Pete Lyth - frontman of Rhythm Aces
wishes to raise money for hospice...you could help.
THERE IS AN UPDATE FOLLOWING THIS ARTICLE BELOW 17/06/09
The hospice needs £2 million a year & most of this is obtained through public donations,
that's about a £250,000 for every 6 wks needed!
The family request that anyone wishing to pay tribute to Sam, can do so by sending any donations,
which will be gratefully received by The Donna Louise Trust.
Please make sure that any donations sent on to the trust,
bear a note clearly stating who you are donating in the name of, i.e Sam Lyth,
so that the trust can keep a running total in his name.
Re Pete Lyth's plea of Rhythm Aces to raise money for the Donna Louise Children's Hospice......
in the good name of his son
Sam Lyth
NO-ONE IS OBLIGED TO CONTRIBUTE,
BUT ANY DONATIONS MADE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFULLY RECEIVED BY THE HOSPICE.
PLEASE READ ON, YOU HAVE NUTHIN' TO LOSE.
Another whipround over the weekend (12/06/09) raised £72.20 which was thanks to Emma,
the daughter of John
of 2 Houndogs DJs, and her now husband A.J.
They got married on Friday & Emma insisted on doing a whipround at their
wedding reception
& added £20 of their own cash from the money they received as part of their wedding present.
Queenie & Rob did a whipround at Zeb & Sandy's Gloucester rock 'n' roll club (13/06/09) & raised £125
Crondall rock 'n' roll club
have raised £283.20 & Pavilion raised £165.
The Castle at Southend - £126.71,
& I did a whipround at Ford club at Basildon last weekend & raised £101 including
the penny I found on the Skyrockers changing room floor, lol.
Other places have also raised funds
GREAT THANKS TO THOSE FUND RAISERS, DONATORS & SUPPORTERS
It's all great stuff & so worth it to put a smile on children's faces at the hospice
Pete Lyth of Rhythm Aces, takes an official Donna Louise childrens hospice bucket around with him
to collect funds for the hospice .
The bucket is taken to the hospice at least once a fortnight & exchanged for another empty one.
In the space of 10 days,
Pete lyth presented 2 bucket loads of money to the Hospice totalling at £1,106.28 exactly
1 PENNY OR 2......A POUND OR 5.........
CAN HELP SICK CHILDREN
& THEIR FAMILIES LIVES MORE COMFORTABLE & BEARABLE AT SUCH A DESPERATE TIME.
NO-ONE IS OBLIGED TO CONTRIBUTE,
BUT ANY DONATIONS MADE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFULLY RECEIVED BY THE HOSPICE.
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Regular Crondall punter raises funds for Surrey Air Ambulance
Regular Crondall punter & Fireman , Russ Hobbs - (Yes, that is his real name, & he has a kettle that was awarded to him to mark the significance of it, ha! ha! no offence Russ;) ) organised a one off event to raise money for an independent charity - Surrey Air Ambulance.
The event which took place at Jacobs Well Social club in Guildford, on 7th March this year was a great success, & a total of just over £1,000 was raised as a result.
B.17s provided the entertainment along with a couple of numbers from Kat Cane of Kat & the K9s, with Djs Dynamite Ady & Boppin' Robin of Oh Boy! Record Hop.
Russ invited myself (for helping with the advertising of the event), Dynamite Ady, Kat cane, some of the Jacobs well social club committee & the B.17s. (Unfortunately B.17s couldn't make it due to flying around somewhere else, lol.) for the presentation of the cheque for the Surrey Air Ambulance in early April, at the Surrey Air Ambulance heliport situated at Dunsfold aerodrome.
The charity, which helps to save lives every day, rely solely on donations & their own fundraising to cover the costs of helicopters, maintainence of them, fuel, pilots wages e.t.c. All the government supply the charity with, are the paramedics.
The crew are called out at least twice a day & tot up a yearly bill for approx £250,000 / £1,000 000.
Later in the day, we discovered that the Surrey Air Ambulance was called out to a serious accident on the A3 in Guildford, not far from where Russ & ourselves live.
We know the money that was raised at this event was well spent, & helped to save a life or 2.
Always support the Surrey Air Ambulance if you can, it really is a worthy cause.
