PRESTON & DISTRICT CONCERT SECRETARIES FEDERATION Entertaining Preston since 1958

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SECRETARY MRS ANN BRETHERTON Tel 01772 460784/07847394330

Well here we are in the festive Month so here's hoping you have a Great time at your regular and other other Clubs..First and foremost congratulations are in order for our Concert Secretary of the Year being awarded to JANET HEAD at The Wilbraham Club for her efforts and good work booking artists for her club,and was ever present at our monthly meetings during the year voted by her fellow Con Secs she is a very popular and valued member of The Federation,well done JANET. Octobers Showcase was held at the ever popular ACREGATE.L.C. with a warm welcome by Chairman LINFORD and Secretary ANDREW whom hosted a nice afternoon thanks to them for the nice Buffet and great service there and free to all,thanks again. Unfortunately though we had just two artists to entertain us whom we had seen both before but never the less with the tireless ERIC JONES as vocal/compere it was a good show.In the First Half we had Young up and coming HANNA Mc CABE who from last time she did a showcase was more fresher with well known songs her stage presence was much improved and she appears to have a Little "FAN CLUB" at our shows and therfore went down Very Well a great future for that young lady and don't forget where you saw her first. After the Intrval in The Second Half of we were entertained by KEVIN WRIGHT a great (in my opinion) vocalist , He gave us some Rock,and Ballad numbers Indeed an established entertainer who I noticed got some well deserved future bookings from our Con Secs. DON'T FORGET our Annual Christmas Party is to be held again at THE WILBRAHAM CLUB,Doors Open at 12 noon Sunday 14th December,it is always a good day with a greatt atmosphere Tickets are just £1 available from Con Secs or on the door,please let's make it a day to remember the more the merrier. THE COMMITEE AT THE PRESTON & DISTRICT CONCERT SECREARIES FEDERATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2025 AND WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2026 WITH YOU ALL..
ALL MY BEST WISHES From MICK

The NOVEMBER 2025 A.G.M and Showcase was held at Lostock Hall St Gerard's where the Executive Commitee where voted en.bloc to stay on for the next year At the Showcase we began with Mr Reliable, ERIC JONES with a very sore thrught but being the Man he is carried on he could barely talk but he managed to introduce the 4 Artists on the day.To start us off we had COL a terrific male singer with a fine voice and Personality to boot he had some fantastic material and I noticed got some future bookings from our Con Secs,.Number 2 we had COLT from Garstang for his third Showcase this year,he tried to be a bit different this time with Country songs and went down well with the near capacity audience which is the norm at this club Interval came then when THE CONCERT SECRETARY of the year was presented to JANET HEAD from The Wilbraham Club for her great efforts as awarded and voted by fellow Con Secs. PART TWO commenced with a well known Vocal/entertainer EDDIE.P, he put on a fine Rock & Roll performance with great sounding numbers from the decades, he is a great guy with a outstanding stage presence.thanks to EDDIE.Last by no means least we had a 4 piece group with a nice talent CHECHIN' OUT with guitars and drums (Proper Band) they were very lively and went down a areat. praise must go to ANN BRETHERTON for Producing the entertainment again for us all,ST GERARD'S again made us all welcome and thanks must go to STEVE ,the steward who somehow MAKES the club alongside a fantastic commitee whom the Federation must thank most sincerly,also the caterers with there, usual high standard with Hot Pot and Butter Pie with compliments to us all another Great Afternoon so please keep the support up with the Showcases to entertain you next year. ONE LAST THING WE HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC 2026 AND ALL YOUR WISHES "HAPPEN"

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.