Appearances - 2026
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01/08/2026 Bilford Court Bash
Hi all, Many thanks to the Magnificent Seven…teen Wuccies who came along to play at Bilford Court’s Barbecue and Garden Party on Saturday 1st August. The Sun shone down on us, perhaps a little too strongly, meaning that many of the guests couldn’t stay out for too long. No matter! I’m told we could be heard inside, and there were plenty of Sun-lovers who did stay outside to tap their feet and sing along. We even spent the last half hour delivering a musical history lesson to two school-aged members of the audience. You can see them on the photo, paying rapt attention!
The event was organised to raise money to subsidise Bilford Court’s Christmas Dinner. However, that didn’t stop them from giving us a gig fee of £75.00 plus a brilliant collection of £109.73. Many thanks to Wuccy Dennis and his team for organising the event and for inviting us along to play. Thanks, also, to the people there for their generosity. Cheers Trevor
The event was organised to raise money to subsidise Bilford Court’s Christmas Dinner. However, that didn’t stop them from giving us a gig fee of £75.00 plus a brilliant collection of £109.73. Many thanks to Wuccy Dennis and his team for organising the event and for inviting us along to play. Thanks, also, to the people there for their generosity. Cheers Trevor
01/08/2026 Cradley Royal British Legion
Hi all. We had a really enjoyable gig at Cradley Royal British Legion last night. The band played splendidly to a full house of engaged and enthusiastic Cradley folk. Trev played his whistle, John plucked his bass, kazoos were sounded, and everyone sang and strummed to maximum effect. The photo shows us all giving it our all (note all the open mouths, synchronised perfectly on a particular vowel....I have no idea which song this was but the photo is truly representative...no AI manipulation, I promise!). It was great to see Paul W again. He was revisiting his old domicile near Cradley and told us (if I've got this right) that Black Sabbath had also played at the Cradley venue. It might become as famous as the Cavern Club...Black Sabbath, Worcester Ukulele Club..the famous names trip off the tongue, don't they?
As well as our gig fee of £75, our bucket collection yielded £116.87 with a QR payment of £10, so a further £201.87 to WPCSG. A massive "well done" and "thank you" to everyone. Allan.
As well as our gig fee of £75, our bucket collection yielded £116.87 with a QR payment of £10, so a further £201.87 to WPCSG. A massive "well done" and "thank you" to everyone. Allan.
25/07/2026 Grimley Camp House Inn
Hi all. How we got involved with this event is a little complicated, so here is Steve, the organiser explaining!
"I’m a union rep for the CWU, representing postal workers across Worcestershire – which is how I came to know Alison and Paul of WPCSG. A group of our colleagues have recently completed a charity walk in support of the British Heart Foundation, a charity also supported by Royal Mail. To celebrate their achievement, we are holding a charity event on Saturday 25th July 2026 at The Camp Inn, Grimley, Worcester. We would love to have you play at the event. We’ve watched videos of the band and feel your style would be a perfect fit for the atmosphere we’re hoping to create. We will also be putting out collection boxes for the Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Support Group and making a donation to charity as part of the event".
We made these arrangements at quite short notice but when Steve informed us that there might be 100 people for the event, we put out a shout for a big band and got a fantastic response from the WUCCY giggers. 18 of us turned out to what is the very pleasant venue of the Camp House Inn at Grimley. I thought that we sounded absolutely terrific though I'm not sure what the poor swallow that might have been trying to nest in our playing area made of it! At times, we were joined by a young lady who sang songs that she had learned from her parents...well perhaps no surprise there! As I said, the band was superb. Despite the large size of the band, the splendid singing was really tight. The delicious cake of the performance was underpinned by John Hi in the bass dept and John He provided the icing with the instrumentals. Steve, the organiser, was delighted with us. He told me that he thought we were wonderful and that we exceeded his expectations.
At this point, I must apologise for 2 things. First, the number of notifications and songlists that I put out which confused some band members. Lesson learned, do it the KISS way!
Second, a completely incorrect count-in to "All my lovin". Fortunately, the calibre of the band was such that it was able to get back on track after the first line. John and George may have turned in their graves and Paul and Ringo cast their eyes heavenwards but the audience didn't boo or throw dangerous objects at us. They may even have clapped though I can't swear to this!
And now a special mention. John M and Linda had played for Malvern Uke Club in the morning, played for us at Grimley and rounded off their day by playing again for WUCCY at Broadwas. Above and beyond I call this but greatly appreciated!
Finally, as we said our goodbyes, Steve told us that there was between £150 and £200 in the collection buckets for WPCSG. They are going to continue collecting into the evening as there will be quizzes and games so we won't know exactly what our contribution will be but it will be significant. Next week he will let us know the total raised for WPCSG from the day's events.
Thanks again to everyone for a terrific effort. Allan.
"I’m a union rep for the CWU, representing postal workers across Worcestershire – which is how I came to know Alison and Paul of WPCSG. A group of our colleagues have recently completed a charity walk in support of the British Heart Foundation, a charity also supported by Royal Mail. To celebrate their achievement, we are holding a charity event on Saturday 25th July 2026 at The Camp Inn, Grimley, Worcester. We would love to have you play at the event. We’ve watched videos of the band and feel your style would be a perfect fit for the atmosphere we’re hoping to create. We will also be putting out collection boxes for the Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Support Group and making a donation to charity as part of the event".
We made these arrangements at quite short notice but when Steve informed us that there might be 100 people for the event, we put out a shout for a big band and got a fantastic response from the WUCCY giggers. 18 of us turned out to what is the very pleasant venue of the Camp House Inn at Grimley. I thought that we sounded absolutely terrific though I'm not sure what the poor swallow that might have been trying to nest in our playing area made of it! At times, we were joined by a young lady who sang songs that she had learned from her parents...well perhaps no surprise there! As I said, the band was superb. Despite the large size of the band, the splendid singing was really tight. The delicious cake of the performance was underpinned by John Hi in the bass dept and John He provided the icing with the instrumentals. Steve, the organiser, was delighted with us. He told me that he thought we were wonderful and that we exceeded his expectations.
At this point, I must apologise for 2 things. First, the number of notifications and songlists that I put out which confused some band members. Lesson learned, do it the KISS way!
Second, a completely incorrect count-in to "All my lovin". Fortunately, the calibre of the band was such that it was able to get back on track after the first line. John and George may have turned in their graves and Paul and Ringo cast their eyes heavenwards but the audience didn't boo or throw dangerous objects at us. They may even have clapped though I can't swear to this!
And now a special mention. John M and Linda had played for Malvern Uke Club in the morning, played for us at Grimley and rounded off their day by playing again for WUCCY at Broadwas. Above and beyond I call this but greatly appreciated!
Finally, as we said our goodbyes, Steve told us that there was between £150 and £200 in the collection buckets for WPCSG. They are going to continue collecting into the evening as there will be quizzes and games so we won't know exactly what our contribution will be but it will be significant. Next week he will let us know the total raised for WPCSG from the day's events.
Thanks again to everyone for a terrific effort. Allan.
18/07/2026 Broadwas Village Hall
Hi all,
Thankfully, our SATNAVs knew the difference between Broadway and Broadwas, so all fourteen of us Wuccies arrived in the right place at the right time for what turned out to be a lovely evening of music and socialising. We played two sets of 45 minutes, with a refreshment break in between. There was lots of singing along from the audience, and two plucky souls even came to join us in a ‘ukularaoke’ (a blend of ukulele and karaoke), giving it their all on the mike! Well done to them both! (An extra ‘well done’, perhaps, to the gentleman who, having misheard, stepped up to sing ‘I’m A Believer’ only to find himself singing ‘Daydream Believer’! . He carried it off like a real trouper. )
We had been booked for the event by Wuccy John T, who, along with Neville H, joined us for their first ever gig. I think they may have caught the bug and that we will be seeing them on future gigs! I hope so!
