Saturday 23 April saw the celebrations of St George’s Day marked with a flag bearing parade from the Memorial Gardens to Queens Square as Crawley District Scouts marked the date of the patron saint of Scouting. After the success of last year’s parade, an invitation had gone out to the Crawley Girlguiding Association to join the scouts in marking the occasion within the town centre. Bunting adorned the band stand and groups carried troop flags and the St Georges cross.
In past years, the celebrations have taken place at the Scout camping ground near Pease Pottage and is one of the most significant formal events in the scouting calendar. On the strength of last year’s successful celebrations in Queens Square and public support to celebrate St George’s more publicly, the decision was made to gather centrally and grow the event gradually.
The beautiful weekend weather encouraged shoppers to listen to the proceedings, led by Eddy Hills, District Commissioner for Crawley District Scouts with invited guests including Karen Jessep, Division Commissioner for Crawley Guides, The Mayor Cllr Lee Burke, Crawley MP Henry Smith and Rev’d Sue Murray from St Richard’s Three Bridges. Scouts and Guides renewed their promises and sang the National Anthem.
Eddy Hills, District Commissioner, Crawley District Scouts commented “Once again we have been very well supported and for the first time have been joined by the Guides from across Crawley. It’s really great to hear the interest shown by the residents of Crawley”
One parent remarked “I am thrilled to see St Georges Day marked in such a positive way in Crawley and can see this growing year after year. It marks the date in a very sympathetic way and involved so many young people and adults across town”.
To get involved in scouting or for more information on scouting in Crawley go to www.crawleydistrictscouts.org.uk
On Friday 29th October Tesco, Three Bridges was swarmed by a mass of young girls and boys. Some had been waiting since 5.30am!
Why would these young people do such a thing we hear you ask. Well it was because the new boy band The Wanted were coming at 13.00 for a signing session.
The Wanted is made up of Nathan Sykes 17 from Gloucester, Jay McGuiness 20 from Nottingham, Siva Kaneswaran 21 from Ireland, Tom Parker 22 from Bolton and Max George 22 from Manchester. For those screaming fans who think Siva or Jay are their favourites might want to know they both have twin brothers! Now that is not something you come across every day. Maybe one member, but two!
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For those who are wondering who The Wanted are might recognise this song courtesy of YouTube and GMTV
A special thank you goes to Jo Baynes who gave us the heads up on their visit xx
Every year the Wingspan put on an amazing show of fireworks. It is always well organised with lots of entertainment as well as a park for the kids and plenty of parking. This year was no exception. On Friday 5th November Crawley Happy Times popped along to enjoy the fireworks (and to give away some pens and car stickers). It was lovely to see alot of our supporters present and having fun. We would like to congratulate Jo and her dedicated staff for another fantastic show.
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Video Part One: There were lots of people around us all chatting away but you can still hear the fireworks
Part Two:
Did you go to the Wingspan? Let us know your thoughts by filling in the section at the bottom of this page
On Saturday and Sunday (21st & 22nd August) the stage was set for the annual Mental Health Awareness event at the Wingspan, known as Wingfest!
Organised by Carl Brooks, the weekend was a massive success with £647.03 raised for the Mental Health Awareness charity. Officially kicked off with a little speech from Mayor Lee Burke, it went from strength to strength. The event was held over two days with Saturday being host to the live bands, then Sunday hosting the accoustic side. The line up was an ‘A’ List of local talent including:
Saturday: -
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The Nite B4 feat. The Fabulous Dormettes (Kenny, Cara, Hayley, Su, Ian, Luke & Jake)
Yer Momma
The Titanics
3 Dimensions
Stringloaded
Borrowed Time
Age of Tapes
Blues Business
Soul Business
Dizzy Tales
Junn House
Sunday: -
Paul James
Brogue
Epithany
Ken Birch
Will Martins
Danny Dangerously
Rory Flynn
Michelle Dean
Natalie Hovard
Paul ‘Chicken Legs’ Buris
String Loaded
The Toons
Tariq & Reis
Rising Tide
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Crawley Happy Times went down for the Saturdays performances and took some video for you to enjoy. Pictures of Sunday were kindly taken by Carl Brooks. You can view them here.
