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LANKYKATS..   Open Inaugural Meeting Thursday 29 September 2011  8: 00pm The Standish Unity Club Cross Street Standish Wigan WN6 0HQ   Attendee's   Jeff Shepard Dave Hitchen Kevin Gough Tony Bird Paul Heys Roy Davies Bill Blackledge Keith Wright Mick Hannen Michael Mitchinson John Cross John Watkinson Steve Coates Chris Coates Paul Cross Bill Hart Jack Carney Gaz Hughes   The Unity Club Management   Norman Lythgoe Peter McGartland Alan Carr John Cronin   Meeting summary..   It was unanimously agreed that..     The next Lankykats meeting to be.. Thursday 20 October 2011 at 7: 30pm as a practice evening and trial set up. Everybody invited..    Thurday nights would be ideal to host the regular meetings betweem approx 7: 00pm - Midnight..   The official Lankykats Launch night, date and public awareness raising activities to be discussed at the next meeting..   The Unity Club committee kindly agreed to discuss the use by Lankykats of the existing in-house PA system.. A separate mixing desk to be supplied and used by Lankykats..   Lankykats musicians to supply all back-line amplification, micophones and stands, basic drum kit and to share  these with other performing musicians on the night.   Attracting positive sharing and active involvement in the spirit of Lankykats evenings.. including that of the general public..   Regular weekly performances is a future main aim.     Bill Hart: 30 September 2011

All Welcome..   See the Blog below for more information..  far...   The following support has come in for first 'planning' meeting on the 29 Sept at The Unity Club Standish.. 8:00pm prompt. Please try to get there.. Yes! that means you!   Keith Wright Mick Hannan  Barry Mason Anita Maijer-Schrot Peter Illingworth Alan Turner John Winstanley Michael Mitchinson Jack Carney Ken Shalliker Shaun Grove Dave Ferguson John Watkinson Norman Lythgoe Gary Hughes Roy Davies Ian Poulson Baz Houghton Paul Heys Margaret Earl Beryl Prescott Jerry Tattum Peter Shelton Clive Kelly David Jamieson Peter Illingworth William Blackledge Len Herbert Ken Hapson Fred Moss            "?Meeting talking points..?"       -    Regular midweek club hire: 7: 00 to Midnight.       Entrance fee £? per head for all visitors - including all musicians?   -     PA, back-line equipment and drums to be kindly provided by Lankykats musicians?   -    Ten minutes maximum change-over time between bands. Plug in and go..   -     Sets for visiting bands and scratch bands to be a max of 30 mins’ each. Shorter or longer sets available by negotiation?   -     Solo singer’s backed by volunteer muso’s on the night?   -     Scratch bands to be encouraged to jam at the end of each night.   -     Bring your own axe’s and hammer's.. okay.. guitars and drumsticks.   -     Ego’s to be left well behind, preferably at home, and certainly well before reaching the clubs front door.   -     Primadonna’s to be discouraged, but could be cautiously welcomed, if they promise to behave themselves.   -     Anyone breaking Lankykats rules can be ‘yellow carded’. In severe cases of undesirable behaviour – like playing too loud, swearing or singing Barry Manilow songs after the 9-o-clock watershed – A ‘red card’ will be shown.   Bill Hart: 2 September 2011