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THE CAVALCADIAN 'SECRET' MUSICAL ARMY
MARCHES TO A NEW HOME in BLACKPOOL

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FESTIVAL STOP PRESS NEWS

We are pleased to report that the spring 2010 festivals were a great success, with Cavalcadian's coming from far & wide to enjoy a little musical magic & that famous friendly atmosphere.SEE BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON FORTHCOMING CAVALCADIAN FESTIVALS or take a peek back at the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 event start casts below to give you an idea of the simply SPECTACULAR festival line-up's that await you in 2010........................ FOR OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

YOUR FAVOURITE MUSICAL MEAL: The festivals are like your favourite meal, a mix of special ingredients that add up to a great taste........ the "Best of British" quality ingredients with a touch of rare & tasty international spice, plus a great choice of side dishes (exhibitions, dancing, great facilities, great locations, etc). A very nice starter (morning teach-ins & masterclasses, afternoon informal shows) the main meal (three to four super concert's every night) & a super sweet (late night entertainment in the bar & evening dancing). No meal is complete without good company & we ensure only fellow like minded enthusiasts are allowed on centre, so you will be amongst friends. After twenty four years of listening closely to what your favourite musical recipe's contains we think KEYBOARD CAVALCADE festivals offer the best possible mix for an organ/keyboard enthusiasts holiday.

The worlds largest organ & keyboard holidays

Join us at one of our fantastic festivals for our 25th anniversary celebrations in 2010

PHONE 01780-782093

To book or for the very latest information

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2010 NEWS

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September 2010 news (6-13th September)

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations we are please to confirm three extra special international artists will be joining us at this September's unmissable show see the festival page for the latest star cast many more names to be confirmed shortly.

Syd Little of "Little & Large" comedy fame

starring with Michael Wooldridge's Melody Time spectacular.

Continental Europes N01 lady the "prima ballerina" of the organ world

Flying in for special one off UK concert

Flamboyant, fabulous, funny the Liberace of the organ world Mr Dennis Awe all the way from the USA for a special Lowrey concert

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Blackpool Festival voted a big success, 2011 confirmed.

"Cavalcadian’s at the Castle"

   We have just returned from our first ever festival at the Norbreck Castle hotel Blackpool. Aside from the inevitable odd teething problems, like getting used to the restaurant sittings and having to explore to find out where everything was located, we are very pleased to say that a vast majority of Cavacadians voted our new musical home an outstanding success and as one Cavalcadian said “ a very nice step up much better than Pontins, although we will miss the ants!”

   We could all enjoy everything under one roof without worrying about the biting cold wind and the public areas were a revelation with comfortable sofa’s, a big conservatory with multiple seating and the ballroom corridor/orangery all having sea views and great ambiance. Every one of the many exhibitors all also gave the hotel a big thumbs up, they were nicely spread out with proper carpeted exhibition rooms adding to the more upmarket and comfortable feel of the venue.

   The simply huge main theatre proved a hit as we could set mainly social seating making it much easier to get a good comfortable seat without having to rush, the high stage also allowed all to see the artists where ever seated in the hall and David Thomas once again worked his magic using the twin huge projector screens either side of the stage. Those that wanted to trip the light fantastic also enjoyed the lovely traditional separate Ballroom and we also used the conservatory stage for our own late night shows.

   The festival was crammed full with Cavalcadian’s first time out, so may we say a huge thank you to all of you who joined us proving that the secret musical army is still a force to be reckoned with. Talking to the hotel team they seemed to love the Cavalcadians one of the key managers told us “Your Cavalcadians are a nice friendly bunch who enjoy their hobby and the music, we were expecting more grumpy people first time learning about the hotel, but we were pleasantly surprised, we look forward to seeing all again next year and we enjoyed having your people staying at the hotel.”

   The further good news is that next years event has been confirmed with even better dates now starting from the15th of May 2011 with 5 nights of musical magic and we have already agreed plans to make the event even better learning from Cavalcadian input at this years event and on your questionnaires to ensure improvements in the areas requested. We will also be welcoming back the Accordion group who fitted so well with us at Pontins, so 2011 should be another very special all musical festival filling the Castle to the rafters with musical magic, we do hope you will join us. Phone Sue on 01780-782093 to reserve your place.,You can also book the last of this years 25th anniversary celebrations, September's Sizzling Spectacular.

FIND OUT FURTHER DETAILS on how the move came about and our new home below

Our letter announcing the move late last year.

Dear Cavalcadians

As you will probably have heard by now, the Pontins site at Blackpool announced it was officially closing its doors on October 2^nd2009, the first we knew about this was when the news hit the press, and so we were as shocked as everyone else! Since then we have been working flat out to keep the event alive by finding a new home for our Cavalcadian family gathering up north.

