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We are Shirley - September Edition

Shirley Shows

Due to holidays and working in our new drummer Sanna, Shirley fans will have to wait til Oct for our next live shows.

A look ahead...

Shirley Wed on Oct 3rd will be our first gig with the all new looking and sounding Shirley line up. We'll be joined by special guests Beaver Fuel + Ally Craig (you'll find them in our top ten friends)

For up-to-date gig info visit http://www.myspace.com/shirleytheband

News

Check out our first ever, and hopefully first of many, TV performance, courtesy of TopOfTheOx. We had a great time doing the show. We're the second band featured

http://www.itvlocal.com/meridian/locallife/?player=MER_LocalLife_26&void=91650

Dancing Shoes is still sitting at number 10 in the overall chart. The competition finishes on Sept 28th so feel free to squeeze another vote in for us this month. Thanks
http://www.topoftheox.co.uk

Based on our love of African and Spanish music, Jan is currently on a journey of musical discovery in Cuba, where music is heavily influenced by both. Of particular interest is the Son style, which originated in the Oriente province and laid the foundation for modern salsa and its slower derivative Guajira, identified by its slower tempo and arpeggiated guitar parts.

It could be You!

This month's lucky winner of the Shirley prizedraw is Katie Baddeley
Everyone on our mailing list gets automatically entered each month, so if there’s someone out there not on it, make sure they sign up!

A lot of People have been asking us...

What Sanna will be bringing to our overall sound. Undoubtedly, mention must be given to Sanna's unfeasibly large Bavarian cowbell, which she bought some 3 years ago in a place called Feilenbach, 5km from the beautiful village of Neubeuern. Twas purchased from an old farmer who used to keep cows and now displays bells in all sizes in his shop. Sanna always loved the idea of using a cowbell for drumming but preferred to have the real thing and take it from the cow itself rather than a drum shop. The cows of the region are sent up the mountain in spring where the land is untouched and the grass is better. A woman called Sennerin keeps an eye on all the cows and stays up the mountain for a period of 6 months and often makes cheese and milk to sell to eager mountain climbers. There's always one cow which is the leader cow and wears the biggest bell round her neck. (Should any one try and take it from her, she'll go berserk - the cow that is, not Sennerin)

Happy grazing

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