TITLE: Come and hear us....
DATE: 26/11/2005 22:03:11
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<p>OK!</p>
<p>The next gig you can catch us at is...</p>
<p>The British Legion - East Chellow (near Wantage) on Saturday 10 December 2005</p>
<p>It would be nice to see you there...</p>
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TITLE: Tomorrow!!
DATE: 10/02/2006 14:05:23
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<p>Tomorrow, 11 Feb 2006...</p>
<p><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff99"></font></p>
<p><font face="impact" color="#ff0033" size="5">The Rokkits @ The British Legion Club, Newbury.</font></p>
<p><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff33"></font></p>
<p>This is a Charity bash - should be fun... get tickets if you can... they're almost all sold out...</p>
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TITLE: Wedding Fair.
DATE: 10/02/2006 14:10:20
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<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="3">The Rokkits</font> will be on show at a Wedding Fair in</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Donnington Valley Hotel</strong> near Newbury (RG14 3AG) </p>
<p align="center">on <strong>Sunday 19th February 2006</strong>.</p>
<p align="center">We'll play on and off during the day and be available for discussions / negotations as well.</p>
<p align="center">So...</p>
<p align="center">If you're planning &quot;The Big Event&quot; and want to <strong>kill several birds with one stone</strong> come along, book a photographer, a caterer and a band all at one venue.</p>
<p align="center">See you there...</p>
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TITLE: Valentines Dance Fund Raiser
DATE: 12/02/2006 14:11:36
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<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><font color="#660000"><font size="4"><strong></strong></font></font></font></p>
<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><font color="#660000"><font size="4"><strong>Thanks</strong></font> to all those who came to see us at the</font></font></p>
<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><font color="#660000"><font size="4">Royal British Legion, Newbury</font> </font></font></p>
<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#660000">last night for the Valentines Dance.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#660000" size="3">It was a sell out!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#660000">You helped us raise <strong>£700</strong> for the Poppy Appeal!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#660000"></font></p><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"></font>
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<p align="center"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#660000">These's a good chance of us being asked to play there again </font></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color="#660000" size="4">watch this space!</font></strong></p>
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TITLE: Donnington Valley Hotel Wedding Fair
DATE: 20/02/2006 09:21:30
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<h2 align="center"><font color="#660033" size="4">Thanks to everyone who came to the Fair at Donnington Valley Hotel near Newbury (RG14 3AG) </font><font color="#660033" size="4">on Sunday 19th February 2006.</font></h2>
<p align="center"><font color="#660033">We enjoyed being there.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#660033">Hopefully we'll see some of you lovely couples on your Special Day.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#660033">All the best to you!!</font></p>
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TITLE: The Mayors' Ball
DATE: 05/04/2006 12:32:01
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<p /><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br /><font size="7">Tonite!!</font><br /><br />catch us at the Newbury Rugby Club</font><br />from 8pm<br /><font size="4">Friday 7th April 2006</font><br /></div><font size="4"><br /><br /></font>



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TITLE: an end to the silence....
DATE: 07/07/2006 12:12:36
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<p />
<p>Friday, 7th July 2006</p>
<p align="center">Had a quiet little period recently but... we're back up and running tomorrow.</p>
<p align="center">Another private <font size="5">Garden Party</font> in Ecchinswell near Newbury</p>
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TITLE: The Newbury Show
DATE: 26/07/2006 21:52:49
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<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="5"><font size="6">The Rokkits</font> are honoured to have been invited to play </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="5">on both days </font><font face="impact" size="5">of </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="6">The </font><font face="impact" size="5"><font size="6">Newbury Show</font> </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Impact" size="5">aka &quot;The Royal County of Berkshire Show&quot;</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="5">16th  and 17th September 2006</font></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.newburyshow.co.uk/">http://www.newburyshow.co.uk/</a></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Impact" size="5">See you there between 1pm and 2pm on Saturday AND Sunday</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Impact" size="4">Folks, many of our gigs are private parties, weddings and the like... here is an opportunity to catch us out in public... don't miss out!!</font></p>
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AUTHOR: Herb Payne
DATE: 10/10/2006 11:32:35
EMAIL: herbpayne@gmail.com
URL: What a weekend!
Great weather and great music from all concerned...
The Rokkits Rokked It!
Hope to be invited back again....
c u next year?
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TITLE: The Royal British Legion, Newbury
DATE: 26/07/2006 22:01:59
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<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="4">back by popular demand...</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="4">Once again we'll be <font size="5">ROKKIN' the Legion</font> in Newbury on</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="impact" size="4">Saturday, 9th September 2006</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Impact" size="4">If you missed us in February here's a</font><font face="impact" size="4">nother great opportunity to hear us AND raise money for charity.</font></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="4">The Royal British Legion Club<br /></font></strong><nobr>01635 47415</nobr><br /><font size="-1">Haig House Pelican Lane</font><br /><font size="-1">Newbury, RG14 1NP</font><br /></p>
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Herb Payne
DATE: 10/10/2006 11:30:55
EMAIL: herbpayne@gmail.com
URL: never happened....
...so sorry!
It seems that not enough publicity was done and the plug was pulled.
Another time my Friends!
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TITLE: 50th Birthday Party
DATE: 10/10/2006 11:34:56
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<div style="text-align: center;">If you know Vyv Duke or Richard Wake and you don't know about this gig ask them why!!<br /></div><br />

