Hi everyone, happy new year and off we go again!

We are meeting in the same place at the same time – see the ‘Session Info’ link above for more details. Last year the hall rental went up so please note I am putting the prices up by a pound (£9 online, £10 in cash).

Here is the set list, there are a couple of new ones and a nod to the passing of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie –

Don’t Stop, You’re So Vain, *You Wear it Well*, Whole lotta Shaking/Chantilly Lace, With a Little Help From My Friends, Waterloo Sunset, Waterloo, Venus, Valerie, *To Love Somebody*, Tainted Love, Sway, Starman, Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay, Sit Down, Should I Stay or Should I Go

New members are very welcome, come and see what we’re about. It’s more about having fun and meeting people than getting all the chords right!

Beth and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Well done to everyone who played at the Women’s Institute xmas evening which went really well. Hopefully we will be able to do more concerts in the near future.

Thanks to everyone who has come to the sessions this year, it’s been great fun as always and we hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have.

We’re looking forward to getting started again in 2023, and the dates for the first few months are as follows –

January 17 and 31

February 14 and 28

March 14 and 28

See you soon!

The last session of 2022 will be on the 6th (not the 29th), and there is a concert on the 8th at the Parish Hall in Hook.

Here are the details for Thursday 8th – Hook and Southborough Hall, 224 Hook Road, KT9 1PL. In an email today the organiser asked if we can arrive at 7 15 and start at 7 30, please let me know if you have any issues with that! There is a bit of parking around the back and on the nearby streets. As I mentioned at the last rehearsal, we could wonder over to the North Star (appropriate) afterwards for a Christmas drink.

We will play these tunes first to get them ‘gig ready’ –

Merry Christmas Everyone, Blue Christmas, Rocking Around The Christmas Tree, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Let it Snow, Santa Baby, Jingle Bell Rock, Winter Wonderland, Feliz Navidad,White Christmas, Merry Xmas Everybody

and then if we have time left on Tuesday we will play some of these for fun –

I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day, Have Yourselves a Merry Little Christmas, Must be Santa, Frosty The Snowman, Santa Looked alot like Daddy, Fairytale of New York

Let me know if you have any questions! For the sheet downloaders amongst you, here is a link from last year. The order might not be correct but all the songs should be there.

Hi everyone, here is the set list for next Tuesday. I am hoping to get a new tune in but haven’t sorted it out yet!

So as it stands we will do these –

And then I kissed her, Blowing in the Wind, Blue Suede Shoes, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Brown Eyed Girl, California Dreaming, Cecilia, Chanson D’amour, Crippled Inside, Dancing in the Street, Don’t Get Me Wrong, Fats Domino Medley, Folsom Prison/Pinball Wizard, Friday I’m in Love, Go Now, Great Balls Of Fire, Hard Days Night.

I may drop one or two if I get new ones ready.

We will be having an extra weeks break after this and so will reconvene on the 6th of December where we will be preparing for the W.I. Christmas concert on the 8th.

If enough of the group would like to do a special concert for their friends and family I could probably swing it with the Church to do it on the 15th (we could do the Christmas set again), but I need to know we can get enough band and audience there to make it worthwhile. Alternatively we could do a concert in the new year instead. So have a think, and I’ll organise whatever we decide.

Hi everyone. Well done to all that got to the gig, it went really well (even Rabbit!) and we had some nice comments from the audience. I’m guessing we must have raised around £400 for Fight Against Blindness so good work! There are some videos of the performance here

Here is the set for the 1st –

I heard it through the grapevine, I walk the line, I wanna be like you, I’m into something good, Jolene, Jonny B Goode, Let’s Stick together, Living Doll, Losing My Religion, *Road to Nowhere* , Mad World, Monster Mash, The Ace of Spades, Nights in White Satin, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Promises

Hope to see lots of regulars and any new people are very welcome!

The session on the 18th is in aid of the Fight Against Blindness charity. The 30 available tickets for the audience are sold out but there are always spaces for more players, and if everyone makes a cash payment for their session fee it will be passed on to get the total up!

The set will be pretty much the same as on the 4th (see below) minus SOS!

Hi everyone, we will be playing through the songs for the concert on the 18th in aid of FAB (Fight against Blindness). Don’t let this stop you from coming to join in if you are new and fancy coming along to try us out, or if you know you can’t make the 18th.

This is the set – Amarillo, Country Roads, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Delilah, Ghost Riders in the Sky, I saw her Standing there, It must be Love, Minnie The Moocher, Rabbit, See you later Alligator, Sloop John B, SOS, These Boots are made for Walking, Urban Spaceman, Always Look on the Brightside of Life

Hi everyone, the next session is on the 20th September (see the info page for times/venue address etc). Here is the set, I will bring spares on the night so no need to print!

You’re the One that I want, You’re so vain, You’re my best friend, You really got a hold on me, You can’t hurry love, With a little help from my friends, Will you still love me tomorrow, Wild World, Whisky in the jar, *When the going gets tough*, What a wonderful world (Cooke), Waterloo Sunset, Walk like an Egyptian, Ukulele Lady, Thorn in my side, The Weight, Subterrean Homesick Blues

On the 18th October we will be perform our session to a paying audience(!) in aid of FAB (Fight against Blindness), and will rehearse for this on the 4th.

Hi everyone, we are back next Tuesday! Here is the set (you can see the music here, I will bring spares on the night so you don’t need to print it)

Happy Together – Hey Good Lookin – I got my mind set on you – I saw the Light – If Paradise is half as nice – I’ll Fly Away – I’ll Never Fall in Love again – I’m a Believer – Jailhouse Rock – Jumping Jack Flash – King of the Road – Lay Down Sally – *Let’s Stick Together* – Light My Fire – Little Richard Medley – Living on a Prayer – Lola

New members are very welcome. It’s easy and fun, there is no pressure to get everything right and it is a good way to get better. Anyone who we haven’t seen for a while is always welcome to come back, like Andy who sent me links to his websites showing his various skills (some of the songs are a bit rude……)

Hi everyone

Here is the set for next Tuesday. Should be fun! New members are very welcome, feel free just to turn up or message me if you have any questions. It’s been great to see some of our pre covid members coming along again recently too.

American Pie, C’est La Vie, End of the Line, Hallelujah, Hard Days Night, I Only Want to be with You,I’m into Something Good, It Must be Love, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Only You, Paint It Black, People Are Strange, Return to Sender, Rockin All Over The World, She, Sloop John B, Sunny Afternoon

You can see the music here, I will bring spares on the night so there is no need to print them out.