The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51867 Message #1419287
Posted By: The Shambles
24-Feb-05 - 02:03 AM
Thread Name: Killed by the PEL system Part 2
Subject: RE: Killed by the PEL system Part 2
You may have heard that the Ram Club was cancelled last Friday (Feb 18) virtually without notice. Please accept our apologies, especially those who hadn't heard before setting off for the club not least our intended guests for the night, The Expatriate Game (Duck Baker, Maggie Boyle and Ben Paley.
We greatly appreciated everyone's forbearance. As regulars will know, the Ram Club enjoys the full support of Jeremy and Diane Marley as landlords and managers of the Foley Arms; and they too have apologised for last Friday's cancellation.
But the show must go on and the headline news, we are glad to say, is that we shall re-open this Friday, February 25.
As regards last Friday, the unfortunate position was that we didn't find out ourselves until 5pm that Elmbridge Council had threatened that afternoon to bring a prosecution if the folk club went ahead without the Foley Arms/Young's Brewery holding the appropriate music licence. Jeremy & Diane Marley were away and, faced with the threat, the deputy managers and Young's Brewery were unable to risk the gig going ahead.
The issues relate to enforcement of current entertainment rules, and changes in licensing arrangements to be phased in over the next 6 months and which mean all live entertainment will have to be licensed (this supersedes the so-called "2 in a bar" rule, of which some may have heard). We are in negotiations with Elmbridge Council, the Foley Arms and Young's Brewery to resolve these issues as quickly as practicable.
Meanwhile, the club will operate as close to normal as possible and continue playing host to some of the finest folk and acoustic acts around. This Friday (Feb 25), we have two utterly fantastic guitarists, STEVE NEWMAN & TONY COX, on a rare visit from South Africa. The following week we have former LINDISFARNE singer and guitarist ROD CLEMENTS. We hope you will continue to support the club and live music in general "The times they are a-changing".
Regards and renewed apologies to all those who were inconvenienced and disappointed last Friday from Bob, Maggie, Ian, Amanda, Steve, Diane and the rest.