Feedback told us that most people wanted to stay in the Blackpool area and finding an alternative location that can offer us the facilities we all need, including a main theatre, ballroom, restaurant, exhibition areas, swimming pools (etc) at an affordable price has proved a real challenge. Many locations also rather took advantage of the Pontin’s closure by charging higher prices or offering very early dates, but one hotel came to our rescue.

The recently refurbished and award winning Norbreck Castle was keen to welcome Cavalcadians from the start, but with only a few months to go before our festival in May and other events booked into this popular venue it was a tall order. Thankfully they have come through for us, by manoeuvring things around they have offered us what we think is a fantastic alternative with 5 nights over the same May dates and a host of venues for us all to enjoy. We have all been disappointed to see the Pontin’s centre at Blackpool go rather downhill each time we returned over the last couple of years, and we can perhaps now see why there was not the improvement we had all hoped for! They say things often happen for a reason and we feel the Norbreck will end up being much better than what we had before. So as we celebrate our 25^th anniversary the Cavalcadian army marches to a new home.

We do hope you will be marching with us and encouraging all your friends to join us for this exciting new start as we also celebrate the past 25 years of musical magic, we need your support to show our new home that the Cavalcadian musical army is a force to be reckoned with.

You will find images and further news on our new Blackpool home, along with questions and answers below, we hope this helps provide more information about our Cavalacadian Castle.

We do hope we can count on your support, marching with us to our new home, don’t hesitate to phone if you want to chat around the options, although we ask you to be patient as we expect the phone to be busy.

Kind Regards

Grant Neal & the Cavalcadian Team

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BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA 2010

25th ANNIVERSARY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Where is it? The recently refurbished Norbreck Castle Hotel is located in the quieter more genteel North Shore area of Blackpool, it fronts the Queens Promenade, with the chance to stroll along the Promenade or Low Walk by the sea, or perhaps sit on a bench in the sun if the weather is kind. It even has its own tram stop outside that can conveniently take you right into the centre of the town, so once you have parked up at the hotel you can forget about your car. The newly upgraded Norbreck has also just won a prestigious national award, as runner up for the “best individual hotel for groups” presented at the group travel awards 2009.

Does it have parking? Yes the hotel has its own large “free” car park, simply pop your cases at reception & park right outside.

What facilities will we have? The great news is everything is all under one roof, so the weather can throw its worst at us and you will all stay warm and dry. We have had a few years at Pontins where we all looked like drowned rats walking between all the venues, no such problems here.

The Norbreck features the very nice Spindles Health & Leisure Club, which includes a heated Indoor Pool, spa, sauna and steam room, you can even take aerobics classes (extra charge) if you would like to. There is also a small cinema and a range of bars and sun lounges for those non-organ moments.

For the “main Cavalcadian event” we have a nice big venue for the concerts, here we will have flexibility to seat in both concert and social table seating, so you can choose which you prefer. In addition to a stage that lets us all get closer to the action; we will also have two giant screens with projectors so David Thomas can add to the show with his AV skills. We will also still have a separate ballroom, this is a lovely nostalgic room decorated in classic style, and its right next door to our main theatre. Surrounding the main theatre and ballroom are a number of different rooms and areas that can play host to the many dealers that join us for the week. We even have a great late night bar venue. The further good news is everything is nicely close together, so there is far less walking to do but you still have lots of places to explore and enjoy.

Will the show be like before? Yes as you will have read above, we have all the rooms and facilities we need to provide you with our world famous all day entertainment programme. You will enjoy a stunning week with the world’s very best artists, with top concerts, teach-ins, seminars, late night jams and the friendly exhibitor extravaganza.

Will we still be celebrating the 25^th anniversary? Yes, in fact this will be a double celebration with a host of extras and give-aways to celebrate both 25 years of musical magic and our exciting new first event at our new home. We will be giving away 25 bottles of bubbly a day plus lots of other gifts and goodies, plus an extra special all star cast. This is certainly one show you shouldn’t miss.

Will we still go to the Tower? Yes the optional afternoon concert and dance at the nostalgic Blackpool Tower Ballroom, featuring top artistes at the console of he mighty Wurlitzer has, been confirmed for Tuesday May 11^th 2010.

What are the dates and prices? With the short notice involved we couldn’t get a full seven nights, but we got very close, so what we have for 2010 is a fabulous 5-night event starting on a Sunday for ease of travel. Not only that, but despite moving to a hotel we have got you a great price from only £249 (some single supplements will apply) as well as the same period of 9th-14th May 2010.

The BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA 2010 featuring “Cavalcadians at the Castle”

9th-14th May 2010 - 5 nights of celebrations & musical magic

FROM ONLY £249 per person half board (breakfast dinner)

(For a little extra you can even have a sea view!)

TELEPHONE 01780-782093

Right click the image below and save on your computer

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Looking ahead:

2010 will be a very special year

Keyboard Cavalcade festivals will be celebrating.

