Auctioning Cliff & Shadows Signed Guitars at Celebrating the Shadows
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Auctioning Cliff & Shadows signed guitars at Celebrating the Shadows for Children in Need Submitted by: Bluebird Associates Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Signed by Hank, Bruce, Brian and Cliff at Wembley Arena on 23rd October before their last UK ‘Reunited Tour’ show, this is a fantastic opportunity to own a piece of Cliff and the Shadows memorabilia. These two guitars will be auctioned during the 8.30pm interval at the Celebrating the Shadows for Children in Need concert on Friday 20th November at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre, Lower Earley, Reading, Berkshire. If you are interested in bidding from afar, please contact Graham on 0118 375 8900 or email Graham at [email protected] to register your interest. The guitars: A Fender 50’s Classic Stratocaster finished in fiesta red, donated by Fender featuring: Chrome hardware Vintage Pickups Tinted Maple Neck Five way switch Aged Cream Pickup Covers, Knobs, Switch Tip, Tremolo Arm Tip Steel Tremolo Block A Burns Marquee kindly supplied by Barry Gibson, featuring: Gold hardware Three Burns Alnico Rez-o-matik pickups Maple Neck with Rosewood fingerboard Five way switch Push/pull pickup selector Burns deluxe tremolo unit Limited Edition box set, including the Reunited CD, bonus 3 track CD and Jigsaw. Signed by Cliff, Hank, Bruce and Brian and donated by Bruce Welch himself! Donated by Oasis Music we also have a leather guitar strap signed by Hank & Bruce. This is the prototype of the strap supplied with The Shadows 50th Anniversary Collectors Outfit and is unique being in brown instead of the black of the production versions Celebrating the Shadows is a Concert to raise funds for Children in Need. Hot on the heels of Cliff and The Shadows’ European tour, four leading Shadows Tribute Bands will stage an evening of nostalgia with a string of all the old hits including Apache, FBI and Wonderful Land. In the late 50s and 60s Shadows music inspired thousands of budding guitarists who all wanted to be Hank Marvin – and here they are Page 1 still going strong! It’s the country’s secret cult, with hundreds of members in Shadows Clubs across the country. During the afternoon there will be a Shadows Club players session to backing tracks, starting at 3.15pm. Concert begins at 6.45pm. Ticket price includes entry to afternoon session. See www.celebratingtheshadows.com for more information. Date:Friday 20th November 2009 (Children in Need day) Venue:Loddon Valley Leisure Centre, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 4GD Time:Club sessions from 3.15 (all welcome) Concert starts 6.45pm to 11pm. Seating:At numbered tables Tickets:Tables of 10 £180 Individual £20 Book online on www.celebratingtheshadows.com or by cheque Cheques payable to: Celebrating the Shadows 7 Sylvester Close Winnersh Wokingham RG41 5LL Box Office: 0118 375 8900 www.celebratingtheshadows.com For further information please call: Sue Eyles, Bluebird Associates Ltd, 01628 638001, 07899 791444 or [email protected] Page 2 Distributed via Press Release Wire (https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/) on behalf of Bluebird Associates Copyright © 1999-2021 ResponseSource, The Johnson Building, 79 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8AW, UK e: [email protected] t: 020 3426 4051 f: 0345 370 7776 w: https://www.responsesource.com.