WENDY MAY [IN FLAMING JUNE]

As you know we are in the process of creating a brand new arts venue- MeU HQ – Art – Live Music – Live Theatre – Plays and Workshops – Poetry and any other dreams we can make come true- One them is this event – A DJay that I have been a fan of for nearly forty years has agreed to grace us with her skills and expertise to make people happy – To make people dance – Wendy will be resident Djay for us on the 15th june- We are certain it will be a Sunday session to be remembered- remember Queens? Haven Stables? These will echo those never to be forgotten days- [We’ll try our very best] – Free entry – We are a Registered charity www.stretch-charity.org [so donations will be gratefully accepted] – Keep the dates in your mind and in your diary – And we will see you on the dance floor!!!!!

Oh – And here’s a little bit about our maestro…..

Wendy May has spent her life full of records & gigs, and in the early 80’s she sang with the hillbilly Cowpunk band The Boothill Footappers. label mates with Billy Bragg and the Housemartins, they toured extensively and had a radio hit with their first single “ Get your feet out of my shoes” hailed by the NME as “ the thinking woman’s answer to Tammy Wynette’s “Stand by your Man”. In ‘87 she co-presented the last series of The Tube for Channel 4 whilst also being the only female DJ & “youth presenter” on London’s Capital Radio, giving live sessions to up & coming bands.DJing for the past 40 years, including Glastonbury, Wendy went on to start a club night at Kentish Town’s Town & Country Club on Friday nights, “Wendy May’s Locomotion” which regularly pulled in 2000 clubbers and is featured in Nick Hornby’s book “ 31 Songs” as he was a regular and big fan. Seen as a welcome alternative to some of the pretentious clubs in London at the time, there was no dress code and the music was soulful, wild and real. Frequented by the likes of Madness, Elvis Costello & Paul Weller, it became home from home for Camden boys The Pogues. Norman Cooke aka Fatboy Slim did one of his first ever DJ sets warming up for Wendy when he was the bass player with The Housemartins. Now living on the South Coast, Wendy May hosts regular Locomotion events in the Hastings area, and is never happier than digging into her vaults of vinyl records to get the crowds dancing!