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CONTENTS
pg 2.
East Kent Railways Events
pg 4.
Our Visit to Santus Circus
pg 6.
Live Music from Dinosaur Lounge
pg 8.
Live Music from User Friendly
pg 10.
Live Music from an un-official OPM Gig
Festival Season
pg 12.
- Iwade Charity Rock
pg 16.
- Folkestone Harbour Festival
pg 22.
- Capel Rock
pg.24
Becoming Psychic
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EASt KENT
RAILWAY
HALLOWEEN
train of
terror &
SANTA special
T
his year the East Kent Railway will be holding its most spectacular Halloween
celebrations yet. travel on our heritage diesel rail car and experience the
surprises we have in store in our half mile long tunnel. dressing up is encouraged.
Due to last years success, we shall be running for 5 days including Halloween eve.
Trains on the weekend start at 11am and run through until 6pm and on Halloween
Eve our 1st train departs at 3pm with 4 services in the evening.
Dare you ride our train of terror?
Holloween train of terror dates
October 26th
October 27th
October 31st
2nd November
3rd November
O
ur Santa Specials are always a great hit, and bookings will open soon. Ride on the
festively decorated train down to Santa’s Grotto where mince pies and sherry will
be served before kids recieve their own personalised presents from Father Christmas
himself! Don’t miss out!
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Santus Circus
Written by
Mark Cridland
Head Journalist for
DISTRICT
Radio Presenter for DCR
#TeamDCR
S
antus, a name synonymous with great
circus acts had come to Dover after
almost 30 years of touring Great Britain
and about time too! Many things have been
said about Santus Circus over the years, all
of which good and very encouraging so
when we at DCR District were offered free
tickets we all jumped at the chance!
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trick where the pins were an absolute blur
he was going so fast!
Once Tony had finished, Ernest came back
out to introduce the next act, only to be
interrupted by Lucien the Clown and his
Boom box, dancing around the ring trying
to get all of the attention. Ernest asked him
to stop a number of times resulting in Lucien
District Editor Colin and I arrived a good running back into the ring and dancing as
half hour or so before the advertised start soon as Ernest tried to introduce the next
of the show to be greeted by a huge queue act again. He was soon removed from the
of people eager to watch the circus but ring by ‘security’ with lots of ‘awws’ from the
thankfully it
crowd.
was a quick
O n c e
m o v i n g
Lucien
crowd and
had gone,
we
soon
Ernest
made
our
way
into
the big top,
with Marco
the Clown
greeting
people in the
entrance tent
in a classical
comedic
way.
announced the next act, Spiderman!
The Big top was exactly that, BIG!
Apparently it is the highest Big Top currently The Spiderman act is done by one of the few
in use in the UK. The performance area British performers, Craig and is an amazing
itself is plenty big enough for the type of feat of upper body strength and obviously
acts they have on offer and the lighting is a lot of practice! He swings around on a
simple but very effective. Seating provided single rope suspended from the ceiling of
is typical of circuses in that it’s the standard the big top which he climbs up to get into
metal ‘stalls’ with wooden planks for seats. all sorts of seemingly impossible positions
Not the most comfortable seat and I got a where he hangs almost freely twelve metres
‘numb bum’ after just a short time sat down above the floor with no safety net or wire!
but the performers distract you from the
Next up was Ruby with her hula hoop act
comfort issues.
which was impressive but nothing that I
Anyway to get everyone in the mood, hadn’t seen before. She then changed her
Marco had come into the Big Top armed game by moving onto her foot juggling act.
with popcorn and a ton of silliness. He No, she wasn’t juggling people’s feet! She had
proceeded to throw bits of popcorn out to a special chair that allowed her to lay on her
the kids and get the adults to try to catch it in back and shoulders with her feet in the air.
their mouth, with the odd one achieving the An assistant handed her various items such
task. Then Ring Master, Ernest Santus came as hula hoops and a tube to ‘juggle’ using
in to welcome everyone and to announce just her feet. The assistant then came out
the first act of the night, Speed Juggler Tony with a strange looking device, a flat square
Duo. Tony wowed the crowd by juggling piece of metal with four poles extending
with various amounts of juggling pins and outwards which had fire balls on the ends.
rings, to doing his special ‘Speed Juggling’ Ruby used her feet to spin it round very fast
so that it looked like a huge ring of fire!
with a tiny hula hoop and attempted to
get it spinning round his hips with no luck
Once Ruby had finished her act, Lucien the so he went and got a bigger one. Then he
Clown then came back out, but this time chose a guy from the audience to come and
dressed in Karate clothing, performing have a go and it goes without saying that
some
comedic
he wasn’t very good.
martial arts moves.
Sacha then found a
Then he got a guy
very large hoop and
from the audience to
got the guy to try
come into the ring
again. He managed
to do some moves
to do it using the
too! He then got
large one! Sacha
him to hold a toilet
then got a woman
roll with some paper
from the crowd
dangling down then
and then got the
did a run up and
two of them to hula
karate chopped the
hoop together, with
toilet paper!
hilarious results!
The next act of the night was Dragos and his
trampoline act. In this act he staggered out
with a wine bottle looking rather dishevelled
and began falling around the place spilling
the ‘wine’ over the audience. He then
climbed up the ladder to his trampoline
and performed a
very
impressive
and
comedic
display
which
included backward
summersaults,
rebounding from
the ladder to the
trampoline
and
back again and
even
finished
on
a
double
summersault.
Tony the juggler
from the start of
the night then
came
out
to
perform his plate
spinning act. By
the end of the act
he had 15 plates
spinning but I
still felt that the
act was missing
something;
it
all seemed a bit
regular, nothing to really wow me.
Sacha the Clown then came into the ring
Ermanos Rodriguez were up next with
their high wire act. They are four guys
from Columbia who are incredibly skilled
performers. They performed various high
wire tricks such as laying down on the wire,
jumping over each other; standing on each
other’s shoulders
and riding a bike
along the wire.
The
highlight
of their act was
when two of them
walked
along
the wire with a
pole
between
them rested on
their shoulders
and another guy
sat on a chair
balancing
on
the pole! Simply
amazing
feats
of superhuman
balance.
There was then
a short interval
during which the
circus shop was
opened for the
sale of popcorn,
candyfloss, hot
and cold drinks
and their own pancakes. There was a guy
selling flashy items for the kids and Marco
the clown was wondering around keeping
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Santus Circus
Written by
Mark Cridland
Head Journalist for
DISTRICT
Radio Presenter for DCR
#TeamDCR
people amused.
After the break, Sacha the clown came into
the ring dressed as a female ballet dancer
and performed a very funny act using an
aerial hoop.
Next up was Gregor on the Silks. This was
another act requiring a lot of upper body
strength as he manipulated his body into
all sorts of shapes whilst hanging from the
silk ‘ribbons’ up to twelve meters above the
floor with no safety wire or net. He finished
his performance with an unbelievable,
apparent free-fall where he stopped just
before hitting the dirt!
Lucian the clown then snuck into the ring
with a bag of clothes and chose a guy from
the audience whom he then dressed up as
a builder complete with high visibility vest
and hard hat. Then ‘You Can Leave Your
Hat On’ by Tom Jones started up and he
was compelled to strip for the audience,
but only the extra clothes that Lucian had
provided!
Tony Duo was the next performer in the
ring with his knife throwing act. The first
thing he did though was use a very long
whip to put out a row of candles which
were lined up in front of the audience.
His assistant Nicole then stood against
a wooden panel and Tony proceeded to
throw knives and axes which all landed
around her body. I believe this would have
been more impressive if he stood further
back as he was almost on top of her when
he was throwing then knives and axes.
Nicole was then strapped onto a circular
device and spun whilst Tony threw knives,
narrowly missing her.
Next up was the quick change act performed
by Dragos and Maralana. Although quite a
well-known and sometime over-done act it
was still an impressive performance which
incorporated dancing in between several
costume changes ending with a quick
change within a glitter shower!
