NHS 60th Anniversary/Elvis Convention

As promised in our previous posting, reviews and photo's from Shooter's gigs at The NHS 60th Anniversary Celebration at The Crowne Plaza,Chester on Saturday 12th September and the Elvis Presley Convention, held at Golden Sands Holiday Centre, Mablethorpe on the Thursday 25th September.

NHS 60th Anniversary Celebration.
Organised by DJ and fundraiser Bob Ward, the Chester NHS 60th Anniversary celebration was held at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in the centre of Chester. With over 300 guests, the night got of to a start with a raffle, this had some excellent prizes donated by various businesses around Chester, followed by an auction featuring a guitar signed by Gerry Marsden of The Pacemakers fame, this was sold at a princely sum. Both events raised a good amount of cash towards a counselling room at the local Hospital. Next came the buffet: Hot Pot or Curried Chicken, very nice.
There was a 60s & 70s fancy dress contest, hospital staff making a great effort, we were treated to some extremely inventive costumes, from Queen's Brian May to Cher. The winner was knockout Rod Stewart
Shooter took to the stage at around 10.30pm. The dance floor was soon full and an enthusiastic audience ensured that the evening was a great success.



Elvis Presley Convention.
On Thursday the 25th of September, Shooter were the final Star Cabaret at the Elvis Presley Party Event 2008 at Havens Golden Sands Holiday Park, Mablethorpe.
The Elvis fans had a great week, with talks by fan club members from America, fancy dress and karaoke competitions, quizzes, even an Elvis pantomime.
As well as Shooter, the Star Cabarets for the week had featured: The Jets, Levi Barrat & The Sunsets, The Boogie Wonderband, The Gillettes and The Always Elvis Gospel Tour.
Shooter took to the stage on the final day to a rapturous reception. The audience were up for rocking and fully enjoyed the band's one hour plus set.
The first week in October sees Shooter at the 60s Weekend at Brean Sands in Somerset, the band are really looking forward to this gig which will be reviewed in our next posting.







New drummer
Jeff Walker,
on stage at the Elvis Party.



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