25 yearsof musical magic

3 extra special events with amazing star casts, surprise give aways galore & a lot of celebrating

Don't miss our 25 year celebrations DATES & PRICES SOON

(Cavalcadians who have booked for 2009 get first choice for 2010)

LOOKING BACK.........................

WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE HUNDREDS OF LOYAL CAVALCADIANS WHO HAVE JOINED US AT OUR NEW HOME.

WE ARE PLEASED TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE EVENT AT PAKEFIELD HAS BEEN FULLY BOOKED & THE CENTRE HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OVERALL "BIG THUMBS UP" BY CAVALCADIANS FOR SPRING & SEPTEMBER, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.

EIGHT SUCCESSFULL TOP EVENTS AT OUR NEW MUSICAL VILLAGE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO OUR 5th YEAR & 9th EVENT on THE CLIFF TOPS NEXT TO THE SEA ON SUFFOLKS GOLD COAST.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN YET WE HOPE TO WELCOME VERY SOON.

Grant, Sue & the Cavalcadian team

THE CAVALCADIAN 'SECRET' MUSICAL ARMY MARCHED to a new HOME in 2006....

After twenty very successful years at the Haven Centre, Caister on Sea, we all marched to a new and exciting venue just down the road.

Caister has always been great for us all and we were proud to welcome a capacity audience in its last year, but proposed major changes this winter & the continual downgrading of centre quality would greatly affect your enjoyment and the format of future festivals. With this in mind the time was right to find a new home for the worlds largest week long organ festival.

Keyboard Cavalcade festivals are your events and we always listen carefully to Cavalcadian comments, requests and input. In recent years Bourne Leisure (Havens owners) have replaced many popular chalets with caravans, whilst these are very nice many Cavalcadians have found them a little cold and many of you have been inconvenienced when your chosen unit has been sold before our event, necessitating a move.

Bourne Leisure proposed that a further eighty chalets are replaced with caravans, our late night venue and Yamaha’s activity centre (the Bull & Bush) will be demolished, the restaurant will be replaced with some sort of fast food court and Neptunes Palace will be re-modelled into a new venue containing a huge gaming arcade! With just one weeks notice Bourne suggested that if these proposals go ahead they could only offer us a self-catering holiday, no late night venue and Neptunes Palace would be unsuitable due to the huge new arcade and gaming area within the hall, it simply would no longer be big enough to hold hundreds of Cavalcadians in traditional concert seating style.

Even before these proposed changes we have had problems finding enough accommodation at Caister to meet Cavalcadian demand, in fact we have had to turn people away because there hasn’t been enough suitable accommodation available to us!

Suffice to say we didn't find the proposed changes suitable for Cavalcadians and set about finding a new venue that would meet your requirements. There is a saying that 'sometimes things happen for a reason', and although we have had twenty fantastic years at Caister the new venue we have found looks to be even better than what we have now!

Before making the decision to move, the whole festival team visited the new centre, once they all agreed it was right for us we announced a special forum that was attended by virtually every Cavalcadian at Caisters sell-out Spring event. This gave us a chance to talk about the changes at Caister and the exciting new venue.

Many questions were asked and the new centres details unveiled, it was also pleasing to hear from a good number of Cavalcadians who had stayed at the centre & provided positive feedback for fellow festival goers. At the end of the forum Cavalcadians voted en-mass for a move to our new home. In fact such was the 'buzz' and excitement created by the 'secret musical army' marching to a new venue, that more people booked for Spring 2006 than usual - thank you Cavalcadians for this vote of confidence. Those of you who didn't attend Caister in Spring will be keen to know more about our new musical village, so here are the key points for your consideration…………………

1: We have negotiated solos use, hiring the entire centre so only Cavalcadians will be allowed on centre. In recent times more and more caravan owners have shared Caisters facilities with us, so our new home should be more musical than ever.

2: All Chalet Accommodation, by Cavalcadian request you wanted chalets not caravans and this is what you will have. Although caravans are fine we have to agree chalets are cosier and they won't be sold or moved, so what you book is what you should get.

3: Less walking, our new home is more compact, although it will actually accommodate more Cavalcadians than Caister. It is designed with all the facilities close together. Caister has become more spread out since caravans were used and the pool and Bull & Bush are a fair walk down the centre. If you can imagine the reception, swimming pool, late night bar, restaurant, theatre and exhibitions all in the same area as Caisters Neptunes and restaurant then this is what we will have.

4: Just Down The Road - Same Great Location, just like you, we love the beautiful east coast Norfolk/Suffolk countryside, so we are moving just down the road near to quaint Lowestoft.

5: Lots Of Separate Venues - We will have lots of separate rooms for exhibitions (in fact more than at Caister!) including a huge main theatre with dance floor, a separate venue with small stage and dance floor, a great pub, a themed restaurant with sea views, plus many more areas, all close together.

