SCMG Minutes Archive 2002

Constitution

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

Minutes of the meeting; Tuesday 4th November 8 p.m. Bridgwater Unity Club (Labour Club)

Officers:

Chair;- Matthew Bartlett (matt@midnightmango.co.uk)
Vice Chair Tom Mutters
Secretary/ Events organiser John Addicott (johnaddicott@contactme.co.uk)
Treasurer Karen Ritchings (ritaslut@nme.com)
Assistant Treasurer Nick Tuckwell (nicktuckwell@vizzavi.net)

Present: Matt Bartlett John Addicott Karen Ritching Nick Tuckwell
Chris Tulley Jason Trunks Adrian Baker Dean Crago
Luke Cobham Rob Perdrix Tom Reed
(Ed. plus quite a few other people who's names I'm not sure of)

1. Financial Report:
We currently have £594.35.
Karen is in the process of moving the account to Nat west, as agreed by the group.

2. Three Crowns/Rock Garden Gigs:
Gig Budget: Three Crowns/Rock Gardens Gigs: John still has money in the account and is keeping a record of his transactions for future grant applications etc.
Dean suggested a 2 day fundraiser for sometime in the future, possibly January.
Dates available or confirmed, Autumn:
Nov
23 awkward for adrian?
30 Free

Dec
07 Bikeshed
14 Free
21 CD Release Gig @ 3C's
28 Free

Jan
04 Free
11/12 Deans two day gig
18 Make Her Cry, Shouting Mike
25 Free

Feb
01 Free
08 Free
15 Free
22 Free

Mar
01 Free
08 Free
15 Free
22 Free
Gig Promotion: Matt has put a page on the web site listing various places where to put posters up. If you know of anywhere else, please e-mail him (matt@midnightmango.co.uk).

3. Communication & Midnight Mango Web Site
Jason said he would investigate the possibility of putting a poll on the website to determine whether people would like a forum on the site, for discussions etc.
If you have a gig that you would like advertised, contact Matt with the details, and he will add it to the website.
Andrew was not present to report his progress in placing ads in other people's guest books.
The shop in association with Glaive records is up and running. Anyone interested in selling their CDs on-line, or having a page dedicated to their band on MM should contact Matt.
Nick is still designing his promotional leaflet.
eMail List: Matt has combined the MM e-mailing list with that of Big-Gig.co.uk, the email list is now sent to nearly 500 people.

4. Magazines
Big-Gig.co.uk has provided the SCMG with a page in each issue of it's magazine. Matt has written two articles for Big-Gig and anyone else who would like to contribute articles or reviews is more than welcome to. contact Matt
Dean Crago is starting up a new fanzine. If you would like to contribute to Dean's fanzine you can, email him (: dean_shooter@hotmail.com)

5. Czech News
The rock tour will be happening next year from the 11th to the 21st of April. Any bands interested should contact Brian Smedley (smedlo@globalnet.co.uk). We will be taking a coach again this year, with space for around 48 people.
So far there is interest from: Shooter, Grebo, Bikeshed, Tom's band, Rob's band, Bad elf and Too Many Humans.
The meeting agreed in priciple, to the Czech punk band Jaksi Taksi coming over, general offers of hosting were made, and it was thought to be a good idea.

6. Grant application
Bands are encouraged to make their own application for grant contribution towards their projects. Ask about "Small Grants" Contact: Carol Ensor on 01278435234 or carol.ensor@sedgemoor.gov.uk
Matt has just received £250 by this method. Applications should be made prior to work.

7. Compilation CD 2002:
Some contributions so far, Already this is too much music so bands should only expect 1 track each:

Song Titles
Band

Pocketful of reasons, I call your name John Sharp

A rainy day, Hold on Parkers Barton

Keeling Over, Lonely The Visitors

Blinded by the open silence, Human Race WomBomb

I see it coming, Only you Endeavour

Big Fish Little Fish, No Std's in Ibiza Bucket

Swedish Language Yeh Yeh Yeh, Stogumber Cajan Gumbo Red Smed

Say Something Craig Priddice

Pyramaniaxe Squad 69

Break Bloob

Untitled Feud

Song for the south paws Another Day Robert Heath

The new compilation CD is on its way and should be released before Christmas. We have plenty of material but bands that are interested can still get their recordings to Matt B before the 25th of November deadline.
Contributing bands will pay £20 and will receive 20 cds. If they require more it was suggested that they be able to buy extra at £2 per cd.
Mastering: Matt will put the CD together and the final mastering will be done by Rob Perdrix
Cost of CD & Artwork. It was agreed to use PMC.net for printing and burning, the cost would depend on the amount of acts contributing
Sponsorship: Chris Tulley had written and distributed a lot of letters inviting sponsorship however none had yet been obtained.
CD Name: The meeting decided "Smells Like Bridgwater"
Art Work: Karen R agreed to do the artwork. Matt had already agreed at the last meeting to do the type setting. dean Suggested that thank Roger Write the Landlord of the Three Crowns on the CD.
Launch gig Sat 21st Three Crowns. The line up would be decided after the deadline for CD's had been met; Nov 25th

8. Upcoming Events:
See What's On Guide on Midnight Mango
Joe Strummer Gig/Future support act mechanism. Would it be done by the group or by a separate panel? This question was not discussed at length, it was generally considered that it would be down to the promoter. However, if the SCMG were asked to suggest a band no clear mechanism was arrived at.

9. A.O.B
The Engine Room. The new media centre for the moving image and the reason behind the Joe Strummer gig was bought to the attention of the meeting.
It was also revealed by one of Jason's (Downfall) friends that there are plans for a new rehearsal space in Bridgwater. They will be fully equipped and quite cheap too! Matt agreed to help advertise this space on-line when contacted.

10. Date of next Meeting:
Monday (new regular day) the 2nd December, at the Unity (Labour) Club. 8:00 p.m.

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

Minutes of the meeting; Tuesday 4th November 8 p.m. Bridgwater Unity Club (Labour Club)

Officers:

1. Financial Report:
We currently have £594.35.
Karen is in the process of moving the account to Nat west, as agreed by the group.

10. Date of next Meeting:
Monday (new regular day) the 2nd December, at the Unity (Labour) Club. 8:00 p.m.

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

Minutes of the meeting; Tuesday 1st October 8 p.m. Bridgwater Arts Centre

Chair Matt Bartlett matt@midnightmango.co.uk

Vice Chair Tom Mutters

Secretary/ Events organiser John Addicott johnaddicott@contactme.co.uk

Treasurer Karen Ritchings ritaslut@nme.com

Assistant Treasurer Nick Tuckwell nicktuckwell@vizzavi.net

Present: Matt Bartlett John Addicott Karen Ritching Nick Tuckwell
Matt Hayman Andy Duckett Richard Baker Civian
Adrian Baker

1. Three Crowns/Rock Garden:
Dates available or confirmed:
Oct
12 Booked
19 Free
26 Free (though it's the same night as the Fright Fest)
Nov
9 John
16 Free (Andy from Bikeshed said that he and M Hayman might do something)
Dec
14 CD Release Gig

These are all Saturdays. The other Saturdays are difficult for Adrian B to organise PA's for; however individuals wishing to organise their own PA's could obviously book them.
Individuals wishing to use the "free" days should contact Adrian and/or John before going ahead and booking the Venue. This way any clashes would be avoided.
Again... John reaffirmed that he needed help with the gigs. People interested should contact John or Matt B
Andy asked if there was any way to promote attendance for the upcoming gigs, and Adrian asked if John knew of any good places to put posters/ flyers etc. From this a list of possible venues has been drawn up, including: West Quay Records, Strings and Things, Hustlers, Bootlegs, Bridgwater College, 3 crowns, Rock Garden and in Taunton: Martian Records, Rooster Records, SCAT, Richard Huish College, the Piercing Shop in Bath Place, the Extreme Sports Shop and the Virgin Megastore, who would take posters that had the Virgin logo on.

2. Midnight Mango Web Site
The shop on the website was down at the time of the meeting, but Matt Hayman was not present to explain why. Matt B would phone him to find out what the problem was. Anyone who wanted to sell their music online through the shop or who would like a page on mm or has a gig to promote should email Matt B with their information. There is no charge to sell your music on the website, apart from the handling fee made by the credit card company (approximately £1-£1.50).
Matt reaffirmed that those bands who do not have a page on MM are encouraged to get in touch. Matt requires people to ask him and email him the necessary.

3. Communication
Nick is still working on his promotional leaflet and hopes to have examples to bring to the next meeting.
It was suggested that we put up some sort of forum for people visiting the website, and Matt B would look at this, also Andy suggested that he would try to leave 'ads' in other peoples guest books to promote the website. Nick would look into the possibility of having a w@p based listings page that could be accessed from a mobile phone.
Three points of contact. email list, web site and Meetings also Brian posts minutes too. People are encouraged to keep in touch by these methods. In particular get on the email list. Please tell people about this.

4. Czech News
The rock tour will be happening next year from the 11th to the 21st of April. Any bands interested should contact Brian Smedley (smedlo@globalnet.co.uk). We will be taking a coach again this year, with space for around 48 people.

5. Bandzine
There is a magazine being written at the moment by Dean from Shooter, and he would be encouraged to incorporate this into the SCMG if he wanted to, in order to generate more contributions. Any new magazine could be paper or web based, or both.
There is currently a page written by Matt B in 'Big Gig' magazine, which is published monthly. Anyone who would like to contribute to the new magazine or the MM page is encouraged to email Matt B, or attend the next meeting.

6. Finance
We currently have £594.27. Karen said that she would be moving the bank account, as she is not happy with the service at Lloyds

7. Grant application
Bands are encouraged to make their own application for grant contribution towards their projects. Ask about "Small Grants" Contact: Carol Ensor on 01278435234 or carol.ensor@sedgemoor.gov.uk
Matt has just applied for a small grant he has copies of his application available to help other applicants.

8. Compilation CD 2002:
The new compilation CD is on its way and should be released before Christmas. We need more material and bands that are interested should get their recordings to Matt B before the 25th of November. Contributing bands will pay £20 and will receive 20 cds. If they require more it was suggested that they be able to buy extra at £2 per cd.
The CD needs a name, any thoughts? Email to Matt B.
Chris Tully was going to investigate whether local businesses would be interested in sponsoring the cd, but he was not present at the meeting to report his findings.
There would be a launch party/gig for the cd featuring bands that appear on the cd, this is scheduled for the 14th of December. John A would organise this event. Matt had discussed the Arts Centre as a venue with the AC management, due to the continued presence of the neighbour this seemed unlikely. Matt suggested John contact the New market.