We would like to thank Carl for inviting us to this amazing event and want to congratulate all involved.
On Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August the annual Mela was held at the Hawth.
Consisting of information stands, such as the ‘Stop West Sussex going to waste’ campaign and the ‘Give Blood’ stand there was food galore of all types, a fun fair and music and dance from varying cultures.
Attended by the Mayor Lee Burke and Mayoress Ali Burke, the day was full of colour and sounds. We took alot of pictures and video which we hope will tell the story of this great event on their own. We would like to congratulate the Hawth and their staff for once again making it a safe and enjoyable event for all to enjoy.
Perfomers included the Diego Garcian/Reggae/Seggae Band, Filipino Dancers, Tanvee and Tiyana, Tariq and Reis, Monica Patel, Grizzly South feat. If-E, Maxwell, KK, Amy Othieno, Billy Delaney and friends and many more!
Did you attend the Mela? If you have any feedback, please feel free to comment below
Crawley Community Arts is celebrating this week as they smashed through their target for the last quarter of 2009, encouraging more than 10,000 people to get involved in activities in Crawley for that period alone.
The team based at The Hawth Theatre is responsible for presenting many of the community events and exhibitions at The Hawth and running workshops and groups across Crawley.
In 2009 projects included highly polished performances by Pitchy Breath Theatre Company such as the new pieces Scratch and We All Stood Together, the Urban Sensations gigs which draw young people from across the area to see the top artists on the urban scene. The chart-topping, MOBO Award-winner Chipmunk made a notable appearance last year and this year Wretch 32, Scorcher and Saint will be performing in February.
Scorcher
Community Arts also enjoyed huge success with their regular club nights for people with learning disabilities and their friends, The Bluebird Club and record-breaking audiences attended the Black History Month Celebration last October as local performers and professionals took to the stage along with special guest Kezia Obama.
Female Transport Final
Crawley Community Arts also run weekly workshops, Crawley Youth Theatre, Hot Taps (tap dancing), Footloose Dance Group (dance for learning disabled people), Kids ‘n’ Co and Splash (drama groups for young people), Circus Skills Workshop Circuswurx and the Theatre Company Course for adults which presents its first show Female Transport in February.
Watch out for more from the team in 2010. For more information on what Community Arts offer contact Carolyn Murphy on 01293 438152.
The cast of Cinderella are now busy in rehearsal getting ready to perform for record breaking crowds at The Hawth this Christmas but they will be taking time out from their schedule to spread a little bit of festive cheer around the town.
Cinderella - Vicky Longley. Dandini - Julian Clary. Prince - Danny Bayne
Crawley Library – Wednesday 16 December at 4.30pm
Nickelodeon’s Vicky Longley who plays Cinderella and Grease Is The Word winner Danny Bayne (the Prince) will be helping Crawley Library to celebrate its first birthday in style by getting their glad rags on and reading to local children at the library.
Waterstone, County Mall Crawley – Thursday 17 December at 1 – 2pm
Julian Clary who stars as Dandini in Cinderella will also be going out and about in the town as he heads to Waterstones in County Mall for a book signing. Fans of the star will have the chance to see the star and get him to autograph copies of his book from 1pm.
Manor Green Primary School – Thursday 17 December at 2pm
Cinderella and Prince Charming will be visiting pupils at Manor Green Primary School in Ifield to spread a little panto magic and get pupils and teachers in the Christmas mood.
All three of these occasions offer great photo opportunities – press photographers welcome.
Cinderella runs at Crawley’s Hawth Theatre from 12 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Tickets are selling fast so call Box Office now to book on 01293 553636 or online at www.hawth.co.uk.