6: Three Meals a Day - We have managed to negotiate a great price to include full board, breakfast, lunch and evening meal. So, no more making lunch back in your room or paying out extra, it is now all included. One less thing to think about - one more addition to add to your enjoyment.

7: Great Facilities. The new centre has a superb indoor swimming pool, great games room (snooker, pool, table tennis etc) it even has a nine-hole golf course and cliff top views of the sea!

8: Where Is It? Our new home is the quaint and cosy Pakefield Holiday Village, it is Pontins flagship centre concentrating on special events holidays (big bands, dancing, tributes etc) for the more mature holidaymaker. It is great to visit a centre that is clearly looked after and improved each year, Pakefield has even won a 'Suffolk in Bloom' award for its gardens (they employ five full time gardeners) and grounds.

The good news is the General Manager and staff were keen to welcome Cavalcadians, it is nice to feel wanted and also know that their team want to work with us to make our new home right for the worlds largest week long organ festival.

9: Better dates – We have managed to confirm the same week for the spring festival & even better dates for the autumn show, these are…21st-28th April 2006- 7 nights (Frid.-Frid.) price only £229 p.p. Full Board. and 11th – 18th September 2006 – 7 nights Full Board (Mon.-Mon.) £235 September dates, simply fantastic!

10: Same fantastic week long, all day star cast entertainment programme, guaranteed. The worlds best artists, 3 - 4 top names every night, plus a host of teach-ins, seminars, concerts, chats, dancing, talent shows & much more. Even better value for money with full board accommodation, in fact simply: unmatchable, unbeatable, unmissable!

Grant, Sue & the Cavalcadian team

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HERE IS A LOOK BACK AT PAST FESTIVAL

STAR CASTS

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW MANY FANTASTIC ARTISTS YOU WILL SEE AT KEYBOARD CAVALCADE FESTIVALS THIS YEAR.

LOOK WHAT YOU MISSED.........

PAKEFIELD SIZZLING SEPTEMBER SPECTACULAR

7th-14th September 2009

7 nights accommodation, great facilities & location

with all day star cast entertainment programme & David Thomas's big screen projection shows taking you right to the centre of the action...UNMISSABLE

The stunning talented affable aussie Tony Fenelon already confirmed

................new names just added

CLAUDIA HIRSCHFELD

MARK WHALE

CHIHO SUNAMOTO

CHRIS POWELL

JON SMITH

MICHAEL FARRAR

DIRKJAN RANZIJN

RYAN EDWARDS

TONY STACE

JEAN MARTYN

ANDREW NIX

MARK THOMPSON

BRETT WALES

BRIAN SHARP

NICHOLAS MARTIN

JANET DOWSETT

DAVID THOMAS

IAN GRIFFIN

RICHARD BOWER

CHRIS JONES

PETER HAYWARD

DANIEL WATT

PAKEFIELD SPRING SPECTACULAR

20th-27th April 2009
(7 nights)

George Fluery

Ralph Schink

John Mann

Alex Payler

Robert Wolfe

Dirkjan Ranzijn

Tony Stace

Rod Pooley

Michael Macaneny

Andrew Nix

Robert Messier

Penny Weedon

Richard Bower & Ian Griffin

Keyklix

Brian Sharp

Tim Butterworth

Chris Stanbury

Tim Flint

Chris Powell

Janet Dowsett

Jean Martyn

Nicholas Martin

Peter Hayward

Chris Jones

David Thomas

James Sargeant

Paul Carman

Peter Shaw

Daniel Watt
+ many many more

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The BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA

8-15th MAY 2009

Another fabulous week right next door to the mighty Tower Wurlitzer & brilliant Blackpool. A simply fantastic star cast of the worlds best organists as part of an extravagant week long celebration of all that is best in the world of Organs & keyboards..... simply UNMATCHABLE - UNBEATABLE - UNMISSABLE.

A TOWERING SPECTACULAR

George Fleury

Ralph Schink

Elizabeth Harrison

Donald Mackenzie

Ryan Edwards

Tony Stace

Kevin Morgan

Andrew Nix

Richard Bower

Ian Griffin

Keyklix

Brian Sharp

Tim Flint

Jean Martyn

Chris Powell

Nicholas Martin

Janet Dowsett

Peter Hayward

Chris Jones

James Sargeant

Tim Butterworth

David Thomas

Daniel Watt

David Ingley

Carol Brabury

+ many many more

Paul Carman

Peter Shaw

Eddie Ruhier

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PAKEFIELD SIZZLING

SEPTEMBER SPECTACULAR 2008

SOLD OUT

8 -15th September 2008

A taster.....