9. Date of next Meeting:
Because of Guy Fawkes night, the next meeting will be on MONDAY the 4th of November. At the LABOUR CLUB since the Arts Centre is closed on Monday's

10. Upcoming Events:
please see the "What's On" page of Midnight Mango.

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

Minutes of the meeting; Tuesday 3rd September 8 p.m. Bridgwater Arts Centre

Officers:

Chair Matt Bartlett

Vice Chair Tom Mutters

Secretary/ Events organiser John Addicott

Treasurer Karen Ritchings

Assistant Treasurer Nick Tuckwell

Present: Matt Bartlett John Addicott Karen Ritching Nick Tuckwell
Matt Hayman Brian Smedley Andy Duckett Chris Tulley
Helen White Adrian Baker

1. Three Crowns/Rock Garden:
Gig review: John decided that he would continue to book bands at the Rock Gardens. M Hayman & A Duckett said they would also like to put on a/some gigs there the following timetable was drawn up:
Sep
7 John
14 John
21 John
28 John
Oct
12 Free
19 Free
26 Free
Nov
9 John
16 Free
Dec
14 CD Release Gig

2. Midnight Mango Web Site
Matt reaffirmed that those bands who do not have a page on MM are encouraged to get in touch. Matt requires people to ask him and email him the necessary.
Glaive Records: The Midnight Mango shop is now up there!!! Bands now need to get in touch with Matt Hayman and MB so that the necessary work can be done. Matt would start uploading the CD's that he has even though they were, as yet not very many. Matt B needed to get him copies of This Is Bridgwater Vol 3.

3. Communication
Nick suggested that we should produce a leaflet encouraging people to become part of our meetings and/or go to the gigs we organise. This leaflet would be distributed to venues, pubs, and record shops. The meeting agreed that this was a good idea. Nick said he would bring a copy to the next meeting.
Three points of contact. email list, web site and Meetings also Brian posts minutes too. People are encouraged to keep in touch by these methods. In particular get on the email list. Please tell people about this.

4. Czech News
Next years rock tour: Next years rock tour would take place from April 11th -21st. Brian is now looking for bands to put forward their names to go on the tour. The tour would again be a full coach with spaces for 48 people.
Flood Relief. Brian and John are organising a benefit gig for the flood victims of Ceske Budjovice. this would take place at the Bridgwater Unity Club on Wed 25th September. bands interested in playing should contact John Addicott. johnaddicott@contactme.co.uk

5. Bandzine
John talked about a trashzine that he had come across and suggested that we might encourage articles for this. He said he would bring more details to the next meeting.

6. Finance
Karen said she was fed up with Lloyds TSB because they kept on ignoring her requests to change the signatories on the SCMG account. She said she was going to look into other banks and bring her findings to the next meeting.

8. What are we going to spend our money on?:
New SCMG album: The meeting decided that we should in the first instance, take applications to be on the CD from Sedgemoor bands. At the next meeting we would decide if we should include bands from a wider area, or not.
The meeting also decided that it would be good if we could get some local sponsorship for this venture Chris Tulley agreed to look into this. Matt agreed to get copies of the past three Cd's to Chris so he could use them to show prospective
Rob Perdrix had spoken to Matt B and agreed to master the CD

11. Other Stuff
It was decided that as a general rule of thumb meetings should take place on the first Tuesday of every month
Helen said it would be her last meeting for a while since she was moving to London. Bye Bye Helen.
Brian expressed a wish not to write the minutes any more. Nick Tuckwell put forwards his willingness.

10. Date of next Meeting:
The next meeting was set for Tues Oct 1st Arts Centre 8:00 p.m.

11. Upcoming Events:
See the "What's On" page of Midnight Mango.
etc

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

Minutes of the meeting; Tuesday 18th June 8 p.m. Bridgwater Arts Centre

Chair;- Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair Tom Mutters
Secretary/ Events organiser John Addicott
Treasurer Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer Nick Tuckwell

Grant application Sedgemoor had reduced the SCMG grant to £675. The meeting agreed to contest this reduction Brian Smedley would challenge the committee ruling which he felt was misinformed. Matt would advise bands to apply directly to SDC hereafter Contact Carol Ensor 01278 435234 or e mail carol.ensor@sedgemoor.gov.uk and ask for an application for small grants. He could advise on how to fill them in.

Finance:
£80.73 in the SCMG/CD Project account
John Addicot £45 in the 3 Crowns account

Bridgwater Summer Fest Sunday 7 July at Cranleigh gardens

Line Up: Proposed & accepted
12 The Magnificent
1 Nazgal & Bob
2 Collapsar
3 The Visitors
4 Citrusboy
5 Harsh
6 Shooter
7 Big Joan
8 Bikeshed
9 Stupidicus
Bands must now email me detailed line up requirements so i can draw up the information for Matt Gunter (Sound) and Helen Bikeshed (Stage Manager)
Publicity:
Somerfest brochures had been produced but we could also do an extra 1000 fliers specifically for the Sunday rock event. The name would be SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Matt would produce the art work and pass this to Chris Sidaway. The old BBC banner was given to Nik who said he would produce a midnightmango.co.uk banner. Sundry money for paint would come from the treasurer for this purpose. Karen would run an emailing list at "Something for the weekend" to try to entice new members.
Power Supply:
Matt,Adrian and Brian had met SDC officers and confirmed a permanent power supply so no generator needed
Staging:
Ian Dyer/Grapevine is booked for staging and lighting. He will set it up by 9.00
Sound:
Matt Gunter will do the sound and will bring his own gazebo
Back Stage:
The porta cabin has been booked by Matt for backstage and performer toilets. This would be available only to backstage, marshall would be placed on the entrance and backstage passes provided but SCMG could not guarantee security.
2nd stage tent:
provided by Ed Florey- this will be used for the jazz band and and interval acts
Environmental health:
SDC Frank Ball confirmed that if we were doing same as last year then no problem. He had Matts mobile number. SDC were also supplying portaloos, stage barriers, bins, public liability insurance and licence.
Risk Assessment:
Matt & Chris Sidaway would do this
Marshals:
Provided by Chunky Dunster & Marketeers Carnival Club. 4 Marshals between 12 and 6 and 8 marshals from 6 10. Matt has booked these.
Volunteers:
needed 7:30-9.00 to set up stage 12 noon close to steward the event & 10-11.30 to clear up and take stage down. Names so far Louise Burge, Justin Mirto, Jess Brown,Matt Bartlet, Brian Smedley, Nick Tuckwell, Karen Ritchings, Helen White, Joely McFruitbat-Matt would get yellow vests from Ed Florey
Stalls & Refreshments:
Matt would contact C. Dunster and Marketeers whilst C Sidaway would contact Vagabonds. Tina Herbert would also be contacted to see how she could help. Mat Hayman would provide a stall to sell Cd's and band CD's.

Three Crowns;- Gordy and Amanda had left .John reaffirmed he needed someone else to take over running the gigs from September
1)Choose the bands
2)do the publicity
3)sort the PA
4)be there on the day.
People interested should contact John or Matt

Glaive Records;- Matt Hayman was granted £70 by SCMG to set up a 'web shop' on the midnight mango site to sell local bands CDs. It was agreed to make this service free to local bands- they should send Matt Hayman their CDs and negotiate a sale price with him. Matt would also run a stall at the Somerfest on July 7th which bands were welcome to contribute some of their CDs to & he would sell them for them

Midnight Mango Web;- Matt was voted £48.18 to pay for domain name renewal and hosting.

Bandzine;- John had only one contribution for the bandzine and was looking for more

Communication:
The meeting noted that turnout was poor and that it had been mentioned that certain people did not know about the activities the SCMG was organising. Matt noted that there are three points of contact. email list, web site and Meetings also Brian posts minutes too. People are encouraged to keep in touch by these methods. In particular get on the email list. Please tell people about this.

Next meeting Tuesday 30th July (8.00)
Bridgwater Arts Centre

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

Minutes of the meeting; Tuesday 28th May 8pm Bridgwater Arts Centre

Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

Czech Tour
Anyone who came on the Czech tour and is aged 1)between 15 + 26 and 2)resident in Sedgemoor district and 3) is in full time education ; should urgently contact Brian Smedley to claim £20 SDC twinning grant 0794 7361071

Grant application
This is now being decided on 30th May

Finance
1) £80.73 in the SCMG/CD Project account
2) John Addicot £45 in the 3 Crowns account

Anti-Jubilee Event
Afternoon of June 3rd at Bridgwater Arts Centre. 2pm-6pm. We will be showing the Sex Pistols 1977 anniversary film 'Filth & The Fury' on DVD & large screen.However, we STILL need some more bands or individual performers to offer to play live rearrangements of 1977 songs (under 98 db). -call Brian Smedley on 0794 7361071. The event starts at 2 pm dress in 1977 gear and you'll look a twat

Three Crowns
John reaffirmed he needed someone else to take over running the gigs from September. 1)Choose the bands 2) Do the publicity 3) Sort the PA 4) Be there on the day. People interested should contact John or Matt

Glaive Records
The meeting agreed to pay Matt Hayman £70 to set up a 'web shop' on the midnight mango site to sell local bands CDs. It was agreed to make this service free to local bands- They should send Matt Hayman their CDs and negotiate a price with him. Matt would also run a stall at the Somerfest on July 7th which bands were welcome to contribute some of their CDs to & he would sell them.

