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Home care and support throughout Kent

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Welcome to the fourth edition of the Herne Bay Community Ad Magazine - your guide to what’s on in your local area, a history of local landmarks, and a directory of useful contacts and businesses to help you support local trade.

We’re always on the look out for local interest stories, as well as information about any local clubs, groups and charities, so if you have any news that you’d like to tell us about, please email david@ community-publishing.org or call us on 01843 200016, and you could be in our next edition.

We’re also running a photography competition in the local area, so if you would like the chance to feature your work on the front cover of our next magazine with full accreditation, please email your images to the email address above, and your photo could feature as the front cover of the next Herne Bay Community Ad Magazine. This edition we would like to thank LeicaPhotography.co.uk for supplying us with this front cover!

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A big thank you goes out to all the local businesses that have advertised and supported the Herne Bay Community Magazine to advertise please call Dan Draper on 01843 294187 Published by Community Ad Web Ltd 01843 834160 email info@communityad.co.uk web www.communityad.co.uk The views expressed in any published content are solely those of the contributors. The Publishers accept no responsibility for the accuracy of any information contained in the publication. The contents of this magazine including images may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, downloaded or displayed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Community Ad Web Ltd. Unless otherwise specified, the authors of the literary and artistic works in the pages in this magazine have asserted their moral right pursuant to Section 77 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of those works. The Publishers reserve the right not to publish a submission or part of a submission that they consider defamatory or otherwise inappropriate for publication.

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Stanley Joined by Star Wars Guests to Open New Charity Shop

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by Demelza Hospice Care for Children were the star guests at the opening of its new charity shop. Sevenyear-old Stanley and his family, who use Demelza Kent in Sittingbourne for respite, were joined by Minions, Storm Troopers and Darth Maul at the opening of Demelza’s new shop in Herne Bay on Saturday 16th January.

Mum Claire explained the difference Demelza makes to her family, saying, “Demelza are a lifeline. Stanley absolutely loves it, there’s never any worry about him when he’s there. It puts us at ease if we go away.”

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Herne Bay which closed its doors before Christmas when the lease came to an end.

Demelza provides care and a place to play, relax and recharge, for more than 800 children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families. Both our 10-bedded hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent and our six-bedded hospice in Eltham, South East London offer a range of specialist services, including day care, short-stay care, symptom control, end-of-life care, psychosocial therapies and bereavement support for the whole family.

The care team is led by specialist children’s palliative care nurses and our facilities, which include multi-sensory rooms, soft play areas, a hydrotherapy pool - and The Inclusion Zone for teenagers - ensure children make the most of their stay at the hospice. When a child dies, their families can use our bereavement suites, known as the Hop Garden in Kent and the Butterfly Suite in South East London, to let go and say goodbye at their own pace. We have multi-faith, quiet rooms for reflection or prayer for people of all faiths or no faith to use at any time whilst their child is with us.

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community team provides a ‘Hospice at Home’ care service for children and families in East Sussex, Kent and South East London.

Specialist paediatric community nurses go directly into the family home to provide day care, crisis intervention, an on-call service and respite, combined with short breaks and other services. This flexible care provision enables families to live their lives in their own environment and take away some of the strain of caring for a life-limited child. Parents have described having the opportunity of an undisturbed night’s sleep as pure luxury.

The Demelza community team also offers the choice of 24 hour end-of-life care and gives medical help and expert advice in the home.

For further information, please contact: Helen Francis or Jane Millington, Communications Officer on 01795 845270 or email: comms@demelza.org.uk

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Volunteers are needed across Demelza’s area but in particular in the Dover, Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Birchington, Herne Bay and Westgate areas.

Lynne Clark, Head of Voluntary Services says: “We rely on the regular income from collection pots to help run our hospice service across Kent but we really need more people to help us drop off and collect this vital source of money.”

Anyone interested should contact Jade on 01795 845170 or volunteering@demelza.org.uk

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Walking For Health Only a third of adults in the UK are active enough, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Walking for Health is England’s largest network of health walk schemes, helping all kinds of people to lead a more active lifestyle.