A brief summary of my visit to the Dunsfold aerodrome.
I was flagged down by security just after I entered the aerodrome, after taking a wrong turning, lol ....well....they let me in!...and was then instructed to follow the security truck in a 30 zone, with him doin' about 50 round a bend...Hey...my car can't do that mate, not unless I wanna roly poly!
The Air Ambulance crew wouldn't let me swing on the propellers of the helicopter & I almost accidently shut one of the crew's hand in the helicopter door & then nearly made a dent in my head when I banged it on looking inside the rear of the helicopter....didn't half hurt....but I had paramedics around me, so I was in safe hands, should I have fainted, lol.....I daren't ask if I could sit in the pilots seat....knowing my luck, they would have got a call, & I would have probably got stuck & held them up!
CLICK HERE FOR A VIRTUAL TOUR OF AN AIR AMBULANCE
OR TAKE PART IN THE
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Crondall rock 'n' roll club t.shirts now available
We have constantly been nagged (in a nice way, ha, ha) by our punters to get some t.shirts made up for the club.
It has actually been on
the agenda for a long time, but with
one thing & another, we just hadn't got
around to completing
the task until now.
T.shirts have been available since just before our Cavan / Fox gig in Feb.
Huge Furious fans, who also come to the club, Tim & Lisa, who were also responsible for producing the Furious t.shirts, of Cut Throat Clothing (L) were our chosen suppliers.
Our TOP QUALITY T.shirts are available in Ladies fitted, Ladies vest tops & Mens in all sizes.
Available at the club for £8 a piece & on the odd occasion from Janie (above R), wherever she may be!
EACH T.SHIRT AVAILABLE WITH 'CRONDALL ROCKERS' OR 'CRONDALL ROCK 'N' ROLL' TEXT
ONLY £8 a piece
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ALL T.SHIRTS BEAR OUR WEBSITE ON THE REVERSE
Sorry girls, NO free knickers with these t.shirts, HA, HA!
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Danke rockin' freunds
This is to say thank you to our visitors from overseas who made the effort to come & see
Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers & Johnnnie Fox & his Invaders at Crondall rock 'n' roll club.
On the night of Crondall's most fantastic gig on 28th Feb '09,
a friend of ours took charge of the door for about half an hour,
who obviously greeted our foreign visitors.
As it was so busy, Our friend didn't get a chance to tell us about it on the night.
The following week another friend, who came to Crondall that night, said to us,
''did you know you had a couple of German guys down to see Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers at Crondall?''
At first, we thought it was a wind up, but it evidently seems that they were on holiday over here.
The following week, another friend tells us that he was talking to 3 men from Holland at the club that night.
It turns out that the Dutchmen flew all the way from Holland just to see
Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers at Crondall.
They apparently spent the night in their car after the gig & travelled back to Holland the next day.
God knows how these guys managed to find the club in the middle of nowhere....amazing!
Some of the English have trouble finding it, but most don't, I hasten to add.
So, if the German or Dutch men that came to visit us on the 28th February to see
Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers & Johnnie Fox & his Invaders,
are reading this, I just would like to say, a special thank you, for coming all the way to Crondall in England
to support Crondall rock 'n' roll club
Keep rockin'
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Ady & Janie were guests on Rockin' radio shows again
Feb 17th & pacing the floor at home.....can't wait to get in the Radio Caroline studio again, even if it is a different one YET AGAIN for the thiiiiird time!!! The studio location seems to change just before I go onto this show everytime....hmmm? Is Dell hiding something?? I think I'll have to look into this & see if the guests before me are still around, lol!
Madness.....utter madness....but then that's rockin' ain't it?
I gave myself 3 hrs to drive to Kent were I usually get lost going to or coming back from ha, ha...it's the only place that I do! I arrive about an hour early at the rendevouz, put my feet up for a doze before all the excitement begins.
Dell & Malc finally arrive. I get an earache about Rockin' Jan (pronounced Yann) this, & Rockin' Jan (promounced Yann) that,. Couldn't get a word in edgeways :) I fear Poor Ol' Dell is missing his right hand man & the star of the show, Arrrrrhhh, poor thing. Malc has replaced Jan and is the voice on the competition phone line tonight.