<p /><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">
4th November 2006</font><br /></div>
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TITLE: Donnington Cricket Club
DATE: 10/10/2006 11:36:11
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">11 November 2006</font><br />details to follow.... <br /><br /><br />er... it was Speen Cricket Club actually... see later entry...<br /></div>

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TITLE: Personnel News
DATE: 12/10/2006 18:06:30
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<font size="4">
    Bye bye Patrick - Hello John!</font><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It is with sadness that we announce (actually rather belatedly) that Patrick has had to leave the band for personal reasons.<br /><font size="2" style="font-weight: bold;">We miss ya Pat!</font><br /><br />It is with gladness that we welcome a new Bass Person - John Millard.<br />He's doing a great job and fits seemlessly into the band.<br /></div><br />


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TITLE: 4th November 2006
DATE: 05/11/2006 22:08:44
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<img src="http://www.shortal.com/rokkits/release/thumb?url=%2Frokkits%2Frelease%2FImg_4875.jpg&w=200&h=94" /><br />We had a <span style="font-weight: bold;">great</span> time with Vyv and Richard.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Many happy returns to you both!</span><br />and...<br />thanks to <span style="font-weight: bold;">David Goodinson</span> for stepping into Rog's shoes on drums for this occasion.<br />


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TITLE: Speen Cricket Club Christmas dinner
DATE: 05/11/2006 22:10:57
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3">11th November 2006</font><br /><font size="3">The Castle </font><br /><font size="3">Donnington</font><br /><font size="3">nr Newbury<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">...seemed to be a really nice vibe!</span><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Thanks for letting us share your festivities....</span><br /></font>




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TITLE: Recording
DATE: 27/11/2006 08:06:53
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3">Sunday 26th November 2006<br />The Rokkits retire to a secluded Berkshire studio to make some recordings for promotional purposes.<br />We were REALLY pleased with the results even before the mixing stage.<br />When the material is ready there will be mp3's and CDs available then you can try us before you buy us...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We think you'll want to buy!</span><br />As ever....<br />Watch this space.....</font><br />
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TITLE: Belated news
DATE: 15/03/2007 22:04:34
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<div style="text-align: center;"><h3>It has been a quiet time for the past few months - day jobs have been distracting us...</h3><h3><br />We did a birthday party at an hotel in Thatcham just before Christmas.</h3><h3><br />Our demo CD is coming along - several trial mixes later and we're nearly there...</h3><h3><br />Sad news is that John Millard has left us - he has retired abroad for an unspecified period.</h3><h3>We had some great times John and.... GREAT playing... thank you SO MUCH. All the best to you!</h3><h3><br />Now we're back into the gigging season...   COOL!</h3>
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TITLE: Highclere Retirement party, 10th March 2007
DATE: 15/03/2007 22:12:59
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<div style="text-align: center;"><h3>We had such a wonderful time @ Highclere Village Hall, near Newbury, last Saturday...</h3><h3><br />Patrick is back on bass for the time being  - it's great to being working with Pat again.</h3><h3><br />Also, a treat for Marg &amp; Herb... Rog is away on holiday in the Land of Oz.... but... that's NOT the treat!</h3><h3>Their son, Sam, drove down from Co, Durham to play drums. </h3><h3>WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DID TOO!</h3><h3>...and, hard to believe, with no practice... 1 2 3 4 and just straight in... so much inventive playing and no gliches.</h3><h3>WELL DONE SAM.    </h3>
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TITLE: Coming up...
DATE: 15/03/2007 22:16:01
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<div style="text-align: center;"><h3>17th March 2007 - a charity evening @ IBM Hursley... most tickets already sold. Wonderful!</h3><h3><br />31st March 2007 - Newbury Conservative Club</h3>
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TITLE: RNIB Fundraiser @ IBM Hursley
DATE: 19/03/2007 09:56:12
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<h3 align="center">Saturday, 17th March 2007 - Social Club, IBM Hursley</h3><h3 align="center">We had a crackin' time on Saturday, 17 March </h3><h3 align="center">Dee made £700 towards her project for the Royal National Institute for the Blind</h3><h3 align="center">Wonderful audience - generous in dance and money!</h3>
<p align="center">Thanks again to David Goodinson for sitting on drums while Rog is on holiday - sterling work matey!</p><h3 align="center">Good luck for the rest of your project Dee!</h3>
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