Monday, 13 June 2011

Elsham Hall Adrian and Jans Wedding

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Jan and Adrians wedding Elsham Hall near Brigg, Lincs

Off to Brigg and not a Brass band in site and no,Superfuzz haven't been to Narnia.


These foliage balls made great wigs for the second set and gave everyone a good giggle except for the head waitress ,who confiscated them telling us us in no uncertain terms that they cost upwards of £25 and were not intended to be worn as wigs ,Oh Dear!!


I ended up in a fascinator having swaped my foliage ball with a guest. the fascinator didn't look as good on me though and didn't make me more fascinating strangely.

Anyway lovely venue and nice not to be playing in a Marquee for once.Some very friendly peacocks roam this estate to keep everyone amused. Now I have never been close to one before but these birds have a penchant for pork and stuffing cobs from the Hogroast. As far as I know has never once been mentioned on Birdwatch ( Im going to write to Bill Oddy)!


Also ,our new friend Mr P cock rather oddly also had a bit of a thing for a rather sexy navy blue Ford Fiesta parked on the gravel next to his perch. We couldn't work out if he wanted to hump it or fight it. It really did send him into a fits of rage and he circled it , pecked it , jumped on it and screeched at it for nigh on half an hour. Absolutely worn out he eventually wandered back for some pork scratchings with potato salad.

Jan and Adrian were lovely people and everyone danced all night. Rock n roll was the order of the day. The brides father was paying and he wanted Mr presley and Mr Chuick Berry , so who are we to argue?Finished off with Kings of leon " sex on fire" and everyone trooped off to the waiting bus very happy.

Pack down and back at the hotel for 2 pm,


Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Ed and Rachels wedding at Osmaston Park near Ashbourne


Early start for this fantastic wedding set in the beautiful Osmaston Park near Asbourne. An early accoustic set was the order of the day , followed by 2 x 1 hour sets to finish. Good grief we were tired but a good time was had by all and the wedding pretty well went to the brides strict timetable.

Just a word about the security man who must have been ex SAS. His attention to duty was relentless. He stood guard outside in the rain on the look out for the whole day from 2pm until 2am. Always at the ready to pounce on Al Queda terrorists hidden in the trees, he made our day . The only danger as far as we could work out was from a marauding squirrel who ran acroos the lawn a few times. Anyway hats off to you Sir.


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Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Its the Muppet Show !!!!! Wroxall Estate wedding 28th May 2011


Clare and Michaels wedding

Its the Muppet show with our very special guest stars - the staff of Wroxall Abbey who told us to set up in the wrong function room ! ArrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhThe bride nearly had heart failure when she realised Superfuzz were set up in a space no bigger than my front room. The embarrassment of it all ! The staff duly apologised a thousand times and a rather quick pack down and a re-set ensued.

After half an hour we were ready to go again and our hosts managed to keep their cool ( Me thinks some brides would have bestowed the wrath of Khan upon this happless management ). But hey! mistakes happen and this venue was beautiful and would make for a fantastic setting for any wedding. See www.wroxall.com

Just a word about these lovely people. They danced all night , brought us food and dink and were extremely kind and grateful of our efforts , cheers to you Mr and Mrs and we wish you a long and happy marriage.

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RAF Cramwell Officers Party- Chocs away chaps!

26th May 2011

Off to RAF Cramwell near Lincoln for a good olde knees up. Arrived at 6 pm to be greeted by our host for the evening -Mr E. who looked after us very well. Highlight of the night was a couple of Biggles types playing on stage with us. An excellent drummer called Bryan and a super guitar player called Jon . Hats off to both ! I suppose when you can fly a Tornado jet fighter , playing a guitar or bashing a set of drums is no problem.
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Monday, 9 May 2011

Boxing Kangeroos at Ye Olde Bell Hotel & Restaurant, Retford



Ye Olde Bell Hotel & Restaurant,
Barnby Moor,
Retford,
Nottinghamshire.
DN22 8QS



Mark and Ruth wedding 7th May 2011

Arrived on time again for this wedding , still doing the speeches and we had a bit of a wait before we could set up.

So its off to the bar for a shandy and a bag of crisps, oooh £ 10.20 for 3 drinks , ouch.

Nice wooden floor for us to set up on and a decent sized room. Started setting up at 7.30pm ready to go at 8.30. We played the first dance ," Amazed by Lonestar" and our bride and groom looked blissfully happy.

First set started and we soon realised they were up for the newer songs , so in the bin went Elvis and his rock'n roll chums and out came Greenday , the Artic Monkeys and Blink 182. They loved em and started jumping around like a bunch of boxing Kangeroos , so much so we thought it best to slow the set down before we all got trampled to death.Off to the buffet for some lovely wedges and a lie down. Second set was soon underway and Mr brightside went down the best. We left the wedding to kind words from our hosts and we wished them a very long and happy life together.

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Sunday, 17 April 2011

Langley Priory wedding band

16 th April 2011
Off to Langley priory for a wedding.



What a beautiful setting and our guests were so lucky with the weather .April can be very dodgy as it can still snow, hiring a marquee was very optimistic. The gods smiled down though and the sun shoneth all day long.



We arrived 4.30 pm and after setting up our equipment had a few hours to waste. So what better way to kill time than a nice game of croquet on the lawn ?
Dennison brothers in combat for family bragging rights .


Suffice to say younger Dennison won the day.
The party started at about 9pm after some very good speeches and we had a great time. They loved the music and wouldn't let us off the stage. Charlie and his beautiful bride were perfect hosts and we were totally exhausted by the end, so much so Paul had to have a lie down in the light box



The party was that good, the place looked like a bomb had gone off afterwards.
And we've been offered a slot as house band , things are on the up!!!!!!!!!!!

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Friday, 1 April 2011

Army entertainment- Waterbeach Barracks , end of tour shin-dig



Back to lovely Waterbeach for the annual squaddie free for all. Dressed to the nines and looking like the cast of the rocky horror show our guests partied their socks off.
Best game of the night- naked squaddie bowling, never disappoints and always great fun.

In the end, it all passed off peacefully with the CO playing the drums to the eye of the tiger dressed in blonde curly wig and 70 s platform boots.

Interestingly ,when we drove back to our digs our guitar player suggested we park the van on the large empty car park next to the mess hall.

Great idea only that this wasn't a car park and I was woken at 6.30 am by a rather large Seargent Major who bellowed "which orrible little man as parked that bloody great van on my parade ground"
"Sorry officer, don't kill me, Im only a dumb drummer" came the reply

Good of the army to put us up though and sleeping in army barracks for the first time was quite an eye opener.Ive never slept with so many men,the smell in the morning was unforgettable. Ahhh the delights of being in a function band.



Back home for 12 and guess what ? They've booked us again. Help!!!!!!!!!

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