We’ve done this with great success for over 14 years now, improving thousands of lives.

Our walks are led by friendly, knowledgeable people, specially trained for the job. Along with fellow walkers, our walk leaders provide all the advice and encouragement a new walker needs to build fitness at a pace that’s right for them. In just a short time, a small amount of regular exercise can significantly improve a person’s health, well-being and confidence. From what our walkers tell us, there’s also plenty of laughter to be heard on our walks.

Together the Ramblers and Macmillan Cancer Support run Walking for Health. By sharing our walking and health expertise, we support hundreds of local schemes across England to offer short, free walks. Our aim is to help more people – including those affected by cancer – discover the joys and health benefits of walking.

To find out about your local walks visit the Walking for Health website and enter your postcode into the walk finder. www.walkingforhealth.co.uk/walkfinder

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Lions at Large

Did you know that, at the moment, there are 44 Lions in Whitstable and Herne Bay? They may not be as easy to spot as Ryan, the Lions’ mascot, but they are there, working behind the scenes, fundraising for those in need and responding to requests for help and support from local people.

If you enjoy helping others, meeting likeminded people, see yourself making a difference, raising funds and having fun, making new friends at social events, you might consider becoming a Lion too.

Just give us a call on 01227 792032 - we’d love to hear from you! We welcome men and women from all areas of the community, regardless of race or religion.

Every penny supports good causes, and as we are all volunteers, 100% of the money donated goes to those in need.

Generous donations by local people have enabled us to help many local organisations,

families and individuals including; Greenhill Gymnastics Club, Whitstable and Herne Bay Sea Cadets, Strode Park, Whitstable Sea Scouts, Kent and Surrey Air Ambulance, Whitstable Gymnastics Club, Pilgrims Hospice, Whitstable and Herne Bay Umbrella Centres, Blood Runners, Kent Association for the Blind, and Hope for Tomorrow, a new mobile Cancer unit. There just isn’t room to list them all.

We would like to thank everyone who has supported us. We couldn’t do it without you.

Lions’ President, Geoff Lindley If you know of anyone who needs our help, please get in touch. We can’t always help but we will certainly do what we can.

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Herne Bay Sailing Club

Now is a good time to join the club as we anticipate a year of fun and challenging sailing in the bracing waters of Herne Bay. Members are able to sail their own boats or kayaks anytime of the week during the sailing season with launch and recovery via the club’s own slipway. Safety cover is provided on Sundays during racing and Saturdays during cadet and improvers sessions. Club week in August is one of the highlights of the year: three days of dedicated cadet training and fun activities, a picnic cruise east or west and a day of racing, social sailing and socialising.

There is competitive, good-natured sailing on Sunday afternoons from April to October, with races on Sunday mornings too from early summer onwards. Novice and cadet sailors are encouraged to join in. As well as the five main series, there are many cup races and annual events including the cadets race, the ladies race, the greybeards race (gentlemen over a certain age), the Paul Smith and Jim Newbery memorial weekend, Bart’s Bash and the RYA Push the Boat Out. As an RYA Training Centre and OnBoard club we carry all the credentials and experience you will ever need to get started, or to improve, in what is the most exiting of water 10 HBCM04 Magazine A/W.indd 10-11

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sports: dinghy sailing. We are experienced; we’ve been training for over 12 years and are certified by the RYA. We supply all the kit and equipment you will need, and use a wide range of boats during our courses - from RS Teras and Optibats, to RS Q’bas, RS Fevas, RS Visions and Wayfarers.

Whether you want to start from scratch, improve and learn new skills, or get to grips with the intricacies of racing, we’ve got a course for you. We also run Powerboat courses, Instructor/Coach and First Aid courses. Saturday Improver sessions are very popular with all ages.

It’s not all about boats, though. We have a busy calendar of social events throughout the year kicking off with the New Year’s family walk to Reculver for a Sunday lunch.