There will be a £75.00 gig fee wending it’s way to our bank account shortly, and - arguably - the award for ‘Performance of the Evening’ should go to the young lad who went round the audience with one of our collecting buckets and did a cracking job!. I paid a further £147.95 into the account last night.
Many thanks to the Broadwas Village Hall Committee for inviting us along. Many thanks to a lovely appreciative, participative and generous audience. Finally, of course, many thanks to the Wuccies who played and sang so well.
Trevor
P.S. The evening finished on a high! It got cold, and our bodies had to relearn the forgotten skill of shivering! It was lovely! 🥶
Thankfully, our SATNAVs knew the difference between Broadway and Broadwas, so all fourteen of us Wuccies arrived in the right place at the right time for what turned out to be a lovely evening of music and socialising. We played two sets of 45 minutes, with a refreshment break in between. There was lots of singing along from the audience, and two plucky souls even came to join us in a ‘ukularaoke’ (a blend of ukulele and karaoke), giving it their all on the mike! Well done to them both! (An extra ‘well done’, perhaps, to the gentleman who, having misheard, stepped up to sing ‘I’m A Believer’ only to find himself singing ‘Daydream Believer’! . He carried it off like a real trouper. )
We had been booked for the event by Wuccy John T, who, along with Neville H, joined us for their first ever gig. I think they may have caught the bug and that we will be seeing them on future gigs! I hope so!
There will be a £75.00 gig fee wending it’s way to our bank account shortly, and - arguably - the award for ‘Performance of the Evening’ should go to the young lad who went round the audience with one of our collecting buckets and did a cracking job!. I paid a further £147.95 into the account last night.
Many thanks to the Broadwas Village Hall Committee for inviting us along. Many thanks to a lovely appreciative, participative and generous audience. Finally, of course, many thanks to the Wuccies who played and sang so well.
Trevor
P.S. The evening finished on a high! It got cold, and our bodies had to relearn the forgotten skill of shivering! It was lovely! 🥶
21/07/2026 Worcester Wheels
Many thanks to the band who played for Worcester Wheels today. This is a charity that provides transport for folks who can't get out and about and may become isolated as a consequence. The audience put on a colourful display as they were given streamers on sticks to wave about in time to the music and they did this with great enthusiasm. The venue was very hot and so were we (of course!) so we were able to recover while a raffle was conducted half way through. Shake raffle and roll was suggested as background music by one of the band....could it possibly have been Trevor? Sadly, yours truly failed to get a photo taken but maybe that was a good thing as we probably looked beetroot red in the heat! We were given a gig fee of £50 but a bucket collection produced another £79.49 giving a total of £129.49 for WPCSG. Well done the band and thanks again for appearing at quite short notice!
Trevor
Trevor
18/07/2026 Two In One Club Perdiswell Worcester (again!)
Hi Everyone
This charming looking group of players supported the Perdiswell Young People’s Leisure Club Bingo event last night. The event was held to raise funds for themselves to make sure this great enterprise continues and thrives. We were the ‘meat’ (veggie alternatives available) in the sandwich of two Bingo sessions. Happily there was no energy loss post bingo and the audience joined in with gusto on the mostly uptempo songs plus dancing as well. I was pleased to introduce our 'guest star' John M to the audience. He confidently sang ‘Beautiful Noise’ as if to the manner born. Thanks John.
Our charity was well received by the audience when mentioned but we did turn down a decent fee offered by centre leader Phil so all funds raised would go to the centre. He did however say that he would offer the venue for free to WPCSG for their next event there. This is worth about £100 to them so a pleasing reward for our efforts. Well done everyone who took part.
Regards
John
This charming looking group of players supported the Perdiswell Young People’s Leisure Club Bingo event last night. The event was held to raise funds for themselves to make sure this great enterprise continues and thrives. We were the ‘meat’ (veggie alternatives available) in the sandwich of two Bingo sessions. Happily there was no energy loss post bingo and the audience joined in with gusto on the mostly uptempo songs plus dancing as well. I was pleased to introduce our 'guest star' John M to the audience. He confidently sang ‘Beautiful Noise’ as if to the manner born. Thanks John.
Our charity was well received by the audience when mentioned but we did turn down a decent fee offered by centre leader Phil so all funds raised would go to the centre. He did however say that he would offer the venue for free to WPCSG for their next event there. This is worth about £100 to them so a pleasing reward for our efforts. Well done everyone who took part.
Regards
John
18/07/2026 Malvern Farmers Market
Hi All,
Immense thanks to the 13 Wuccies who played at the Malvern Farmers’ Market this morning. Although we were a Baker’s Dozen in number, we were more of a ‘Baked Dozen’ in nature as a result of the relentless Summer Sun. We were very much like a band on tour, as we moved from spot to spot in search of shade! . However, it was well worth the sweat trickling down our backs, as – with the much-needed help of some very enthusiastic and talented junior percussion players – we put on a good performance, which raised £176.46 in cash and one donation of £5 via the QR code, giving a total of £181.46 for WPCSG.
Well done everybody. A sterling effort… and time, now, for a cold rest and a good beer!
Many thanks to Peter G for the photo… and apologies to Hilary, who was out and about working the crowd and rattling the bucket when the photo was taken.
Many thanks, also, to Becky at the Farmers’ Market (copied in to this email) for asking us along to play and, of course, to the market-goers who gave so generously..
Cheers
Trevor
Immense thanks to the 13 Wuccies who played at the Malvern Farmers’ Market this morning. Although we were a Baker’s Dozen in number, we were more of a ‘Baked Dozen’ in nature as a result of the relentless Summer Sun. We were very much like a band on tour, as we moved from spot to spot in search of shade! . However, it was well worth the sweat trickling down our backs, as – with the much-needed help of some very enthusiastic and talented junior percussion players – we put on a good performance, which raised £176.46 in cash and one donation of £5 via the QR code, giving a total of £181.46 for WPCSG.
Well done everybody. A sterling effort… and time, now, for a cold rest and a good beer!
Many thanks to Peter G for the photo… and apologies to Hilary, who was out and about working the crowd and rattling the bucket when the photo was taken.
Many thanks, also, to Becky at the Farmers’ Market (copied in to this email) for asking us along to play and, of course, to the market-goers who gave so generously..
Cheers
Trevor
18/07/2026 Two In One Club Perdiswell Worcester
Morning Everyone
Chaos! This was how one of the assembled troupe below described the previous hour after playing almost all high energy songs to our high energy audience at the 2in1 Club with not a classic in sight. They take our percussion and use it throughout, they get up and dance and they sing a lot. The chaos, I suppose, is linked to the above plus the banter with the audience, the input of Helen who leads the 2in1 and the lighting which creates a great atmosphere whilst making us look weird (weirder?) and making it difficult to see the music! This flexible and resilient bunch also debuted ‘Wonderwall’ which we doubted doing after the result the night before. However the audience said “Yes”, and we did it well.
For our charity each gig brings £100 and extends the good relationship built over time. Well done again all the players from Thursday. We will have to listen carefully for the flapping of butterfly wings before the next one!!
Regards
John
Chaos! This was how one of the assembled troupe below described the previous hour after playing almost all high energy songs to our high energy audience at the 2in1 Club with not a classic in sight. They take our percussion and use it throughout, they get up and dance and they sing a lot. The chaos, I suppose, is linked to the above plus the banter with the audience, the input of Helen who leads the 2in1 and the lighting which creates a great atmosphere whilst making us look weird (weirder?) and making it difficult to see the music! This flexible and resilient bunch also debuted ‘Wonderwall’ which we doubted doing after the result the night before. However the audience said “Yes”, and we did it well.