We order our meal & Dell asks if I want a roll.....I mean!!!! What is he like?? Oh, a bread roll....no thanks, I'm not as gutty as you Dell. :) Dell cracks some jokes...and finds a strange use for his rolls! Not as funny as rockin' Jan though, he, he.
Is it actually safe with Dell so near to me? ha, ha. I know Malc will look after me though....he's a nice guy.
At least there is one consolation....Dell didn't try & put his finger into my dinner!
Time to go to the studio, now that Dell has put me at ease with his humour, ha, ha!
We park in the most horrendous car park ever & I bolt my car up to the nearest available police car! only joking, ha, ha.
Can't see what resembles a studio.....where are these 2 giant men taking me?! Oh there it is.....when do the builders go home? ha, ha!
The studio is like a mile up the stairway, theres no central heating, the toilets in the kitchen, hence the kitchen roll on the toilet roll holder for drying oneself (yes, we had to use kitchen roll!) & you have to wash up the cups in a room that you're not permitted to enter.....well, Dell's not permitted to enter. That reminds me....Mustn't forget to look into whether Dell's guests, previous to me, are still around!!!! Scaaarry!!
Help me Malc....but he's not much help either....they're in it together....Oh My God!!
And this pic was taken after the show. And I thought Malc was such a nice man! :)
I'm in the studio & I feel like I'm waiting to have an operation, lol. Malc makes us a nice brew & we're all warmed up. I sit in the darkened corner in the Hot Seat with my own personal spotlight which Malc kindly set up for me (or is he trying to make me submit? lol)
We all spend the next 3 hours mucking around & havin' a good laugh.
The theme for the show tonight is modern bands & I have my own selection of tracks to play, & amongst them....Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Johnnie Fox, Rat Pack, Scottish band Coy Dogs, B.17s, Jack Rabbit Slim & more. I plug some of the bands as I go along, & of course, plug our forthcoming Crazy Cavan / Johnnie Fox gig throughout the show.
Thanks to everyone who called or e.mailed in with their support while I was on the show, including Shaggy of Coy Dogs, Howie, crazy bass player of Rhythm Aces, Skyrockers, 2 Houndogs D.Js, Hustlers & Rob 'n' Debbie
Next day & it's time to invade the studios of Verwood in Dorset.
Dynamite Ady & myself make our mark in the studios of Forest fm on The Wednesday Night Rockin' Party, and Steve Stack O' Wax has brought along his body guard with him, Mr big Dave C, webmaster of the shows' 24/7 re-run site- www.southcoastrockabillys.co.uk , in case anything gets out of hand.....Ha, ha, ha.
We are all having a laugh together before we go on air & are introduced to Steve's 15 year old trainee, Ryan.
Ryan wishes to become a radio presenter when he leaves school, so what better training than from a rock 'n' roll master?! Ryan seemed to enjoy our crazy presence.
Ady couldn't make it to Radio Caroline the night previously, so it's his turn to make a selection of tracks to play tonight & has brought along a whole case of c.ds to select his favourites from, to play on the show, representing himself as half of Oh Boy! Record Hop, or some of you may know him as Dynamite Ady.
We all had a wail of a time, with me plugging the club & it's forthcoming events/bands & generally taking over the show!
We discussed $lim $lip & the $liders band wrapping themselves up in cling film at Crondall! ha, ha! And I got so engrossed in a jaffa cake that Ryan had given to me, that I wasn't listening properly to Steve when he asked me a question...so I said yes anyway! Ha, ha!
It was well worth guesting on these shows as I received phone calls with reference to things that I had mentioned on air.
Its always an honour & a laugh guesting on these 2 shows..... And I have to say, I did miss Rockin' Jan, the WINDy man in the studio at Radio Caroline.
HELP SUPPORT ROCKIN' RADIO As I'm supporting Dell (left) lol.
Rockin' radio was like a lifeline to me & kept me going before I discovered the clubs 28 years ago.
Dell & Steve don't get paid for doing this job, they do this for the love of the music & to help our Music survive.
Both of these shows rely on sponsorship money to survive & have certain expenses to cover such as replacing high class loo paper, filling Dell's stomach & buying more jaffa cakes.....seriously though.....why not look into sponsoring a show, or if you can't afford to do it on your own, perhaps go halves with someone or thirds, lol.
