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Background
This was 2005’s Charity Gig, on Saturday 18 June, once again in aid of DreamFlight as well as continuing to help pay for the building extension and further disabled facilities in Arborfield’s
 
Village Hall.

Eleven live rock bands, interspersed by an acoustic act,  played (in rapid succession!) from Noon to midnight 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.

Recordings
All recordings are in Windows Media

Most newish PCs have it already.  Also available for Mac and handheld PCs etc. Need not be the latest version, but if you have problems, you could
download a fresh one.

News Media
Thanks also to the Wokingham Times, Reading Chronicle, 2-Ten FM, Reading 107, Star FM, BBC Berkshire, Festival Eye, eFestivals and Josaka for listing the event.

Site Credits
Website designed and supported by Dave Esp

Videos shot by Julie Morgan and Dave Esp, edited and processed by Dave Esp.

New 2005 Pics & Videos
 Have Been Added!

Arborfield’s Rock in the Rec
Eleven Great Rock Bands
from noon to midnight.

hot, hot, hot ! ...

The daytime experience (2003)

Rock Music:
Pop, heavy, classic, soul and contemporary !

Tickets:
£8.00 advance ticket, £10.00 on the day (no late discount), children under 14 Free

 

 

2005 Videos

Phone

Broad

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

packed !

Ay-Yi-Yah - Big Monkey-Man !

Also: Bar, BBQ, Playarea, Barfly, “Swordfights”, B. Castle, Alternative Therapy, Standing Stones.

When & Where:
Sat 18 June 2005.  Recreation ground (“Rec”) behind The Bull public house (multimap.com, RG2 9QD) at Arborfield Cross near Wokingham, Berkshire.

2005’s Revised Line-up (not in order):

Huw Lloyd-Langton (ex-Hawkwind) ... Adversity ... Black Friday (contemporary) ... Candy Holicks .... Chain Gang (soul) .... Deja (mixed) .... Ironheart (heavy) .... Oh No (covers) .... Off the Record (Lizzie, P.Floyd) .... The Pies (classic) .... Pot Luck (mixed).

Some of This Year’s (2005) Videos for you to
Play (Stream) and Download

Left-click to stream i.e. to play immediately or right-click to download. LoFi is for streaming via phoneline modems (at 24kbps). HiFi is for streaming via broadband (at 330kbps).  File sizes: LoFi is about 600KB, HiFi is about 7MB (20 mins by modem, 2 mins by broadband). In case of problems you may need to update your Windows Media Player.

Band

Title

 

LoFi

HiFi

Candyholics

Medley

 

Lo

Hi

Adversity

 

 

 

 

Deja

Forgotten Heroes

 

Lo

Hi

Oh-No’s (Martin etc.)

 

 

 

 

???

(Highly Soulful number)

 

Lo

Hi

IronHeart

NEW: It’s Over (-exposed...)

 

Lo

Hi

Huw Lloyd-Langton

NEW: Waiting for Tomorrow

 

Lo

Hi

Chain Gang

 

 

 

 

Pot Luck

Sweet Child of Mine

 

Lo

Hi

(who ate all) The Pies

NEW: Won’t Back Down

 

Lo

Hi

Off the Record

NEW: Pink Floyd

 

Lo

Hi

 

+ More videos on last year’s website

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