The main attraction and final act of the
night was next and whilst the safety net
was set up, Lucian the clown was mingling
with the audience and spraying people
with water and rubbing foam onto people’s
heads. The Flying Rodriguez, the same guys
who performed the high wire act earlier
were now set up with three of them on
one platform and the other hanging from
another trapeze. They went on to perform
several transfers between the trapezes
including a double Passover which involved
the guy hanging from the trapeze catching
two of the others then they swung back to
their original positions, very impressive!
The highlight of their performance, which
was highly advertised, was the deathdefying Triple Somersault which went
without a hitch. They finished their act by
all dismounting the trapeze in different
ways and landing in the safety net. The last
guy even swinging up and grabbing hold of
the ceiling of the big top and hanging there
for a while before falling with style.
All of the performers and circus staff then
lined up to take a bow and thank everyone
for watching the show. A great night out and
plenty of entertainment for all of the family,
from young children to grandparents. I
highly recommend that you get along and
see this circus the next time it’s in town.
OCTOBER
Kent Aquarists Society Meet & Greet.
Sunday 12th
The Crown & Sceptre, Dover from 8pm.
EVERY TUESDAY IN THE
MARKET SQUARE, DOVER
9AM TO 3PM
A great mix of stalls. Selling
food,crafts,gifts,vintage menswear
& accessories,hand-made
soaps,watches & clocks,designer home
furnishings,jewellery,craft & jewellery
supplies,hair accessories and more.
Sunday 9th
Morrisons, Dover
10am - 3pm
Come and meet other local fish keepers and buy
dirt cheap equipment for your aquarium.
The scouts will be offering bag packing and
raffle tickets for your chance to win some
fantastic prizes.
Halloween Train of Horror
Kent Aquarists Society Meet & Greet.
26th, 27th & 31st
The East Kent Railway, Station Road,
Shepherdswell, nr Dover
We dare you to ride through our haunted tunnel
where you will encounter some very spooky
goings on.
NOVEMBER
Halloween Monster Mash
Saturday 2nd
Deal Welfare Club from 6.30pm
Sunday 9th
The Crown & Sceptre, Dover from 8pm.
Come and meet other local fish keepers and buy
dirt cheap equipment for your aquarium.
15th St Andrews Scouts Autume Fete
Saturday 16th
St Mary’s Parish Center, Dover
10am - 12.30pm
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair
Kids Disco supplied courtesy of Martins Mobile
Discos.
Saturday 23rd
St Mary’s Parish Hall, Dover
10am - 2pm
Best Dressed Pumpkin (Bring in your pumpkins
from Halloween) - 1st Prize – 2nd Prize - 3rd
Prize
Stalls full of brilliant gifts made by local crafters
& small businesses plus raffle, tombola, guess
the weight of the cake and much more...
Fancy Dress Competition - under 6 - 1st Prize 2nd Prize - 3rd Prize
December
Fancy Dress Competition - 6 to 12 years old - 1st
Prize - 2nd Prize - 3rd Prize
Kent Aquarists Society Meet & Greet.
Fancy Dress Competition – Adults (Just for fun) 1st Prize - 2nd prize - 3rd Prize
Loads of prizes plus goodies bags for all kids
PLUS
DOVER’S BLUE BIRD MARKET
15th St Andrews Scouts Bag Packing
Kids Party Games – trick or treat style prizes
Halloween Train of Horror
2nd & 3rd
The East Kent Railway, Station Road,
Shepherdswell, nr Dover
We dare you to ride through our haunted tunnel
where you will encounter some very spooky
goings on.
Sunday 14th
The Crown & Sceptre, Dover from 8pm.
Come and meet other local fish keepers and buy
dirt cheap equipment for your aquarium.
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Dinosaur Lounge
Supported
by Phantom
Power @ The
Cricketers Pub
Written by
Mark Cridland
Head Journalist for
DISTRICT
Radio Presenter for DCR
#TeamDCR
Phantom Power:
Tom Clarke
Vocals & Lead Guitar
Josh Hayward
Bass Guitar
Daniel SmithDrums
Dinosaur Lounge:
Tom Vane
Vocals
Chris O’Mara
Guitar
Alex Williams
Guitar
Rob Kennett
Bass
Nathan Stoakes
Drums
P
hantom Power are a Kent
based Rock and Blues band,
mainly performing covers but
they do have a few songs of
their own and are currently
writing more.
Dinosaur Lounge are a 5-piece
progressive alternative rock
band from south east Kent
performing purely their own
material.
Both of these bands have
already appeared on The Rock
Out on DCR in the past so I knew
them and have heard their music but
this was the first time that I had seen
Dinosaur Lounge perform live and I
always get excited about seeing a
band perform for the first time. So
when the gig invite came through I
jumped at
the chance
to see
these guys
perform,
especially
as I have
seen
Phantom
Power
perform
on a
number of
occasions
and know
that they are very good live.
I arrived at The Cricketers at
about 7:15pm with Callum, the
photographer for the night as the
scheduled start time was 7:45. I
managed to have a nice little chat
with members from both bands so
that I knew what to expect from the
evening.
The Cricketers is run by a friendly
chap called Nathan who is very
helpful and appreciative to the
bands that perform at The Cricketers
and arranges for a large area to be
cleared as a performance area, which
could really do with a few more lights
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if I’m honest.
The night kicked
off with Phantom
Power performing
their support act
part at 7:50 with
Voodoo Child.
Unfortunately
there were a
number of sound
issues but these
were swiftly
rectified by Alex
from Dinosaur
Lounge. But then the Bass drum pedal
broke in the first song so they had to
swap it for another before continuing
with their set. These guys always put
their all into every performance they
do and certainly didn’t disappoint
this time either. They filled their set
with such classics as Don’t Look Back
In Anger, Mr Brightside and Slither.
They played one of my favourite rock
classics, Metallica’s Enter Sandman
and did it justice, with not a chord
missed. Tom, ever the showman,
done his usual trick of playing his
guitar behind his head when they
performed Live and Let Die as their
final song.
After a half hour interlude it was time
for the headline act, Dinosaur Lounge
to perform and my, didn’t they just!
As I’ve already said this was the first
time seeing these guys perform live
as a complete band. A few of them
performed an acoustic version of one
of their songs on The Rock Out on
DCR when they came in for interview
live on the
show.
Unlike
many local
bands,
they do not
perform
any covers,
only
their own
original
songs and
they put
all of their
passion
into them.
I love the
way that
Tom is
purely the
vocalist
and he
seems to
enjoy it
that way as
he dances
around on the spot and really shows
the emotion that fills most of their
songs. I would describe their sound
as prog-rock with the occasional
heavy rock sound added in. One of my
favourite songs that they performed
was Storm The Castle which is one of
their heavier songs. It’s the kind of
song that you feel more than hear.
Overall this was a very enjoyable
gig, showcasing the talents of two
great local bands. One of which
mainly performs covers and another
who perform their own music. A
brilliant mix of styles and I believe
that the crowd enjoyed themselves
as it seemed to be the same people
there at the end as were there at
the beginning of the night, and a
lot of them too! Both bands were
well received by the crowd and both
received much applause throughout
the night.
I would recommend going to see
either of these bands and I for one,
will be keeping a close eye on the
career of Dinosaur Lounge.
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User
Friendly
@
The Bull Inn
Written by
Mark Cridland
Head Journalist for
DISTRICT
Radio Presenter for DCR
#TeamDCR
Photography by Jasmin
Hayes
Band Members:
Andy McMurray
Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Tick Brown
Lead Guitar & Vocals
Jimmy McFarnell
Guitar & Keyboards
Paul Lewis
Bass Guitar
Nigel Reid
Drums
User Friendly on Facebook
User Friendly Website
User Friendly on YouTube
I
arrived at The Bull Inn, Dover about
eight thirty in time to have a quick chat
with Andy, the lead singer and introduce
myself, to see that they had everything
set up including a nice lighting rig to
enhance the experience.
