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the purple ball and a number of informal parties in the pavilion. Over the year, the band has enjoyed
the luxury of playing to a captive audience, albeit
one whose appreciation should be gauged by the tapping of feet whilst propping up the bar, rather than a full dance oor. Fellow students, meanwhile, have learned to love the repeated playlist, routine technical hitches, the occasional forgetting of words, or keys, and the thrill that when watching Red Light you never quite know what will happen next.
The perfect antidote to the demands of ACSC,
the band became an additional syndicate, brought
together by the buzz of playing live music, that
endured the whole year. The band has continued
to grow with new talent, is fortunate to be tolerated
by the students of ACSC 20 and extremely well
supported by voluntary sound crew, Tal, Kieran and
Rob. Twelve months ago, none of us would have
dreamt of playing a set in the local pub, warming up
for Toploader at the Purple Ball, or being booked
for a real, paying audience of 1,500 at the annual
Defence Academy Music and Fireworks event. It
has been a privilege and a true pleasure. Ladies and gentlemen, you have been listening to Red Light:
Fish, Rob, Tom, Rach and Ellie on vocals, Mark, Jen “ and Rach on the ‘horns’, Charlie and Mark on drums,
Tyler and Tom on guitar and Paul on bass guitar.
Thank you for your patience, support, singing and
dancing – we’ll be back for ‘ ve more songs’ at the
graduation.
It has been a
privilege and a true pleasure. ◆◆◆