It's the 28th!!!

As stated below, the next Open Mic night was subject to confirmation. IT IS NOW CONFIRMED THAT THE NEXT OPEN NIGHT IS WEDNESDAY 28TH OCTOBER, and not the 21st as speculated.
Hope you all got that, and we'll see you there.

From Strength to Strength

Coppull Open Mic nights are going from strength to strength. Last Wed nesday, 23^rd September, there were new acts and musicians along with the ever-present regulars.

Neil, the demon drummer from Bury, joined us again and gave backing for the rockier numbers, while softer ballads also got an airing.

This gives a great mix of music to listen to for the audience. Besides that and free butties, we have more performers on the way.

We're also getting some great jam sessions going with performers swapping from band to band!

If you feel like having a go, just drop in. To contact us, see details alongside. The next session is Wednesday 21^st October (STC.)

As Thomas à Beckett once said, the nights are drawing in - so come and join us at Coppull Open Mic for a great evening.

Good Golly! - A Drummer!

Drumming up support for the rest of the string strummers was Neil, making a welcome debut on drums, at last month's Open Mic Night. Neil had brought his tom-toms all the way over from Bury and accompanied just about every act on in the evening, giving a real kick to proceedings, and showed no problem backing songs he'd never even heard before!

Sadly, no-one had thought to bring a camera on this particular night to get photographic evidence, so you'll just have to take our word for it.

Hopefully he will be back for this month's session, Wednesday, September 23rd, from 9 o'clock onwards. Everybody welcome, players and watchers alike.

Meanwhile, here are some pictures from May's session unseen up to now. When you see how talented the audience are, just imagine what the musicians sound like.

(Or you might not have to - I'm hoping to add a video clip to this post -fingers crossed!)

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Oops! - Date change

Coppull Open Mic will not be meeting tonight after all. The meeting has been moved backwards to next week, Wednesday 24^th June.

At least we bring you the latest news here!

Oh, And, By The Way...

Anyone who comes to Coppull Open Mic - and I do mean ANYONE - can post comments and pictures on this site. (However, abusive things won't get through, so no fighting, boys and girls.)

For example, if you want to put down what songs you did next to a picture of yourself, you can, and it would create a jolly useful record of what's been going on that we can all look back on in our old age, blah drone (how DARE you say we're already are OLD!?!)

Just send an email by the address coppullopenmic@live.co.uk and you will get back an invitation to 'join' the site as a blogger, then off you go!

(Of course, most people get horribly confused at this point and end up sending their laundry list to Nicolas Sarkozy, but we can 'iron out' such problems... Alright, that wasn't very funny but you're welcome to try to do better.)

Just drop me a line and you'll be sorted.

We're Back!

In fact, we never went away. It's just that your trusty reporter was unable to attend the last session and my spy network did not get back to me with adequately detailed reports.

Whatever, it was all systems go again the third Wednesday in the month, which on this occasion was 20th May.

It was an impressively busy night, with a generous smattering of handsome new faces going through their paces. In fact, you can't help wondering what would happen if everybody who's ever been showed, the regulars along with the frequent, along with the occasional visitor from outer space (well - further than Wigan at any rate.)

Not to worry - we hope that many more people will put in an appearance - and as you can see, the folk aready there are a friendly bunch - at the next Open Mic night, which is Wedensday 17th June.

Hope to see you there. Now take a look at us in these hot-off-the-presses pics.

Breaking News - Change of Date

Without so much as a blink of the eye, the next meeting of Coppull Open Mic has been put back to Wednesday 22^nd April.

This might be a good night for novices to come down, as there is a strong possibility the news has not got round to most of the regulars!