The landlord had previously moved the
pool table to the side out of the way to
give the band enough space to set up
everything and they did manage to fit it
and themselves into the space provided,
if a little bunched up. Unfortunately as
the ceiling is very low in this venue, they
couldn’t set up their banner which would
have made the performance area look more
impressive. As I just mentioned the ceiling
is very low at The Bull which affects the
acoustics to a degree; making everything
sound louder, which has its advantages and
disadvantages, making this feel like a very
intimate venue. I also noticed that every
member of the
band had their
own microphone
which I wasn’t
expecting.
They
kicked
the night off in
style by playing
Whiskey
in
The Jar which
featured
a
fantastic guitar
solo from Tick,
very much a sign of things to come. Even
by the time they had started playing their
second song of the night, Summer of 69,
there was a great vibe in the venue and
you could feel the energy rising amongst
the crowd, which was steadily getting
bigger by the minute.
User Friendly are all old rockers at heart
and I could tell that they were loving
performing to such an appreciative
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crowd. The band had permanent smiles
and were dancing on the spot, putting
their everything into the performance!
I’m sure if DCR’s photographer, Jasmin
Hayes hadn’t of been there they would
have been exactly the same. Andy is a
very animated singer, a true crowd pleaser
as he jumps around and dances with his
mic stand, even playing air guitar with it
constantly!
Even though it got very warm in the venue,
and the band were all sweating profusely,
they hardly had any break between songs.
Only the odd very short segment where
Andy would explain which song they are
gonna do next and why.
They played a classic from White Snake,
Here I Go Again with a great keyboard
intro, which got everybody, including
myself singing along and quite a few
people dancing
too! It’s at this
point that I
must say that
Tick
Brown’s
guitar solos are
legendary;
he
is a pure guitar
genius!
By the time
they
got
to
their 5th or 6th
song the venue
was
packed
including the dance area with plenty of
people rocking out to User Friendly. The
atmosphere was electrifying and had a
great buzz; these are the kind of gigs that
I love. It seemed that everyone was there
simply to enjoy the performance as they
had the majority of the crowd’s undivided
attention.
Andy said that they were going to try
out a new song for them, Ozzy Osborne’s
Crazy Train and it went down a storm, no
problems at all and Paul’s fingers were a
blur on the bass throughout.
They performed
for a whole
hour non-stop
til the break,
completing the
first half with
The Boys are
Back in Town.
It was during
the break that
I managed to
have a brief
chat with the
guys about the
gig and Andy
admitted that he was too busy watching
what Jasmin, the photographer was doing
at times that he missed his lines, not that
anyone noticed though!
After the break they returned with the
first song that they ever played together
as a band, Doctor Doctor much to the
crowd’s pleasure as many people started
dancing and singing along again. There
was a technical problem during the next
song where Tick’s guitar stopped working
and wasn’t sending anything to the amp,
meaning that he had try to fix it then gave
up and used a backup guitar for the rest
of the gig. Whilst this was happening the
rest of the band carried on regardless
with Tick re-joining when he had sorted
the problem.
One of the songs that surprised me was
an unusual song for bands to cover, Wig
Wam Bam, although it did get a lot of
people dancing and singing along! They
then moved onto some more modern
music, playing the likes of I Predict a Riot
and Sex On Fire, during which Andy was
jumping around so much that he
managed to whack his face on the
microphone and cut himself. Even
though he was bleeding profusely,
he carried on with people handing
him tissues to try to stop the
bleeding. Now that’s Rock and
Roll! Another noteworthy thing
about this song is the way in which
Paul was drumming his Bass guitar
to get the desired effect, looked
odd but sounded great!
The atmosphere in the venue was amazing
and it actually felt as though I was at a
massive concert. The low ceiling and
intimate feel to the venue helped with this
but the performance from User Friendly
is what made
it. The whole
dance area was
packed
with
people dancing,
jumping
and
singing along.
They completed
the official set
list with The
Final Countdown
and Van Halen’s
Jump
before
singing
Happy
Birthday to Tick Brown. But the crowd
weren’t going to let them get away on
time and demanded an encore so they
provided them with Rosaline and a great
rendition of Run To The Hills. By this time
it was gone half eleven and way past the
usual finishing time but the band, along
with the crowd were having such a good
time that Andy said that they would do
two of their own songs to finish the night.
These were Shout it Out and my personal
favourite of their’s, which utilises the
keyboards and Andy’s Electro-acoustic
guitar, Can You Keep A Secret. This one
was requested by the the landlady, who
proceeded to dance and sing along to the
whole song.
Overall this was a very successful night full
of great music, entertaining performances
and a very happy and receptive crowd
making for a fantastic atmosphere. I for
one will definitely catching these guys
again. Keep an eye on them as I think if
they release their own songs for sale, they
will do very well indeed.
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OPM
@
The Priory
Hotel
Written by
Mark Cridland
Head Journalist for
DISTRICT
Radio Presenter for DCR
#TeamDCR
Band Members:
John E. Necro
Vocals
Geoff Turney
Guitar
Jonathan Williams
Keyboard
Shane Mayo
Drums
Matt Rowe
Bass Guitar
MNO Records/OPM Website
O
PM are a Reggae/Rock band from Los
Angeles, California, USA. They have
been formed since 1999 and have had
many chart successes since then.
OPM have been on a European tour over
the last month and this gig at The Priory
Hotel in Dover was not a planned part of
the tour but just an added date as they
had been staying at the hotel on a number
of occasions during their tour.
I had the pleasure of meeting OPM the
afternoon prior to the gig and I took the
opportunity to interview on behalf of DCR
which I have documented.
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from the crowd, the bar staff and the
band and their crew. I met up with Cliff,
OPM’s merchandise guy who explained
what they had for sale at the gig and told
me about how great the tour had been. All
the members of OPM were mingling with
the crowd and it was amazing the amount
of people who didn’t know who they
were talking to, even with the Californian
accent! The look on people’s faces when
they realised who they were talking to
was priceless! The guys from OPM really
have no problem with mingling and are in
no way your stereotypical big American
recording artistes.
These guys are so laid back and
approachable you would never
guess that they are major
recording artists with over
a decade of experience and
success.
Anyway to the gig, I arrived
about 8pm to see that local
band The Ratzkins were playing
but most of OPM and their
manager were outside so I
caught them for another chat
about what was planned for the evening
including the after-show party. They were
originally billed as starting at eight thirty,
which was then moved to nine then to
half thirty. The venue was already rather
full, mainly with fans of the band. I spoke
to a number of them and they were all
extremely excited about the gig and were
really getting into the party mood.
The Priory Hotel has a good sized
performance area with speakers bolted in
place on the walls and a permanent lighting
rig on the ceiling to make life easier for
touring bands. The atmosphere was
buzzing with excitement from everyone,
The gig kicked off at nine thirty with a big
intro and the crowd were a little slow to
get into their music as they started with
a few of their less well known songs but
that soon changed and the crowd really
got into it, most singing along and some
dancing along with the band. They mainly
played all of their own songs but also
played a few mash ups of songs including
Gorillaz’s Clint Eastwood and Afroman’s
Cos I got High. They also played a
cover of The Clash’s Should I Stay
or Should I go. They regularly
took short breaks, saying “I’ve
got a drinking problem, I haven’t
got a drink!” They were of
course provided these by Eric
the Landlord of The Priory Hotel.
Even at one point their tour
manager, Adi handed them all
shots of Jägermeister, for which
Geoff took the mick out of Adi’s
height by saying that it was a
small glass even for his standard!
They promptly encouraged the crowd to
join them in taking the shots. They said
at one point that they are all members
of AAAA (Alcoholics Against Alcoholics
Anonymous)!!
It was so obvious that the band really
and he was doing a fantastic job at keeping
the band sounding great throughout their
whole set.
enjoyed playing this gig, they were all
dancing on the spot and John was dancing
all over the place and the whole band
were having so much fun it made the
crowd want more and it didn’t take long
for the majority of them to start dancing
and jumping around, there was no full on
moshing but everyone was loving it! At one
point Eric the Landlord was even caught
dancing and John pointed the microphone
at him to sing a line. John even gave DCR
a plug letting everyone know that they
would be on The Rock Out with Mark
Cridland on DCR the following evening to
play some of their songs and have a chat on
air. The highlight for many was when they
played their most famous song; Heaven is
a Half Pipe, during which so many people
had their phones and tablets pointing at
the band videoing the
performance. Those that
weren’t filming were
dancing, jumping and
singing along with John
pointing his microphone
at the crowd to make
them sing louder!