On Thursday 26th November, the community of Crawley came together to see some of the most remarkable youngsters within our community receive awards and medals.
Organised by Crawley Borough Council in partnership with West Sussex Council for Voluntary Youth Service, Sussex Police, West Sussex County Council and Crawley School Sports Partnership, more than 400 under 25′s were recognised for the difference they’ve made to Crawley and its community.
Twelve outstanding young people received awards under four categories; Community, Sport, Art and Personal Achievement, all sponsored by local organisations, voluntary groups and businesses.
We had the pleasure of talking to three of the judges and sponsors. Martin Stone of Topsy Turvy, sponsor of the Dance and Drama Award, Jim Hayton of Crawley Metals Supplies, sponsor of the Visual Arts Award and Michael Langley, Deputy District Commander for West Sussex Fire & Rescue, sponsors of the Music Award. This is what they told Shelley…
Compared competantly by Kirk Campbell and Sophie Campbell, the night was full of emotion and pride, both from the parents of the nominees and winners, also from the awardees.
With great performances by Young-B, The Divas, Thomas Bennett Community College and Euphoric Dance.
Euphoric Dancers perform at the Youth Awards 2009
As we sat listening to the reasons why these young individuals were being rewarded, we felt quite humble in their presence.
Last years winner of the Laser Hub Music Award was Billy Delaney who performed at this years ceremony.
Daniel Horwood, from Bewbush, won the Sussex Police Courage Award. Daniel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in October 2008, a few months before he was to sit his GCSE’s. Daniel, just seventeen, suffered countless blood transfusions, lumbar punctures, injections and various cocktails of drugs as his exams approached. Daniel even suffered a suspected stroke which left him paralysed for days. Through his pure determination and support from friends, family and school tutors, Daniel sat his exmas and passed with flying colours. He even got a standing ovasion at the school leaving party.
Other personal achievement awards were also given to Gilberto Silva and Charlotte Schillinger.
Gilberto’s autism and severe learning difficulties did not stop him achieving the highest possible exam marks for his age group at maths, winning the West Sussex Youth Service Education Award.
Charlotte is a dedicated member of the scouts who has been an inspiration to adults and children who have met her through the 2nd Ifield Scout Group. For this and many other achievements, she won the Apollo Group Inspiration Award.
Community
Lena Finch, who cares for her disabled mum, was honoured at the awards. Lena has been helping care for her Mum for ten years, taking more and more responsibility over this period. Lena is her Mum’s main carer.
Other community awards were won by Reniece Robinson and Luke May.
Reniece collected the Let’s FACE It Environment Award for her conservation work, which included helping launch a paper recycling scheme at her school.
Luke deservadly won the Crawley Young Persons Council Volunteer Award for his dedicated work at Dormans Youth Arts Centre.
Arts
Footloose were presented with the Topsy Turvy Dance and Drama Award
Footloose, a dance group for young people with learning disabilities won an arts award. Footloose creates high-quality contemporary dance which members then perform at venues around the south east. The group meets every week at Manor Green Primary School.
Awards organisers said Footloose members treat each other with respect and compassion and new members are always welcome.
Jamie Friday was awarded The West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service Music Award for his tireless support and help running music events whic then gave other performers the chance to perform. Jamie used to visit Dormans Youth Club as just another member but soon made his presence known as a helpful and resourceful individual.
Bewbush Youth Centre was awarded the Crawley Metal Supplies Visual Arts Award for its graffiti art project in Dorsten Square. Youngsters took part in a six-week project to design art for the boards around the old community centre and Dorsten pub, which has helped brighten the area during the current regeneration project.
Sports
At the young age of just ten, Jack has won more than 150 trophies. Jack, from Furnace Green, trains four times a week with the Crawley Black Belt Academy, helping train the young members as well as his own training.
Jack collected the Eezehaul Sports Person Award on crutches, having broken his foot falling off his bike. Jack has won a host of competitions and has been doing martial arts since the age of four, achieving a second dan black belt. Jack is also a member of Team Fusion, a group of Britain’s best young martial artists and dance performers.