PETER BAARTMANS

JOHN MANN

RALPH SCHINK

TONY FENELON

TOP US LOWREY STAR..TBC

ELIZABETH HARRISON

ROSALIE BIRCHMORE

JEAN MARTYN

TIM FLINT

CHRIS POWELL

TONY STACE

BRETT WALES

DAVID THOMAS

TIM BUTTERWORTH

NICHOLAS MARTIN

KEYKLIX

ANDREW NIX

JANET DOWSETT

PETER HAYWARD

CHRIS JONES

DANIEL WATT

JAMES SARGEANT

STEVE LOWDELL

& MANY MORE

+ many, many more!

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PAKEFIELD SIZZLING

SEPTEMBER SPECTACULAR

SOLD OUT

10-17th September 2007

WOW! JUST LOOK AT THE STAR CAST:

TONY

FENELON

YURGEN

TICKY

DIRKJAN

RANZIJN

ANDREW
NIX

BRIAN
SHARP

JOHN

MANN

CHRIS
POWELL

MICHAEL

WOOLDRIDGE

STEVE
LOWDELL

PHIL

SOLOMAN

TIM
FLINT

YURI
TACHIBANA

RICHARD
BOWER

SARAH

FOLEY

IAN
GRIFFIN

PETER
HAYWARD

JANET
DOWSETT

MARK

WHALE

NICHOLAS
MARTIN

TONY
STACE

BRETT
WALES

JEAN
MARTYN

CHRIS
JONES

DANIEL
WATT

DON

LEWIS

JEAN

MARTYN

DAVID
THOMAS

ORGAN POWER

SPECTACULAR

PAUL

CARMEN

MANY MANY

MORE

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PAKEFIELD SPRING SPECTACULAR

SOLD OUT

20th-27th APRIL 2007

ROBERT

BARTHA

BILL

HORN

DIRKJAN

RANZIJN

ANDREW
NIX

BRIAN
SHARP

JURGEN

TICKEY

CHRIS
POWELL

MICHAEL

FALKENSTEIN

STEVE
LOWDELL

JAMES

SARGEANT

TIM
FLINT

GLYN
MADDEN

RICHARD
BOWER

ROBERT

BARTHA

IAN
GRIFFIN

PETER
HAYWARD

JANET
DOWSETT

DANIEL
WATT

NICHOLAS
MARTIN

TONY
STACE

BRETT
WALES

JEAN
MARTYN

CHRIS
JONES

DANIEL
WATT

MARTIN

ORBIDANS

JEAN

MARTYN

DAVID
THOMAS

DAVID
LINGWOOD

CHRIS
POWELL

ROBERT
WOLFE

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The BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA

11-18th May 2007

MARK

WHALE

ELECTONE

ORGAN

COMPETITION

TALENT!

ROD

POOLEY

HARRY

HARRIS

ROBERT

WOLFE

JOHN

MANN

THE MIGHTY

BLACKPOOL

TOWER

WURLITZER

KEVIN

MORGAN

MICHAEL

FALKENSTEIN

CHRIS

STANBURY

EDDIE

RUHIER

CAROL

BRADBURY

TIM
FLINT

RICHARD
BOWER

IAN
GRIFFIN

PETER
HAYWARD

JANET
DOWSETT

DANIEL
WATT

NICHOLAS
MARTIN

BRETT
WALES

MARTIN

ORBIDANS

JEAN
MARTYN

CHRIS
JONES

DANIEL
WATT

TONY
STACE

JEAN

MARTYN

DAVID
THOMAS

ANDREW
NIX

CHRIS
POWELL

DAVID

INGLEY

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PAKEFIELD SIZZLING SEPTEMBER SPECTACULAR

11-18th September 2006

EVENT FULLY...SOLD OUT

A "taster" of the star cast

DENIS AWE

A Caister first for the top Lowrey Organ Star from America, don't miss his fabulous flamboyant Libarace style show.

TONY FENELON
One of the worlds very best artists, graces the Pakefield stage with his mighty Roland

CLAUDIA HIRSCHFELD
The talented No1 continental Wersi Lady organist returns with a special new show.

SUPERB INTERNATIONAL NAMES
NOT FORGETTING THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH YOUR FAVOURITES

ROBERT
WOLFE

TONY
STACE

BRETT
WALES

ANDREW
NIX

BRIAN
SHARP

CHRIS
POWELL

STEVE
LOWDELL

TIM
FLINT

RICHARD
BOWER

IAN
GRIFFIN

PETER
HAYWARD

JANET
DOWSETT

DANIEL
WATT

NICHOLAS
MARTIN

TONY

PEGLER

TONY
STACE

JEAN
MARTYN

CHRIS
JONES

DANIEL
WATT

MARTIN

ORBIDANS

JEAN

MARTYN

DAVID
THOMAS

DAVID
LINGWOOD

CHRIS
POWELL

CHRIS

STANBURY

+ MANY MANY MORE NAMES

Pakefield Spring Festival: 21st-28th April 2006- 7 nights.