For our charity each gig brings £100 and extends the good relationship built over time. Well done again all the players from Thursday. We will have to listen carefully for the flapping of butterfly wings before the next one!!
Regards
John
15/07/2026 Henwick Grange
Many thanks to the band who played so well at the Henwick Grange Care home today. As the photo shows, we were given a nice shady spot in the garden! The residents, many of whom had severe mobility problems, joined in enthusiastically with percussion and we were rewarded with lots of happy faces.
The band had assembled at possibly record short notice as the gig was only arranged a week ago....so well done and thanks to everyone, especially Steve C. who diffidently volunteered to play bass and did a grand job! This was our first time at Henwick Grange and we hope to be back there again in the future. We received a gig fee of £75 for WPCSG. Allan.
The band had assembled at possibly record short notice as the gig was only arranged a week ago....so well done and thanks to everyone, especially Steve C. who diffidently volunteered to play bass and did a grand job! This was our first time at Henwick Grange and we hope to be back there again in the future. We received a gig fee of £75 for WPCSG. Allan.
08/07/2026 Malvern Sight Loss Club
Many thanks to the hot (in every sense of the word) band who played for the Malvern Sight Loss Club this afternoon. The audience numbers were down due to the heat but those that came enjoyed the great show that the band produced....excellent singing and playing. We received numerous compliments, a gig fee of £75 and a bucket collection of £46.50, giving a total of £121.50 for WPCSG. Thanks again to all. Allan.
02/07/2026 Perdiswell Mature Club
Hi Everyone
Well, I am writing to thank the splendid-looking bunch below for their smiley support of WUC and our charity at Perdiswell this afternoon. We played a lot of audience-pleasing songs, including 'The Last Time', which, as some said, was the first time! Never mind, flexible and resilient, as we used to say in days of Zoom, was the praiseworthy response. Well played I say! The audience was lively and appreciative throughout. Our playing and singing was tight and the banter wicked. Good to see Linda stepping forth with us as well. Our reward was the £75 gig fee, a very pleasing £62.37 in the bucket and a request to arrange next year’s gigs soon!!
Regards John
Well, I am writing to thank the splendid-looking bunch below for their smiley support of WUC and our charity at Perdiswell this afternoon. We played a lot of audience-pleasing songs, including 'The Last Time', which, as some said, was the first time! Never mind, flexible and resilient, as we used to say in days of Zoom, was the praiseworthy response. Well played I say! The audience was lively and appreciative throughout. Our playing and singing was tight and the banter wicked. Good to see Linda stepping forth with us as well. Our reward was the £75 gig fee, a very pleasing £62.37 in the bucket and a request to arrange next year’s gigs soon!!
Regards John
27/06/2026 Upton Jazz Festival
Hi Everyone
Well, what a jolly time the terrific 21 had in Upton this afternoon, pretending to be a jazz band! However, the fact that we got dancers and committee members (jazz that is) singing our praises and welcoming us to the jazz world seems enough to label our gig as ‘crackin’! They upped the fee to £80 and there was £50.65 collected (brilliant bucket work Richard Leach) The photos etc, were taken by Richard in the street while we had sensibly put ourselves in some shade. The bin wasn’t a comment on our performance by the way. Well done all the players, you were rebooked!
Regards John
Well, what a jolly time the terrific 21 had in Upton this afternoon, pretending to be a jazz band! However, the fact that we got dancers and committee members (jazz that is) singing our praises and welcoming us to the jazz world seems enough to label our gig as ‘crackin’! They upped the fee to £80 and there was £50.65 collected (brilliant bucket work Richard Leach) The photos etc, were taken by Richard in the street while we had sensibly put ourselves in some shade. The bin wasn’t a comment on our performance by the way. Well done all the players, you were rebooked!
Regards John
21/06/2026 Latimer Court Worcester
Hi all, We were invited to go to play for the residents of Latimer Court Care Home on Sunday 21st June, and we were more than happy to accept. The plan was for us to play outside… unless the weather decided otherwise! It transpired that the weather did affect where we played after all, but not for the (rainy) reason we had expected. With it being far too hot for the residents to sit outside in the garden, we set up on a covered patio and played to a split audience. There was a group of residents sitting in an air-conditioned room just the other side of the (open) patio doors, and a second group around 25 metres away on a similar covered patio on the other side of the garden,
We played for 90 minutes, performing 26 songs, with lots of help on vocals and percussion from both parts of the audience. It was hard work in the heat and humidity, but well worth the effort as everyone - including us - seemed to have had a good time. The gig fee of £90 will soon be on its way to the Club’s charity.
Masses of thanks to the 12 Wuccies who played and sang so well, 11 of whom are in the photo. Apologies to Joan M, who didn’t quite make it into the frame - although you can just see her right wrist!
Cheers Trevor
We played for 90 minutes, performing 26 songs, with lots of help on vocals and percussion from both parts of the audience. It was hard work in the heat and humidity, but well worth the effort as everyone - including us - seemed to have had a good time. The gig fee of £90 will soon be on its way to the Club’s charity.
Masses of thanks to the 12 Wuccies who played and sang so well, 11 of whom are in the photo. Apologies to Joan M, who didn’t quite make it into the frame - although you can just see her right wrist!
Cheers Trevor
18/06/2026 Two In One Club Perdiswell Worcester
Huge thanks to everyone who played at this month’s gig for the Two-in-One Club.
We had the usual wonderful madness, mayhem, sing-alongs, and dancing from the "Two-in-Oners." I took a few risks with the setlist this time; most of the adventurous choices went down great, though one was definitely a "learner" (some might call it a failure, but as the saying goes: Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try).
I’ve attached a photo of the lucky 12 who shared the stage for this one. Looking forward to more madness and mayhem next month!
Colin
We had the usual wonderful madness, mayhem, sing-alongs, and dancing from the "Two-in-Oners." I took a few risks with the setlist this time; most of the adventurous choices went down great, though one was definitely a "learner" (some might call it a failure, but as the saying goes: Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try).
I’ve attached a photo of the lucky 12 who shared the stage for this one. Looking forward to more madness and mayhem next month!
Colin
17/06/2026 Worcester Rugby Club Dementia Cafe
A HUGE thank you to all the Wuccies who stepped up at the last moment to play today at the Dementia Cafe Gig, We were playing behind the west stand of Worcester Warriors Club pitch.
We had a couple dancing even before we started playing but I later found out that it was to keep Maive from seizing up. Maive, aka Mum was 80 last week and her husband John was 80 today so, after the break, we sang Happy Birthday to both of them with everyone joining in.
We played a spirited set and stopped half way through for a cup of coffee and a piece of home made cake. There was an amazing selection cakes made by several of the ladies who help or bring family members to the club.
A huge surprise to both of them was when Trevor's grand daughter walked in. She was part of a school initiative to enable young people to experience help in the community.
We played on until about 12:10, it should have finished at 12:00 but nobody showed signs of leaving. We finished with Sweet Caroline which is always a good parting number as everyone knows the chorus and sings along.
A shout out to Steve who took the photos, thank you Steve and thank you all once again for making a terrific band, it sounded great.
John
We had a couple dancing even before we started playing but I later found out that it was to keep Maive from seizing up. Maive, aka Mum was 80 last week and her husband John was 80 today so, after the break, we sang Happy Birthday to both of them with everyone joining in.
We played a spirited set and stopped half way through for a cup of coffee and a piece of home made cake. There was an amazing selection cakes made by several of the ladies who help or bring family members to the club.
A huge surprise to both of them was when Trevor's grand daughter walked in. She was part of a school initiative to enable young people to experience help in the community.
We played on until about 12:10, it should have finished at 12:00 but nobody showed signs of leaving. We finished with Sweet Caroline which is always a good parting number as everyone knows the chorus and sings along.
