Yes, we mean it, a massive thanks to each and everyone of you that support the first Memory Fest gig last night at Club Bliss.

We said we wanted to raise awareness and funds through Classic Rock for Dementia UK and Alzheimer Scotland and that’s just what we did!

The Bands were just great, The Amused Owls opening the show followed by two sets from R.is.E.

The raffle took a little (OK, a lot) longer than we expected, but we got there in end and I know everyone was very pleased with their prizes.

We even found out, through winner John Rodger, that Monkey was called George! John very kindly donated the prize money and Monkey, sorry, George, back to Memory Fest and so we had to find someone else willing to give him a home (that’s George not John!). This we did before, the end of the night, and lucky George went home with Ruth who gave us a lovely donation for the pleasure.

The winning bid in the auction for the Wedding Video was one that we had received on line and we have been in touch with the lady who made that bid today to let her know that she has been successful. We are just waiting for her to confirm her full details and then we can make the necessary arrangements.

At the opening of the event we only had one victim, sorry, volunteer for the waxing however when we announced it was taking place, Claire and Claire ended up with a queue of people wanting to join in. Thanks to all those involved for being game and joining in.

Cathy, Lisa, Sammi and Carl worked brilliantly together looking after the raffle tickets, the Monkey card, and the silent auctions. We had Suhail, from Home Instead Senior Care, on the door taking your tickets or selling you some if you didn’t already have one. Bernie, of Sweeney’s Shutter fame was amazing taking photos all night and of course, Richard from BLG Video and Audio productions, who set up and operated three video cameras throughout the event. What a great team of people pulling together!

Thanks to sponsors, Home Instead Senior Care and Aon. Thanks to all of the individuals and companies that donated prizes for our raffle. Especially thanks to our wonderful audience who came along, dug deep in to their pockets and helped us to raise £1,494.53 so far (there are still some funds to come in that we haven’t included yet). We are truly grateful to everyone, thank you , thank you, thank you!

Today’s The Day!

1 May 2016

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After all the preparation and planning it has finally arrived, today is the day the first Memory Fest Gig will take place, raising funds and awareness through Classic Rock for Alzheimer Scotland and Dementia UK.

If you haven’t heard anything about this yet, where have you been since January?

Its taking place this evening between 7 pm and 11 pm at Club Bliss in Kirkintilloch, Scotland.

We have two bands playing live on stage, first of all The Amused Owls and then, headlining for us, R.is.E, both bands playing some brilliant Classic Rock tracks!

We have been knocked out with the prizes and auction items that have been donated, thanks to everyone for these. There will be some happy people going home after the event this evening.

Still looking for a couple of hairy men for the Waxing, if we don’t get any volunteers this evening (and our Claire’s team will be quite persuasive) then we will have to cancel this activity, which will be shame.

Remember doors will be open at 7 pm with The Amused Owls onstage at 7.30 pm so please don’t be late (I have seen their set list, you really don’t want to miss it).

If you can’t make it to the event tonight you can still make a donation on our Just Giving page, which allows you to choose which of the two charities your donation goes to. Thank you so much to the people that have already donated in this way, it is really appreciated.

Hopefully see you tonight for a great party!

Regards Cards & Gifts

28 April 2016

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A lovely, friendly shop on Merkland Drive in Kirkintilloch selling a range of greetings cards for different occasions, as well as gifts and wrapping paper!

This is just one of the many gifts that they have available, its a gorgeous reed scent diffuser and they have kindly donated it to us here at Memory Fest so that can include it in our raffle in a few days time.

Raffle tickets will be available during the early part of the evening with the draw being made, probably in two sessions between the Bands’ sets. We’ve been so lucky and have a lot of great prizes available.

Old Rocker?

25 April 2016

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Don’t worry, his words, not mine!

Who is he, some of you might be asking? Well his name is Andrew (or Andy) Tunnicliffe and he is currently the CEO of Aon Risk Solutions in the UK. By day he leads 1400 colleagues across 17 offices, but apart from that, Andy is a very keen and experienced musician. He has played bass for over 30 years and plays double bass and fretless bass too!

He is currently in an eight piece band playing jazz funk and soul hits as well as current chart hits (although previously has also played some classic rock and still loves it!). The band, The Velvet Underwriters, have played together for 10 years in the London area winning the prestigious Insurance Battle of the Bands in 2009.

More recently they were the headline act at the 2014 Mistletoe Ball, held at the Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane and played in front of a 2,500 crowd at the Yately Gig on the Green music festival in 2015.

Unfortunately, Andy is unable to attend our own Memory Fest ’16 so I was hoping he could perhaps donate a CD of their music that we could auction or raffle …. can you believe they haven’t actually produced one yet? I think that might have to be added to a to do list somewhere!

Still wanting to help, however, Andy has made a great offer to give someone a lesson for a couple of hours covering all bass techniques, including plectrum playing, pizzicato finger technique and slap bass. This will probably take place somewhere close to Glasgow the next time he is in the area (within the next few months) so the lucky winner will have to be a bit flexible.

Come on then, how much are you willing to offer for this opportunity? We will run the auction on the night, however if you are unable to attend and interested in having a lesson with the bass player from The Velvet Underwriters just get in touch with us and let us know what you would pay for the privilege. I’m told it could also be offered for a group of up to 4 people if this would be better for anyone.

This Time Next Week …

24 April 2016

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This time next week it will be all over, R.is.E will have just finished their second set, the winners of the silent auctions will have been announced, everyone will have their raffle prizes and there should be at least a couple of the males in the audience that are super smooooth (and I don’t mean with their chat up lines!). Hey, we will even know Monkey’s name and he will have a new home!

Those of you that are able will be able to party on into the early hours at Club Bliss, but the Memory Fest part of the evening will have wound up. The cameras will have stopped rolling and the bands will have packed away … until next year? Well, lets wait and see how successful it will have been. Wouldn’t it be great to see Memory Fest become an annual event on the calendar, raising awareness and funds through Classic Rock for Alzheimer Scotland and Dementia UK?

Remember if you are unable to make it next week, you can always leave a donation on our Just Giving page, if you are able. Every penny is appreciated.

Ghiloni’s Cafe

22 April 2016

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We so appreciate that these Raffle prizes keep coming in to Memory Fest ’16, helping us to raise awareness and funds through Classic Rock.

Established in Scotland for 114 years, Ghiloni’s is praised for the high quality of their food and drink and particularly on their excellent ice cream.

Well, with a £10 Gift Voucher from the Cafe, you will be able to sample it for yourself (if you win the raffle of course!).

You could try their new look cafe and treat yourself to one of their lovely, freshly prepared desserts, they have waffles (made on the premises), amazing home made ice cream and a selection of cakes, such as, hot chocolate fudge cake or caramel apple pie etc , all served with ice cream and fresh cream or hot yummy custard.

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