At the awards, Jack was described as a “confident and well grounded” person and a “role model for others”.
The Freedom Leisure Sports Team Award was won by a group of talented young gymnasts.
Hawth Gymnastics Teamgym (junior) members gave up shopping trips and time with friends to train for thirteen hours a week and are ranked third in the country.
Tessa Stokes won the Crawley School Sports Partnership Sports Volunteer Award for her work with the young sports ambassador project.
FULL LIST OF NOMINEES
ARTS AWARDS
Aidan Daniel
Adison Austin
James Newman
Callum Johnston
Callum Thompson
Ali Mehmood
Michael Bennett
Shakim Salim
Anthony Brikell
Tegan-Rose Newman
Louise Carpenter
Adrienne Hall
Jamie Friday
Ginah Wamulo
Lucy Muyanga
Charlotte Chorley
Liam Jenkinson
Josh Martin
Lucy Dorkings
HSM ‘Oaks Edition’ Dance and Drama Club
Awa Sarr
Charlotte Wadmore
Sabreen Ibrahim
Footloose Dance Group
Thomas Bennett Free 2 Dance Company
Stages Performing Arts
Kirsty Ayling
Usman Aslam
Sumera Hussain
Kyranne Barrett
Nikesh McHugh
Rikesh McHugh
Clayton Lear
Reece Hanslow
Ky Harper
COMMUNITY AWARDS
Reniece Robinson
Ryan Dawson
Jonathan Harrold
Keiran Joseph
Lena Finch
Becky King
Dani King
Jodie Hutchinson-Purcell
Keiran Pledger
Ashley Pledger
Lisa Cooper
Maddie Smith
Josie Fryers
Charlotte Goswell
Amy Davis-Dwan
Laila Hussain
Rhea Kneafsey
Katie Cleary
Ali Mehmood
Pravin Sanasy
Luke Taylor
Jamie Friday
Michael Hobbs
Sapna Shah
George Bick
Jamie White
Kara Mason
Michael Murphy
Eloisa Gordon
Sana Ghafoor
Leslie Edwards
Kennedy Mutongerwa
Vicki Elston
Billy Delaney
Lewis Fletcher
Tariq Khawaja
Ant Heron
Paige Sayers
Zahid Akram Khan
Sarim Qamar
Adil Hussain
Luke May
George O’ Keefe
Lauren Thynne
Adam Wanstall
Leanne Woods
Daria Czekajska
Stuart Bayliss
Ellis Payne
Emily Bartlett
Alexandra Armstrong
Frank Alfoldi
Owen Lumley
Lisa Brackpool
Michael Bond
Ben Freer
Kelly Halifax
Jasraj Nothay
Erin Witton
Chibs Ngona
Ramone Walkes
Reema Nawaz
1st Northgate Brownies
1st Ifield Brownie Pack
Cnetral Sussex Students
7th Crawley Beavers
Love in a Box Team
New Wybourne Youth Club
SPORTS AWARDS
Elizabeth Eves
George Penfold
Rebecca Potteton
Billy Hatcher
Chris Brownlee
Ross Mist
Gavin Brownlee
Charlotte Poole
Grant Goode
Poppy Weekes
Kirsty McAleney
Hayley Wise
Harry Phelps
Nathan Amin
Lee Tilbury
Isobel Sutherland -Basson
Leanne Penn
Jack Foyster
Sanjay Amin
Marcus Jones
Yasmin Mills
Keanu Kellett
Tessa Stokes
Tyler Whale
Thomas Bennett Free 2 Dance Company
The Oaks Girls Football Club
Hawth Gymnastics Team Gym (Junior)
St Margarets Multi-Sports Squad
Maidenbower Junior Y6 Footbal Team
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Allunay Bossoni Da Silva
Shazad Ali
Rafiullah Sharafyar
Sandrine Permal
Jema Assonne
Iiona Bartocha
Anam Ahmed
Waqas Akthar
Hassan Butt
Mohammed Mnili
Mariam Ahmed
Tom Parsons
Abigail Mott
Callum Macleod
Charlotte Schillinger
Danielle James
Jamie Friday
Zartaashia Khan
Stuart Bayliss
Sherri Devlin
Harry Ford
Nicole Thomas
Jade Carter
Joshua Arnold-Crews
Claire Arnold
Goerge Pollard
Daniel Horwood
James Foster
Luke Foster
Sian-Marie Keeping
Aazaz Rehman
Gilberto Junior de Sousa Silva
Leila Draude
Charlotte Devalmency
Lois Cook
Claire Anscomb
Nona Buckley-Irvine
Billy Delaney
Ramone Walkes
Ben Freer
Ant Heron
Paige Sayer
Erin Wilton
Tang Khawaja
James Sturkey
Liam Harris
Satheesan Nagendran
Ali Mehmood
Pammas Njie
On Saturday 3rd October, ’09 Crawley Happy Times had the privilege of attending the Celebration evening for the start of Crawley Black History Month.