The whole gig was
simply amazing, great
music, great crowd and
a really fun and lively
atmosphere. There were
no
complaints
from
anyone. Not even me!
They had their Sound
Engineer, Frasier working
the mixing desk all night
After they had finished their set they
happily posed with fans for photos and
they signed so many autographs it was
crazy! And not just on paper, they were
signing t-shirts, hoodies, CD’s pretty
much anything that was at hand. A select
few managed to get their hands on the
set lists and asked all band members to
sign them. Shane the Drummer managed
to cut his finger whilst playing and was
signing set lists with his blood as well as
his autograph! Matt the Bassist said to me
that the pub felt like a house party with
such a relaxed atmosphere and he said
it seemed like everyone knew everybody
else and were all just chatting away for a
few good hours before Eric decided that it
was time to close to the public and allow
the select few to remain for the aftershow party.
This is the most fun after-show party that
I had ever been to with band members
jamming with anyone who wanted to join
in, plenty of laughs and as I had assumed
previously, lots of heavy drinking! It was
an honour to have been invited to stay
for the party with such a great bunch of
guys. The party didn’t actually finish until
4am and I am still suffering the effects
of the party whilst writing this review the
following afternoon!
OPM are currently writing new material
which will be released on their own record
label MNO Records next year which will
be followed by another European Tour. So
I suggest that you keep
your eyes and ears open
for news on the release
dates for the new music
and tour dates. I certainly
will!
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Charity Music
Festival 20th
July 2013
Written by
Suzie Todd
Reviewer for DISTRICT
#TeamDCR
D
ue to my love of writing and also a
passion for music, I was extremely
honoured when approached by Mark
Cridland of Dover Community Radio to
be part of the DCR team at an upcoming
Charity Gig.
It was to be North East Kent’s third Charity
Music Festival held at Iwade Village Hall
near Sittingbourne on the 20th July 2013
and by all accounts it’s becoming bigger
and more successful with each year. So
along with Mark, Colin Bradbury and Ian
Palmer (who was armed with a large bag
of serious looking, professional camera
equipment) we head off for the festival.
The venue was small but more than
adequate with an impressive stage set
up in the grounds outside. I watched
as people worked like ants setting up
other things too such as a bouncy castle,
stalls, the catering and most importantly,
the bar! It was very well organised and
everyone seemed to know what they were
doing except of course for me ha ha.
#TeamDCR set up an area inside the hall
with lights, cameras and a black backdrop
where they could interview the bands
afterwards. Now, all we had to do was to
wait for kick off.
The festival started at 12 o’clock by
which time we were all hoping for the
sun to come out as some of the first
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people began arriving. Paul Reynolds
was hosting and introduced the first of
the nine groups to open the show which
was The Charlie Monroe Band. Headed
by female vocalist Charlie Monroe and
along with Shane Barden, Simon Burrige,
Chris Peters and Denise Greenwood they
are a rock and pop covers band who were
founded in November 2011. Their opening
performance started with the brilliant
Mustang Sally and followed with many
different covers including, Summer Of 69,
Signed Sealed Delivered, Amy Winehouses’
Valerie, One Vision, I’m A Believer by The
Monkees and finished off with a Bruno
Mars number. I really enjoyed the songs
and also the powerful, rich sound of the
lead vocalist’s voice that handled the
songs effortlessly. It was a shame that
many people that hadn’t arrived at this
point because they missed out on such an
enjoyable performance.
Next up was
an ‘originals’
b a n d Rokoko.
These three
young guys
are
an
upbeat indie
band
who
got together
around the
end of 2011.
With
Kirk
Taylor
on
vocals and guitar; Jason Cornish on bass
& vocals and Karl Wilde on the drums.
The word upbeat perfectly describes the
sound of their music that had a lively pace
and is influenced by bands such as The
Beetles, The Jam and The Who. By now
more people had begun arriving and not
only was the weather warming up, but so
were the gathering crowd to these young,
passionate musicians. They sang their first
cover along with other songs including
Twisted Times and ones from their debut
album. Rokoko were well received and
enjoyed at the festival and I’m sure they
will have a very bright future ahead of
them.
A retro rock and metal covers band
from Kent- Horns High rocked it up
next. Opening with the amazing Motor
Head’s Ace Of Spades they commanded
everyone’s attention and it just got
better as they blew the crowd away with
a brilliant version of Crazy Train and many
of the best rock classics like Burn by Deep
Purple, Highway To Hell and Breaking The
Law. With Dave Higgins as vocalist, Dave
Mist and Andy Blackwell on guitars, Will
Dyer bass and Neil Samuell on drums, this
band were by far the loudest of the day and
to my mind, one of the best. The crowd
loved them and were dancing and singing
along with them. They wound up their
performance with a personal favourite
of mine, Iron Maiden’s Run To The Hills.
What a way to go! Horns High claim, “You
bring the ass, we’ll bring the kicking” and
without a doubt they certainly fulfilled
their part of the bargain!
By the middle of the afternoon a large,
crowd of all
ages were
chilled out
and soaking
up
the
peaceful
atmosphere
at
the
festival
with family
and friends. Children played happily,
many with painted faces. Some had air
guitars that gave their dad’s the perfect
opportunity to play at being a rock hero
when temptation got the better of them –
very amusing to watch!
A Rock cover band from Dover, Alter Ego
was next on stage. Formed in 2011, its
members are, Daniel Burvill vocalist
and guitarist, Niall Bowman on bass
and Solomon Lawson on drums. Again,
a band I enjoyed and their interaction
with the crowd was excellent. Singing
some great numbers such as, London’s
Burning, Paint It Black and a couple of
Red Hot Chilli Peppers covers. They also
did an impressive medley, which started
off with Play That Funky Music that then
moved towards Metallica’s For Whom The
Bell Tolls. I also enjoyed their versions of
Nothing Else Matters, Times Like These
and they finished off with the legendary,
Another Brick In The Wall.
Deep-water
Horizon,
an
indie
rock
band took the stage next. This young,
refreshing band from Dover play their own
songs and also do covers. They did great
versions of many songs to a pleasing crowd
including, The Jam’s A town Called Malice
and Underground and I really enjoyed
Superstition by Stevie Wonder and Billy
Idol’s Rebel Yeah to mention but a few.
Influenced by bands such as, Ed Sheeran,
Billy Clyro and Travis Baker, this band
consists of Jake
Clapson,
Dan
Leggatt,
Ben
Royston and the
wicked female
drummer
Tor
Charlesworth.
A
female
fronted 5-piece
band
called
The
Kulprits
entertained
everyone next.
Founded in March 2009, this indie rock
covers band is headed by the lovely female
vocalist Carrie Coleman. Shane Barden
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on
guitar
and backing
vocals, Dan
Richardson
on
guitar
and
Keith
Reynolds on
the drums.
The crowd
loved
this
band and we
all enjoyed
t h e i r
brilliant
takes on songs like Blink 182’s All The
Small Things, Come Together by The
Beetles, Someone Like You, Kings Of Leon,
a wonderful version of Snow Patrol’s
Chasing cars and they wound up with the
U2 classic, Vertigo.
A new band that was only born around 18
months ago are Copacetic who took up the
stage during the early evening of Iwade’s
festival. This rock cover band’s influences
are typical of performers such as The Red
Hot Chilli Peppers, The Foo Fighters and
The Jam. With Adam Bartholomew as
vocalist, Phil Harris and Nick Yates both
as rhythm guitarists, Paul Stephenson
bass guitar and Luke Calvert on drums.
Unfortunately, after their first number
there was a power cut, which lasted, I
guess for around 20 minutes. However,
despite this setback, Copacetic managed
to bring it back on and get the crowd
going again with many great songs such as
You Really Got Me by The Kinks and ended
their fantastic session with the legendary
King’s Of Leon Sex On Fire.