EVENT FULLY...SOLD OUT

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Featured.. FRANZ LAMBERT

Plus

The FABULOUS

GEORGE FLEURY

Peter Baartmans

Kevin Morgan

Eddie Ruhier

John Mann

The Foley Sisters

Brian Sharp

Tony Stace

Andrew Nix

Jean Martyn

Brett Wales

Rosalie Birchmore

Janet Dowsett

Keyklix

Tim Flint

Chris Powell

Peter Hayward

Rod Pooley

Mike Hall

Paul Carmen

Steve Lowdell

Peter Shaw

Chris Jones

Daniel Watt

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The BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA 2006 12-19th MAY 2006

Another fabulous week right next door to the mighty Tower Wurlitzer & brilliant Blackpool. A simply fantastic star cast of the worlds best organists as part of an extravagant week long celebration of all that is best in the world of Organs & keyboards.....

simply UNMATCHABLE - UNBEATABLE - UNMISSABLE.

Jurgen Tickey: The towering German master makes a very rare UK appearnce, DON'T MISS THE SHOW

Stan Koyama: The friendly & talented American teacher & concert artist makes a very welcome return to Blackpool.

Dirkjan Ranzijn: Our continental friend is back with a super new show for all to enjoy.

Dennis Awe: The fabulous, friendly flamboyant American Lowrey star is one not to miss.

Bill Horn: Another top American name, a great big personality & one of the worlds best teachers.

Nicholas Martin: resident theatre organ master comes to Blackpool.

Tony Stace: Need we say more, a great entertainer

Andrew Nix: Yes still naughty, but nice & complete with a special duet show with Tony, don’t miss it!

Brian Sharp: The maestro himself, fanflippentastic.

Jean Martyn: Our friend & yours, is ready to entertain you as only Jean can.

Robert Wolfe: Thursfords theatre supreme comes to Blackpool

Kevin Morgan: A doctor of music, back by popular demand.

Steve Lowdell : Mr jazzy wit himself, great to have him at the show again, he was missed last year.

Brett Wales: Brilliant the ever popular Wersi magician works his musical magic.

Janet Dowsett: Top concert sounds & top teaching talent.

Peter Hayward : Our Peter is back, all the way from Sweden, multi-talented is his middle name.

Keyklix: the fabulous duo is back, superb music as only Richard Bower & Ian Griffin can produce.

Tim Flint: One of our very best, ready to entertain you with a capital E.

Chris Powell: back to his roots next to the mighty Blackpool Wurlitzer, simply great.

Chris Jones: A chance to hear his superb solo concert, unmissable!

Daniel Watt : A great show complete with mighty Wersi & top hi-tech teach-in talent.

Carol Bradbury : Dedicated to the dancers pleasure, we make sure the ballroom is used to full effect.

   With three or four top artists every night you can see this is only an early taster with many more top names to confirm.

Don’t forget the Blackpool Extravaganza is not just about superb concert entertainment morning noon and night, you will also enjoy teach-ins, seminars, master classes, owners in-depth, dancing, late night jams and much more including an exhibition extravaganza. We have all the main products on display and offering full support and advice as well as bargain prices on new purchases. You will see Yamaha, Wersi, Thomas, Roland, Lowrey, Ketron, Korg, Hammond, Casio and even the mighty new Allen Theatre Organs, plus a great selection of accessories/software from The MusicPeople, Neil Blake and more. You can also expect to see a great selection of second hand bargains. Add in the great on site facilities, the bright lights of brilliant Blackpool next door and our special concert on the Blackpool Towers mighty Wurlitzer and you can see next years event is one not to miss.

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2005 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Just a reminder that the worlds biggest & longest running week long Organ & keyboard festivals celebrated 20 years of musical magic through out 2005. So if you have been thinking about trying the festivals, but haven’t quite got around to it yet, or maybe you have missed out recently due to other commitments, our 21st year could be the time to re-join in 2006.

In 2005 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Keyboard Cavalcade festivals .

As always there was a simply... UNMATCHABLE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME GUARANTEED

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

CAISTER
SPRING 2005

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

BLACKPOOL
MAY 2005

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

CAISTER
OCTOBER 2005

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

ALVASTON HALL
OCTOBER 2005

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YAMAHA CLUB ALVASTON HALL 2005

28th-31st October

This simply fabulous weekend was everything for the Yamaha enthusiast & the cosy surrounding of Alvaston Hall. The Yamaha Club also be celebrated their 10th anniversary.

JUST A TASTER........

Peter Baartmans Howard Beaumont Richard Bower Simon Smith Janet Dowsett Ryan Edwards

Glyn Madden Steve Marsden James Sargeant Chiho Sunamoto

SOLD OUT with OVER 330 YAMAHA ENTHUSIASTS!

OCTOBER EXTRAVAGANZA 2005
a 20th anniversary event

30th September- 7th OCTOBER 2005

A "taster" of what you missed

JOHN MANN
His fabulous one man show returns for a rare festival visit especially for our 20th anniversary.

