We were delighted to be asked by BBC radio Derby to produce an official anthem for the forthcoming World cup 2018 taking place in Russia. I went out on the streets of Derby and in fact to Belper with Heidi Booth from BBC Derby to ask the thoughts of the local folks of what songs they remember and what should a song consist of and what style There weren't a great many folks milling about at 7.20 in the morning, but a few started heading out on their day jobs etc. Heidi collare

So Bournemouth Boogaloo jump jive and Boogie weekender. A brilliant event this is arranged by Monica Madgwick where all the jump jive fans head to a hotel on the south coast t learn to dance and to then dance their socks off. This time, having played 3 times previously for these weekenders, we were at the lovely Carrington House Hotel in Bournemouth. The started at early o clock to get across to Mansfield to pic up a 17 seater minibus and drive to our rehearsal HQ - Kirk Hall

what a superb weekend - this was our second return visit to GWR and kindly invited by Donna and Mark. We started off with an afternoon Tea Dance which always goes down very well and also helped even further with the presence of the fantastic Lola Lamour - She sure is one heck of a class act and certainly knows how to work the audience and get them going and laughing and enjoying themselves. The weather wasn't the best and in fact was a tad chilly over the whole weekend and a