A shout out to Steve who took the photos, thank you Steve and thank you all once again for making a terrific band, it sounded great.
John
16/06/2026 St Stephen's Care Home
Hi all, The residents of St Stephen's Care Home in Worcester were celebrating Royal Ascot, and, naturally, they invited us along to play for them on Ladies' Day. So it was that, on Tuesday 16th June, we came under starter's orders, all lined up and ready for the off. There were some resplendent hats on show among the residents and among the Wuccies, but the prize for the best-turned-out filly had to go to our own Jo B. (see photos).
The starter duly dropped his flag and we were off to a flying gallop, with lots of joining-in, percussion and dancing from the residents. In honour of the Royal Ascot theme, we included two 'new' songs to our list: The Camptown Races and... Delaney's Donkey! (Both songs finished the course without recourse to a Stewards' Enquiry needed! In fact, they went down well!)
We played for an hour, going off-script just once to sing 'Happy Birthday' to Pamela, who was celebrating her 96th birthday. There were many expressions of appreciation at the end. One lady told us that she looks forward to our visit as we always bring lots of joy with us!
Many thanks to Mary and Kate at St Stephen's for inviting us along to play, and many thanks to all the Wuccies who helped make the afternoon such fun.
Cheers Trevor
The starter duly dropped his flag and we were off to a flying gallop, with lots of joining-in, percussion and dancing from the residents. In honour of the Royal Ascot theme, we included two 'new' songs to our list: The Camptown Races and... Delaney's Donkey! (Both songs finished the course without recourse to a Stewards' Enquiry needed! In fact, they went down well!)
We played for an hour, going off-script just once to sing 'Happy Birthday' to Pamela, who was celebrating her 96th birthday. There were many expressions of appreciation at the end. One lady told us that she looks forward to our visit as we always bring lots of joy with us!
Many thanks to Mary and Kate at St Stephen's for inviting us along to play, and many thanks to all the Wuccies who helped make the afternoon such fun.
Cheers Trevor
13/06/2026 Crookbarrow View Worcester
The residents of Crookbarrow View were running a fund-raiser for St Richard’s Hospice this afternoon, with all the usual elements, such as tea & cakes, a Tombola stall and a ‘Name the Duck’ competition. Naturally, they wanted entertainment… so naturally, they invited WUC along to play. We were very happy to oblige. As it was a fund-raiser for St Richards - a charity we have supported ourselves in the past - we said we would do it for free. And thus it came to pass that 15 wonderful Wuccies turned up and sang to a very receptive and appreciative crowd for just over an hour. There was lots of foot-tapping and joining in from the audience, and lots of plaudits at the end from people saying how much they’d enjoyed it. I’m sure we Wuccies enjoyed it as well, so many, many thanks and congratulations to everyone who helped to make the gig so successful and such fun. As a pundit at a World Cup game might say, “We done good!” And Hazel, the organiser (and one-time Wuccie herself) insisted on making a donation of £20.00 from the takings to WPCSG!
Cheers Trevor
Cheers Trevor
Hi all,
I’ve just heard from Hazel at Crookbarrow View that their fund-raiser on Saturday brought in £365.00 for St Richards Hospice. Many congratulations to Hazel and the team on a splendid result. They have sent their thanks to all the Wuccies who played and sang so well and contributed so much to the success of the afternoon.
Cheers Trevor
I’ve just heard from Hazel at Crookbarrow View that their fund-raiser on Saturday brought in £365.00 for St Richards Hospice. Many congratulations to Hazel and the team on a splendid result. They have sent their thanks to all the Wuccies who played and sang so well and contributed so much to the success of the afternoon.
Cheers Trevor
11/06/2026 The Lawns Kempsey
Many thanks to the band who sang and played with spirit at the Lawns Nursing Home on Thursday 11th June. We were blessed with a thoroughly enthusiastic audience who sang, rattled and clapped along with us. The echoes in "Dedicated Follower" and "Things" were specially good. The hosts requested a group photoshoot! At the end we had numerous compliments including "the best musical entertainment they had". So, a very enjoyable gig and a very happy audience. Thank you to the Lawns for the £75 gig fee to WPCSG. Oh yes, and they want us back on the 29th October. Allan.
03/06/2026 Pershore Volunteers Lunch Club
Hi Everyone
“Very entertaining” and “lovely to hear” are the two audience comments that really matter, and following the recent trend for brevity in reports about club events, pretty close to all I want to say. The photos below will id the great group that supported WUC and WPCSG today in Pershore. There are two because some thought they looked better from the left whilst others the opposite! Vanity eh! Big thanks to Phil for filling big bass shoes and both John Ma and Brian for leading songs so well. I have just banked £143.35 (£75 fee and £68.35 dog water bowl!). Dog water bowl I hear you howl! Ask Jean.
Regards John
“Very entertaining” and “lovely to hear” are the two audience comments that really matter, and following the recent trend for brevity in reports about club events, pretty close to all I want to say. The photos below will id the great group that supported WUC and WPCSG today in Pershore. There are two because some thought they looked better from the left whilst others the opposite! Vanity eh! Big thanks to Phil for filling big bass shoes and both John Ma and Brian for leading songs so well. I have just banked £143.35 (£75 fee and £68.35 dog water bowl!). Dog water bowl I hear you howl! Ask Jean.
Regards John
28/05/2026 Worcester Buskathon
HI all,
With a heatwave week, in which we sweated and grunted in temperatures of up to 34 degrees C, I bet I wasn't the only one to feel a little apprehensive about the thought of standing out in Worcester High Street, singing and playing for four-and-a-half hours on Saturday 30th May! However, the weather gods really smiled on us, and, on the day, we had lovely sunshine and a comparatively cool 25 degrees. Perfect!
The morning shift kicked off at 10:30 - although the money started dropping in the buckets at around 10:15. We were soon into our stride, and a lot of passers-by became standers-by as they stopped and joined the audience. To mis-quote the Welsh poet, W.H.Davies, "What is this Life? What are we missin' if we have no time to stand and listen?' There was lots of joining in, lots of junior percussion, some nifty dancing and the constant sound of coins landing in buckets. One particular highlight was when we were joined by a group of men, all similarly dressed, but each wearing a silly hat and a pair of comic spectacles that even Elton John and Dame Edna Everage would have found a bit beyond the pale. Several of them took up the maracas and joined us in a rousing rendition of 'Da Doo Ron Ron', while another pair of them borrowed a bucket and went round the rest of the group, possibly demanding money with menaces! We found out just as they were disappearing down the High Street, leaving a doting audience wanting more, that they were a touring rugby team from Wales. Had we only known earlier, we could have made a right killing with Delilah!
The morning flew past, and it was soon 12:45, when the morning shift signed off and the afternoon shift signed on, kicking off the second half at 1:00. Things carried on as before. Lots of people stopped to listen, to join in and to dance. The dancing was especially good, with one lady in particular putting on a display that would have earned a perfect 10 in any episode of Strictly Come Dancing. At times, the High Street resembled the floor of the Mecca Ballroom on a 1960's Saturday evening! Then there was the very young lady/toddler, who tried just about every tambourine and maraca we had, before trying her hand at sound engineering... and twiddling all the knobs on the club amp! Well, twiddling is what knobs are made for! The pm highlight was when we were joined by a hen party. They were out to celebrate the forthcoming wedding of bride-to-be, Charlie... and they were up for a good time. Charlie had with her a blow-up effigy of her intended, and, for probably the first time ever on Worcester High Street, we were all treated to the sight of a life-sized inflatable doll playing a borrowed ukulele! The rest of the party gave us a brilliant dance whilst shaking our maracas. (NOT a euphemism!) And all the while, the coins kept falling!