Lets help rockin' radio survive, which in turn helps the rockin' scene to TICK.
For details, Contact Dell here & contact Steve here.
Crondall rock 'n' roll club sponsored the Good Rockin Tonight show on 17th Feb & also sponsored The Wednesday Night Rockin' Party for the month of Feb.
Any interest in sponsoring either of these shows, please contact
Dell Richardson via the radio link below
&
click here to contact Steve Stack O' Wax
Tune in to........
Also heard at Sky Digital Ch. 0199
Every Tuesday 6pm - 9pm UK Time
&
Every Wednesday 8pm - 10pm UK Time
Wednesday Night Rockin' Party is also repeated 24/7 here
CLICK ON THE LOGOS TO HEAR THE SHOWS
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02/03/09
We have a few items of lost property which were left behind in all the mayhem of our Cavan gig in February.
I would have thought that these particular items would be missed by the owners.
If you are one of these people that left something behind, or you know of someone who left something behind, please do not hesitate to contact me on 07903 145018
Many thanks
& apologies to anyone who can't feel the ground with their feet yet,
after coming to our wildest party with Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers & Johnnie Fox.....What a blast!
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Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers
return to Crondall rock 'n' roll club - 28.02.09
(UPDATED 28/03/09)
For all of you Crazy Cavan & Rhythm Rockers fans, the band have launched the 'CRAZY CAVAN & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS OFFICIAL FAN CLUB'
at the 'Wildest Cats in Town' Xmas Party in Pakefield (5th/6th/7th Dec'08)
The launch of the fan club celebrates 40 years of the bands career, together with the release of their new album 'LETS FUCKIN' ROCK', out now & available from the band & that old geezer - Dell Richardson, presenter of Good Rockin' Tonight rock 'n' roll radio show.
As the intention of the band is to give something back to their fans after all these years, in the form of the
'OFFICIAL CRAZY CAVAN & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS OFFICIAL FAN CLUB',
it is also our intention to be giving something back to our customers, especially those who have supported the club for as long as they can remember.
Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers played at Crondall rock 'n' roll club in the very early years of the club's existence....strangely enough, on the 24th Feb 1978, only 3 months after the rock 'n' roll started in the Village hall at Crondall.
Then again, about 1985 ish?
The last time Cavan played at Crondall rock 'n' roll club was 17th Dec '94, & hired by the then promoter of about 10 years,
Paul Prictoe (R) with his mate Keith (L).
They also played at a pub called Tumbledown Dicks in Farnborough, which was one of the venues where a lot of the Crondall rock 'n' roll club old regulars used to go before the new Crondall Village hall opened in Nov. 1976
Johnnie Fox (pictured on the
right here in his earlier days) will be support
band with his Invaders (2 ex Hunters & Lee Gocher).
We gave Johnnie 1st refusal to do p.a. as he is a great Cavan fan & gave me &
the family great support this month, 2 years ago, as did the
Rat Pack with
Johnnie....followed by B.17s &
Cat Cane.
Johnnie has performed at Crondall with his Hunters in the past, & in more recent times, with Rat Pack & Skyrockers. (Please see Rat Pack & Skyrockers reviews for details)
A lot of our older punters wish to see Cavan at Crondall rock 'n' roll club again.
We are managing their club, so that is what they are going to get.
This is our way of giving something back to our punters for all their support while we have been running the club for the last 4 years, & for the support they have given to the club for the last 32 years.
We also wanted to give Cavan &
the guys the chance of playing at Crondall again for old times sake.
For any enquiries re: the fan club, please contact the fan club's secretary, Louise,
&
for those of you who don't have access to e.mailing facilities, please call Louise on 07837 234 860
Once the introduction to the fan club is placed on the Cavan website, you can make enquiries via the site at www.crazycavan.com
It will be a great honour to have Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers back on that Crondall stage.
Gawd bless 'em!
There will also be the opportunity to join the
'OFFICIAL CRAZY CAVAN & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS OFFICIAL FAN CLUB '
& Cavan Merchandise should also be available.
at Crondall rock 'n' roll club on our Cavan night on the 28th Feb.