The bar and galley are open during all events and after racing. Members can often be found on a Friday summer evening enjoying an impromptu BBQ with a beer while watching the fantastic sunset from the decking. Regular social events including the highly-popular curry nights and pie and mash evenings, quiz nights and the annual ladies day. The year ends with the Dinner Dance, AGM and the Boxing day Mad Hatter’s Race and mince pies. The club house is available for private hire by members and non-members for a small charge.

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Herne Bay Photographic Club is a small, friendly group, ideal for anyone with a passion for photography. With a wide range of ages and abilities, it provides an opportunity to meet and share the interest with likeminded people.

The club provides a full and varied programme from September to May, with something different every week. This includes friendly members’ evenings for critiquing each other’s work, interactive instruction evenings, lectures from external speakers, and a variety of competitions.

In addition to the programme, the Club puts on public exhibitions, and gets involved in local activities, and the Club is particularly excited to be involved in one in particular; we have been invited to organise and run a Photographic Competition on behalf of St Martin’s Church, Herne. The church is embarking on an extensive restoration project and has secured a Heritage Lottery Grant for the first stage of the repair work.

The competition, which is free and open to the public, provides an opportunity to come and take photographs of St Martin’s. The church will be open to competitors on Sunday afternoons throughout April and May, and at other times by arrangement. Information about the Competition is available on the Club’s website (see opposite).

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The deadline for entries is 31st May, 2016, after which, the Club will select the finalists in each age category. Judging and prize giving will be in the church on Sunday 3rd July, which coincides with the annual celebration of its patron saint, St Martin. The shortlisted images will be displayed in the church over the 2nd/3rd July weekend and the Club will also provide an exhibition of members’ work for visitors to enjoy.

The Club meets on a Tuesday evening at the Beacon Centre, 78 Sea Street, Herne Bay, 8pm-10pm (doors open at 7.45pm).

Membership costs £20 for the remainder of the year, plus a door fee of £2 (includes refreshments at the break). Visitors are welcome to come along to three meetings and see what the club does for just the door fee. The club has a strict safeguarding policy for minors – all under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

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Eight years ago, Jane Priston set out on a mission to bring the memory of aviation pioneer Amy Johnson back to life in her final resting place of Herne Bay.

a far off dream. However, after receiving a personal recommendation, Jane got in touch with artist Stephen Melton at Meltdowns Fine Art Production Studio in Ramsgate to discuss whether or not this dream could in fact become a reality.

This inspirational woman, who died serving her country in 1941, defied social expectations and became an icon of her time after her daring solo flight from London to Australia in a Gipsy Moth biplane in 1930 - just one year after being awarded her pilot’s licence.

She explained that she wanted a life-size Amy to stand among the crowd as a lasting tribute to her, to keep her memory alive. After some discussion, Jane realised that the bronze statue was no longer a dream; she had found a team with the skill and resources to bring her idea to life, and at this point she knew it was achievable, so she commissioned Meltdowns to begin the process of making the sculpture.

Jane Priston’s dream was to inspire a new generation by bringing the story of Amy Johnson back to Herne Bay, and in 2014 an information board about this great woman was unveiled on the seafront. But this was by no means the conclusion of the project…it had always been Jane’s ambition to install a bronze statue of Amy in Herne Bay, but she had always felt like this was nothing more than

Stephen Melton told me that the design process has very much been a collaborative effort. They are “continuing the ageless tradition of figurative sculpture, and we really found it important to depict her, not standing static like a monument to

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It was very important to Jane that this was an interactive tribute to Amy so that a new generation could get up close to her and be inspired. The bronze will be embellished with quotes from Amy Johnson, and Jane told me that there may even be some hidden ones so that people have to really search and get up close to find them. “We didn’t want her to be elevated on a plinth like a god, but amongst the crowd, because that’s who she was; a middle class girl from the North who did exceptional things”.

“Amy was a real people’s person, and she hated the celebrity side of what she did. She had to embrace that just to be able to fund what she wanted to do.

She was a woman; she couldn’t fly for a job - it just wasn’t possible - so she had to play the game, but she detested that side of it. She just wanted to disappear in the crowd, so when Stephen and I started speaking, the first thing I knew was that I wanted her on the ground so that when Herne Bay is busy, she almost disappears”.