In the foyer we were greeted by a couple of stands depicting various causes. On the first, we were greeted by Steve Innes of Crawley Fair Trade Group who are encouraging Crawley to be a fair trade town. You can see more on this here…
Steve Innes at The Black History Month event
Secondly, we met a couple displaying Senegal pieces from West Africa which consisted of hand crafted wooden objects which are ethically traded. You can read more on this here…
With an array of colourful outfits and smiling excited faces, the performers patiently waited backstage practising their acts. We decided to spend most of our visit behind the scenes, getting a insight into the perfomers and relishing in the excited anticipation. All performers, whether individual or as a group, were very professional and always happy to speak to us.
Firstly we spoke to Kelly Etchells who invited Crawley Happy Times to follow her on this wonderful journey. Kelly was accompanied by two beautiful backing singers, Angelina Treva Riley and Becka Jae and a team of amazing dancers. Kelly has a voice that is strong and powerful, lending itself well to any performance or style of music.
Next we met Amy. Amy is well known in Crawley for her brilliant renditions, mixing a strong singing voice with rap. This mixture of singing styles has catapulted Amy’s reputation as a well known artist, which we have no doubt will take her places in the future. Amy was accompanied by David on accoustics and a support rap artist Zeth.
Rishi was our next port of call. Rishi is a modest 13 year old local lad who has so much talent, I think it will take a few years for the full extent of Rishi’s talent to be seen in it’s glory. We first met Rishi at the Connect ’09 event in Langley Green. You can watch a video of Rishi on the Connect ’09 CHT write up, also on our Youtube account, The Crawley Happy Times. Rishi was sitting quietly waiting his turn to perform. We asked Rishi if he was nervous to which he replied “no”
Sharing a room with Amy, we met Aiesha who looked stunning in a beautiful white dress. Aiesha is a spoke word poet. Aiesha told us she teaches hairdressing at Crawley College but has been a spken word poet for a while but not in public or on stage. We wished Aiesha luck in her first performance, which she didn’t really need
Following the loud, atmospheric, ambient noise coming from one of the rooms, we popped our heads in to be greeted (in a very warm and inviting fashion) by the Diego Garcia Dancers. The colourful energy that exuded from this amazing group of individuals was electrofying. All beaming from ear to ear they told us they were very excited about performing. Later in the evening we snatched five minutes with Carolyn Murphy, Arts Development Officer, who along with her colleague Joanne Joseph form the Community Arts Team. Carolyn told us how much respect and admiration she had for this group of individuals after they had suffered such loss and how they had grown fruitfully in the face of diversity. Now that might be something worth looking into some more…
Finally we visited the last room which housed the local company, Stages Performing Arts led by Carol Black. All dressed up in some extremely gruesome outfits, the dance company were about to perform a rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. We left quite rapidly as it really was quite scary to be amongst them. They looked amazingly real.
