bookings with our Con Secs,so please watch watch for her name in future editions of THE GUILD BOOKS as you will surely enjoy..After the intrval we had CHRIS WRAY who gave us a smashing spot of well known numbers and lots of banter in between,At these showcases it is enjoyed by you like minded people whom look forward to the acts and meeting up with people that you see monthly , Many thanks to ALL that contribute to the raffle's and football cards.The Federation is run on a low budget so please keep your loyalty up Next Year because without you people there would be No Federation.ERIC JONES again was fantastic compering the show which wouldn't be the same without him a true Gem,although the Deepdale Club wasn't full ,a great atmosphere was created so thanks for coming, Mark Clarke from the club did a great job weloming us The bar staff led by Anthony served us very very well and the Refreshments kindly made by the club's commitee.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY/SHOWCASE WILL BE AT THE WILBRAHAM CLUB ON SUNDAY DEC 15th AT 1.0pm TICKETS £1.(Note no meeting in Dec)

             See you all soon MICK.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all you fantastic Clubgoers and once again thank you for ALL your support and may 2025 be great for us all.

The November Showcase was held at the ever popular St Gerard's at Lostock Hall,With hardly a spare seat to be found a good atnosphere was created. We had 4 Artists set to entertain us and of course OUR ERIC to set us on the right course,First up was BONNIE AND THE GENTS a female lead five piece group and they were very entertaining ALL live backing with a fantastic sound whom gave us popular numbers and went down well.After the Interval we presented a 16 year old YES 16 young lady HANNAH Mc CABE well my words can't express what this girls voice gave us with a mixture of classical,musical and popular songs my she has a great future ahead and without being critical with a little more stage presence she would be sensational some of the audience went emotional with some tears WOW she did get well deserved bookings for 2025 so keep your eye on future Guild Books for her name and please go see.Next we had a truly fine artist KELVIN.J.WOOD from Blackpool he is a true club entertainer whom gave us some popular numbers together with nice banter please GO and see him when you can.To finish the day we had a popular entertainer who is also the steward at St.Gerard's (How lucky they are) he gave us a very lively spot and as you have probably seen his name appearing at plenty of clubs he is somewhat popular.All in all a sound afternoon and thanks to the the titeless work of OUR ANN BRETHERTON for producing our showcases.Finaly thanks to the St Gerard's commitee,,Bar Staff and caterers for the ledgendary hot pot.

See all of you in the New Year and PLEASE keep suporting these wonderful monthly entertainment afternoons.

COMMAND SHOW HELD AT  BAMBER BRIDGE & COUNTY CATHOLIC CLUB.15th NOV.24.

 

The annual Command show was held at this  wonderfull venue for the first time and what a great concert room it was for it,with plenty of room and comfort for all.

The artists involved were hand picked by the  Exec  Comitee and fellow concert secs.

We started off with our ever reliable compere ERIC JONES to introduce first on stage 

This years Male Vocalist  winner the popular ALAN KELLY who is well known in the Preston area who gave us his usual high standard of vocals and banter whom received a smashing ovation ,our second performer was a lovely young Lady the winner of the Female Vocalist prize was JAYCEE what a lovely performance she gave from a mixture of Motown and other chart hits this girl was outstanding and received a great clap of hands and cheers

The next artist was this years.Comedy/vocal winner MR DAVE ROSS "FRAY WIGAN" oh yeah Dave besides having a fine singing voice cracked a load of old and new jokes which truly entertained all of us.

We then had a nice Interval with a Raffle with loads of Bottled Wine & Spirits won.

Last Act of the Evening was A cracking four piece LIVE GROUP (not a backing track in sight)

this years command show selection LA BAMBA, with has the name suggests gave us lots of hits from the 60s and more a very talented set of Four Gentlemen,who went down a bomb.

All in all it was a great "Night Out" which was a near sell out,so thanks must be in order to the wonderful commitee and staff whom kept us all well served at the bar,the caterers whom served some excellent food, Derek Bailey (stage manager) whom controled the outstanding colourfull stage backdrop which kept us informed of all that was going on.Last but by no means least,Thank You to all that attended I hope you all come to NEXT YEARS SHOW..