Bandzine
John had only one contribution for the bandzine and was looking for more

Bridgwater Summer Fest Sunday 7th July at Cranleigh Gardens
Bands now need to tell us at what time they want to play.
We agreed the first 10 bands who approached us would play [initially from Sedgemoor and then later from further afield]
The following bands have therefore been confirmed-
1. BIKESHED
2. STUPIDICUS
3. ENDEAVOUR
4. HARSH
5. The VISITORS
6. The MAGNIFICENT
7. CITRUS BOY
8. NAZGAL
9. SUB:DIFFUSION
10 SHOOTERS
Matt would sort a running order and any changes. Bands contacting late would be reserves in this order Big Joan, Collapsar, Feud, Lipkiss, JJ Yoda, Ivory Springer, Womb bomb. Matt Bartlett has agreed to be co-ordinator. Helen White agreed to stage manage the event. Chris Sidaway-the SDC Arts officer and Somerfest promoter attended the meeting and the following terms were agreed
1) Stage: Grapevine would provide lights and staging (£150) Chris would pay.
Ian Dyer would need some helpers in the morning to lift the gear volunteers needed. He would also provide a canopy in case of inclement weather
2) PA: Matt Gunter would provide a free PA-Adrian Baker would co-ordinate.
3) Power: Chris would negotiate with Nigel Roderick the leisure officer if we could take power from the toilets mains instead of a generator
4) Marshalls: Marketeers would provide marshals for the day but we would have to provide volunteer stewards. (Matt, Brian, Nick, Karen, Helen, Joely volunteered- more needed).
5) Refreshments: [Chris would contact] Vagabonds carnival club to provide a refreshments tent.
6) Bogs & Bins: Chris would provide bins to minimise rubbish also portaloos.
7) Resident Notification: It would be necessary to provide leafletters to inform the local residents Matt,Brian,Tom & Karen agreed to do it)
8) licence:Chris would sort the licence through SDC
9).Publicity: would be done through Somerfest with 30,000 glossy brochures. It was agreed to have acoustic acts between sets. [off-stage]. Brian offered a touring Czech Swing band 'The Backside band.' [SCMG would do online publicity]

Gigs;- see MIDNIGHT MANGO GIG GUIDE

SAT 1st June Endeavour Rock follies WSM
MON 3rd June THE MAGNIFICENT- Vivary park Taunton
THU 6th June SGT PEPPERS ONLY DARTS BOARD BAND (Beatles tribute)+RED SMED & THE HOT TROT SMASH THE SYSTEM BOOGIE BAND (Lenin tribute) at Bridgwater Arts Centre
SAT 8th June Spankboy, Feud + Walking with the King The Three Crowns Birdgwater
FRI 21st June THE MAGNIFICENT The Three Choughs Hotel, Yeovil
SAT 22 June Aurasun, Jim Fear, In God we Trust, Sabotage, The Three Crowns Bridgwater
FRI 28 june The Magnificent + Parkers Barton Yeovil Labour Club
SUN July 7th Bridgwater Summerfest at Cranleigh gardens

Next meeting Tuesday 18th June (8.00)

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP
Tuesday 14th May 8pm Bridgwater Arts Centre

Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

Czech Tour Anyone who came on the Czech tour and is aged 1)between 15 + 26 and 2)resident in Sedgemoor district and 3) is in full time education ; should urgently contact Brian Smedley to claim £20 SDC twinning grant 0794 7361071

Grant application This is now being decided on 30th May

Finance 1) £100.56 in the SCMG/CD Project account . 2) account re-designated signatories. K .Ritchings, N.Tuckwell,J.Addicot & R.Perdrix. 3)John Addicot /£67 in the 3 Crowns account

Anti-Jubilee Event ;-Afternoon of June 3rd at Bridgwater Arts Centre. 2pm-6pm We will be showing the Sex Pistols 1977 anniversary film filth & the fury and we need bands to offer to play live re-arrangements of 1977 songs (under 98db). WE NOW NEED DEFINITE NAMES OF PERFORMERScall Brian Smedley on 0794 7361071

Bridgwater Summer Fest Sunday 7 July at Cranleigh gardens Bands now need to tell us if they want to play. We agreed 10 bands would play The following bands have so far been confirmed- 1.BIKESHED, 2.STUPIDICUS, 3.ENDEAVOUR, 4.HARSH.5.The VISITORS 6.the MAGNIFICENT Others need to contact us BY THE NEXT MEETING (MAY 28)Matt Bartlett has agreed to be co-ordinator.. Helen White agreed to stage manage the event.. Chris Sidaway-the SDC Arts officer and Somerfest promoter will be present at the next meeting when we need to finalise everything. Please attend.

Three crowns;- no report

Website;- Matt had put this into the sdc grant bid

Bandzine;- John had decided to bring out a bandzine and was looking for contributions

LATVIAN BAND;- Mitrokhins Master band are a ridiculously excellent band and people really ought to see them at one of their final 2 gigs

THURSDAY 23RD MAY AT BRIDGWATER LABOUR CLUB or
FRIDAY 24TH MAY at YEOVIL LABOUR CLUB
Glaive Records;- Matt Hayman would bring more detail to a future meeting
Gigs;- see MIDNIGHT MANGO GIG GUIDE BUT HERES SOME SUGGESTIONS
FRIDAY 24TH May-The Visitors + Thursday Week at Glastonbury backpackers
SATURDAY 25th May Void, Death of Cool + Voiceless Riot-3 Crowns bridgwater
WED 29th May The Visitors Moles,Porter cellar bar,Bath
SATURDAY 1st June Endeavour Rock follies WSM
MON 3rd June THE MAGNIFICENT- Vivary park Taunton
THURSDAY 6th June SGT PEPPERS ONLY DARTS BOARD BAND (Beatles tribute)+RED SMED & THE HOT TROT SMASH THE SYSTEM BOOGIE BAND (Lenin tribute) at Bridgwater Arts Centre
SATURDAY 8th June Spankboy, Feud + Support The 3 Crowns Birdgwater
FRIDAY 21st june THE MAGNIFICENT 3 Choughs Hotel, Yeovil
Next meeting Tuesday 28th May (8.00) Bridgwater Arts Centre

SEDGEMOOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP
Tuesday 23rd April 2002

Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

Czech Tour The tour had been very successful apart from the theft of 4 pillows by pillow thieves who travelled with us . The tour would certainly happen again next year Karen & Amy had written a tour diary for 'The Sticks' magazine and Andy & Helen had written one for 'Big Gig' Sedgemoor have changed their funding rules and it looks like only sedgemoor residents aged up to 26 in full time education will be eligible for a £20 refund. Please submit a request if you fall into this category

Grant application Although Matt Bartlett had got the application in on time Sedgemoor officers had failed to present the accounts to the relevant committee and so it had to be deferred. It should also be pointed out that the new Tory dominated committee has recommended a reduction in grant despite the Arts Officer recommending continuation at the same level and support for this from Labour & Lib dem councillors.

Finance 1)We have £100.56 in the SCMG/CD Project account . 2)Karen has changed the account detail and re-designate signatories. K .Ritchings, N.Tuckwell,J.Addicot & R.Perdrix. 3)John Addicot had a further £67 in the 3 Crowns account

Jubilee Event ;-Afternoon of June 3rd at Bridgwater Arts Centre. We will be showing the Sex Pistols 1977 anniversary film 'filth & the fury' and we need bands to offer to play live rearrangements of 1977 songs (under 98 db). A form is enclosed for bands who'd like to join in. Airfield agreed to be The Carpenters while Harsh considered doing Terry Wogan

Bridgwater Summer Fest Sunday 7 July at Cranleigh gardens Bands now need to tell us if they want to play. The following bands have so far been confirmed- BIKESHED, STUPIDICUS, ENDEAVOUR, HARSH. Others need to contact us BEFORE MAY 5TH when the programme is published. Helen White agreed to stage manage the event. We would need to make a bid to Somerfest for the following funding options;- PA (£100 art centre) STAGE (£100 grapevine) Lighting-including clear up floods £10 Grapevine) generators (??£200) Portaloos (?) Public liability insurance(?)

Three crowns;- A gig put on by Matt wasn't too well attended but the next gig (played by the 4 czech touring bands) generated a large turnover . Gigs were booked up until September by John but he was looking for someone else to take over then. Another idea put forward was for bands to organise their own gigs utilising scmg resources or for a job share option.

Website;- Matt explained this was costing him money now and he needed about £100 from scmg to run it. He had put this into the sdc grant bid anyway

Bandzine;- John had decided to bring out a bandzine based on bands at the Three crowns and was looking for contributions

Stupidicus are playing a high profile gig in Sheffield at the Barfly venue, and have 50 tickets to sell. Transport will be arranged somehow, but will be around the £10 a place mark. Anyone interested should contact John Addicott now on 07866772635. Its on Sunday 5th May (bank holiday weekend!)

LATVIAN BAND;- Mitrokhins Master band are in town may 15-24 we need some offers of home hosting for them and some gigs.

Glaive Records;- Matt Hayman said for an £80 payment from scmg he would sell bands CDs through his web shop. Bands interested could pay SCMG £10 each for this facility. He would bring more detail to the next meeting

Gigs;- The only gigs notified were Wednesday 1st May (Bridgwater Labour club) THE VISITORS plus RED SMED AND THE HOT TROT SMASH THE SYSTEM BOOGIE BAND (left;-Launching new album 'Do The Washing Up')-free Thursday 16th May (Bridgwater Labour Club) MITROKHINS MASTER BAND (from Latvia) free Friday 17th May (Tor Leisure Centre, Glastonbury) STUPIDICUS + BIKESHED
Next meeting Tuesday 14th May (8.30) Bridgwater Arts Centre

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Tuesday 22nd Jan 2002

Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

1. FINANCIAL POSITIONS

We have £100.56 in the SCMG/CD Project account Karen hadn't heard from Paull Kelly re the bank details. Matt would contact him. . Karen would change the account details and re-designate signatories. K .Ritchings, N.Tuckwell, "&" R.Perdrix.

There was no report from John Addicot regarding the 3 Crowns gig fun which hat the last meeting had . C. £100 in the kitty.

It was agreed to set up a SDC Grant panel to submit a bid by the end of January. This would consist of Matt Bartlett and Nick Tuckwell . Brian Smedley would advise.

2. CROWNS GIGS

There was no report from john Addicott regarding the 3 Crowns gigs although Matt reported that the last Spankboy/Visitors gig had gone well with at least 80 in the audience.

Money for equipment renewal. It had been agreed at the previous meeting that cash from the current 3 Crowns fund plus cash from Matts previous 3 crowns gig kitty should be used to refund Ivor Hawthorn for microphone wear and tear and a group of. John Addicot, Adrian Baker,Matt Bartlett ,Ivor Hawthorn would meet to further this. However, Matt "&" Adrian brought a proposal to the meeting which involved

1) Utilising Adrian Baker in future to co-ordinate the PA role

2) Redividing the take from 3 crowns gigs 5 ways (after payment of door staff) 3/5 to the bands 1/5 to Adrian for PA and 1/5 to SCMG. (Assuming 3 bands played)

Matt explained that to achieve this we would have to increase the door entry to £3. Members present agreed it was still a good price. Helen White pointed out that quite a lot of people were getting in free "before" the official doors opened. Matt added that the 5 way split should be "at Johns discretion" regarding the bands. Adrian said he would like to develop a pool of technical support staff and the leaflet "A Unique Opportunity" is enclosed for anyone interested.