The statue is currently at the maquette stage, but this will shortly be modelled into a full size clay sculpture, and then the final stage will be casting it into bronze.

In order to get to this stage, Jane has worked hard to obtain funding which has largely been from members of the public and donations from local businesses.

The project still requires some additional funding before the grand unveiling by HRH Prince Michael of Kent on 17th September, so if you would like to donate any amount, big or small, please contact Jane through www.amyjohnsonhernebay.com

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Kent Coast Theatre Whitstable has long been celebrated for its annual events and activities, plus a very vibrant live music scene and quirky visual arts. With the ever popular Oyster Festival, the historic Carnival, the fantastic Harbour Day and now Whit Lit, this town leads the way in Kent for creativity and culture.

KCT, a new contemporary theatre company, based right here in Whitstable, aims to compliment and work alongside all these events and add to the unique fabric in this very eclectic town.

Founded in July 2015 by Lou Fowkes and Alison Mead, KCT aims to champion new writing, challenge and re-work traditional plays, perform in interesting and non-theatre spaces, but above all, offer local actors the chance to perform in a professional environment, working to a high level of expertise, with advice, support and guidance.

We are delighted to welcome as our Patron for KCT, Whitstable resident and acclaimed actor of theatre, film, TV and radio Raymond Coulthard.

KCT ran its first Acting Course in the Autumn of 2015 at Whitstable Castle. The ten weeks covered theatre disciplines such as performance skills, text work, improvisation, physical and vocal techniques, character building and Commedia. The group of fifteen actors then presented selected scenes from well-known plays at a Showcase Evening at The Horsebridge in front of an invited audience of friends and family. The reaction and response from the audience on the night was truly overwhelming and immensely positive.

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Our debut production for KCT, to be performed at The Horsebridge in July will be Animal Farm, written by George Orwell in 1945.

Reflecting the events leading up to the Russian Revolution and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, it is a challenging and thought-provoking piece of theatre.

The Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Councillor Sally Waters attended the opening of the new theatre and said, “KCT is offering fantastic opportunities, not just for the local Whitstable community, but also for the wider community, including all people of all ages and abilities.”

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local resident and musician David Shepherd.

Don’t miss the sandcastle competitions, register in your age category and build your Herne Bay themed sand sculpture.

Herne Bay’s Got Talent will be back and Herne Bay Live will showcase fantastic local talent culminating with the ever popular Music Stage. Plus we can’t forget the eagerly awaited fireworks from Neptune’s Arm! Herne Bay in Bloom will bring the festival to a wonderful, community filled close with the annual Giant Picnic. There will be so much happening throughout the week, keep an eye out for the schedule of events online or pick up your programme in July/August.

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Do you run arts & culture events, workshops, classes, exhibitions or perform in Herne Bay? Would you like your event to be of the Herne Bay Festival programme? Register now to be part of the wonderful offerings being hosted by the festival in 2016! Your event needs to be held between Saturday 20th and Sunday 28th August. Over 60 of the events in last year’s programme were community led projects with the majority of event managers organising events for the festival for many years!

It will be the third year Continental Drifts have managed the festival. With an exciting and varied nine-day programme of over 80 free events, there will be a rich mixture of community and arts events including workshops and talent shows for all ages.

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It is clear from attendee and steering group feedback that the festival is very important to the town and the people: it delivers high quality, community engaging events; it creates job opportunities for locals; it attracts more visitors to Herne Bay. By sponsoring HBF 2016, not only will you be supporting your local community, but you will also receive a number of benefits! There are four sponsorship packages available for organisations & groups to choose from, which are also attached to this email. Last year the festival reached over 12,000 people with visitors travelling from as far as London, Cambridge and Glasgow just to attend.

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If you would like to sponsor Herne Bay Festival 2015, please contact Alex at info@ continentaldrifts.co.uk or call 02083659555.

If you are an individual or local resident who would like to support your festival, we are currently setting up a crowdfunding campaign with Space Hive. Anyone and everyone will be able to contribute to their very own festival knowing they helped make it happen! Watch this space!

