And now, as they say, for something completely different! On Friday 6th Feb. the Cricket Club has what it hopes will be a special occasion, not perhaps for the virtuoso performances, but because it is promoting a special Music Night in aid of The Mayor of Spelthorne’s charities. Cllr. Suzy Webb, this year’s Mayor of Spelthorne and one of our local Sunbury East councillors is a great supporter of the Music Nights, so we are delighted to present a special night, featuring the Music Club’s ‘house band’, specially named The Chain Gang, for the occasion. The band comprises some of Sunbury’s familiar musical suspects, in aid of the Mayor’s charities for her year in office, which are Parkinson’s UK, Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service and The Purple Angel, which supports dementia sufferers and their carers.
The volunteer band, giving their services free to maximise the income for the charities, comprises Karl Green (Herman’s Hermits and Dave’s Not Here) bass & vocals, Gerry Cook (The Saxons) guitar & vocals, Kevin Welling (Dave’s Not Here) keyboards, guitar & vocals, Ian Saunders (Dave’s Not Here) drums, and Music Night host Paul Watts on vocals & guitar, plus on harmonica, Adam Russel, who has appeared at the Club with Skeleton Crew and The Nashville Teens. The band is called The Chain Gang, in honour of the Mayor’s chain of office, which has no more room for further insignia commemorating its annual incumbents, so is serving its final year before being replaced.
It will be a rousing evening of R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, blues and rock covering quite a few decades, and the Club is sure it will be a thoroughly enjoyable and worthwhile community event, which we hope you will support, as your entrance money will be a direct donation to the charities. The Mayor and the Club look forward to seeing you there.