Matt reminded the meeting that John still needed help on the day of the gigs (2-4pm) and for clearing up (5-6 next day)..

3. PROJECTS

a) CD releases; Project funding had been provided to THURSDAY WEEK ,BIKESHED STUPIDICUS, THE VISITORS, JUDGE JOE YODA, THE SYCAMORES and CIVIAN. There was still £100 left but the meeting agreed to hold it over until the next grant situation was known.

b) The Compilation CD "THIS IS BRIDGWATER (volume III)". had been released successfully with bands getting material and cash in on time, printing and launch achieved within cost and promos sent out. Response had been encouraging with a particularly good review in the Bridgwater Times, stuff in the ticks "&" the Mercury and several radio interviews. Adrian Fraser had featured the albums over 2 shows on BCFM.

3 PLANS FOR 2002

a)Battle of the Bands No one still had offered to organise our own battle of the bands season this year and so it was noted that the "Old Market" pub was advertising for a "Battle of the Bands" with £700 cash prizes. Although concerns were expressed that this may not be as good as us keeping our original/local/alternative hold on our own idea, members felt that bands could join in the "Old Market" scheme "if they liked'. Matt would visit and talk to them. Rich Baker said the deadline was 28 January for submitting demos. Andy Duckett suggested instead we set up an "Awards ceremony"

b) ARTS FESTIVALS The date has been set for the weekend of 5/6/7 July at Blake Gardens but nothing definite until the next meeting end of January

c) JUBILEE EVENTS There will be a decision about a June 3rd National "BBC Music Live" even in Castle street by the first week in February.

d) Glaiverecords - Matt Bartlett "&" Matt Hayman (Glaive records www.glaiverecords.com <http://www.glaiverecords.com/> ) brought to the meeting a proposal to set up a "glaive records" shop on the Midnight Mango website. This would involve some form of price standardisation, for all bands involved and an element of profit to glaiverecords in return for setting up a world-wide credit card purchase facility for local bands. Glaive also currently do this for Sink and Stove . It was also possible to sell other merchandise like t-shirts etc. Some members were concerned about the cost and why we couldn't just do it ourselves whilst others felt it was a good idea. The Matts were asked to meet and come up with a proposal for a way forward.

d) CZECH TOURS ( 29 march- 7 april- £150 per person -includes travel "&" accommodation) . £10 deposits were needed by this meeting. The following names had achieved this and their places confirmed so long as they met the next payments £70 by 20 Feb. and £7- by 20th march

Paid
Nick Tuckwell, Karen Ritchings, Amy Butterworth, Dan whittle,Dan Rickards, Brett Pracownik, Rob knight,Chris gill,Andy Ducket, Helen white,Luke Cobham,Dean Crago, Bike drummer,adam carter,mat peters,rob carter,tom Sellick,david drew,tom Sperring,chris drew,wayne,Katie Kraus Davies, Naomi Vowler, Matthew Keith,Matt Akers, (25)

The following names had been submitted and were accepted on condition they pay £10 deposit within 7 days and then £70 by 20 Feb. and £70 by 20 march
Verbal;-still to pay within 7 days
Jon Addicot. Nikki Griffths, Deb Holman, Carl Florey,Ivor hawthorn,Justin Mirto, Jay Merrifield, David thames,Chris Kilburn, Rob Perdrix, Paul kelly,(11)

SPARE PLACES;- the above totals 36 and we have capacity for 40. Anyone other names should now be submitted urgently

Bridgwater Czech/Slovak Friendship society will provide 2 organisers-Cllr Brian Smedley + Cllr Marilyn Wallace plus 2 Czech support staff.

TOUR DIARY;- the Sticks magazine wanted someone to write a "Czech Tour Diary' -Karen "&" Amy volunteered.

e) MIDNIGHT MANGO WEB;- Matt reminded bands that he would do websites for them free and particularly encouraged "new "bands to contact him. www.midnightmango.co.uk <http://www.midnightmango.co.uk/>

f) BIKESHED Have a new
4 track CD out which can be
obtained from them at
go.bikeshed@talk21.com . They are also still LOOKING FOR A DRUMMERS

GIG GUIDE
Saturday 26th Jan;- 3 Crowns Bridgwater THE SYCAMORES +MONSTER IN THE PARK
Saturday 2nd Feb Aurora Bedminster Bristol ENDEAVOUR
Friday 8th Feb;-Labour Club Yeovil VOID,KANDY KANE,FUBAR
Saturday 9th Feb 3 Crowns Bridgwater FICTION+ EXIT WOUND + AURA SUN
Friday 15th Feb 3 Crowns Bridgwater TONIC TRIP+ DRY RISER
Saturday 16th Feb 3 Crowns Bridgwater THE SPARTANS +RED SMED AND THE HOT TROT SMASH THE SYSEM BOOGIE BAND
Thursday 21 Feb Café Mamba Taunton THE MAGNIFICENT
Saturday 23rd Feb 3 Crowns Bridgwater FOUR FOOT FINGERS,VEXT+ KOALA ATTACK

DATE OF NEXT MEETING;-
TUESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 8pm
BRIDGWATER ART CENTRE
Castle Street,Bridgwater

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Wednesday 18th December 2001

Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

Financial Position:
We have £100.56 in the SCMG/CD Project account after paying out all bands for the Compilation and indiidual CD projects.However, wqe haven,t seen a bank statement (ever) so we need to. Karen is asked to liase with Paul Kelly, change account detals and re-designate signatories. K .Ritchings, N.Tuckwell, "&" R.Perdrix.
These payments were made:
Visitors- £200
Sycamores- £80 + 20 to CD a/c
Thursday week- £180 +£20 to CD a/c
Bikeshed- £180 + £20 to cd a/c
Stupidicus- £180 + £20 to cd a/c
Civian- £80 + £20 to cd a/c
Yoda- £100 £126 to cd a/c
The following additional income was generated:
Squad 69- £20 to cd a/c
Tonic trip- £20 to cd a/c
Red smed- £20 to cd a/c
Visitors £20- to cd a/c
Airfield- £20 to cd ac
Totals SCMG- £1326.56 1226
Balance £100.56p
Cd account;- £326
Paid out ;-vivid print £139
MTM £187 (220 cds)

Crowns gig fund. C. £100 in the kitty

Three Crowns Gigs
1. need for money to be spent on equipment renewal. The previous meeting had approved money to be spent from the Three Crowns fund on replacement microphones via Ivor Hawthorne. Matt said there was also money left over from the pre-historic Three Crowns gigs. John Addicot, Adrian Baker,Matt Bartlett,Ivor hawthorn would form a subcommittee to re-look at equipment funding known as Technical
Initiative To Workout A New Kashflow.

2. John Addicott was still looking for more help from people on the day, of
the gigs-setting up;- In particular help was needed clearing up on the Sunday. John needed a list of people wo would help and would really turn up in fact too.

Projects:
CD releases;
1. THURSDAY WEEK ,BIKESHED .STUPIDICUS "&" THE VISITORS had all produced material and were given £200 each a further £100 was allocated to Judge Jo
Yoda, Sycamores Civian who had applied later than the initial deadline

Compilation CD "THIS IS BRIDGWATER (vol 3), . This had been mastered by Rob Perdrix with contributions received in time by THE VISITORS, BIKESHED, AIRFIELD, REDSMEDENDTHEHOTTROTSMASHTHESYSTEMBOOGIEBAND, STUPIDICUS, CIVIAN, SQUAD69, TONIC TRIP, THURSDAY WEEK and THE SYCAMORES.
The talented local artist Slim Fashionable Dave had produced a cover, which was lovely, it was printed at Vivid Print of Bawdrip and CD duplication by Tony a MTM . A last minute decision to fit the tracks into the space allocated on a 74 minute cd meant the 2 non sedgemoor bands were reduced from 2 to 1 track each
The CD would be released at the 2 gigs on Saturday 22nd December Bridgwater Arts Centre "&" 3 Crowns. Promo copies would be sent to
John Peel,
Weekender
Venue,
Sticks
BCRFM
Scumscene
Sink "&" Stove
Mercury
Times
Making Music
The Fly
Taunton
TV
SDC + any other outlets suggested???

COUNTY WIDE RELEASE;- THE X-PRESS YOURSELF:
This CD has been produced by Somerse County Council in an attempt to encourage young people to register to Vote in elections. It features several local bands..SOME PEOPLE SAY , THE VISITORS, PROSPECT, LABYRINTH, RED SMED "&" THE HOT TROT SMASH THE SYTEM BOOGIE BAND, MAITREYA, NOISE GENERATION COMPANY "&" HAWAII. You are encouraged to vote for your favourite band on the website www.somerset.gov.uk/x-press and apparently the winner gets to play at Glastonbury festival.

