NancyJohnson Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago (edited) Expect this post to be edited several times! We're going to hold the next SE Bass Basheroonie on 11th October 2026. Same venue as the 2025, St Sebastian's Memorial Hall, Crowthorne, Berkshire. Similar timings - 11.00am to 5.00pm, although we didn't seem to have any issue getting in a bit earlier. Again, we'll hire the whole site. And, once again to confirm, the site has decent parking, good connections with M3/M4. Closest rail connection is Crowthorne (which is on the Guildford > Reading branch line) or Wokingham (Waterloo > Reading). Hopefully, no engineering works scheduled this time around! Main entry to the site is off Nine Mile Ride, the exit is off Honey Hill to the rear of the hall. On the subject of parking, please be sensible - no double space malarkey just because you have a big Mercedes. This is the place: Map below. ++++++++++++++ BASIC POOP: ENTRY/RE-ENTRY We're proposing the usual £10.00 entry per person. CASH PLEASE. No cards, Paypal, body parts or sexual favours. You'll get a sticker. Write your name on it and wear it. RAFFLE We're hoping to do a raffle of some sort if we have enough donations. SELLING Of course, you'll be able to use the event for selling your unwanted stuff; please just make sure whatever you're selling works and is labelled and priced. ATTENDANCE Please note (as usual), this is a private event open to Basschat members and their guest(s), and we will categorically not be letting any local oiks in. It goes without saying, please be vigilant. VOLUME This is a two room village hall. PLEASE respect your volume and be considerate of other members around you. Yes, we all know you're proud of your earth-shaking SVT and 8x10 fridge, but this is a small hall and 300w of valve-powered bass tone is going to melt the face off the guy next to you, so please try to restrain your rig. When the talks are going on in the main room. please refrain from cranking it in the side room because, as proven in 2025, the sound travels. HMMM, POWER SOCKETS The 2025 event seemed to be fine, but there did seem to be the possibility of a lack of electric sockets if more people attended, so please bring a multi-plug extension cable. WHAT'S THAT BASS? Sadly the blind bass shoot-out didn't happen in 2025, so I'm hoping it'll happen in 2026. More information on this to follow. OTHER SHIZZ Be respectful of other member's equipment...no unplugging anything if it's not yours. Also, it transpired that the hall seems to be in an mobile dead-zone area colloquially referred to as a not-spot; mobile coverage is frankly terrible. You would think the location was In Guezzam Province, Algeria, rather than a few miles east of Reading. That said, In Guezzam Province probably has a larger population than Crowthorne. If you want to pay people for purchases by Paypal, you may struggle. In closing, we're obviously looking to break even on the outlay and make a profit from this. @prowla and I agreed in 2025 that any proceeds over our costs will go to COATs (Crowthorne Old Age & Teens) of Crowthorne, where I volunteer weekly. COATs have a well run shop, a lovely day centre on the edge of the village and they run a couple of mini-buses to get the oldsters to hospital and for day trips. The whole place is volunteer run, even the top line people. It's a great cause. There's no need to form an orderly queue or anything at this juncture. Cheers Paul @NancyJohnson Paul @prowla Gary @cetera Edited 12 minutes ago by NancyJohnson 1 Quote
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