Wigan Casino 35th Anniversary
Featuring The Flirtations
20th September At The Grand Arcade Casino Cafe Station Road WN1
£18.00 OTD Tickets £15.00each +1.40 P&P per order recorded delivery also available from The Grand Arcade information desk.
Free commemorative 35th lapel pin to all guests to be collected at the memorabilia table upstairs between 8.30 and 11 pm you must produce your ticket .
To pay by cheque make payable to J Whitaker
send to Wigan-casino.co.uk 367 Gidlow Lane Wigan WN6 7PH
Approx 400 yards from venue
From 2:00 am September 23 rd until 9:20 December 1981 the former Empress ballroom tentatively opened its doors to the cult followers of an underground dance scene as a logical progression from Manchester's Twisted Wheel, Blackpool Mecca and the Torch at Stoke.
Little could the promoters have realised the phenomenon they were creating, one that would put Wigan and its Casino on the world stage.With incredible support of the Casino's tenant Gerry Marshall, manager Mike Walker and Northern Soul Legends Russ Winstanley founder of Wigan Casino Soul Club,Richard Searling and Kev Roberts made the Casino the Holy Grail of Northern Soul, and booked legendry acts at the heart of soul. It was also voted the best disco in the world in 1978 by Billboard Magazine beating Studio 54 in New York also Russ Winstanley the Number one DJ in the world. Over four million devotees enjoyed the unsurpassed music atmosphere and friendliness for eight soul-filled years. Membership was over 100,000! Almost 34 years after Russ played his first record, ”Put Your Arms Around Me” by the Sherry's, the timeless music and nocturnal life style are more popular than ever, generating more venues worldwide, numerous books, CD's, television and radio programmes and a ‘not to be missed' play ‘Once upon a time in Wigan'.Championed again by the ‘teens and twenties', our much loved Northern Soul genre is destined to last forever.Twenty six years after the misguided council's decision to demolish the casino, it's wonderful to have a permanent memorial of the Heart of Soul, Wigan Casino. Special thanks to Modus properties and especially to John Sanson (Arcade Manager), Maddy Jackson (Marketing Manager) and designer Roy Crone of NRN Design. We will be altering this display every couple of months and if you have any ideas or memorabilia which we could use these would be most welcome
Keep The Faith
Soulsurvivor@wigan-casino.co.uk
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