Plans For 2002:
i) Battle of the Bands: No-one had yet come forward offering to run this event in 2002. Jon Addicot was asked to consider programming it into the 3 crowns season which he said was possible . Tom Sellick didn,t report back on other possible venues and members were asked to come up with other suggestions. So far 1)Newmarket 2)Arts Centre 3)Toffs/Dance Factry 4)Boat "&" Ancor 5)Eastover community centre 6)College 7)Trinity Hall
ii) Arts Festival: a date has been set for the weekend of 5/6/7 July at Blake Gardens
ii)Jubilee Event: June 3rd / National BBC Music Live, event based (loosely) on the
golden jubilee/ street party in castle street in conjunction with the art centre/ feature a few punk bands, tables, a small stage, a closed street /the BBC to link us in to the other street parties . The treasurer raised the issue of maybe losing funding if we were too controversial
iii) SDC Grant: SDC review of ALL grants /January /Chairman and a small group would have to devise a new bid.
iv)Czech Tours: a date has been set for 29 march- 7 april. We now needed indication of WHO wanted to come. The price would be £150 per person (includes travel "&" accommodation) with a possible £20 reduction for 15-25 year olds resident in Sedgemoor. E mail smedlo@globalnet.co.uk NOW or phone Brian on 0794 7361071. But mainly FILL IN THE ATTACHED FORM and get others to do it too, then send it back to us to Oh Yes we,d like to come on the Czech Rock Tour,, c/o Cllr Smedley he,s great, Sedgemoor District Council, Kings Square, Bridgwater TA6 3AR by 22nd January 02

DATE OF NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY 22ND JANUARY 2002 8pm at BRIDGWATER ART CENTRE

Notes:
STUPIDICUS WANT A NEW BASS PLAYER john 07866772635
BIKESHED ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A DRUMMERgo.bikeshed@talk21.com

Gig Guide:
Saturday 22nd December STUPIDICUS (RIGHT), MAKE HER CRY ,FICTION, CANDY CANE, BISMUTH The Three crowns Bridgwater £3
Saturday 22nd December RED SMED AND THE HOT TRoT SMASH THE SYSTEM BOOGIE BAND + THURSDAY WEEK, + MATT BARTLETT+ ROB PERDRIX + PETER NAPTHINES BRAZILIAN BIG SOUND + CLAIRE FARMER + THE PRIME(UNPLUGGED) at Bridgwater Arts Centre £2
Friday 28th December BEER O-RAMA with 4 FOOT FINGERS +BUCKET +BORT at 3 crowns Bridgwater. £4 or £3 if you come dressed ridiculously
Wednesday 2nd January STUPIDICUS + THE LAMB QUARTET Chambers Taunton
Saturday 5th January VOID + THE VISITORS + SPANKBOY 3 Crowns Bridgwater
Saturday 19th January DOWNFALL 3 crowns Bridgwater
Saturday 9th February FICTION+ EXIT WOUND + AURA SUN 3 Crowns Bridgwater

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Wednesday 5th December 2001

Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

Financial Position:
We have £1326.56 in the SCMG/CD Project account and £100 in the 3 Crowns gig fund. Paul Kelly is In the process of the changing the names from the bank and include signatories. K .Ritchings, N.Tuckwell, "&" R. Perdrix.

Three Crowns Gigs:
Justin Mirto said gigs were going well but there was a need for money to be spent on equipment renewal. The meeting approved money to be spent from the Three Crowns fund on replacement microphones via Ivor Hawthorne. John Addicott was still looking for more help from people on the day of the gigs, setting up.

Projects:
CD releases;
£200 had been allocated each to Thursday Week, Bikeshed "&" The Visitors
A further £100 was allocated to Judge Jo Yoda, Sycamores, and Civian
£200 was allocated to Stupidicus who had submitted a bid to the previous meeting but Cllr Dickhead had forgotten to mention it.
Compilation CD THIS IS BRIDGWATER (volume III), Fat Bald Dave has submitted a cover. Rob Perdrix agreed (last meeting) to co-ordinate the master.
DEADLINES NOW NEEDED TO BE SET
i. Brian Smedley would find prices for a)CD Printing b)Covers.
ii. Bands would have to submit their material either to Rob Perdrix at 11 Potterton Close, Bridgwater TA6 6EU or contact Matt Bartlett to update on their progress
iii. Bands involved would contribute £20 each in return get 20 CDs to sell (at £5 each) and a further number would be sent off as promo to venues/press/A"&"R/etc. We aimed to have at least ten bands thus generating £200 and add to this £126 from the SCMG account.
The budget for the project would therefore be limited to £326
The following 3 bands had already submitted 2 tracks each
THE VISITORS
SYCAMORES
RED SMED
The following bands would submit 2 tracks each during the next 2 weeks with an ABSOLUTE deadline of 16 December
STUPIDICUS
CIVIAN
BIKESHED
JUDGE JO YODA
BISMUTH
NICK TUCKWELL
ROB PERDRIX,
BORT
THURSDAY WEEK
The CD would be released at a double gig weekend 22nd December

Plans for 2002:
Battle of the Bands :No-one had come forward offering to run this event in 2002. Jon Addicot was asked to consider programming it into the Three Crowns Season. Tom Sellick agreed to report back on other possible venues
Arts Festival: a date has been set for the weekend of 5/6/7 July. We had informed the committee that we wanted Blake Gardens rather than Cranleigh this time. We wondered whether we could provide our own bouncers in future and get some training.
Jubilee Event: June 3rd would be a National "BBC Music Live" style event based on the Queen (Elizabeth ii) having a golden jubilee. Whilst we weren't that fussed about celebrating that, we nevertheless thought it would be good to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1977 jubilee which gave birth to punk rock et al. We agreed to try a street party in castle street in conjunction with the art centre, feature a few punk bands, tables, a small stage, a closed street and maybe Julian Temples "Filth "&" Fury" film and get the BBC to link us in to the other street parties oh yes.
SDC Grant: SDC was conducting a review of ALL grants so we had to wait until January to know the new system. Then the Chairman and a small group would have to devise a new bid.
Czech Tour: a date has been set for 29 march- 7 april. So far Bort, Civian , Stupidicus and Bikeshed put names forward. However, this year we didn't get the Euro grant money so we would have to finance this by taking MORE people, probably on a coach. A price would be got and interested types circulated

Date of Next Meeting Tuesday 18th December 8pm at Unity House, Dampiet Street, Bridgwater. Main Agenda;- . Compilation album update

GIG GUIDE
Saturday December 8th
CHIP RUN ROAD KILL, DRY RISER,+MONSTER IN THE PARK
Three Crowns Bridgwater £2
Monday 10th December
JUDGE JO YODA Senoritas
Weston Super Mare
Thursday 18th Dec
SUB DIFFUSION, TOTAL SCIENCE,BREAKBEAT HEROES,MOLDER +
RESIDENT DJS
Time Code,@ the Vaults Bristol £2 b411
Saturday 22nd December
STUPIDICUS, MAKE HER CRY , FICTION, CANDY CANE,
BISMUTH
The Three crowns Bridgwater £2
Saturday 22nd December
RED SMED AND THE HOT TRoT SMASH THE SYSTEM BOOGIE
BAND + THURSDAY WEEK, + MATT BARTLETT+ ROB PERDRIX + PETER NAPTHINES BRAZILIAN BIG SOUND + CLAIRE FARMER + THE PRIME(UNPLUGGED)
Bridgwater Arts Centre £2
Wednesday 2nd January
STUPIDICUS + THE LAMB QUARTET
Chambers Taunton

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Thursday 15th November

Organisational Structure:
Elections were held for SCMG officers 2001-2002
Chair: Matthew Bartlett
Vice Chair: Tom Mutters
Secretary/ Events organiser: John Addicott
Treasurer: Karen Ritchings
Assistant Treasurer: Nick Tuckwell

Financial Position:
We had £1326.56 in the SCMG/CD?Project account and £100 in the 3 Crowns gig fund. Paul Kelly would arrange the change in names from the bank and include signatories. K .Ritchings, N.Tuckwell, "&" R.Perdrix.

Three Crowns Gigs:
John Addicot reported that the gigs were going well and he was now steering away from the punk gigs to a more eclectic mix of music. Next year there would be only 2 gigs a month plus one Tempest (recorded music evening) + free Saturdays for bands to do their own thing. John said however he needed a hand in promoting (posters designing/distribution etc) "&" a joint Stage Manager who could take over on the night as he is in Plymouth a lot. Matt "&" Tom offered help with stage management whilst Nick "&" Andy said they would give a hand with technical affairs.

Projects:
Part of the brief for obtaining a SDC grant was to produce material by original, local bands and make it available to the public The meeting agreed to use the SCMG money before the end of the year to bring out the 3rd Compilation CD and to fund immediate releases by local bands. £200 was allocated each to THURSDAY WEEK, BIKESHED "&" THE VISITORS with a further £300 available for other bands who applied to us within the next weeks. The compilation will be called THIS IS BRIDGWATER (volume III), with a suitably cheesy feel to the cover. Fat Bald Dave agreed to do the cover. Rob Perdrix agreed to co-ordinate the master.
BANDS INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE COMPILATION SHOULD SEND UP TO 2 ORIGINAL SONGS ON ANY FORMAT TO: Rob Perdrix 11 Potterton close, Bridgwater TA6 6EU.
Rob will present what we have to the meeting on 5 December and we' ll aim to release it at the double xmas gig weeked on 22 dec. Bands involved would contribute £20 each in return get 20 CDs to sell (for a suggested £5 each) and a further number would be sent off as promo to venues/press/A"&"R/etc The budget for the project would therefore be in the region of £600

Plans for 2002:
i) Battle of the Bands: It was agreed to try to run another Battle of the Bands but it was felt that Remedies was not the best place due to its age restriction. It was also felt to be more important to do the series later in the year to allow more time. The 3 crowns was suggested as the best venue with door take used as prize money. It was to be a future agenda item to be considered in conjunction with the annual Three Crowns programme and would need at least someone or maybe a small committee to run it
ii) Arts Festival: A date has been set for the weekend of 5/6/7 July..The meeting agreed we should participate but felt that Blake gardens was better than Cranleigh gardens, that we should also aim for a beer/food tent as the people responsible could therefore co-ordinate litter clearance too
iii) Czech Tour: A date has been set for 29 march- 7 april. So far Bort, Civian , Stupidicus and Bikeshed put names forward.

