The Brudenell Social Club

A massive thanks to everyone who donated and bought items from the Bring and Pie sale on Sunday. We raised close to £700 which will go in the fundraising pot, to buy PA equipment, DJ equipment and equipment for bands to use when they practice. The leftover items from the sale were donated to Potternewton Day Centre, Wheatfields Hospice and the Meanwood Community Shop.

Here are a few photos from the event! (Sorry about the blurriness, I think I had my camera on the wrong setting for a while!).

The sale just after it opened.

Rich on the electrical goods stall.

Jamie and Bob on the records.

Maeve, Gill and Garnett on the clothing stall.

Shumsky and Ellen at the amazing food stall, manned by Jeff, Alice and Katie.

Daniel and Midi auctioning the OnOffOn duvet cover.

Bob and Gozzy packing the van.

If you have any photos of the event, please add them to our Brudenell Flickr group.

The third Bring and Buy (pie) sale will take place from 2pm-6pm on 28th January.

Entry is 25p.

All proceeds from the sale will go to the Brudenell PA fund/ practice room fund etc, and any left-over items will be donated to the Meningitis Trust.

Stalls will include the usual books, clothing, records, CDs, bric-a-brac and so on, and we will also have various art and craft stalls, cakes and pies (vegan and veggie), tea, smoothies, milkshakes, soup and a booze tombola! So come for your Sunday dinner and stick around afterwards.

We will also have an auction at around 4pm, hosted by Daniel Chapman, where we will be selling the best items that are donated. These will include a custom screenprinted duvet cover set featuring the Brudenell logo (from the t-shirts)- a totally one-off item.

We need helpers to set up and sort items from noon, look after a stall for a while, and to pack everything away at 6. Just turn up early if you want to be involved. The more people there are, the more fun it is, and the less work we will all have to do! Helpers also get first pick of the donations!!

Don’t forget to donate your items before the sale. For collection, please email bring-n-pie@brudenellsocialclub.co.uk.

PS. Before the sale, there is an Olsen event at the Hyde Park cinema - after the sale, there is a free gig at the Brudenell… see poster for info.

Last night we bought Moz and Stu’s PA with the first chunk of our lottery money, meaning that it is now totally owned by the Entertainments Committee. We will be buying even more equipment in the next couple of weeks, and discussing other uses for the rest of the money.

The money from New Years Eve has been split between C&R and the ents committee. £700 has been donated to Cops and Robbers, which will cover the debts and pay for another years’ printing. The Ents Committee money will be put towards one of the many things we need to work on - security for the room/ new practice room doors/ a backline/ insurance etc etc etc… to be decided.

Also, I forgot to post this yesterday, but there was a page in the Evening Post about us last night - I will scan it in and stick it on the site ASAP.

Happy New Year on behalf of the Entertainments Committee! We had an amazing party on Sunday which you can read about on the Cops and Robbers and Leeds Music Scene forums - also, have a look at Neil’s photos here. Thanks to everyone who came along, dressed up and joined in with the fun… especially the karaoke singers and the people who spent ages making their outfits… Barberella, Barry on Briggate, the Blackboard, the Beastie Boys and Bender were some of our faves.

You may have noticed that the progress meter on the right-hand-side of this page has jumped from 19% from 86%!! That’s because we have received the £10,000 Awards For All/ National Lottery funding and will be buying Moz and Stu’s PA this week. After that, we will be adding now equipment to really bring the PA up to speed with other venues in the city. The last few pounds will hopefully trickle in from our Bring and Buy sale in 28th January, and a PA launch night sometime in late Spring. Watch this space!