The Buskathon came to an end at just after 3:00, when we finished with Upside Down - but still the right way up! Then, after getting home, the cash-count started. Almost 3 hours later, it ended and the exciting news was that, including on-line donations via QR codes, we had collected the amazing sum of £1189.61 - a brilliant result.
Huge and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who contributed in any way whatsoever to the success and enjoyment of the day. It was great to see Rich, Alison and Paul from WPCSG there, supporting us supporting them. Huge thanks to Worcester City Council for allowing us to busk and collect. But, above all, thanks to the wonderful people of Worcester for their great generosity.
Cheers
Trevor
With a heatwave week, in which we sweated and grunted in temperatures of up to 34 degrees C, I bet I wasn't the only one to feel a little apprehensive about the thought of standing out in Worcester High Street, singing and playing for four-and-a-half hours on Saturday 30th May! However, the weather gods really smiled on us, and, on the day, we had lovely sunshine and a comparatively cool 25 degrees. Perfect!
The morning shift kicked off at 10:30 - although the money started dropping in the buckets at around 10:15. We were soon into our stride, and a lot of passers-by became standers-by as they stopped and joined the audience. To mis-quote the Welsh poet, W.H.Davies, "What is this Life? What are we missin' if we have no time to stand and listen?' There was lots of joining in, lots of junior percussion, some nifty dancing and the constant sound of coins landing in buckets. One particular highlight was when we were joined by a group of men, all similarly dressed, but each wearing a silly hat and a pair of comic spectacles that even Elton John and Dame Edna Everage would have found a bit beyond the pale. Several of them took up the maracas and joined us in a rousing rendition of 'Da Doo Ron Ron', while another pair of them borrowed a bucket and went round the rest of the group, possibly demanding money with menaces! We found out just as they were disappearing down the High Street, leaving a doting audience wanting more, that they were a touring rugby team from Wales. Had we only known earlier, we could have made a right killing with Delilah!
The morning flew past, and it was soon 12:45, when the morning shift signed off and the afternoon shift signed on, kicking off the second half at 1:00. Things carried on as before. Lots of people stopped to listen, to join in and to dance. The dancing was especially good, with one lady in particular putting on a display that would have earned a perfect 10 in any episode of Strictly Come Dancing. At times, the High Street resembled the floor of the Mecca Ballroom on a 1960's Saturday evening! Then there was the very young lady/toddler, who tried just about every tambourine and maraca we had, before trying her hand at sound engineering... and twiddling all the knobs on the club amp! Well, twiddling is what knobs are made for! The pm highlight was when we were joined by a hen party. They were out to celebrate the forthcoming wedding of bride-to-be, Charlie... and they were up for a good time. Charlie had with her a blow-up effigy of her intended, and, for probably the first time ever on Worcester High Street, we were all treated to the sight of a life-sized inflatable doll playing a borrowed ukulele! The rest of the party gave us a brilliant dance whilst shaking our maracas. (NOT a euphemism!) And all the while, the coins kept falling!
The Buskathon came to an end at just after 3:00, when we finished with Upside Down - but still the right way up! Then, after getting home, the cash-count started. Almost 3 hours later, it ended and the exciting news was that, including on-line donations via QR codes, we had collected the amazing sum of £1189.61 - a brilliant result.
Huge and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who contributed in any way whatsoever to the success and enjoyment of the day. It was great to see Rich, Alison and Paul from WPCSG there, supporting us supporting them. Huge thanks to Worcester City Council for allowing us to busk and collect. But, above all, thanks to the wonderful people of Worcester for their great generosity.
Cheers
Trevor
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26/05/2026 Drakes Broughton Village Hall Tea Party
Hi all, Well it was certainly warm work at Drakes Broughton Village Hall, this afternoon, when we went along to entertain some of the locals at their Spring Tea Party. We have done this gig a couple of times before, and it's always been a cracker! However, there was a little consternation at the start, as there was hardly anyone present. Perhaps it was the heat keeping them at home! It couldn't have been us, surely! We waited for ten minutes or so before being told by Dawn, the organiser, to get the show on the road. As we were breaking into our opening song - At the Hop, if I remember correctly - the crowds started to pour in... and what a great crowd they were: very receptive with lots of joining in, but no-one accepted the invitation to step up and do a ukularaoke solo on the mike for any of the numbers! Next time, perhaps!
We played for around 40 minutes, before having a nice break with lots of food provided, while the audience did the raffle! Part way through the break, I was approached by a gentleman who asked if we could possibly do Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Fortunately, it was on our list, so we were happy to oblige, using it to open the second half. We played for around 45 minutes, with a carefully pre-choreographed, pre-orchestrated and totally spontaneous (!!!!) encore, leaving them with Sweet Caroline.
Many thanks to Dawn and her team for inviting us to play at their tea party, and thanks to all the guests for being so receptive. They were also very generous, with the WPCSG bucket holding £49.43 at the end of the afternoon, to go with the gig fee of £80.00 .
The biggest thanks, of course, go to the 14 Wuccies who, being mad-dog Englishmen (and women), went out in the midday Sun.
One nice moment was being approached by a gentleman as we were packing away at the end. He thanked us all for all that WUC are doing to support WPCSG this year, explaining that he had both used the services of, and become a member of, WPCSG, having had to deal with Prostate Cancer himself. A nice ending to a great afternoon!
Cheers
Trevor - who, sadly, failed dismally to get a photo of the event!
We played for around 40 minutes, before having a nice break with lots of food provided, while the audience did the raffle! Part way through the break, I was approached by a gentleman who asked if we could possibly do Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Fortunately, it was on our list, so we were happy to oblige, using it to open the second half. We played for around 45 minutes, with a carefully pre-choreographed, pre-orchestrated and totally spontaneous (!!!!) encore, leaving them with Sweet Caroline.
Many thanks to Dawn and her team for inviting us to play at their tea party, and thanks to all the guests for being so receptive. They were also very generous, with the WPCSG bucket holding £49.43 at the end of the afternoon, to go with the gig fee of £80.00 .
The biggest thanks, of course, go to the 14 Wuccies who, being mad-dog Englishmen (and women), went out in the midday Sun.
One nice moment was being approached by a gentleman as we were packing away at the end. He thanked us all for all that WUC are doing to support WPCSG this year, explaining that he had both used the services of, and become a member of, WPCSG, having had to deal with Prostate Cancer himself. A nice ending to a great afternoon!
Cheers
Trevor - who, sadly, failed dismally to get a photo of the event!
16/05/2026 Malvern Farmers Market
The delightful group above played at the Farmers Market on the Priory this morning for the good folk gathered there! It was little chilly and we sensibly set up under a tree to avoid any possible rain. However the playing was good (banter better!) and was well received in the first half and even more so after our break for a drink and one of the many great cakes nearby. Karen’s husband Rob, with bucket, did a great job and I am also pleased to say he captured two QR code payments and a very generous outpouring of cash. In total £125.20 was added to our charity. Well done all. Oh and someone asked us to play at a wedding! Now there’s a vote of confidence if ever we needed one.
Regards John
Regards John
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02/05/2026 Malvern Arts Market
Hi all, I had been keeping my eye on the weather forecast with mounting apprehension over the course of the week, but I need not have worried! We had a lovely day in the grounds of Malvern Abbey today, busking at the Malvern Arts Market. The Sun beamed down on us, and we decided we didn’t need the promised shelter after all. The gazebo became a gazeNO!.
We played for a little over 2 hours, covering 31 songs, just over half of which had been chosen by members of the group. We had los of help from the very young, the young and the still young at heart, who danced along and shook their maracas and tambourines molto con brio.
In addition to a good helping of applause, we also got a good financial reaction from the people there. Along with 2 donations of £2.50 via the QR code attached to the buckets, there was £167.40 in cash, giving a grand total raised of £172.40, which is now in the club bank account.