Date of Next Meeting:
Wednesday 5th December 8pm at Unity House,Dampiet st ,Bridgwater. Main Agenda;- 1.Compilation album update 2. extra Money for projects 3. Battle of the bands 4. Somerfest 5. Czech tour 6. 3 Crowns gigs

Gig Guide:
Saturday 24 Nov THE VISITORS + THURSDAY WEEK Three Tuns, Hotwells Bristol Saturday
Saturday 24 Nov LEWINSKY, WALKING WITH THE KING, CANDY CANE The Three Crowns Bridgwater (£2)
Saturday 1st Dec CRAIG BARNET + ROB PERDRIX Rose "&" Crown,Bridgwater
Saturday December 8th CHIP RUN ROAD KIL, DRY RISER,+MONSTER IN THE PARK Three Crowns Bridgwater £2
Thursday 18th Dec SUB DIFFUSION, TOTAL SCIENCE,BREAKBEAT HEROES,MOLDER + RESIDENT DJS Time Code,@the Vaults Bristol £2 b411
Saturday 22nd December STUPIDICUS,(right) MAKE HER CRY + SUPPORT The Three crowns Bridgwater £2
Saturday 22nd December RED SMED AND THE HOT TRoT SMASH THE SYSTEM BOOGIE BAND + THURSDAY WEEK, + MATT BARTLETT+ ROB PERDRIX + PETER NAPTHINES BRAZILIAN BIG SOUND + CLAIRE FARMER + THE PRIME(UNPLUGGED) at Bridgwater Arts Centre £2

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
MEETING Tues 19 June

GENERAL SCMG BUSINESS
Midnight Mango Summer Season at the Three Crowns Bridgwater 23RD JUNE - MR ZIPPY, BORT, WALKING WITH THE KING 30TH JUNE - SUBROSA, NOVEMBER 2ND, PRIME 8TH JULY - BRIDGWATER FESTIVAL (CRANLEIGH GARDENS) 14TH JULY - INKARMA, AS IF, LOU JOHNSON 21ST JULY - FOUR FOOT FINGERS, GREBO, THE MERICS *27th JULY- BUS STATION LOONIES, DOGEND +BORTICUS 28TH JULY - THE VISITORS, CLAIRE FARMER , ENDEAVOUR 4TH AUGUST - SPANKBOY, BIKESHED + SUPPORT 11TH AUGUST- TONIC TRIP, THE KRAYS 18TH AUGUST - MIDNIGHT UNDERGROUND-DRUM N BASS NIGHT
other gigs coming up;-

Friday 22ND June- Stupidicus, Bort "&" Civian at Newmarket ,Bridgwater
Wednesday 4th July November 2nd, Just Fakes "&" Psychosis at Cheese "&" Grain Warehouse,Frome
Saturday 7th July November 2nd, Lou Johnson, "&" The Visitors at Bridgwater Labour Club
Friday 20th July Stupidicus, Womb bomb ,"&" Bort at Tor Leisure centre, Glastonbury
Sunday 8th July-Something for the Weekend-
-outdoor music event at Cranleigh Gardens Bridgwater
12.00-12.40 ALTERED NATIVE 13.00-13.40 THE VISITORS
14.00-14.20 ROB PERDRIX "&" HEIDI POWELL 14.40-15.20 NOVEMBER 2ND
15.40-16.10 ENDEAVOUR 16.30-17.10 SUB DIFFUSION 17.30-18.10 SUBROSA
18.30-19.00 BORT 19.30-20.00 BIKESHED 20.20-20.50 CIVIAN 21.10-22.00 STUPIDICUS

OTHER SCMG NEWS
Accounts;- We currently operated 2 accounts
1. Main SCMG account-)-This is a bank account in the SCMG name which Paul Kelly has run since the start of the SCMG and which we use to receive money from SDC and contributions from bands to projects and then pay out grants for recordings and general SCMG approved projects . We should have £1500 in this for the new financial year.
2. Events Account;- This comprises 2 blocks of cash ;-Matt Bartlett (old 3 crowns fund)-£300 "&" John Addicot (new 3 crowns fund)-£120. This fund was set up in order to run events at the 3 Crowns, to renew equipment and to cover in the event of a loss. Matts cash, accumulated over a year of succesful promotions, was in his account and could be accessed; Johns was in form of a cash float and included £70 from the recent PA disco frenzy event .
The meeting considered combining all the accounts into one or at least pooling the 2 separate sections of the Events Account but opted to continue the status quo.
DROP THE DEBT AWARENESS GIG

A series of gigs around the Country to draw attention to the need to drop the Third World Debt were being held on November 10th. John had been approached to do one at the 3 Crowns as an all day event. The meeting agreed to support this and he agreed to organise it. Any bands interested should contact him.

NOVEMBER 2ND
The Alanis Morisette,Suzanne Vega,Bryan Adams,Crash Test Dummies Supporting Czech band (pic left with someone famous) who will be in Somerset need some help with equipment as theyre not bringing their own. Can anyone loan us a bass amp, 2 guitar amps and an acoustic guitar for the week???
Their gigs are;-
Sat 30 June;- 3 Crowns Bridgwater +Subrosa "&" The prime
Wed 4 July;-Frome Cheese "&" Grain Warehouse + Just Fakes "&" Psychosis
Fri 6 July;-Newton Abbot Seale Hayne Agricultural college
+ The Visitors
Sat 7 July;- Bridgwater Labour Club +Lou Johnson "&" The Visitors Sun 8 july;- the Bridgwater Festival
NEXT FULL SCMG MEETING Tuesday 26th June 10pm at Bridgwater Unity Club,Dampiet st
Brian Smedley 0794 7361071 John Addicot 07866772635 Matt Bartlett 07779723061

Somerfest 2001
is a Festival of Music and the Arts held in Bridgwater over the weekend of July 6,7 "&" 8. There will be street entertainment, shows, performances culminating in a rock festival in Cranleigh gardens on Sunday 8th july.
VENUE;- Cranleigh Gardens (aka Eastover Park)
Name;- Something for the Weekend-11 rock bands playing in Cranleigh gardens
TIMES 12.00-22.00
Staging;- stage provided by Grapevine .help with putting up "&" taking down needed
Location;- 3 options 1) back to Liberty place 2)by play area 3) back to gym/toilets. 3 is favoured as it allows vehicle access and the SDC changing rooms could be used for the bands withrestricted access
SOUND;- PA system "&" tech provided free by Bridgwater Arts Centre (Adrian Baker)
Lights;- Ed Florey will provide lights-Adrian "&" Ivor would help with sd "&" lights. Floods also needed.
Power;- SDC WILL SUPPLY AND PAY FOR A GENERATOR. This needs to be a silenced generator , stabilised;- ie suitable for running electrical equipment, 8KVA/ 230 volts. Would a person come with it??
STAFF;- 8 helpers provided by SCMG volunteers included Alex, Daniel,Dave,Simon,Randolph,MattÖ
Bouncers;- We had been assured that a number of marshals would be provided free by College/carnival marshalling course-John had spoken to Chris Hocking but Roger Evans had left a message saying they may need paying. He left 2 numbers Richard 424392 "&" Rod 457203.
Publicity;-Lucy Ball has produced brochures Ö specific posters "&" late flyers by Justin Mirto .. will also do some colour photocopies "&" food flyers but wont produce programmes for the day.
Backline;-Amps would be individual but the peoples drum kit would be used
Stage Manager;- John Addicot agreed to this with 2 assistants..Justin Mirto would be one, Louise Burge the other "&" Justin Wise a 3rd
Compere;- it was felt we needed one
Transport;- John said adequate transport would be provided for the PA gear
Parking;- no cars on the field, adequate signage to nearby car parks
Legal matters ;- Brian had discussed with SDC about
1)possible public liability insurance ;- Karen Barnes would arrange this for -£5.78
2) access to SDC toiletsSDC have insisted on PORTALOOS but THEY WOULD PROVIDE "&" PAY 3)licence conditions ie extra toilets, sound restrictions etc-NONE
4)power source-MUST BE GENERATOR because OF FEAR OF ELECTROCUTION
5)erecting a big tent Karen barnes approved a small tent for performers
6)stalls Paul Cornish of Vagabonds carnival club has offered to run a catering tent and says he has the licence-including alcohol. The meeting felt if this was as easy as this then it should happen 7)collecting donations apparently not allowed
8)first aid posts st johns would be available throughout the festival events
9)extra marquees not possible
10) water for hot day no plans yet
Residents;- Brian would produce a leaflet, Linda Krause Davies had addresses, Bort would deliver

PROGRAMME;-
12.00-12.40 ALTERED NATIVE
12.40-13.00-
13.00-13.40 THE VISITORS
13.40-14.00
14.00-14.20 ROB PERDRIX "&" HEIDI POWELL
14.20-14.40
14.40-15.20 NOVEMBER 2ND
15.20-15.40
15.40-16.10 ENDEAVOUR
16.10-16.30
16.30-17.10 SUB DIFFUSION
17.10-17.30
17.30-18.10 SUBROSA
18.10-18.30
18.30-19.00 BORT
19.10-19.30
19.30-20.00 BIKESHED
20.00 20.20
20.20-20.50 CIVIAN
20.50-21.10
21.10-22.00 STUPIDICUS

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Meeting May 1. 2001

1. Midnight Mango Presents Summer Season at the three Crowns Bridgwater

12 th MAY- KENESIA, LUNA SUIT SELF INFLICTED
19 th MAY- SERENITY, WOMB BOMB, TOWER HILL COMMITTEE
26 th MAY- SUBDIFFUSION - DRUM N BASS NIGHT
2 nd JUNE- THE PALAMINOS, SLIDE, FEEBA
9 th JUNE- EXIT WOUND, CIVIAN, BEHOLD ST. CHRISTOPHER
16 th JUNE- MIDNIGHT UNDERGROUND - DRUM "&" BASS
23 rd JUNE- MR ZIPPY, BORT, WALKING WITH THE KING
30 th JUNE- SUBROSA, NOVEMBER 2nd, PRIME
8 th JULY- BRIDGWATER FESTIVAL (CRANLEIGH GARDENS)
14 th JULY- INKARMA, AS IF, LOU JOHNSON
21 ST JULY- FOUR FOOT FINGERS, GREBO, thE MERICS
28 th JULY- THE VISITORS, CLAIRE FARMER , ENDEAVOUR
4 th AUGUST- SPANKBOY, BIKESHED + SUPPORT
11 th AUGUST- TONIC TRIP, THE KRAYS
18 th AUGUST- MIDNIGHT UNDERGROUND-DRUM N BASS NIGHT

2. Somerfest 2001

Somerfest 2001 is a Festival of Music and the Arts held in Bridgwater over the weekend of July 6,7 "&" 8. there will be street entertainment, shows, performances culminating in a rock festival in Cranleigh gardens on Sunday 8 th July.
VENUE- Cranleigh gardens
NAME- Something for the Weekend-11 rock bands playing in Cranleigh gardens
TIMES- 12.00-22.00
STAGING- Flatbed lorry supplied by Jonathan Richards ?other options Grapevine, scaffolding, a marquee, county council stores,
SOUND- PA system "&" tech provided free by Bridgwater Arts Centre
LIGHTS- Could be done by Dean c/o art centre
POWER- Optional generator provided by Jonathan Richards OR power source taken from nearby gym. Other generator options include YMCA/ Grapevine-but needs to be silent
STAFF - 8 helpers provided by SCMG Öa number of marshals provided free by College/carnival marshalling course
PUBLICITY- Lucy Ball "&" her press syndicate would also like specific posters "&" late flyers Justin Mirto would design them
BACK LINE- shared where possible/ including use of the peoples drum kit