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Herne Bay Bowling Club Established ninety years ago, Herne Bay Bowling Club prides itself on being a friendly club with many men’s, ladies’ and mixed matches (both home and away) throughout the Bowls season. We welcome new members to the game of Bowls, and we have several qualified coaches that are more than willing to offer tuition. The current membership comprises all age groups and all abilities, from county bowlers to complete beginners.

During the summer season, as well as the many inter-club matches, there is casual play (free to full members) as well as internal competitions, ladies’ internal league on Tuesday afternoons, men’s evening triples two evenings a week and more, all designed to be fun for everyone taking part.

In the winter you can play short mat bowls in the club pavilion. Throughout the year the club holds several social events with a licenced bar, quiz nights, race nights, coffee

mornings, bingo on Friday afternoons, silent auctions, tribute nights, (Elvis, Tommy Cooper, Elton John etc). There are also BBQs, a Mexican night, St George’s Day and New Years Eve celebrations, as well as Christmas lunch and more all held in the club pavilion.

Why not come along to our open day on the 14th May 2016 where you can meet and have a chat with some of the club’s members, have a cup of tea or coffee and try a bit of bowling for free with one of our coaches to see if you like it?

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Sarah Gillespie Sat 23 Apr 2016, 8:00pm Tickets: £12 (standard ticket), £11 (concessions)

Legend Sat 26 Mar 2016, 7:30pm Tickets: £5 Brian Helgeland writes and directs this crime thriller starring Tom Hardy in the dual role of infamous gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray. The film chronicles the Krays’ career during the 1950s and 60s as they tighten their tyrannical rule over London. With Ronnie’s mental stability in question, Reggie attempts to keep him under control while embarking on a romance with the beautiful Frances Shea (Emily Browning).

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Her music is a fusion of jazz, folk and blues knitted together by poetic, streetwise lyricism. The Guardian’s jazz critique John Fordham describes Gillespie as ‘(joining) Bob Dylan’s lyrical bite and languid delivery to the forthrightness of Joni Mitchell, with a little rap-like percussiveness thrown in, she is an original.” Sarah’s band features James Maddren on drums, Ben Bastin on double bass and Mercury nominated pianist Kit Downes on piano and organ.

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Chris Difford live. Plus support band Sat 21 May 2016, 7:30pm Tickets: £15 A show that includes conversation, songs from the back pocket, and a Q&A with the audience on all subjects, from songwriting to space travel. Arcalia accompany the show and are a wonderful band with fantastic harmonies and great songs in their own right. Look them up! From 1973 to the present day a relaxing look back at what happened along the way.

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Making War Horse the Movie with Military advisor Andrew Robetshaw Thu 26 May 2016, 2:00PM Tickets: £10 (adult), £6 (Child under 15), £25 (admits a family of up to 4) Horsebridge Film presents: ‘Making War Horse the Movie’: with military advisor to the film Andrew Robertshaw. Andrew will be presenting his experiences on Spielberg’s blockbuster along with clips and a Q&A Session.

‘Making War Horse the Movie is illustrated with a series of unique images recording the making of the film and Andrews part in this process. He was a consultant for the screen play, by Richard Curtis.

He trained the extras, worked with the Costume and Prop Departments and was on set every day as consultant for the Director, Stephen Spielberg.

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A wise man once said go outdoors and remain there. there might still be a chill in the air but days are getting longer and the galanthus are in bloom – it’s the perfect time to prep the garden. Here are some beginner tips to get you started at this time of year.

Get G et your your tools tools in order order Everyone needs the tools of their trade. My big five for the garden are fork, spade, hoe, rake, and trowel. A good pair of gloves are a must and a decent pair of secateurs will be at home in your pocket. A wheelbarrow completes the rock star look.

Compost C ompost One of the first things you want to establish is a compost heap. This can begin as simply a sunny corner in the garden where you put your vegetable scraps but you’ll soon want a container of sorts. There are numerous ones available on the market but it’s an easy job (and fun) to construct one from scrap timber or pallets, old tyres, bricks or wire mesh.