Many, many thanks and an enormous “CONGRATULATIONS!!!” to the 15 Wuccies who joined me in Malvern today and who helped to make the gig so successful. Special thanks to John. Hi for tickling the bass for us, and also for sharing the leading in. And thanks also to Peter M for the photos. Cheers Trevor
We played for a little over 2 hours, covering 31 songs, just over half of which had been chosen by members of the group. We had los of help from the very young, the young and the still young at heart, who danced along and shook their maracas and tambourines molto con brio.
In addition to a good helping of applause, we also got a good financial reaction from the people there. Along with 2 donations of £2.50 via the QR code attached to the buckets, there was £167.40 in cash, giving a grand total raised of £172.40, which is now in the club bank account.
Many, many thanks and an enormous “CONGRATULATIONS!!!” to the 15 Wuccies who joined me in Malvern today and who helped to make the gig so successful. Special thanks to John. Hi for tickling the bass for us, and also for sharing the leading in. And thanks also to Peter M for the photos. Cheers Trevor
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21/4/26 St Stephen's Care Home
Hi all, On Tuesday 21st April, St Stephen’s Care Home asked us back for what I believe was our 4th visit, this time to help them celebrate both St George’s Day (two days early) and all things Eurovision. We were totally delighted to oblige! To be fair, it was tough coming up with songs about St George, but we gave them Georgie Girl; a song by Boy George and song about a dragon - although I don’t think it was Puff who was slain by St George. It was easier with the Eurovision songs, and so we delivered 3 Eurovision winners, 1 runner-up and the song ‘Lost In France’ - which England probably did on more than one occasion: “Angleterre - nul points!”.
We had great fun performing for and with a very receptive and appreciative crowd. One lady, speaking to Allan and me at the end, thanked us very much for a most enjoyable performance and said how nice it was to see such talent! We also enjoyed some great banter, especially with one gentleman who had an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. Ironically, the one thing that he didn’t know is that the song ‘Que Sera Sera’ is from the film ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’!
Although we didn’t take collecting buckets, we did receive 2 donations totalling £30 from the Man who now knows at least one more thing than he did before we went and from some members of staff, which - with the £75 gig fee - means that WPCSG will be £105 better off.
Many many thanks to Mark W-W, Frank D, John M, Allan C, Terry O, Jo B, Beverley A and David S for their huge contribution to a really enjoyable and successful afternoon. Colin The Elder unfortunately couldn’t make it, but he did send none other than St George himself along in his place! . Thanks to Mary & Kate at St Stephen’s for the great photos!
Cheers Trevor
We had great fun performing for and with a very receptive and appreciative crowd. One lady, speaking to Allan and me at the end, thanked us very much for a most enjoyable performance and said how nice it was to see such talent! We also enjoyed some great banter, especially with one gentleman who had an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. Ironically, the one thing that he didn’t know is that the song ‘Que Sera Sera’ is from the film ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’!
Although we didn’t take collecting buckets, we did receive 2 donations totalling £30 from the Man who now knows at least one more thing than he did before we went and from some members of staff, which - with the £75 gig fee - means that WPCSG will be £105 better off.
Many many thanks to Mark W-W, Frank D, John M, Allan C, Terry O, Jo B, Beverley A and David S for their huge contribution to a really enjoyable and successful afternoon. Colin The Elder unfortunately couldn’t make it, but he did send none other than St George himself along in his place! . Thanks to Mary & Kate at St Stephen’s for the great photos!
Cheers Trevor
16/4/26 Two in One Club - Perdiswell
Hi Everyone, I arrived at the venue almost an hour before we were due to start and everyone had finished their lunch and were already setting out seats eagerly anticipating our performance. We were soon set up and ready to play so we began early at 12:45. The moment we started playing, we had girls and boys up dancing, playing percussion and singing along. We followed up with a series of high energy songs which they delighted in. By the time we were nearing the end, we were thoroughly exhausted and glad of a bit of respite in playing Sweet Caroline.
A big thank you to the band who played magnificently, all 13 singing their hearts out for a very appreciative audience. Special thanks to John He for the twiddley bits. We always have a great time with the girls and boys at Two in One Club; they make us so welcome. £100 to WPCSG as well thanks to the lady with the banana in the video! She was very happy!
Regards John Hi
A big thank you to the band who played magnificently, all 13 singing their hearts out for a very appreciative audience. Special thanks to John He for the twiddley bits. We always have a great time with the girls and boys at Two in One Club; they make us so welcome. £100 to WPCSG as well thanks to the lady with the banana in the video! She was very happy!
Regards John Hi
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14/4/26 Northwick Grange Care Home
Hi all, Many thanks to the 10 Wuccies who travelled to play at Northwick Grange Care Home in Worcester this afternoon. I believe this was our second visit to Northwick Grange - the last one being for a Hawaiian-based Summer Party back in 2023. I was assured at the end that this won’t be our last visit: to paraphrase Arnie, “We’ll be back!”
We played and sang for just over an hour, and the audience clapped, rattled-and-shook and sang along with us. Just as we’d promised, there was nothing more up-to-date than Mamma Mia in our programme. Our rendition of Blue Suede Shoes got one lady resident up on her feet to partner her Zimmer frame in a spectacular dance. In short, everyone seemed to have a great time. I know I certainly enjoyed the afternoon! The raspberry sauce on the ice-cream cone is that the gig fee of £75.00 will be winging its way to our WPCSG fund in the near future.
Cheers Trevor
We played and sang for just over an hour, and the audience clapped, rattled-and-shook and sang along with us. Just as we’d promised, there was nothing more up-to-date than Mamma Mia in our programme. Our rendition of Blue Suede Shoes got one lady resident up on her feet to partner her Zimmer frame in a spectacular dance. In short, everyone seemed to have a great time. I know I certainly enjoyed the afternoon! The raspberry sauce on the ice-cream cone is that the gig fee of £75.00 will be winging its way to our WPCSG fund in the near future.
Cheers Trevor
31/3/26 Welland House Care Home
Hi all, we saw March out in glorious style with another visit to Welland House Care Home, where we met up with our old friends and also made some new ones. The welcome was as warm as ever; the audience was as appreciative as ever, and the joining-in was as excellent as ever. New to this visit was the rousing cry of “YAHOO!” at the end of every song. We all sang together for an hour, covering our classics; but there was, of course, only one possible finale: resident Gary’s solo performance of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” - which brought the house down.
Many thanks to Bev, Frank, Jackie, Joy, Ken, Mark and Virginia for joining me to strum our stuff! It’s not the place for a collection bucket, but the £80.00 gig fee will be enhanced slightly by a small personal donation from one of the residents.
Cheers Trevor
Many thanks to Bev, Frank, Jackie, Joy, Ken, Mark and Virginia for joining me to strum our stuff! It’s not the place for a collection bucket, but the £80.00 gig fee will be enhanced slightly by a small personal donation from one of the residents.
Cheers Trevor
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21/3/26 Worcester High Street Belting Buskathon
Hi all,
The Sun had certainly got his hat on yesterday - hip, hip, hip hooray - for our first Buskathon of the year for Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Support Group. I think there were 36 Wuccies in total who played and sang their hearts out at some time during the day, and the great folk of Worcester responded brilliantly. Many passers-by became standers-by as they stopped to listen to our music. And some of the standers became dancers! There was, as usual, some cracking toddler-dancing and some proper show-quality grown-up dancing, as the photos show!
We started singing at 10:30 am and finished at 3:05 pm, with just a 15 minute pause for the afternoon shift to take up their positions. The cash started landing in our buckets even before we had started playing and singing, and it continued even after we’d all finished… and there was a lot of cash… and it was really heavy… and it took two-and-a-half hours to count. The time, talent and effort put into the day by everyone was made most worthwhile, though, by the amazing total of £854.71. Wow! Huge thanks and congratulations to everyone who contributed in whatever way to a brilliant outcome. Roll on the next one!