We were very honoured to be able to speak to the performers from behind the scenes and hope we have given you an insight into the evening which was not portrayed by other media’s. We will let the videos tell you the rest, enjoy :-)
Crawley Happy Times would like to extend a special thank you to Kelly for inviting us to come along for the ride, and to Craig Sanderson who worked very hard on putting the videos together, and what a great job Craig did Craig is available for photography and video shoots, so please contact us for further details.
On Sunday 11th October, ’09 Crawley Happy Times were honoured to visit the Wingspan in Crawley to join in the celebration of Viv Cooper’s life.
If you thought it would have been a solomn event, how wrong you would be. The music was consistent and the visitors sat reminiscent of Viv and how wonderful a person he was.
It seemed like Viv Cooper, who sadly lost his fight againt leukaemia at the age of 49, may have left a larger legacy than he could ever have imagined. His friends and family class Viv as a ‘legend’ which anyone would have trouble disputing.
Faye Morgan belting it out for Viv
Another great session
We spoke to various people during the days event and this is what they had to say.
Margaret, Viv’s sister told us how she wanted to thank everyone for being so supportive and how grateful they are for all the events before and after Viv’s passing. Margaret said “so many people turned up to the funeral, it was very humbling. It made us feel very proud and we felt he had a left a great legacy”.
Danny Martin (aka Danny Dangerously) said “I jammed today with two of the bands and have had a lovely time. It’s all about Viv and his memory. Viv was always encouraging to any new talent on the scene. Always thought out of the box musically”.
Dan Walton told us “I used to run the Apple Tree and Viv would come down every week. Viv even held his own Jazz & World music night. Viv was such a lovely guy. Always brightened my evening, a true performer. He would have been proud of today and of his children”.
Talent galore, just kept coming
Even the young ones were glued to the performers
Speaking of Viv’s children, Dave, Viv’s brother told us Viv would have been so proud to see his son, Reece played the drums and his eldest daughter, Antonia sing with her friend Dani. Dave went on to say “the day has gone very well and I am impressed with the turn out. Dan Giles played some lovely blues and Viv would have been ‘chuffed to punch’ with the whole event. Viv was a great bloke, a great Dad and a great Uncle”. Margaret, Viv’s sister piped up at that moment pointing out that Viv’s jokes were the worst she had ever heard and crowned him ‘the king of bad jokes’.
Spencer Blackledge said in short “fantastic! Viv was a great guy. I am honoured to play here today”.
Malcolm Page & Dan 'Dangerously' Martin
Jo and her fantastic staff from the Wingspan
Faye
Morgan who is a local singer told us “it’s a worthy cause, I am really happy to be here. Hopefully we can make some money for the family”.
The Wingspan donated the venue free of charge. JoApps, the Manager told us “we are very glad to be the hosts for this event. We let it out free as it is for a good cause and hopefully the money will go to covering the funeral costs which the family had to pay for originally”.
Personally I don’t think I actually got to meet Viv, although I get the feeling our paths surely crossed at some time. What I can say is, the day was amazing! There was such a positive, cheerful vibe about the event, it almost felt like a birthday celebration rather than the alternative. If this is what the event organisers were looking to achieve, I would like to tell them, they did! Big time! What a day, what a man, what a legend :-)
For more infomation on the Wingspan and what it has to offer please visit here…
Jo told me membership costs £38.70pp and a family ticket (2 adults, 2 children U18) costs just £45.00 and we can personally recommend the food, yum yum
Billy Delaney aka Young-B is about to follow in the steps of others by re-instating Crawley on the map.
Billy Delaney's Music Award Certificate, Nov '09
Billy became known to most of us last year when he won the Laserhub Music Award at the Youth Awards 2008.