A quick search online will yield countless tutorials; ignore them all and make up your own design. Avoid placing the heap on concrete, patio slabs or tarmac. You want a site on bare soil so worms and other creatures can colonise, they help mix the compost.

When adding ingredients include a healthy mix of green (vegetable peelings, fruit waste, tea bags, plant prunings, grass cuttings etc.) and brown (cardboard egg boxes, scrunched up paper, small twigs etc.) waste. Do not add meat or cooked food waste, this attracts rats, and avoid citrus. Some egg shells provide good minerals though!

Three: Prepare the ground In other words: weeding. Dig out tired old shrubs and weeds, especially perennials (thistle, nettle, bindweed etc.) Try to remove all parts of the roots, but don’t be over hasty.

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man made beautiful tools from stone and Romans peered across the bay from their massive fort at Reculver. Local paintings and prints will give you a flavour of life before the town was developed and antique photographs and postcards will introduce you to the Victorian seaside. More recently, Barnes Wallis tried out his famous bouncing bombs of Dambuster fame at Reculver and you can see an original prototype recovered from the sea years later.

With a programme of regularly changed exhibitions, the museum is interesting, historical and educational, and well worth a visit if you want to know more about the story of this area of North Kent. Exhibits are displayed on two floors with a lift for wheelchair users. There is a gift shop with inexpensive books, cards, gifts and toys as well as a range of items made by local artists.

It costs only ÂŁ2 for admission but there are annual tickets and concessions for senior citizens. Children enter free, so why not bring them to one of our weekly story-time sessions every Wednesday at 11am?

The Seaside Museum

12 William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ Nearly eighty years had passed since the Herne Bay museum was set up when, in 2010, as a cost-cutting exercise, Canterbury City Council proposed its closure. After vigorous local objections, the Council relented and sought options to put the museum into local community management as a result of which the Herne Bay Museum Trust was formed and, with the help of a dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers, took over the running of it in July 2015. The sea is central to the Herne Bay story, which is why the museum is now The Seaside Museum. Come along and see the newly refurbished museum!

Herne Bay was founded barely two hundred years ago, but, in that relatively short period it has developed character and heritage while the surrounding area has a rich history and fascinating flora and fauna. The town grew as a prosperous resort that once attracted visitors in their thousands, mostly from London, who came down by boat to the newly built pier and promenaded past, which was then the tallest clock tower in the country and the first in the world to be built specifically to support a clock.

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A five-piece function band formed late last year, Noteify is made up of front-woman and manager Mazz Rhodes, guitarist Luke Martin, keys player and guitarist Dan Yates, bass player Jon Beetham and drummer Jamie Selby.

Following on from her time with a few local function bands, Mazz decided to get a new band together after a short break away from music. She wanted to create a busy function band that not only has a talented selection of musicians but also an extensive set list that covers 50s to present day, multiple genres of music to entertain audiences of 8 through to 80 and beyond at Weddings, Corporate Events, Festivals and Special occasions.

Mazz was at college when she met Jon, now Noteify’s fantastic bass player, who, in the daytime, runs music workshops for people with Dementia. Jon and Mazz then went to University together and this is where they met Jamie, Noteify’s talented drummer - Jamie has been in many bands and has toured the USA, all whilst being a full time drum teacher.

Looking for the final member they setup auditions only to realise between them that two of the musicians who attended the auditions, Dan and Luke, would work perfectly together and so Noteify became a five piece. Versatile musician Dan along with solid guitarist Luke slotted in neatly giving the band the sound and depth they were looking for.

Months down the line, Noteify now have a polished set list and gigs lined up, and with their clever covers, big vocals and captivating performance they are set to take the Kent music scene by storm with Mazz at the helm.

So if you’re looking for a band for any occasions or want to know more about Noteify check them out online at www.noteifytheband.co.uk or ‘Like’ them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/noteifytheband …or better still, why not come to one of their up-and-coming gigs to hear a songs by Black Cherry, U2, Pharrell Williams, OneRepublic and Kenny Loggins to name a few.

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