Post by freebird on May 17, 2009 15:20:04 GMT
Here Goes, what do you do when you`ve sold 120 tickets and got in the region of 500 people turning up in your home town to listen and dance to 10 hours of soul music of the highest class, only to be told by the owners that they are not prepared to go ahead my do.. ( 3oclock on friday).. .. Do you turn your phone off and hide under the pillow, blame Alfie cos he`s the new boy, or what actualy happend..
Firstly contact all the djs and say not to come down , I had only got to the 3rd when Nik Mak rang back and sugested to try and salvage somthing from this, as we wouldnt get hold of every body in time there would still be people turning up.. as I put the phone down GERARD( ESSENTIAL SOUL BOURNEMOUTH) also called to say he`d been ringing round for the same reason.. and had a couple of veiwings..Great brains think alike.. As you can imagine I wasnt convinced but glad I did. we probably went round 15-20 hotels and chose the 1st one..
next, continue the bad news of telling the djs not to come down, you cant imagine how hard that was, but to my surprise not one would listen and insisted on coming down for moral suport..
The rest just fell into place, djs warning people, adds on soulsource/southwest/ southernsoulinfo/ and others.. 300 texts, 1500 emails and hours on the phone..
We still kept the warm up going as people that had been b4 would head for it first.. Niel djing and me in the firing line.. glad we did as we managed to redirect 12 people, and leave directions for late arrivals
Im not realy into soul do`s in hotels, so was pleasantly surprised when we had a full house, and some. Thank god peeps were outside smoking as the room only hold`s 180 .
My thanks go out to GERARD who without him there would have been no do. He didnt even get to do his set cos Kieth Barnes went over his time (sorry mate)..
Chilly for suplying the dj equipment. Top man.
Nik Mak, Kieth Barnes, Alphie, Mike cook, Jordi Neil, Dave rimmer, Johnny Herbert, and Bex(Groove Junkies) , For supporting me and playing some of the best music iv heard in ages..
Russ( he was the larger one) for helping on the door..
and all the people who made it worthwhile..
Any body that hasnt been refunded for thier tickets yet, need to go back to where they purchased them.. any problems email me shauntrotman@btinternet.com Cheers... Shaun
Firstly contact all the djs and say not to come down , I had only got to the 3rd when Nik Mak rang back and sugested to try and salvage somthing from this, as we wouldnt get hold of every body in time there would still be people turning up.. as I put the phone down GERARD( ESSENTIAL SOUL BOURNEMOUTH) also called to say he`d been ringing round for the same reason.. and had a couple of veiwings..Great brains think alike.. As you can imagine I wasnt convinced but glad I did. we probably went round 15-20 hotels and chose the 1st one..
next, continue the bad news of telling the djs not to come down, you cant imagine how hard that was, but to my surprise not one would listen and insisted on coming down for moral suport..
The rest just fell into place, djs warning people, adds on soulsource/southwest/ southernsoulinfo/ and others.. 300 texts, 1500 emails and hours on the phone..
We still kept the warm up going as people that had been b4 would head for it first.. Niel djing and me in the firing line.. glad we did as we managed to redirect 12 people, and leave directions for late arrivals
Im not realy into soul do`s in hotels, so was pleasantly surprised when we had a full house, and some. Thank god peeps were outside smoking as the room only hold`s 180 .
My thanks go out to GERARD who without him there would have been no do. He didnt even get to do his set cos Kieth Barnes went over his time (sorry mate)..
Chilly for suplying the dj equipment. Top man.
Nik Mak, Kieth Barnes, Alphie, Mike cook, Jordi Neil, Dave rimmer, Johnny Herbert, and Bex(Groove Junkies) , For supporting me and playing some of the best music iv heard in ages..
Russ( he was the larger one) for helping on the door..
and all the people who made it worthwhile..
Any body that hasnt been refunded for thier tickets yet, need to go back to where they purchased them.. any problems email me shauntrotman@btinternet.com Cheers... Shaun