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Xmas raffle proceeds to go to Epilepsy Research
UPDATED 19/01/09
Every year at christmas, Crondall rock 'n' roll club make a small donation to a chosen charity, from the proceeds of our christmas raffle.
This year, a donation of £154 was raised & has been sent onto epilepsy research UK which is a registered charity no:- 1100394
Address blanked for privacy reasons.
Confirmation of donation on the right.
Please click on the above for enlarged versions of charity info
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A wee Scottish message thanking Crondall R 'n' R Club
The following message was taken from a myspace bulletin, written by lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist of Scottish band - Coy Dogs, who played at Crondall rock 'n' roll club July '07. Read the review here.
Pics here were added by myself.
A MASSIVE THANKS TO JANIE, ADY & THE CRONDALL R'N'R CLUB FOR GIVING US THE GIG THAT REALLY LAUNCHED THE COY DOGS IN ENGLAND.
From that gig, we made a lot of friends and contacts and have had great success in England, i.e. Music Palace, Ace cafe e.t.c....
In the last ten years together,
we have been in regular work and too busy to take on some gigs.
England was only decided upon in the last 2 years and look forward to playing next year for the Teddyboy re - union and Brant r'n'r club e.t.c.
The best thing in the world is, the guys in the band and couldn't ask for anymore.
Right
lol (
All the rocki
Shaggy.
Pic on Left - Coy Dogs at Crondall 07/07. Pic on Right - Coy Dogs at Ace cafe re-union 09/08
TO HEAR & SEE COY DOGS LIVE, CLICK HERE
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Rock 'n' roll ain't never gonna die! Elena with Skyrockers rhythm guitarist
A popular 19 year old Crondall rock 'n' roll club regular has written a report for her widely distributed Uni rag.
Elena, who attends the University of Birmingham, & is also an avid bass guitar player, felt she had to make her voice heard about her love for rock 'n' roll through 'The Sanctuary', which is a student newspaper, distributed amongst Birmingham & other Universities.
This is what she wrote.............
Furious played at Crondall rock 'n' roll club August 23rd 2008
Well keep on Rockin' Elena & well done
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Skyrockers T. Shirts for sale
AVAILABLE IN
S, M, L & XL FOR MEN
&
S, M, & L - LADIES VEST TOPS
ONLY £10
These t.shirts have been approved by the band and are available from
Ray & Elaine
at
Crondall, Guildford Hot 50's, Horsham, & Memphis Belles Rock 'n' Roll Clubs
CLICK HERE FOR A TASTE OF SKYROCKERS
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Popular club promoter - Tall Paul, suffers stroke
Initial date of entry - 13th July '08
(updated 19th August)
Life long Teddyboy, Tall Paul - hard working promoter of Horsham rock 'n' roll club sadly suffered a stroke on Tuesday 8th July.
Paul is now on a gradual recovery & is able to get out & about occasionally & is starting to enjoy life again a little, which is great news.
Horsham rock 'n' roll club will continue to take place as normal each month, and is now back in the regular venue of Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, West Sussex.
A whip round at the latest gig at Horsham rock 'n' roll club for Tall Paul & his wife - Sharon, was organised by well known Stall Holder there, Mr Memphis Pete. A total of '£286 plus' was raised.
Tall Paul & Sharon were unaware that this was going to happen & are extremely grateful to Memphis Pete, and to everyone who has sent cards & given support.
Crondall rock 'n' roll club wishes Paul & his family all the best right now & wishes Paul a full & speedy recovery.
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Money raised for Pancreatic Cancer Research
On 29th March 2008, We helped to raise funds for
The Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.
Funds raised were a result of a darts/ pool tournament organised by ‘Our Paul’s’ pool team at the Parrot Inn, Guildford.
The Parrot Inn also had a special night with Rat Pack rockin’ the pub roof off
& more money was raised with a raffle & whip round
A final sum of £443.87 was raised and donated to the worthy cause.
A personal thanks to everyone who were involved with the events, especially Angie who organised the darts/pool tournament & sold all the raffle tickets.
And thanks to all who supported us on the night & made donations,
especially to Bill & Linda from Barnstaple r 'n' r club who travelled all the way from Devon just for the occasion.
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