PROGRAMME
bands below are now confirmed

12.00-12.40 ALTERED NATIVE (Glastonbury funk-groove-trance band)
12.40-13.00 Hamp Samba Band
13.00-13.40 thE VISITORS (Bridgwater's leading exponents of Dark Folk
13.40-14.00 Monmouth reenactment
14.00-14.20 ROB PERDRIX "&" HEIDI POWELL (pop heart-throbs from North Petherton)
14.20-14.40 Middle eastern Dancers
14.40-15.20 NOVEMBER 2nd (Czech rockers touring England in preparation for their signing by EMI and support slot with Alanis Morisssette)
15.20-15.40 Monmouth reenactment
15.40-16.10 ENDEAVOUR (indie-rock)
16.10-16.30 probably some bloody clowns
16.30-17.10 SUB DIFFUSION (drum n bass)
17.10-17.30 Hamp samba
17.30-18.10 SUBROSA (tight pop rock outfit)
18.10-18.30 Monmouth stuff
18.30-19.00 BORT (skate punks on goosecake)
19.10-19.30 Coco gets a kicking
19.30-20.00 BIKESHED (hi-energy popsters)
20.00 20.20 A man in Native American costume knits a balaclava out of yogurt
20.20-20.50 CIVIAN (young spiky haired new metallers)
20.50-21.10 clown firing squad
21.10-22.00 STUPIDICUS (Heavy thrash grind death punk )

Brian Smedley 0794 7361071
John Addicot 07866772635
Matt Bartlett 07779723061

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Meeting Feb 13. 2001

CASH FOR LOCAL BANDS;-
SDC funding for 2001 ;- £1500-Paul Kelly would fill in an evaluation form then wed get it.
We would aim to make a compilation CD based on live recordings at the 3 Crowns by Ivor Hawthorn but would await first results before making a decision.

3 Crowns gigs ;-. Sat 17 Feb Bikeshed ,The Visitors, + Rob Perdrix Sat 3rd March Stupidicus, Subrosa, Feeba Matt Bartlett (01278 451504) said the last 2 gigs had been a success and the 3rd of March had sold out so we had to shut the doors.
The next 2 gigs would be:
Sat 17th March Judge Joe Yoda, Inkarma , Endeavour
Sat 31st March The Ideal Husbands, Slide , Lou Johnson

Matt said that after this season had finished he would like to hand over the promotion of 3 Crowns gigs to John Addicott. John agreed and the meeting supported this. Matt would continue to do the website but had other projects he wanted to pursue.

Bridgwater Arts Festival 2001
Set for the weekend of 6-8 July 2001 with SCMG co-ordinating the rock element
The steering group would be ;- (Brian Smedley, Matt Bartlett, Jon Addicott "&" Ivor Hawthor)
Matt agreed to co-ordinate booking the bands for the event.
Adrian hadnt submitted the bid for funding and so we were unsure if we could finance the event.
John Richards would look into staging "&" generators, John Addicot would also look into staging, Adrian Baker would look at sound and lights . All should contact Brian with estimates by Friday 16 march. Bouncers had cost £12 a head last time but a deal with Carnival stewards may be accepted by police-however until this was confirmed we should include it as a cost
Names of bands needed to be submitted to Lucy Ball by end of March
There would be an Arts festival meeting 21.3.001 at 3.30 held at mercury offices. No one was able to go and so we would submit a report to this meeting

Battle of the Bands
The meeting agreed that the extra £50 to fund PA for the LAUNCH PARTY on Feb 14 should be paid by Paul kelly from Grant money to the Art centre in April.
The first gig had been held and the winners were JUDGE JOE YODA

WED 7th MARCH
8pm PINEAPPLE FRENZY9pm REIGN10pm SUBROSA11pm JUDGE JOE YODA
Matt said the evening was a success but there were problems that needed to be sorted for the remainder of the tournament.
TRANSPORT OF EQUIPMENT;- Part of the deal was getting the BAC PA to the venue. For the event on 14th march Brian offered to help Adrian carry it by hand from the town hall 2pm-any other offers would be welcome.
John Addicott said Stupidicus would sort transport on the 21st march.,
On both nights members offered to help carry the gear back to the Town hall. It would be appreciated if other members could also help.
We would see which bands reached the final before arranging transport for the 28th.
WINNERS;- the meeting felt the points shouldnt be read out and score sheets shouldnt be handed out on the night. Just the reverse order of bands positions.
STAGE MANAGER;- It wasnt clear to the meeting whether Rob Perdrix was able to do all the nights. Brian would contact him to make sure he would do 14th-if not he would do it himself. It is important though to have an independent stage manager and if anybody can do this please let us know. The SM would have to be there from late afternoon to sort out the sound checks too. John Addicott "&" Andy Ducket also offered help.
WED 14th MARCH
8pm SUBDIFFUSION 9pm THE VISITORS 10pm ALTERED NATIVE 11pm ENDEAVOUR
Bikeshed couldnt play the final heat and the meeting agreed we should fill the space first with the bands who applied but dropped out then by any other bands
WED 21 MARCH
8pm ?????? 9pm BACKTOBACK 10pm BORT11pm STUPIDICUS

Czech Tour 2001

Dates will be April 6-15. The Price £80 each;-
Bands, BIKESHED, JUDGE JOE YODA,- "&" STUPIDICUS.
Everyone who has paid their deposit is now confirmed as going IF they now pay the ammount outstanding. The deadline for full payment was 1st March
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO PLEASE SEND THE OUTSTANDING CASH BY FRIDAY 16th March to Bridgwater Czech Slovak Friendship Society 34 Alfoxton rd, Bridgwater Somerset TA67NN

CLOSING NOTE;-
Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group has been going since 1997 when I originally met with local musicians , asked what people wanted and then achieved SDC backing for what was clearly a dynamic original rock scene in Bridgwater. Now having organised itself into a co-operative body to generally support each other SCMG is well respected and gets the largest single small arts grant from SDC (now £1500).
The gigs at the 3 Crowns are extremely popular and well run, we are trusted with organising the Bridgwater Arts festival rock event, weve set up and run 2 battle of the bands, weve brought out 3 CDs by local bands, we operate a website, weve formed a link with promoters all over the South West and weve run a database and newsletter for local bands.
What weve achieved has been because weve worked together and for each other .
As of the next meeting on April 3rd Im going to withdraw from the organisation of SCMG and if the many talented people involved want to take it on to greater and dizzier heights then at that meeting you ought to re-establish yourselves on an accountable basis with elected positions and clearly defined responsibilities thereafter.

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group Cllr Brian Smedley-Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, kings square, Bridgwater,Somerset TA6 3AR 01278 451877 (fax 444076) email smedlo@globalnet.co.uk
NEXT MEETING;-7.45 Tuesday 3rdth April 2001 @Unity Club, Dampiet st,Bridgwater.

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Meeting Tuesday 16th January 2000 7.30pm at Unity House,Dampiet st,Bridgwater

The meeting agreed to ask Paul Kelly to put in a bid to SDC for our funding for 2001 at a level of £2000 to account for the increased success of the local music scene and the takeup of bands for the various projects. The meeting decided we would use the money for a compilation CD project again plus support for individual band releases.

3 Crowns gigs ;-.
Matt Bartlett (01278 451504) has organised the next season as below.
Sat 20th Jan;- Sub Diffusion, DJ Ricochet, (right) Breakbeat (this event is £3 or £2 with a flyer-other events below are all £2)
Sat 3rd Feb Lewinsky Psychedelia Smith , Squad 69
Sat 17 Feb Bikeshed ,The Visitors, Claire "&" her Beavers
Sat 3rd March Stupidicus,(above) Subrosa, Feeba
Sat 17th March Judge Joe Yoda, Inkarma , Endeavour
Sat 31st March The Ideal Husbands, Slide , Lou Johnson

It was noted that the 3 Crowns gigs were now very succesful however, there was some concern at the size and age of the crowds it was agreed to monitor the situation and to set a capacity at 140.
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Other Gigs Coming up
Friday 19 Jan Bridgwater Newmarket hotel Mr Zippy, Lewinsky, Bort "&" Grebothis is a benefit for the Eastover community centre £3
Saturday 27th Jan Glastonbury Tor leisure Centre-Bikeshed,Judge Joe Yoda, Bort
Wed 31st Jan Taunton Chambers Stupidicus "&" Civian

Bridgwater Arts Festival 2001
This would happen over the weekend of 6-8 July 2001 and we would co-ordinate the rock element our steering group;- (Brian Smedley, Matt Bartlett, Adrian Baker, Colin Heath, Jon Addicott) should meet in March to co-ordinate-date to be advised at next meeting. Adrian Baker had drafted a grant application to Arts for All and would now submit it for us.

Battle of the Bands
The Palace could only offer Sunday night gigs but felt themselves this wouldnt be a good idea.Clive Lilley suggested we hir the town hall and hed do the bar. The meeting rejected this offer.
We had received an offer from Remedies to stage the event and fund whole project (£1200 ) however, they wanted the event sooner rather than later so they could use it to launch live music there. After lengthy debate as to whether we could organise this in the timescale. It was eventually decided we could.. The Contest would feature 4 bands per night (paid £50 each)ÖÖ the final prize would be£400( split £300 £75 £25).Events would be on Wednesday nights in March 7,14,21, + a final on March 28th All events should have the same PA "&" tech the art centres 4 x £50 budget .
Judges-It was felt we needed independent judges with a knowledge of music and an appreciation for what we were doing although they neednt be famous (though this might help).The Venue would cover publicity
Demos (CD or cassette) should be sent or taken NOW (or pretty quickly anyway) to Louise Reid, Battle of the Bands REMEDIES 62 High street, Bridgwater TA6 3BN.
The preliminary hearings will be through the house sound system at Remedies from 19.00 on Monday 5th February. 4 bands would be chosen by a panel of judges for 3 heats (bands should advise in advance which heats they cant do) The winner of each heat would perform in the final. There is NO limit on genre of music, bands neednt just be from Bridgwater, but they must be able to play for 40 minutes.
LAUNCH PARTY Remedies have asked us if wed like to try out the venue on Feb 14 (Valentines night) (err, girls) no money but some free drinkswould any bands like to try out the venue that night??? Ring Brian 01278 451877

Czech Tour 2001
Dates will be April 6-15. The Price £80 each;-
Bands confirmed are CLAIRE "&" HER BEAVERS , BIKESHED, JUDGE JOE YODA,- "&" STUPIDICUS. Everyone going now needs to pay their deposits!!!!
Poster design-the Czechs have asked for a single poster design which can be adapted for the whole tourif anyone would like to design one please let Brian Smedley know. There will be a Labour club gig on Thursday 5 april for the bands before the tour.