Marylebone Jelly took on the crowd who
were well up for them and opened their
set of rock and soul covers with Wild
Cherry’s Play That Funky Music. As these
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guys went on to perform great covers
including, Power Of Love, Boys Of Summer,
Rolling In The deep, Get Lucky and Dakota
(Made me feel The One) the crowd were
loving them by dancing, singing and giving
masses of applause. My favourite by far
was Bon Jovi’s You Give Love A Bad Name.
Their final song of the night was All Right
Now with Ed lead vocals, Hank lead and
rhythm guitar, Dave on keyboards and Neil
on drums. They gave their all by putting
on a fantastic show and in my opinion,
were the best entertainers of the day.
Last of the night and headlining was The
Lost Missiles. This 4-piece indie rock band
from the Medway area was founded in
2011. The bands members Graham, Marc,
Charlie and Mark took us to the end of
the festival with many great songs like,
All day And All Of The Night by The Kinks
and Muse Plug In Baby. Then they slowed
it down a bit by singing two brilliant
Green Day songs - Time Of Your Life and
When September Ends. The Lost Missiles
last song winding up the night was Sex On
Fire, which they sang to a happy crowd
that were by now, pretty much partied
out and ready for home.
As I understand it, over £2,000 was raised
for charity which was amazing and all
due to the efforts of so many tireless,
dedicated people and of course also to
the bands who gave up their precious
time. All in all, my experience at Iwade’s
Charity Music festival was fantastic. A fun
day with a great atmosphere and wicked
music and I feel sure I can speak for many
Iwade Rock Charity Music Festival
Statement from the Organisers
“Iwade Rock is a Charity Music
Festival event organised by ‘’Sure
Thing Productions’’ in association
with ‘’Sound Experience Disco
and PA Hire’’. The show is staged
in the grounds of the village hall
on Ferry Road in Iwade, north of
Sittingbourne. This year saw the 3rd
Annual Festival go down in history
with a gate of 832 throughout the
day and raised a massive £2150.43
for two charity’s. The first Charity
being the Village Hall itself, and
the second being The Sittingbourne
First Responders who are a group
of voluntary paramedics who attend
incidents where paramedics may not
arrive in their usual prompt manner.
The event is the original idea of Keith
Reynolds, drummer in the local band
‘’The Kulpritts’’, himself along with
his brother and his father currently
run the Folkestone event ‘’Capel
Rock’’ and the ‘’Folkestone Harbour
Festival’’ when Keith moved to Iwade
nearly 4 years ago, he wanted to
stage something for the village on
a similar scale, and Iwade Rock was
born in 2011.
Each year sees the event going
from strength to strength with the
attendance figures nearly doubling
every time. We are currently looking
to secure a larger venue for next
year’s event.
This year saw 9 local bands take to
the stage and strut their stuff with
covers and original music being played
throughout the day. Highlights of the
day were by far the highly talented
Marylebone Jelly who took to the
stage at 8pm before the Lost Missiles
who headlined the event.
of the people who were there too. I will
look forward to the next one. Iwade you
ROCK!!!
Massive thanks go out to all involved
but especially the following: Speedy
Hire of Cheriton, Folkestone for the
Free issue of a 10 KVA Transformer,
SRD Staging for the supply of the
stage, Paul Reynolds and Sound
Experience Disco and PA for the
lighting rig PA and Compare, Morgan
Rees for his expertise behind the
sound desk, Toby Reynolds for being
the runner and to the following ladies
from the village hall committee that
organised all the other activities
behind the scenes, Diane Underhill,
Lisa Woodfine, Lara Whitfield and
Gemma Hunt. Thanks also to the DCR
District team who came and took
photos of the event and interviewed
the bands following their sets, also
the Gigglepics team who again took
some fantastic photos and reviewed
the bands performances. Strange
Hippo Photography a local company
provided a candid camera style
photographer who took some amazing
shots of the bands and crowd alike!
Last but not least massive thanks to
all the bands who gave their time for
free and the crowd who turned up in
mass and stayed till the last note of
the last band!!
Move over Glastonbury…….. Iwade is
coming for ya!!
Details of the bands who performed
along with pictures of this year’s
event can be found on our Facebook
Page, www.facebook.com/iwaderock
#teamtango #iwaderock2013
Regards,
Keith Reynolds & Paul Reynolds
Sure Thing Productions”
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The Folkestone
Harbour
Festival 2013
Written by
Mark Cridland
Head Journalist for
DISTRICT
Radio Presenter for DCR
#TeamDCR
and
Suzie Todd
Reviewer for DISTRICT
#TeamDCR
DAY ONE
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Native People on
Facebook
Boneyard on Facebook
The Kulpritts on
Facebook
Perfect 5th on Facebook
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Marylebone Jelly on
Facebook
Brad Pittance and The
Pirates on Facebook
Centaur Parting on
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DAY ONE
A
h, the annual Folkestone Harbour
festival. An extremely well planned
and exercised event organised by the
chaps at Sure Thing Productions all in
aid of RNLI, was upon us yet again and
the weather was typically British in its
outlook, should be a good ‘un, I thought.
The Friday night
before the fest,
Gary Scott (DCR’s
P r o g r a m m e
Controller) and I
set up the mobile
studio to the side
of the stage and
I prepared the
studio ready for
interviewing
the
bands
as
they
came off stage.
Most of the food
stalls and fun fair
were already set
up ready for the
weekend. When I
arrived back in the
following morning I
found the harbour
alive with activity,
from
the
stall
holders excitedly
getting ready to
stage crew making
last minute sound
and lighting checks. I could feel the
tension and excitement in the air!
A
t
exactly midday, the compare and DJ for
the festival, Paul Reynolds kicked it all off
by introducing the first band, Full Circle,
a Whitstable based band playing mainly
50’s, 60’s and 70’s music. They had a
good jazzy, sometimes soulful sound and
played good versions of songs such as
Black Magic Woman and Keep on Running.
As was expected with the first band of the
festival, there were a few sound issues but
the guys battled
through them and
completed a good
performance
to
open the weekend.
Following
them
were a young band
from
Folkestone
called
Native
People. A four
piece Indie band
which maybe could
do
with
more
members as the
singer was also
using keyboards,
drums
and
a
synth. They had an
interesting sound
and played lots of
their own songs to
a mainly amused
but
sometimes
bemused
crowd.
There did seem to
be a lot going on
in their performance and I had trouble
keeping up with what was happening at
times. I am sure that with time they will
smooth out the kinks and become a band
to watch in the future. I must say that I did
enjoy their performance of Disclosure’s
White Noise though.
The third band to perform on stage was
a band that I had seen on many occasions
before so I had an idea of what to expect
from these guys. Boneyard hail from Thanet
and have quite the biker following, I think
mainly due to the classic rock that these
guys play. And it was at the start of their
performance that the bikers all rocked
up to the stage, leaving their helmets on
the front of the stage in order to dance to
Jamie belting out classics such as Highway
to Hell. Now I know that both Nick the
Bassist and Jamie the lead singer like to
get the crowd’s attention during their
performances, so I wasn’t at all surprised
when Jamie jumped off stage whilst
singing Radar Love to go for a walk around
the crowd with his wireless microphone.
Another faultless set from a great covers
band even though Ash, the drummer had
to use a ‘normal’ drum kit rather than his
usual electric
kit.
After
them
came
The
Kulpritts, a
four
piece,
f e m a l e
fronted,
Indie
Rock
band
with
members
from all over
Kent. I had
seen
this
band a few
times before
and
really
enjoy
the
energy that
the
band
have
and
Carrie’s voice
is perfectly
suited to the
kind of music
that
they
play.
They
performed
some
great
songs
such
as
Come
To g e t h e r
and Times Like These. They seemed
to have brought their biggest fan with
them as there was an older gentleman
enthusiastically dancing right in front of
the band who caught everyone’s gaze and
a few people actually started to join him.