Cheers
Trevor
PS With the £149.34 gig fee and collection from the St Paul’s gig on Thursday 19th, we’ve put £1004.05. Into the WOCSG fund in just a couple of days!
The Sun had certainly got his hat on yesterday - hip, hip, hip hooray - for our first Buskathon of the year for Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Support Group. I think there were 36 Wuccies in total who played and sang their hearts out at some time during the day, and the great folk of Worcester responded brilliantly. Many passers-by became standers-by as they stopped to listen to our music. And some of the standers became dancers! There was, as usual, some cracking toddler-dancing and some proper show-quality grown-up dancing, as the photos show!
We started singing at 10:30 am and finished at 3:05 pm, with just a 15 minute pause for the afternoon shift to take up their positions. The cash started landing in our buckets even before we had started playing and singing, and it continued even after we’d all finished… and there was a lot of cash… and it was really heavy… and it took two-and-a-half hours to count. The time, talent and effort put into the day by everyone was made most worthwhile, though, by the amazing total of £854.71. Wow! Huge thanks and congratulations to everyone who contributed in whatever way to a brilliant outcome. Roll on the next one!
Cheers
Trevor
PS With the £149.34 gig fee and collection from the St Paul’s gig on Thursday 19th, we’ve put £1004.05. Into the WOCSG fund in just a couple of days!
Hi WUCcies, And a big thank you from me to all who played and sang their socks off, led the songs, or rattled collection buckets in aid of WPCSG at this Saturday's WUC High Street Buskathon. Some additional pics are attached. Also a special thankyou to Trev for handling all the background admin, posters, busking licence, and physically counting the heavy weight of monies raised.
When I originally nominated WPCSG as WUC charity of the year (and succeeded on second attempt this year), I hoped that it might capture the public mood - but I didn't expect it to do so as quickly and with as much public enthusiasm as it evidently has. On the day it was clear how many people have been affected by prostate cancer either themselves or knew of someone else that had, or who took away information leaflets to find out more, or just wanted to contribute by donating - even before we'd started playing! Thanks again for your ongoing support,
Cheers, Peter G
When I originally nominated WPCSG as WUC charity of the year (and succeeded on second attempt this year), I hoped that it might capture the public mood - but I didn't expect it to do so as quickly and with as much public enthusiasm as it evidently has. On the day it was clear how many people have been affected by prostate cancer either themselves or knew of someone else that had, or who took away information leaflets to find out more, or just wanted to contribute by donating - even before we'd started playing! Thanks again for your ongoing support,
Cheers, Peter G
19/3/26 St Paul's Church, Friendship and Club Lunch
Hi Everyone, Thank you to everyone who played (and sang) at St Paul’s this lunchtime. We had many happy and positive responses from the audience for our performance, so well done all. In the photos you can see a screen and today for the first time (Innovative Wuccies!) we had the words of the songs displayed which helped our audience to sing along with even more impact than usual. One of them, Maggie, came up and ‘pinched’ our bucket whilst I was talking about WPCSG and did a marvellous job, collecting £74.34 to add to our fee of £75 (£149.34). As can also see below we had the new club banner on display and two ‘super models’ to show it at its best!
Regards John
Regards John
12/3/26 Perdiswell Mature Club
Hi Everyone,
What a fun filled blast we had today. The terrific twelve played with enthusiasm and a super-duper attitude! The audience responded very well indeed, gave us excellent feedback and we all went away happy. The fee of £75 will be paid by BACS. They also responded well to our chat about WPCSG and then they collected £70.12 for us, making £140.12 in all! Praise to percussion monitor Nick (Head Boy as Jean crowned him), the two international travellers (from Bromyard!) who came so far, Ian for boosting the ranks and the rest of the lovely people below without whom …..!
Regards
John
What a fun filled blast we had today. The terrific twelve played with enthusiasm and a super-duper attitude! The audience responded very well indeed, gave us excellent feedback and we all went away happy. The fee of £75 will be paid by BACS. They also responded well to our chat about WPCSG and then they collected £70.12 for us, making £140.12 in all! Praise to percussion monitor Nick (Head Boy as Jean crowned him), the two international travellers (from Bromyard!) who came so far, Ian for boosting the ranks and the rest of the lovely people below without whom …..!
Regards
John
4/3/26 Pershore Volunteers Lunch Club
Hi Everyone,
Another report from 'WUC on the Road’. This time we were in Pershore at the St Andrews Centre where the volunteers put on a splendid lunch. A big thank you to the potent players seen below. There was a pleasing response to our mini-talk about our charity. The subject seems to touch a nerve with many and generate a positive response, including one of the audience grabbing the bucket and taking it round. We came away with a fee of £75 and our unofficial ‘bucketeer’ collected £50 so £125 plus nice comments about our collection of ‘classic’ songs!
Regards
John
Another report from 'WUC on the Road’. This time we were in Pershore at the St Andrews Centre where the volunteers put on a splendid lunch. A big thank you to the potent players seen below. There was a pleasing response to our mini-talk about our charity. The subject seems to touch a nerve with many and generate a positive response, including one of the audience grabbing the bucket and taking it round. We came away with a fee of £75 and our unofficial ‘bucketeer’ collected £50 so £125 plus nice comments about our collection of ‘classic’ songs!
Regards
John
28/2/26 Colwall Food Bank
Hi all,
Last night we had a good time at the Folk/Jazz concert put on by Geoff and Mary Rowswell at the Park Hotel Colwall in aid of the Malvern food bank. We followed Set 'em up Joe (Banjo, guitar, accordion and vocals), Hedgehog (guitar, recorder, accordion) and blue notes jazz (sax and keyboard), who were terrific and a hard act to follow........but we did.... and in the words of Ian Drury, we were "very good indeed". The audience were very engaged and sang and clapped along to our folksy songs. The evening made about £600 for the Malvern foodbank so we did a quarter of this if you want to look at it that way! Thanks again to all in the band. You were great. Allan. ps. photo courtesy of Peter G's camera....
thanks
Pete.
Last night we had a good time at the Folk/Jazz concert put on by Geoff and Mary Rowswell at the Park Hotel Colwall in aid of the Malvern food bank. We followed Set 'em up Joe (Banjo, guitar, accordion and vocals), Hedgehog (guitar, recorder, accordion) and blue notes jazz (sax and keyboard), who were terrific and a hard act to follow........but we did.... and in the words of Ian Drury, we were "very good indeed". The audience were very engaged and sang and clapped along to our folksy songs. The evening made about £600 for the Malvern foodbank so we did a quarter of this if you want to look at it that way! Thanks again to all in the band. You were great. Allan. ps. photo courtesy of Peter G's camera....
thanks
Pete.
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28/2/26 Brenda's Birthday Party - Graeme Hick Suite, New Road
Hi Everyone
We played today in the Graeme Hick Suite for Brenda’s 70th Birthday party, 4pm-5pm. We know Brenda from St Paul’s. I am happy to say that because all of those playing played and sang so magnificently that many of the party goers were soon singing and dancing and this carried on throughout. There was praise at the end from many, most importantly the lady behind the bar thought we were great. So ‘enhance WUC reputation' - tick! WPCSG certainly resonated well with audience when we spoke about it. Brenda and husband Des were so pleased with our part in the party that they gave us £80 fee in stead of £75. They also passed around a tissue box (!) near the end and £82.95 was collected for WPCSG. £160.95 in total. Well done again all of those below and John Madden for hiding behind Brian.