BRIDGWATER ARTS CENTRE UPDATE
We had won a battle at the arts centre and the venue would now not close and was able to consider re-introducing rock music. There was the possibility of re-locating the Arts Centre to another venue but the membership had supported our conditions of a move only into a venue which provided a performance standard theatre (where we could put on rock music.) We have asked the Art Centre board to consider asking SCMG to run its rock music programme and they have asked us to run a trial gig in February (while Margaret Rees is in Australia)this could be done as a benefit for the Arts centre and could be the 2nd Feb or the 9thany offers??(Brian 451877)

OTHER BUSINESS;-
*John Addicott would be running a training day for young people at Sydenham Youth centre based on rock promotion and would like experienced members from SCMG to run sessions there. The date would probably be 10th March.

*John also pointed out there were 2 extra Pas available for bands. One at Sydenham youth centre which was being built and one at the YNCA which had been updated.

*Justin from the PRIME was looking for a new bass player (01643 705492)

*Matt had been getting together on a Regional basis with other South West promoters and would attend a meeting on Jan 27th in Taunton to discuss co-operation

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group Cllr Brian Smedley-Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, kings square, Bridgwater,Somerset TA6 3AR 01278 451877 (fax 444076) email smedlo@globalnet.co.uk
NEXT MEETING;-7.45 Tuesday 13th February 2001 @Unity Club, Dampiet st,Bridgwater.

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Meeting Tuesday 28th November 2000 7.30pm at Unity House,Dampiet st,Bridgwater

CASH FOR LOCAL BANDS;-
The following bands had produced material in time for the deadline today and were entitled to £150 each;-Bukowski, , Judge Joe Yoda, Braxton Hicks.

3 Crowns gigs ;-.
REPORTBACK Matt Bartlett reported that the 3 crown gigs were going from strength to strength with the Phion gig attracting 95 paying people.Organisation was working well with strong technical support from Ivor "&" Adrian and back up from John "&" Justin. Ther is £218.91 in the 3 crowns kitty for SCMG
NEXT GIGS ;-- Sat 2 Dec the Palominos "&" Incarma Sat 16 Dec Stupidicus/Bikeshed "&" Bort. Matt would book the 2001 season in January-phone Matt 01278 451504

Other Gigs
Mon 18 Dec-Bath Moles Bikeshed, Judge Joe Yoda "&" Phion
Thursday 21 Dec-CafÈ Mamba,Taunton Bikeshed
Friday 22nd Dec Bridgwater Art centre christmas party Red Smed and the Hot Trot Smash the System Boogie band, Claire "&" Her Beavers, Billy Bartlett snr, Rob Perdrix "&" Craig Barnett could be the last ever art centre gig!!
Wednesday 27 December The Tube ,Tiverton Bikeshed "&" Squad 69
Friday 19 Jan Bridgwater Newmarket hotel Mr Zippy, Bort "&" Grebo this is a benefit being organised by John Addicot for the Eastover community centre

Bridgwater Arts Festival 2001
Adrian Baker had gone to the first meeting "&" an Arts festival would be held in Bridgwater 6-8 July 2001 but with limited funding available largely for publicity-and specific arts groups (eg-rock) will be expected to organise their own sections. The meeting agreed that we wanted another festival of live music in Blake Gardens-and that this should be a free event-however, money would be needed for technical back up and security (if required this year). We agreed to organise a free rock event involving 12 original local bands but stressed that attracting sponsorship would be better achieved from the central body. Adrian agreed to look into Arts Lottery Grants and reportback
Our steering group;- (Brian Smedley, Matt Bartlett, Adrian Baker, Colin Heath, Jon Addicott)

Battle of the Bands
The Palace had not confirmed whether it would hold a Battle of the bands in 2001. The meeting agreed that we should look at an option of holding one in Toffs on a Thursday night but that first we should follow up the Palace further.

Czech Tour 2001
Dates will be April 6-15.Price£80 each;- Bands should now confirm by returning the enclosed application form within the week listing travellers "&" friends who want to go (CLAIRE "&" HER
BEAVERS, BIKESHED, JUDGE JOE YODA,WINTERLONG- would get priority .STUPIDICUS "&" PHION would now depend on definite confirmation from other bands "&" space available).

BRIDGWATER ARTS CENTRE UPDATE
SCMG re-looked at our position re the Art Centre. Brian Smedley informed the meeting of a new option of converting the Methodist hall in Monmouth st to a new art centre.
The meeting made the following statement
1. That Rock should be
regarded as a key component of the Arts Centres programme
2. That as such whatever
option was chosen should provide the facility for rock music adequate sound "&" lighting system, access to a bar, ability to perform original material, no noise limiter etc
3. That the Art Centre
should strive to maintain a home for the Arts in Bridgwater as a focal point for the artistic community which should include rock music as a key creative artform "&" income stream
4. That the Arts Centres
re-location to the Methodist hall-whilst not ideal-is the best solution now on offer
5. That rock music locally
is in a strong position with a growing audience base and a sound organisational framework and that whatever happened with the Art Centre we would continue our activities at various venues around the district

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group Cllr Brian Smedley-Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, kings square, Bridgwater,Somerset TA6 3AR 01278 451877 (fax 444076) email smedlo@globalnet.co.uk
NEXT MEETING;-7.30 Tuesday 16th January 2001 @Unity Club, Dampiet st,Bridgwater.

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group
Meeting 17 Oct 2000

CASH FOR LOCAL BANDS;- the following bands are in the process of producing CDs. Those that have completed by Nov 28th will share the remaining grant up to a max of £150
.Bukowski,3 fold Scream,Bikeshed ,Theodore 4 Judge Joe Yoda, Birdbath Braxton Hicks.
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3 Crowns gigs ;-.
Sat 21 Oct Bukowski/Hollow
Sat 4 Nov Visitors/Parkers Barton/Moco
Sat 18 Nov Mr.Zippy/Phion
Sat 2 Dec Palomino/Sphere
Sat 16 Dec Stupidicus/Bikeshed
Contact Matt on 01278 451504
Under current arrangements SCMG were amassing a sizeable amount of money due to the success of recent gigs. Matt was keen to redress this in favour of the bands and so we discussed alternatives for sharing the money or maybe amassing more in order to put on semi name bands. It was agreed that in future the money raised at gigs should be divided equally between the bands and SCMG after £10 sound engineer and £10 doorperson were accounted for. It was also agreed that Matt should take out a reasonable figure to cover the expenses incurred for putting on the gigs (postage/phone/posters etc)
Matt also wanted to be able to give away our stockpile of Moo CDs as in incentive for the lst 30 into future gigs. This was agreed.

WEB SITE;-
Matt is doing websites for bands as part of the Midnight Mango site and has quite a lotup there so far but is keen to get material (j.pegs "&" biogs) still from the following ;-Claire and the Beavers, Parkers Barton,Lewinsky,Bikeshed,Psychedelia Smith

Future gigs;-
Friday 10th November Rose "&" Crown Bridgwater The Visitors + Claire and the beavers
Saturday 11th November 3 Tuns,Bristol Visitors + Claire and the beavers

Arts festival 2001 or Music live festival
We discussed whether to a) repeat the Music live event in Blake gardens b)to join it instead to a new town arts festival run by Lucy Ball town centre manager which would gain sponsorship, but not be solely music c) try both d) do none of the above. We agreed to set up a small steering group to attend the first meeting of the Arts festival group and then make a judgement. The group would be Brian Smedley, Matt Bartlett, Adrian Baker, Colin Heath,Jon Addicott

Battle of the bands
The battle of the bands at the palace last year had been a success and it was indicated that the Lilleys might want to run another this year and increase the prize money. The meeting agreed we should be involved to help set conditions as before. Matt pointed out that Toffs had also suggested that we help them organise one instead. There was a debate about which was the better venue. It was felt that although Toffs was smaller and more intimate, the Palace was more of a prestige option.

Czech Tour 2001
Notice is given that w will be running another tour to the Czech republic. The dates will be April 6-15. Bands interested should contact Brian Smedley (01278451877) smedlo@globalnet.co.uk for details.

Filth "&" the Fury Halloween/Oct 31
SCMG members have been invited to a free Halloween showing of the Sex Pistols film The Filth and the Fury by director Julian Temple;- film centre Bridgwater, 8.30 on Tuesday 31st October. Everyone is asked to try to get along and bring several friends

Sedgemoor Contemporary Music Group Cllr Brian Smedley-Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, kings square, Bridgwater,Somerset TA6 3AR 01278 451877 (fax 444076) email smedlo@globalnet.co.uk
NEXT MEETING;-7.30 Tuesday 28th November @Unity Club,Dampiet st,Bridgwater.

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Song Titles	Band
Pocketful of reasons, I call your name	John Sharp
A rainy day, Hold on	Parkers Barton
Keeling Over, Lonely	The Visitors
Blinded by the open silence, Human Race	WomBomb
I see it coming, Only you	Endeavour
Big Fish Little Fish, No Std's in Ibiza	Bucket
Swedish Language Yeh Yeh Yeh, Stogumber Cajan Gumbo	Red Smed
Say Something	Craig Priddice
Pyramaniaxe	Squad 69
Break	Bloob
Untitled	Feud
Song for the south paws Another Day	Robert Heath

*Chair*	Matt Bartlett	matt@midnightmango.co.uk
*Vice Chair*	Tom Mutters
*Secretary/ Events organiser*	John Addicott	johnaddicott@contactme.co.uk
*Treasurer*	Karen Ritchings	ritaslut@nme.com
*Assistant Treasurer*	Nick Tuckwell	nicktuckwell@vizzavi.net

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