The aptly named Perfect 5th were the fifth
band to come on stage. This is another
great local Classic Rock covers band. They
have a well-practiced sound and all work
well together as if they had been together
for many years but in reality only formed
at the beginning of the year. They achieve
the great sound of the classic rock anthems
with the use of Keyboards along with the
usual instruments and performed some
excellent renditions of Whole Lotta Love
and Because The Night along with their
version of Radar Love which was played
on The Rock Out on DCR a short while ago.
Mr Lazy rocked up next. These are a 5
piece heavy rock / reggae band from Kent
utilising Drums, Guitars and Keys. The
lead singer’s voice is perfectly suited to
the heavy rock stuff and I’m sure if his
band mates allowed him, could quite
happily sing a
few
metal
tracks! An allround great
band who all
work
well
t o g e t h e r.
T h e y
performed
some classic
tracks such
Hold
the
Line,
Bad
To The Bone
and finished
their set with
the
highly
popular Jump
by Van Halen.
The light had
started
to
fade by 6pm
and you could
start to see
how great the
stage
was.
The lighting
was beginning
to show its
effect
and
w o r k e d
brilliantly
alongside the smoke machine.
Anyway, the next band to make an
appearance was the self-styled party
band, Marylebone Jelly. A 5 piece cover
band that play all of the best party
songs from the last five decades. This set
included songs such as Dakota, A little
Respect, Mr Brightside and their version
of Daft Punk’s Get Lucky. A very lively and
energy fuelled band who I have seen once
before at Iwade Rock Festival and they
still amaze me. In the word of their Bassist
Saul “You can’t have a party without a bit
of Jelly!”
Charged with the challenge of following
Marylebone Jelly were Brad Pittance and
The Pirates. And as you might expect they
rocked up wearing full on nautical outfits
looking the part. A four piece reggae-rock
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Dinosaur Lounge on
Facebook
Crashgate on Facebook
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Alter Ego on Facebook
Fat Badger on Facebook
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covers band hailing from their pirate cove
on the Isle of Thanet, they performed
some great songs such as The One I Love,
Be My Baby and Free as a Bird. I must say
that they put their effort into this set and
sounded great.
The Headliners for the first day of the
festival were Centaur Parting, a fantastic
heavy rock covers band from Ashford.
They performed many classics from the
likes of Thin Lizzie, Creed, Van Halen,
Bon Jovi, Guns ‘n’ Roses and Deep Purple
before bringing their wildcard out. This
being former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade.
Chris now has his own band called The
Chris Slade Timeline in which a few of the
members of Centaur Parting play. Anyway
back to the performance. Once they had
done a quick drummer substitution they
went on to play some of AC/DC’s greatest
hits with the great drummer himself. The
crowd were going absolutely crazy when
this band were performing and with good
cause. There is a very good reason that
Centaur Parting was a headline band.
Their performance was accentuated by
the great light and smoke effect show
that accompanied them and as you can
see from the photos there was a feeling of
being at a massive rock concert! One band
never to be missed, especially if their
mate Chris Slade turns up with them!
This first day was finished off with some
amazing fireworks and of course I had
to steal Chris Slade for a chat and some
photos. I was suitably worn out by the
end of the day as I had not only been
watching the bands but also interviewing
them after their performance in the DCR
mobile studio. An extremely tiring but
awesome day. I shall now leave you in the
very capable hands of Suzie Todd to tell
you all about day two.
DAY TWO
D
uring of the first day of the Folkestone
Harbour Festival by all accounts, Mark
Cridland from DCR had been run ragged by
writing music reviews, taking photos and
interviewing the bands single-handedly.
No doubt he was a real trooper so on day
two, I decided I had better go along to
help him out and mop his sweating brow
if nothing else!
The weather forecast didn’t look too
promising but after a grey, drizzly start, it
came good with the sun coming out for the
rest of the day. The festival was in aid of
the RNLI. Along with a funfair for the kids,
there were refreshment stalls and the allimportant beer tent where to the delights
of many (Mark Cridland included) real ales
were available. The Aston Martin owners
club had some beautiful cars on display,
Heli-charter were providing helicopter
rides and the Harley Davidson owners club
had a pretty awesome collection of bikes
for all to see. To my mind, the evocative
sound of the Harley engines along with
the presence of fringed black leather and
impressive tattoos were all the perfect
ingredients for a
rock festival.
Dakota by The Stereophonics, Ever Fallen
In Love and I’m A Believer. But by far, my
favourite was their brilliant rendition of
Sweet Child Of
Mine.
The host and
DJ was Paul
Reynolds
and
kicking
off
at 12.00, he
introduced
Turmoil to an
enthusiastic
crowd
that
were
starting
to gather. I was
pleased to get
the opportunity to see these guys again
because I thoroughly enjoyed them when
I saw them perform in Folkestone last
year. Together, they deserve to be called
veterans as they have been going for 10
years as a rock/pop cover band. They’ve
been busy lads because at one time they
were doing as many as 90 gigs a year and
when interviewed they explained that
they’ve now cut it down to a sensible
amount. Turmoil opened the festival with
ease did some great songs along with
Monster, The Kaiser Chief’s I Predict A Riot,
Next on at 1pm
was an originalsonly
band
called Dinosaur
Lounge. These
guys
come
from
around
Folkestone,
Dover
and
Canterbury
areas, headed
by
vocalist
Tom Vane along with Chris O’Mara and
Alex Williams on guitars, Robert Kennett
on bass and Nathan Stoakes on drums.
A relatively new band being formed in
December 2012, they describe their genre
as alternative/proggy. Dinosaur lounge
enjoyed performing on the lovely big
stage and also playing in the open air as
the crowd enjoyed their songs such as
Desdemona, Exile Song, Storm The Castle
(Mark Cridland’s personal favourite) and
No Redeeming Bliss. Good luck guys-keep
it coming!
I think that sometimes it can
be difficult for an originals
band to completely capture an
audience because more often
than not, their songs aren’t
recognised. However, my view
on this completely changed when
Crashgate took the third slot of
the day and I was transfixed!
They blew me away with all their
own material such as Red Rosie
Jack, Whisky Makes Me frisky,
As One, BOB and their amazing
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a Black Sabbath cover, Play That Funky
Music, Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters,
some Rage Against The Machine that
everyone went mad to and they finished
off with the legendary
Floyd’s Another Brick In
The Wall-wicked!
song The Getaway- all of which I shall
be downloading and I thought that some
of their music had an almost Linkin Park
flavour to it. For a band that only formed
just over 2 years ago, they were so
professional. Tony Dorman on guitar, Brian
Andrews guitar and backing vocal, Shaun
Roche bass, Richard Keeler on drums and
the amazing Craig Sheridan on vocals who
came down off the stage and interacted
with the crowd. I also liked the fact that
they introduced the names of the songs
they were about to sing (which I think is
a good pointer for new bands.) Not only
that, but they were giving away free gifts
to the kids- brilliant. Crashgate ticked
all of my boxes. They were right up my
street. In my opinion they were complete
package, they stole the show and should
be headlining next year!
Then, Zero Tolerance came on. An indie
pop/rock cover band from Folkestone who
have been together for 2 years. With Steve
Clark as vocalist, Steve Driscoll on guitar,
Brendon Driscoll bass and Neil Reynolds on
drums. Lots of people were dancing along
as they sang many well-loved numbers
like Fire by Kasabian, The Cult’s She Sells
Sanctuary, Teenage Kicks and Born To Be
Wild. I think the band had a good time on
stage and so did the crowd.
At 4pm it was time for The Gary Dean
Band. Reformed from the eighties with
Gary Dean as lead singer, Mick lead guitar,
Darren on guitar, Bob on bass and Chris
Clark on drums. This band has a pop/rock
genre and has also done some original
stuff too. Today they entertained the
crowd with many sing-a-long songs such
as Down Under, the classic Route 66, I
Fought The Law and they wound it up with
Dancing In The Dark.
Previously seen at another festival, I now
had my chance to see
Alter Ego for the second
time. A cover band from
Dover formed in 2011.
Its members being Daniel
Burvill vocalist and guitar,
Niall Bowman bass and
Solomon Lawson on drums.
Again, I enjoyed them and
their interaction with
the crowd was excellent.
