Post by coops on Aug 2, 2008 9:44:19 GMT
The City Club, Atrium, Peterborough
About a year ago, after protracted back-biting, petty arguments, people posturing to preserve their egos I left the City Club, which I had the honour of promoting for a while, vowing never to return.
Since then the venue has had Northern promoted by local promoter, nope, not interested, the pain still too deep.
A Different Kind of Rare Soul by some other ‘Boro promoters, still didn’t feel an urge to go there.
The Restless Blue Cat team, may have venture forwards to put the past behind me with this one but never got the opportunity.
Now Ray Mahoney and Russ Hollis have taken the reigns of this most excellent venue, two nicer chaps one could not wish to meet, thought it was time, and appropriate to lay the ghost of the City Club to rest once and for all, good choice, no, excellent choice.
Ray and Russ had decided to lay a ‘theme’ on this first night of their hopefully enduring adventure, the theme was Female Artistes and Girl Groups.
At first on may think that applying a theme may place restrictions on the quality of the soul provided…. Not a bit of it.
Although we got there a bit late and only caught “Dolly”, Russ and Ray’s sets and the quality of music was far from diluted, it was, to my ears enhanced.
Restricting the playlist as they did meant that the dee-jays had to think harder about their sets, dig deeper and actually work, and it did work, it worked for them, for me, and for those who attended from as far afield as Yorkshire to St.Ives.
Not sure what the next theme in the next event will be but with the attendees steeped in a passion for quality soul, quality venue and quality atmosphere would hardly need a theme to bring them in.
The City Club… Under new “Soul-Management” and, once again, a place of pure delight, nice one Ray and Russ.
images on: ournorthernsouls.org/reviews.aspx
About a year ago, after protracted back-biting, petty arguments, people posturing to preserve their egos I left the City Club, which I had the honour of promoting for a while, vowing never to return.
Since then the venue has had Northern promoted by local promoter, nope, not interested, the pain still too deep.
A Different Kind of Rare Soul by some other ‘Boro promoters, still didn’t feel an urge to go there.
The Restless Blue Cat team, may have venture forwards to put the past behind me with this one but never got the opportunity.
Now Ray Mahoney and Russ Hollis have taken the reigns of this most excellent venue, two nicer chaps one could not wish to meet, thought it was time, and appropriate to lay the ghost of the City Club to rest once and for all, good choice, no, excellent choice.
Ray and Russ had decided to lay a ‘theme’ on this first night of their hopefully enduring adventure, the theme was Female Artistes and Girl Groups.
At first on may think that applying a theme may place restrictions on the quality of the soul provided…. Not a bit of it.
Although we got there a bit late and only caught “Dolly”, Russ and Ray’s sets and the quality of music was far from diluted, it was, to my ears enhanced.
Restricting the playlist as they did meant that the dee-jays had to think harder about their sets, dig deeper and actually work, and it did work, it worked for them, for me, and for those who attended from as far afield as Yorkshire to St.Ives.
Not sure what the next theme in the next event will be but with the attendees steeped in a passion for quality soul, quality venue and quality atmosphere would hardly need a theme to bring them in.
The City Club… Under new “Soul-Management” and, once again, a place of pure delight, nice one Ray and Russ.
images on: ournorthernsouls.org/reviews.aspx