Andrew Snowden presents Billy with his award
We asked Billy what incited him to become a singer. Billy told us his influence mainly came from his family who were always playing music around the house. His Mum and Dad influenced him with various flavours of artists. Billy’s Mum likes to listen to George Michael, Usher, 50 Cent and Akon whereas his Dad is into his Scar music such as Madness, The Specials and Bad Manners. “My Nan was also a massive influence on me and encouraged me to get involved with music at an early age. Nan was also the one who put me forward for the award, which I am eternally grateful for” said Billy, adding that his Nan passed away shortly after.
Billy went on to say he originally attended Thomas Bennett school in Tilgate but after a bullying incident which involved a sharp object he moved to Ifield Community College where the Head Master, Dr. Lind, was a tremendous help to him and his future. Billy said “Dr. Lind is a great Head who was always there for me. He was always encouraging and extremely supportive”. Billy said drama played a massive part in building his confidence, teaching him how to express himself. “I liked the happy positive side of drama and even played Fat Sam in the Bugsy Malone school production”.
Billy left school in 2007 and decided to apply for a place at Northbrook Music College. After successfully achieving BTEC first diploma in music in July 2008, Billy then went on to take his music career very seriously. Along with some college friends Billy performed at several gigs. By January they had all gone their seperate ways. Billy then met Chris Foster aka Mr Rampz who assisted Billy in preparing for his future. By the end of January, ’09 they had set down three tracks and are in the process of working on more.
In November, ’09 Billy won the LaserHub Music Award for his musical talents. Billy’s music passed on a positive message and vibes about knife crime prevention to the youth of Crawley. Billy told us knife crime was starting to become a prominent problem within Crawley at that time, so he felt compelled to do something positive through his music.
Young-B making his mark
We asked Billy what his plans for the future are now. Billy said “I have lots of plans for the future, but am taking it slowly. We here at Crawley Happy Times, would like to wish Billy all the best in his career. We will keep an eye on Billy’s progress and keep you up-to-date. Good luck Billy!
Award Winning 12-Piece Party Band London Soul will be bringing the house down at Bar Med, Crawley, with their classic mix of soul, rock, disco and funk.
Great looking Vocalists
With stunning vocalists and musicians from London’s West End, they are not to be missed!
If you cannot make the evening, but would love to see the band, they are also playing Crawley Band Stand on the 5th of September at 12PM to 2:30PM. Come along and support them!
Who, Where, When: London Soul – Bar Med, Crawley (100 High St), Saturday 5th September, 7.30PM. Drinks only £1.75 until 11PM!
A repertoire guaranteed to keep your wedding and function guests on their feet all night, featuring classic songs by
From brass to class
The Commitments, Blues Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Ricky Martin and Robbie Williams to name but a few. Formed in 1997, London Soul are one of the most respected show bands having performed at major venues all across the globe, including international award ceremonies, major global corporation functions and media covered celebrity events and weddings.
Playing timeless songs from every era right up to modern-day classics, London Soul caters for every age group and popular music genre as the hits keep coming all night.
London Soul’s Official Website is www.London-Soul.com but they can also be found on Facebook if you want to become a fan and find out what London Soul are up to!
More into Big Band Music, Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack? Looking to book a Function Band? London Soul also provide ‘London Swing’ (www.London-Swing.com). London Swing are inspired by the music from classic swing and jazz artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davies Jr., alongside more modern artists such as Michael Bublé: all artists who reflect on a magic era, but with a modern twist.
Always pulling in a huge crowd
London Swing brings a touch of class to any event, while paying tribute to these timeless artists and songs. A truly unique band, playing unforgettable versions of all the classic songs, London Swing brings Las Vegas swing across the Atlantic and back through time to remember a golden age.
Rave reviews of performances include those published in ‘The Stage’: international entertainment newspaper;
“This 12-piece band blew a storm to start the second half. How rewarding to see so many talented young people playing real instruments. Superbly attired and exceptional visually, the four vocalists featured a great span of songs.. phenomenal stuff.”…