Singing
some
great
numbers such as, London’s
Calling, Red Hot Chilli
Peppers’ Californication,
A heavy rock cover band
was up next. Fat Badger.
These guys are from
Ashford with Andy Tozer on
vocals, Chris Payne on bass
and vocals, Chris Bailey
on guitar and drumming
was Darren Roberts. They
did some good numbers
and my favourites that
also seemed to get the
crowd rocking too were
Times Like These by The
Foo Fighters and their
brilliant cover of AC DC’s
phenomenal song Whole Lotta Rosie.
Deep Water Horizon another band that
I saw for the second time today took
stage next. I will stick with my original
description of them which is ‘young and
refreshing.’ The band members are Jake
Clapson, Dan Leggatt, Ben Royston and
female drummer Tor Charlesworth. It was
really good to watch Ben playing (his debut I
believe) on the trumpet. Everyone seemed
to enjoy their performance listening to
songs including Ever Fallen In Love by The
Buzzcocks,
Superstitious,
The
Jam’s
G o i n g
Underground
and
My
generation
originally by
The Who.
Ska
fans
would
have
particularly
e n j o y e d
the
next
musicians,
a lively, three-piece band called The
Heroes. They went down well at the
festival and again, they really interacted
well with the crowd singing the great A
Town Called Malice, Jilted John’s Gordon
Is A Moron, Nice Legs Shame About Her
Face, Too Much Too Young, One Way Or
Another, Sound Of The Suburbs by The
Members and another blast from the pastPeaches by The Stranglers. For me, they
pulled it right out of the bag with their
last song when they did a brilliant version
of The Beastie Boys’ Fight
For Your Right! What a
fantastic way to end their
set!
Last but by no means least
were the headlining band
who took on a dancing
and singing crowd and a
real party atmosphere.
Paradox is a 5-piece
originals band formed
in 1996. They write,
compose, record and mix
all their own material.
With Iain on vocals, Phil
guitar, Bex bass and Wayne
‘Doc Rhythm’ as their
drummer, they make an
exciting and powerful blend of talent and
are influenced by bands like Nirvana, Sex
Pistols, Linkin park and Greenday. They
commanded the spot light at the end of
the night singing some great tracks such
as Only Hurts When I Breathe, Teenage
Kicks, Demise, Twisted and Working Class.
Paradox made it a good end to a good day.
I just wished Monday morning wasn’t just
around the corner.
I’m sure the success of the festival
belongs to so many. Not just the obvious
ones like the
bands and the
crowds who
came along,
but also to the
people
who
were behind
the
scenes
probably
spending
m o n t h s
planning this
double
day
event. I hope
everyone had
a brilliant day,
that lots of money was raised for RNLI and
that everyone will be back next year for
some more. I will be even if it’s only to
mop Mark Cridland’s sweating brow once
again.
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CAPEL ROCK
CHARITY MUSIC
FESTIVAL
25TH AUGUST
2013
Written by
Suzie Todd
Reviewer for DISTRICT
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Sure
Thing
Pr o d u c t i o n s
were
pulling
out all the stops
by organising
the 9th annual
festival in the
grounds
of
The Royal Oak
Pub, Capel. It
promised
to
be an exciting
day and along
with
many
attractions, ten live bands were set
to perform with proceeds supporting
Highview and Foxwood schools in Hythe.
So armed with note pad, pen and lots
of enthusiasm I set off with the hope
that after torrential rain the previous
day, the weather would be kind to us.
Arriving around 11.30 am, I found the
pub’s grounds to be a hive of activity. An
outside bar was set up along with various
catering outlets, a bouncy castle and face
painting. Heli- Charter was also preparing
in the wings with helicopter rides and
most importantly the large trailer stage
had been installed.
The hosting Dj was Paul Reynolds who
started us off with some music to get us
in the mood prior to inviting the opening
band, Phantom Power. Their first time
at Capel Music Festival, this 3- piece
rock cover band from Dover is headed by
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Tom Clarke on
vocals
and
guitar
along
with
Josh
Haywood
on
bass and Daniel
Smith
on
Drums. These
ambitious,
young
guys
entertained
the first arrivals
to the festival
with
great
songs such as You Give Love A Bad Name
by Bon Jovi, Slither by Velvet Revolver,
Learn To Fly by The Foo Fighters and also
Cave Man which was the first song they
ever wrote themselves. There were some
brilliant guitar solos and most impressive
was when during Live And Let Die, Tom
played some of his guitar from behind his
head that got him plenty of well -deserved
applause.
my attention because their young, leading
lady Gemma Ince had a rich, powerful voice
and she owned the stage. This 4- piece
band is also made up of Steve Jekabson on
guitar, Keith Godden bass and Peter Hurd
percussion. They formed in 2009 and their
genre covers a wide area of music starting
from back in the sixties. They were well
received by the crowd as they performed
many covers from Blondie, Rihanna, The
Police and Florence And The Machine. My
personal favourites were Amy Winehouse
Back To Black and their final song, Bring
The rain had stayed off during the
morning and the strong wind that was now
belting across from the sea nearby, was
keeping the rain clouds at bay but was
also threatening to blow the tarpaulin
cover off the roof of the outside bar but
it stayed intact. And did anyone care? No.
The main thing was the sun was coming
out, the delicious smell of BBQ food kept
wafting over and every so often, the
powerful sound of the helicopter’s engine
and its propellers roared overhead.
Me To Life Inside by Evanescence.
At 1PM, standing in for The Charlie
Monroe Band was a 5-piece band called
The Kulprits. Founded in March 2009, this
indie rock covers band is headed by female
vocalist Carrie Callingham who performed
with ease and confidence along with The
Kulprit’s other members, Shane Barden
guitar and backing vocals, Dave Campbel
bass guitar and Keith Reynolds on the
drums. They did a great set and opened
with Vertigo U2. The crowd enjoyed
their songs which included, Blink 182 All
The Small Things, Stereophonics Dakota,
Who Knew Pink, The Scissor Sisters Take
your Mama and Bruno Mars Locked Out Of
Heaven. It was the second time I had seen
them and they were just as good as the
first time.
Next up was a band from Folkestone
called Paradigm. Opening with Linkin
Park’s Numb, they immediately grabbed
And talking of favourites, my favourite
band of the day by far was a 4-piece rock/
covers band AKA who performed next. By
now the festival was humming with people
who were soaking up the great music and
the wonderful atmosphere here at Capel
Music Festival. These guys started off
with Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
and hammered on with brilliant versions
of songs such as Summer Of 69, Queen’s
I Want To Break Free, Play That Funky
Music, 2468 Motorway, and fantastic
renditions of Comfortably Numb, U2’s
With Or Without You and ended with
Sweet Home Alabama. There was a lovely
deep, rich base to their music and I also
liked the fact that they interacted well
with the crowd who were singing along,
cheering and dancing with their hands
held high. AKA definitely got a hands up
from me. Well done guys!
Barely more than 18 months ago, with rock
and pop influences, John, Billy, James,
Clive and Jonny from Ashford formed
their band called Wireless. For such a
young band, these guys held their own
at the festival and went down really well
with the crowd who danced along to their
opening song Local Boy In The Photograph
by the Stereophonics and with lots of raw
energy went on to perform great numbers
such as, I Fought The Law, Bad Company’s
Feel Like Making Love, Where Ever You
Go, Rocking All Over The World, Simple
Mind’s Don’t You Forget About Me and they
finished off with their brilliant version of
Greenday’s American Idiot.
Reyes a 4- piece indie rock and roll covers
band from Maidstone took the stage
next. Formed in 2005, these lads are
influenced by bands such as The Beatles,
Kings Of Leon, Kasabian, The Stones
and The killers. With Huw Whitethread
on vocals, Ben Vallins lead guitar, Matt
Ogilvie percussion and Andy Bennett bass
guitar. Their set included The Bar Tender
And The Thief by The Stereophonics,
Walk This Way by Areo Smith, Kassabian’s
brilliant I’m On Fire, Not A Soldier The
Killers, Reef’s Put Your Hands Up and Get
Lucky by Daft Punk. Some good tunes, a
good performance and good interaction
with the crowd who were very receptive
towards them- a great set.