CLAUDIA HIRSCHFELD
The talented No1 continental Lady organist returns with a special new show.

JOHANNES FREITAG
A Caister first for the top Organ Star from DISNEYWORLD, don't miss his flamboyant show

STAN KOYAMA
Simply great news the friendly & talented American is back in the UK for a special Caister concert

YURI TACHIBANA
Stunning Japanese Organ player on Roland

SUPERB INTERNATIONAL NAMES
NOT FORGETTING THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH YOUR FAVOURITES
FROM 20 YEARS of MUSICAL MAGIC

BRIAN
SHARP

TONY
STACE

BRETT
WALES

ANDREW
NIX

PHIL
TEMPEST

CHRIS
POWELL

STEVE
LOWDELL

TIM
FLINT

RICHARD
BOWER

IAN
GRIFFIN

PETER
HAYWARD

JANET
DOWSETT

DANIEL
WATT

NICHOLAS
MARTIN

ANGIE
DIGGENS

TONY
STACE

JEAN
MARTYN

CHRIS
JONES

DANIEL
WATT

JOHN
WALKER

GLYN
MADDEN

DAVID
THOMAS

DAVID
LINGWOOD

CHRIS
POWELL

PAUL
CARMEN

+ MANY MANY MORE NAMES

CAISTER SPRING SPECTACULAR 2005
this 20th anniversary event was held on 22nd - 29th APRIL 2005

JUST a TASTER OF WHAT YOU MISSED!!!

ROBERT BARTHA	Yes fabulous news top "Euro-star" Robert Bartha joined us for an exclusive Caister show on his mighty Boehm.
GEORGE FLEURY	Yes great new one of Europes "giants" of the keyboard was with us for a very rare UK appearance
BILL IRWIN	Our American Maestro friend returned with a group of State side friends adding to the international flavour of this special celebration event.
DIRKJAN RANZIJN	A welcome return for the friendly Continental star complete with his majestic Bohm Organs
HARRY HARRIS	Star of TV & broadcasting, his big personality & fabulous talent "tickling the ivories" was unmissable. he also be played a special late-night at the Bull & Bush

ELECTONE NATIONAL ORGAN COMPETITION - For the first time Caister played host to the Electone clubs National Organ competition, you missed a chance to see new young talent showing off their concert skills.

STARS of PAGE & STAGE- A special evening celebrating the superb talents of Keyboard Cavalcade feature writers in concert, including "theatre supremo" LEN RAWLE & TONY BACK

PLUS........ A GALAXY of the VERY BEST of BRITISH

MICHAEL WOOLDRIGE	PHIL SOLOMAN	JEAN MARTYN	DAVID THOMAS	PENNY WEEDON
JOHN MAUL	STEVE LOWDELL	LONGHAWN TRIO	ROBERT WOLFE	BRIAN SHARP
TONY STACE	BRETT WALES	ANDREW NIX	CHRIS POWELL	TIM FLINT
RICHARD BOWER	IAN GRIFFIN	PETER HAYWARD	JANET DOWSETT	DANIEL WATT
CHRIS JONES	DAVID LINGWOOD	PAUL CARMEN	ROD POOLEY	PETER SHAW

"It's rather like a who's who in the world of popular British Organists"

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BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA 2005
this 20th anniversary event was held on:
13th-20th May 2005 (7 nights)

A TASTER OF WHAT YOU MISSED

TONY FENELON	The friendly & fabulous Aussie master returned for a rare UK show...........FANTASTIC
MARK WHALE	Fresh from his standing ovation at Caister in October, a superb performance
DENNIS AWE	Fabulous American artist played Lowrey
CARSTEN LINDER	Top new European talent played Wersi
MIKE OUDEWAAL	A Blackpool first for this top Continental Organist..fabulous!
BILL HORN	The friendly talents of "big Bill" & his superb American Masterclass & show
JOHN BOWDLER	Several of the current BLACKPOOL TOWER team were on centre for a special 20th anniversary show

NOT FORGETTING THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH YOUR FAVOURITES FROM 20 YEARS of MUSICAL MAGIC

NICHOLAS MARTIN	KEVIN MORGAN	PHIL TEMPEST	HARRY HARRIS	BRIAN SHARP
TONY STACE	BRETT WALES	ANDREW NIX	HOWARD BEAUMONT	CHRIS POWELL
TIM FLINT	DAVID THOMAS	RICHARD BOWER	IAN GRIFFIN	PETER HAYWARD
JANET DOWSETT	DANIEL WATT	DAVID LINGWOOD	PAUL CARMEN	CHRIS JONES
CHRIS HOPKINS	DAVID LOBBAN	REG RAWLINGS
"DANCE- MASTERS":	DAVID INGLEY	ROBERT DAVIES	CAROL BRADBURY

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AND LOOK WHAT YOU MISSED IN 2004!

