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I was there from the beginning and had to leave around 9pm. Must say, the atmosphere was brilliant and met a lot of very down to earth people with absolutely no ego problems. Saw a few bands for the first time and was very impressed.
Idle promise kicked things off with a cracking set, mixing new and old stuff perfectly, well done guys.
Dakota were on fine form (after the feeback problem was sorted lol) with some cracking tunes done very well indeed.
Sugar Bullets were awesome, making me feel young again with some classic punk stuff I've not heard for years. So nice to meet Dean the drummer (and what a drummer) a truly top bloke.
Alec kept us all entertained in the Buskers Ball (you never close your eyes anymore lol) another top bloke.
Massive thanks to James, Woody and Phil from Steelfield for letting me get up and attempt to sing with them (so sorry for cocking up 'Beast'), a fantastic bunch of musicians and thoroughly nice guys to.
Caught the first 20 mins of Dean Casement Trio, one word.........WOW!
power blues at its bast, a really tight performance and excellent musicianship.

Nice to meet Charlie & Norma and Keef for the first time and always great to see the amazing Dee & Dave.
Have a great new year folks and I'm honoured to know such a fantastic bunch of people
Mark

cheers Mick, really enjoyed there was a great social atmosphere, no egos to be seen anywhere, i really had a lot of fun socializing,so much so, that almost wanted to carry on chatting instead of playing, (dropped a couple of Guinness related clangers which im not proud of, always easy to remember the bloopers ha ha) , im usually a water or soft drink dude for metalleeka gigs,which will definitely continue now ha ha
very chuffed with master of puppets, the cheers that accompanied the start of the clean bit were very welcome!!(maybe that was from a "theyre gonna play the whole 8 minutes of it" perspective?........

the other music i witnessed was superb, great to meet some new people

On behalf the 3 steelfielders, it was a pleasure to play infront such a great crowd and be the bandaoke for Marc and Scott, two great friends of the band.

Much plaudits to everyone who turn up. Especially Rick, Anne and Trig for their hard work.

yep awesome work by everybody involved in making it a success, thanks to all concerned

yep the metal section of the buskers ball was a real welcome surprise!!, was great to hear some maiden

What a day! It was an absolute pleasure being involved yesterday, we enjoyed every minute of playing and watching the other bands.

For me personally it was just as enjoyable finally meeting people I've been speaking to on here for so long...Mark from Anthem you are a top bloke mate really good to finally meet you, the legendary Keef see you soon buddy, the even more legendary Alec from NT/BB you have an awesome voice, Charlie and Norma, Trig & Dakota (thanks for proving the sound guys), Scott from Metaleeka a truly down to earth fella I wish he'd come back on here, Dave and Dee from Hindley Arms, Roj from Twin Lizzy, all of Idle Promise and the fantastic DC Trio...great to see you again Deano & Mike. And I apologise if I've missed anyone off...such a great atmosphere with loads of like-minded people.

Finally a massive thanks to Rick for putting on such a successful event, everyone really showed their support for the Charity and I hope there's been a good sum raised. Can't wait to do it all again.

Love and respect from all of The Sugar Bullets

Dean.

music was just busting out all over LOL
got vids of most bands...with exception of Metaleeka cos couldn't get in room....will post on this thread during next couple of days

We all enjoyed it. Well done to all concerned. Count ius in for the next one. WFG

We got there about 3.45ish, so unfortunately missed Idle Promise..sorry lads. The pub was absolutely heaving which was a good sign for the charity.We met some lovely lovely people, Rick & Anne , Keef, Trig, Mark (Anthem) Dean(Bullets) Dave & Dee(Hindley Arms), Baz(Tuskan)
Dakota was the first band we saw, first time for us and we weren't
disappointed ..they were brill. Sugar Bullets and Dean Casement Trio were equally fantastic sets. How on earth we missed Steelfield in the other room is beyond me!!!!!, but will see you lads this Sat at the Crikkies.........And Metaleeka...well after Rob got his sound sorted out!!!(couldn't hear you for the first three numbers) were excellent, theyv'e come such a long way in a very short time. First time we've seen them, but won't be the last.
We had to leave shortly after that, so sadly missed Daz & his Wet Fish Groovers...sorry mate, and to rub salt into the wound he showed me earlier a case which could only be his bagpipes, so I'll bet it was a grand finale.

Big thanks to Rick, Anne and all the helpers and Staff at The Banner for making it such a memorable day

Fookin Awsome.

thats ok charlie you wouldnt have heard me totally miss somehting out in the third song then LMFAO !!

no he hasn't missed out...I;m posting the video tomorrow :o)