The Hall

Update 9th January 2004

See the previous year’s event.
Jam at The Swan
Find local bands and gigs indo at Josaka

Latest Info
Polishing up a few bits. If time will add more stuff.

Better Video?
Try this one or for download (3MB) or for broadband (100 kbps) try this one.

Also...
For more sights and sounds, see the individual band pages as well as the Photo page. More Photos, Video and Better Audio coming soon. CDs and/or videos on sale later.

Recordings
Recordings are in Windows Media

Most newish PCs have it already. Need not be latest version, but if you have problems, you could download a fresh one.

News Media
Many thanks to local TV, Radio and Newspapers for their support in spreading awareness of this event, whose audience increased by 50% compared to previous years, to about 700. Yes!

Background
This was 2003’s Charity Gig, continuing to help pay for the building extension and further disabled facilities in Arborfield’s
Village Hall.

Eleven live bands played (in rapid succession!) from Noon till very late on Arborfield recreation ground, behind The Bull public house
(in Arborfield, near Reading, Berkshire,UK). Click here for an on-line map

Organized by Dave Woodwards (of The Swan) and Helen Reed-McGregor (Chair of the Hall Committee and Parish Council).

Only possible thanks to our community- minded Sponsors.

Come back soon to review the day thanks to photos as well as streaming audio and video !

Site Credits
Website designed and supported by David Esp

Videos courtesey of Gary Cowan and another cameraman (sorry, don’t know your name!) not to mention Steve Burkwood who capturted them all to CD (using DivX & mp3). Video processing is by Dave Esp.

Sound recordings thanks to Norman Wootten (Minidisc) and David Esp (mixing & processing). Shame about the cheap mic.! Better quality is to come from the videos - check back later.

Rock On The Rec 2003 is being organized to raise further funding for improved facilities in the local village hall. Though the extension is built, it still needs to be paid for and yet more facilities are needed...




Thanks to previous years’ efforts, there are now disabled access and toilet facilities, a doctor’s surgery and waiting room as well as a parish office open to the general public. Previously, a visiting doctor had to operate out of a tiny room next to the stage in the village hall, not much bigger than a broom cupboard. Thanks to the extension, the doctor can be present 5 days a week and has much improved facilities including a proper sink and waiting room.


	No, that’s not subsidence...

The village hall management committee has raised more than £30,000 over the last four years plus further developer funding money from the Ministry of Defense.


	The Village Hall is owned by every resident of Arborfield, relying on

dedicated volunteers, charity funding and rental fees for its upkeep. “Most of the local tradesmen have worked on it over the years at cost or for no fee. It is very well used by the villagers for both practical and fun purposes. Helen Reed-McGregor, the main organizer of Rock On The Rec, is a key member of Arborfield’s Village Hall Management Committee. She explained “It really is a village hall in the true sense of the word because everyone in the village uses it.”.

Seventy years ago, residents purchased a brick each, while local architects and builders turned it into a reality. From the beginning, the Hall’s design allowed for an extension to be added at a future date. Seventy years on, it at last looks like it’s going to happen.


	Regular events include Band Practice, WI, Over 60’s, Gardening Club, Doctor’s Surgery, Brownies, Karate, Charity Jumble Sales, Public Meetings, Voting, Line Dancing, Ballroom Dancing, Slimming World, Dog Training classes, Health & Nutrition classes, Theme nNghts, Weddings, Birthday Parties, Private Functions, Anniversaries, Youth Activities, Annual Pantomime


	(c) Authors David Lenaghan & David Esp, 3 June 2003]

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Somehow we ended up with 12 sets...