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

CAISTER
SPRING 2004

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

BLACKPOOL
MAY 2004

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

CAISTER
OCTOBER 2004

SEE WHAT YOU MISSED AT

ALVASTON HALL
OCTOBER 2004

CAISTER SPRING SPECTACULAR 2004
Friday 23rd -30th April SELL OUT

Who you missed!

Back at our little "Haven" in lovely Norfolk for a little musical magic & freindly company to escape this modern cut & thrust world.

TONY FENELON NICHOLAS MARTIN ROBERT WOLFE RYAN EDWARDS BILL IRWIN BRIAN SHARP MICHEAL WOOLDRIDGE's MELODYTIME spectacular HOWARD BEAUMONT JEAN MARTYN ANDREW NIX BRETT WALES TONY STACE, TIM FLINT CHRIS POWELL PETER HAYWARD IAN GRIFFIN RICHARD BOWER (KEYKLIX) CHRIS JONES DAVID LINGWOOD (LINGWOOD & JONES) DAVID THOMAS SIMON SMITH PETER SHAW MIKE HALL DANIEL WATT

DON'T MISS next years 2005's 20th anniversary event BOOKING NOW SEE ABOVE.............

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BLACKPOOL EXTRAVAGANZA
14th - 21st May 2004 with PRICE FREEZE

Who you missed!

HECTOR OLIVERA JOHN MANN STAN KOYAMA DIRKJAN RANZIJN ALAN HAVEN KEVIN MORGAN JOHN DALLEY BRIAN SHARP HOWARD BEAUMONT JEAN MARTYN ANDREW NI BRETT WALE TONY STACE JANET DOWSETT K EVIN GRUNHILL TIM FLINT CHRIS POWELL LONGHAWN TRIO PETER HAYWARD CHRIS JONES (Lingwood & Jones) RICHARD BOWER IAN GRIFFIN (Keyklix) DAVID LINGWOOD DAVID THOMAS D ANIEL WATT ROBERT DAVIES DAVID INGLEY ALFRED CHAN students,

Plus: TOWER CONCERT - top DANCING PROGRAMME - TUTORIAL & TEACH-INS - SEMINARS & FORUMS - FABULOUS CONCERTS - EXHIBITION extravaganza

FRIENDLY & UNMISSABLE

DON'T MISS next years 2005's 20th anniversary event BOOKING NOW SEE ABOVE.............

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CAISTER OCTOBER EXTRAVAGANZA
1st- 8th October 2004 SOLD OUT

We are pleased to report that the Caister October festival was a complete sell out with a great time had by pretty much all! We always try & offer unmatchable value & ensure some of the world's very best artist's are part of the bill. This year in addition to bubbly Bill Horn (& his famous American masterclass!) who flew in especially for us, we also welcomed two other very rare international artists in Robert Barta (playing Bohm) & Mark Whale (on Wersi) who both received a standing ovation from Cavalcadians.

The list of best of“good ol Brits”. that joined us is too long to list (as usual it was like a who’s who of the best & most entertaining) & they also excelled themselves including impromptu duets with Rosalie Birchmore’s late night at the Bull & Bush being one of many fun “jam nights” seeing her joined by Jean Martyn & Steve Lowdell to mention just two! In the main Theatre we were also treated to some unexpected additions to the polished evening concerts with great duets from Brian Sharp & Paul Carmen, Andrew Nix & Chris Powell & Keyklix plus Peter Hayward for a last night trio. All this was captured on the two giant projector screens bringing Cavalcadians closer to the action! How we can top this for the 20th anniversary celebrations next year is hard to say, but we are now working to ensure we do exactly that

Who you missed!

Keyboard Cavalcades world leading music festival promises everything for the home Organ/Keyboard enthusiast & more, enjoy a friendly atmosphere with like minded friends,simply.................................

Robert Barta Mark Whale Dutch duo M2 Rosalie Birchmore Brian Sharp Bill Hor Tony Stace Brett Wales Andrew Nix Keyklix Tony Whittaker Brian Hazelby Peter Hayward Howard Beaumont Tim Flint Chris PowellDavid Thomas Rebbeca Cole Jean Martyn Chris Jones Janet Dowsett Daniel Watt David Ingley Michael Wooldridge & drummer Steve Lowdell Tony Pegler Paul Carmen Tom Horton & MANY MORE

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YAMAHA CLUB ALVASTON HALL 2004
29th October-1st November SOLD OUT

What you missed!

You could have pampered yourself for three nights in the cosy surroundings of Alvaston Hall Cheshire whilst enjoying everything for the Yamaha enthusiast, teach-ins, seminars, help centres, hands on exhibitions to try out the latest instruments, superb concerts & entertainment, dancing & much more.

A sell out success, be quick for this year.

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