As the party atmosphere at the festival
continued into the early evening, Liquid
Jacket were welcomed on stage and they
opened their set with Seven Nation Army’s
song White Stripes. This Folkestone based
band was formed in 2008. With a party
rock genre the band consists of Tom Walton
on vocals, Charlie Stinchcombe guitar,
Jamie Floate bass and Simon Zilolkowski
on drums. They excited the crowd with
some great covers including, Elton John’s
Saturday Night Is All Right For Fighting,
Foot loose Kenny Loggins, Are You Gonna
Go My Way, a fantastic instrumental piece
during the song Superstitious and winding
up with My Sherona. With Tom spending
some of the set bouncing around the stage
on a pogo stick, this bands enthusiasm
and energy could not be deigned and very
it was very entertaining to watch.
7pm and by now the crowd had begun to
thin out but the atmosphere was still just
as good as the festival goers waited for
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the next band. It was time for Fat Badger
a heavy rock cover band and to my mind,
the heaviest band of the day so far. I
have seen these guys before and really
liked them. Fat Badger are from Ashford
with Andy Tozer on vocals, Chris Payne
on bass and vocals, Chris Bailey on guitar
and drumming was Darren Roberts. They
couldn’t have gone wrong in my eyes by
starting their set with AC/DC’S Whole
Lotta Rosie that got everyone rocking.
The band kept the momentum going with
classics like Jail Break Thin Lizzy, Keep
On Swinging, She Builds Velvet Revolver,
Calling In The Name Of by Rage Against
The Machine and their fantastic version of
The Foo Fighters Times Like These.
More talent from Folkestone took the
stage next. Back To Back a 4-piece rock
covers band that originally got together
in 2010. With Lee Fletch on vocals, Matt
Thompson guitar and vocals, Dave Collins
backing vocals and guitar and Nick Milton
on Drums they make up an energetic and
passionate bunch of lads. Foo Fighter
fans were in for a treat as they belted
out All My Life, My Hero and Monkey
Wrench. They also played other great
covers including, Alive Pearl Jam, Fly
Away by Kenny Kravitz and some Velvet
Revolver all to an appreciative crowd who
were lapping them up and they smashed
their final song with an impressive heavy
instrumental at the end of it.
The final band of the evening and
headlining were Oasis UK. This is 5- piece,
international tribute band are as the name
suggests, a tribute band but that does
not detract or take away their talent as
musicians in their own right. Hailed as the
next best thing to Oasis, these guys have
received fantastic reviews and even Liam
himself was impressed, as I understand.
The members call themselves, Liam,
Noel, Gem, Andy and Chris and they
formed in March 2012. From the moment
they came out on stage they exuded
real attitude and the stage lighting was
brilliant. Their first song was Rock N Roll
Star and the crowd went nuts for them.
These guys went on to play so many wellloved Oasis numbers such as, Hello, Roll
With It, Fade Away, You Gotta Make It
Happen, Champagne Supernova, Stop
Crying Your Heart Out and Wonderwall.
During their performance, everyone was
bopping and singing along. Of course we
were all waiting for the legendary Don’t
Look Back In Anger and we got it! What a
way to end a brilliant and memorable day
at Capel Rock Festival. The only trouble
is that we’ve got to wait a whole year
for the next one! The upside is that over
£2,000 was raised for charity. Happy days!
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Becoming
Psycic
W
elcome to the first article from
becomng Psychic for DISTRICT. I
know what your thinking ‘Becoming
Psychic how does someone Become
PSychic Don’t you need to be born with
those gifts’?
Well the simple answer to that is, we are
all born Psychics just some of us don’t
become aware of the gifts we have until a
much later date and as we develop those
gifts we then ‘become psychic’.
And that is what I want to do is help
you understand what gifts you have,
each quarter I will bring you tips, dream
analysis from my espert Pam Berman and
ther spiritual tit bits of information to
help you walk your own spiritual pathway
or at least discover there is more to spirit
than Halloween and things that go bump
in the night. So here we go the first
key to discovering your ‘Psychic Ability
is MEDITATION’ yes thats right and not
the meditation you see in movies where
someone sits legs crossed hands rested on
knees meditation either. This is simple
‘RELAX’ find yourself a quiet spot, sitting
is recommended so that you dont fall to
sleep, back straight, but relaxed, chin
held slightly tipped up as not to crush your
windpipe and fall asleep that way either
through lack of oxgen if your chin drops
during the meditation. Now relax, you
can do this with or without calming music,
close your eyes and imagine a golden light
above your head, now imagine that light
going down through the top of your head,
into your brain passing through your neck
down into you abdomen, into your groin
down through your legs and out through
your feet, and as the light releases from
your feet large roots begin to grow from
your feet and bury themselves deep into
the ground, so deep they find themseves a
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large rock to wrap themseles around, now
you are grounded imagine that, light again
coming down through the top of your head
again through your neck but this time also
out through your arms and your hands, and
as the light passes through your hands,
you imagine everything bad, everything
stressful or worrrying leaving your body
and releasing into the atmosphere and as
this blows away into the ether you feel that
weight that burden being carried away and
feel yourself refreshed. Now take a few
moments and then slowly open your eyes.
How do you feel?
Write it down keep a diary of your
experiences so you can look back later.
Did you see anything other the what you
were told? Did you go on any journeys?
Did you see colors? Did you find it difficult
to do this mini meditation?
Remember everyone is different whilst
some of you may have followed the
meditation others may have done
something completely different. Now as
you do this more and more you will find
yourself connecting with your inner self,
your higher self and the world around
you. I would recommend you try this for
5 minutes everyday to help release any
stress or worries and the good thing is the
more you practice the easier it gets, you
can do this mini meditation anywhere at
any time (please not when in a situation
where it would be considered dangerous to
to close your eyes).
We would love to hear your feedback or if
you have a development question, have a
dream that need analysing or would like
a reading from our expert then contact
us using our contact form in the Dream
Analysis section on the DISTRICT page at
www.dcrfm.co.uk.
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Dear Pam,
Weird dream last night... Dreamt a young
lad was staying at my house... family
members went missing and I felt he had
killed them I was watching him out of the
corner of my eye and saw he was looking
at me the same way. I acted like nothing
was wrong but knew my family were in
bags in the cupboard. I was expecting him
to pounce any moment but I was prepared
to fight him. Then I woke up.
Must be something about trust in this
dream, any answers please?
Sheila Scanlan
Dear Sheila,
Hi Sheila, Yes, this dream seems to be
about someone or something that you
perceive as a threat, since the threat is
a “young lad” I wonder if this is someone
or something rather new in your life?
Something that you feel might interfere
with your family dynamic or prevent you
from spending as much time together as
you would like? Does that make sense?
Pam
Becoming Psychic
Dear Pam
I keep having this reoccurring dream or
vision of this guy I know! Always different
settings but basically the same thing, he
is a magician in these dreams doing magic
or well not actually doing it but I know
thats what he is! This latest one he is with
another guy I have heard of but not met
and he is a magician too like they are a
team! Would this be past lives connecting
or something else! I really like this guy
but feel something isn’t quite right! Can
you help me as these dreams are driving
me mad!
Sara D
Hi Sara D,
Usually the people and characters we see
in our dreams are really aspects of Self.
The fact that this dream is recurring and
that now there are 2 magicians tells me
that your subconscious really wants you
to pay attention and get the message in
your dream.
There are few different ways to interpret
your dream; It could be about something
you are trying to do that is proving to be
“tricky” or more difficult than you first
thought, perhaps you need to look at
whatever this is from a different angel
or perspective. It might also be that you
are so in the flow of the Universe, so
“allowing” that things are happening for
you and to you that seem magical.
We ALL can perform miracles and magic
by creating and manifesting our heart’s
desire. Is this an extremely positive time
in your life? Are all good things happening
for you now? If so, your dream is asking you
to acknowledge that and to be grateful.
Pam
Becoming Psychic
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