Friday evening saw the end of term awards for the Frome FM community radio project and all the band attended. Phil Moakes handed out awards in various categories for the shows and we were proud to win one for the most downloaded spot. The prize was a 1972 NME annual purchased by Phil from e-bay and Paul would not let it out of his clutches for the rest of the night (i think he liked the photos of Robert Plant and Rod Stewart). Other vintage annuals (no, not Over Fifties magazine) were given for best interview show etc along with Phil's powerpoint display of "skin of our teeth" broadcasting.
It is planned to revive the station, funding permitting, in time for the Frome Extravaganza later in the year and hopefully we will be involved again. Thanks to everyone who listened to us, friends who dropped by and all the organisers at the station. Most of the work from the bands point of view was done by Paul, Andy and Ivan who hosted all the shows with Chris and myself turning up when we could.
As the crowd thinned out the red carpet was rolled away and we were last at the bar, as usual, so we headed for the bright lights of the town and made it as far as the Blue Boar - twenty yards away. Here we were incredibly lucky to witness some fantastic karaoke performances up to the standard of early rounds of the x-factor. Except for my wife Gill who was in fact superb!
Looking forward to next time.
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