Regards John
We played today in the Graeme Hick Suite for Brenda’s 70th Birthday party, 4pm-5pm. We know Brenda from St Paul’s. I am happy to say that because all of those playing played and sang so magnificently that many of the party goers were soon singing and dancing and this carried on throughout. There was praise at the end from many, most importantly the lady behind the bar thought we were great. So ‘enhance WUC reputation' - tick! WPCSG certainly resonated well with audience when we spoke about it. Brenda and husband Des were so pleased with our part in the party that they gave us £80 fee in stead of £75. They also passed around a tissue box (!) near the end and £82.95 was collected for WPCSG. £160.95 in total. Well done again all of those below and John Madden for hiding behind Brian.
Regards John
16/2/26 Post Valentines Day - School Gardens Stourport
Hi Everyone
A quick thank you to the players who joined together in Stourport on Monday afternoon. Always a great welcome and an enthusiastic crowd who joined in the music with singing and percussion. We focused on a Valentine's theme so Cliff met Elvis and all sorts, including McFly. ‘All About You' probably got the best applause of the gig! Our new club giant poster was on display and just to get an idea of the size there is a second picture below with two passing ‘models’ to help you judge! We came away with £102 for our charity and an invite to come back soon. All in a very pleasing gig, well done all.
Regards John
A quick thank you to the players who joined together in Stourport on Monday afternoon. Always a great welcome and an enthusiastic crowd who joined in the music with singing and percussion. We focused on a Valentine's theme so Cliff met Elvis and all sorts, including McFly. ‘All About You' probably got the best applause of the gig! Our new club giant poster was on display and just to get an idea of the size there is a second picture below with two passing ‘models’ to help you judge! We came away with £102 for our charity and an invite to come back soon. All in a very pleasing gig, well done all.
Regards John
13/2/26 Spectrum Days
Friday 13th it may well have been, but we thought ourselves very lucky to be invited along by our old friends at Spectrum Days to help them celebrate - one day early - Valentines Day. We were made most welcome, as usual, and we had a great time playing and singing the luvviest-duvviest songs we could find, which inspired some natty dancing from the members. The joy levels increased after about 20 minutes, when we were joined by Jim. He took his place, front and centre, counting in and joining in with the rest of our songs. This was a ‘pro bono’ gig, with no fee, but those of us who went were certainly uplifted by the experience. Many thanks to Spectrum Days for inviting us, and many thanks to the 11 Wuccies who made it a great morning.
Cheers Trevor
Cheers Trevor
26/1/26 St Stephen's Care Home, Barbourne
Hi all,
A small but almost perfectly formed group of 7 Wuccies arrived at 1:30 to help the residents celebrate - a tad belatedly - Burns Night. You can see from the photo that some of us dressed for the occasion, with 1st going to John Ma. (Incidentally, it wasn’t a real kilt he was wearing! It was a bath towel! .)
We’d printed off song books for the audience, and distributed all the percussion we could muster, and we had a grand old time singing a selection of just about every song we know. Also, in honour of Burns, we sang about a Fireball (XL5). As it was also Australia Day that day, we did a rather short selection of the only Australian song we could find: Waltzing Matilda, which - strangely - is in 4/4 time!
We all had a good sing-along, finishing with a request from the audience for Delilah! We were happy to oblige!
Many thanks to the 7 McWuccies who played and sang so well and who made the gig such fun. It was also the first outing for one of the two new roll-up banners! A gig fee of £75 is on its way to the Club account!
Cheers
Trevor
A small but almost perfectly formed group of 7 Wuccies arrived at 1:30 to help the residents celebrate - a tad belatedly - Burns Night. You can see from the photo that some of us dressed for the occasion, with 1st going to John Ma. (Incidentally, it wasn’t a real kilt he was wearing! It was a bath towel! .)
We’d printed off song books for the audience, and distributed all the percussion we could muster, and we had a grand old time singing a selection of just about every song we know. Also, in honour of Burns, we sang about a Fireball (XL5). As it was also Australia Day that day, we did a rather short selection of the only Australian song we could find: Waltzing Matilda, which - strangely - is in 4/4 time!
We all had a good sing-along, finishing with a request from the audience for Delilah! We were happy to oblige!
Many thanks to the 7 McWuccies who played and sang so well and who made the gig such fun. It was also the first outing for one of the two new roll-up banners! A gig fee of £75 is on its way to the Club account!
Cheers
Trevor
15/1/26 Ken's 70th Birthday - Droitwich Spa Bowling Club
Hi Everyone
A nice gig this evening at Droitwich Spa Bowling Club to celebrate Ken’s 70th Birthday.
Sorry, not photo but the band of nine (Joan, Barbara, David, Allan, Brian, Maureen, John aka Jig, Ian, Colin) did WUC proud.
The gig fee was £120 and it didn’t seem appropriate to take a collection bucket. However, an enthusiastic willing donor approached Joan which resulted in £88.20 being collected in Joan’s hat. So in total £208.20 was raised for WCSPG.
Thanks to all of tonight’s band - you were brill. I especially liked ‘Be My Baby’ which sounded brilliant.
Colin
A nice gig this evening at Droitwich Spa Bowling Club to celebrate Ken’s 70th Birthday.
Sorry, not photo but the band of nine (Joan, Barbara, David, Allan, Brian, Maureen, John aka Jig, Ian, Colin) did WUC proud.
The gig fee was £120 and it didn’t seem appropriate to take a collection bucket. However, an enthusiastic willing donor approached Joan which resulted in £88.20 being collected in Joan’s hat. So in total £208.20 was raised for WCSPG.
Thanks to all of tonight’s band - you were brill. I especially liked ‘Be My Baby’ which sounded brilliant.
Colin
15/1/26 Two In One Club - Perdiswell
Yet again, we had a great time with the crew at Two in One Club at lunchtime today. As always, they were ready to go and were up and dancing from the start.
Colin and I shared the announcing and our team played brilliantly as they always do.
A big thank you to Brian on drums for keeping us on tempo.
We were a bit concerned that John He would not be there as we have come to rely on his twiddle bits, but the band broke out their kazoos and blasted their way through the instrumentals with great aplomb, well done you blowers.
Another good gig at the start of the year, let’s hope they are all as much fun.
Sorry, no photo, we didn't think about it until we were packing away.
See you at the next one,
Colin TY and John Hick
Colin and I shared the announcing and our team played brilliantly as they always do.
A big thank you to Brian on drums for keeping us on tempo.
We were a bit concerned that John He would not be there as we have come to rely on his twiddle bits, but the band broke out their kazoos and blasted their way through the instrumentals with great aplomb, well done you blowers.
Another good gig at the start of the year, let’s hope they are all as much fun.
Sorry, no photo, we didn't think about it until we were packing away.
See you at the next one,
Colin TY and John Hick
10/1/26 Sylvia's Birthday Party
Hi Everyone
I know that gig reports can be a long and winding road on occasions so I am sending what the booker has sent me.
Wow! Sylvia has been a fan for a while but I think the band gained some more fans yesterday. Exceeded my expectations. You got everybody in the room going and made the party for us, thank you. You will see that I rounded up our donation to £100. in appreciation. I have looked up your Gig schedule and may be giving you a wave when we get along.
Richard
It was lovely to get our charity support off to a really good start so soon in the new year and share it with a really great bunch of entertainers. There was also £95.74 in the bucket so all round quite a result for Worcester Prostate Cancer Support Group (WPCSG).
Regards
John
I know that gig reports can be a long and winding road on occasions so I am sending what the booker has sent me.
Wow! Sylvia has been a fan for a while but I think the band gained some more fans yesterday. Exceeded my expectations. You got everybody in the room going and made the party for us, thank you. You will see that I rounded up our donation to £100. in appreciation. I have looked up your Gig schedule and may be giving you a wave when we get along.
Richard
It was lovely to get our charity support off to a really good start so soon in the new year and share it with a really great bunch of entertainers. There was also £95.74 in the bucket so all round quite a result for Worcester Prostate Cancer Support Group (WPCSG).
Regards
John
