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The Bands and the Steam Packet Played and Sailed on...
At last And the Bands
Played on is now released. Our intrepid duo of Kimberley Kneen and Ian Clague braved the
challenge of the Irish Sea on Friday 8th. December to take the car and bring back 1000 CD’s from
Doyen Ltd. At 6:00 a.m. in Douglas Bay they were
told that the sailing would be rough and might not even return! Undeterred by this our intrepid
duo put the Band first and risked the worse that the Irish Sea could throw at them.
Gale Force 7 on the way out and Storm Force 10 on the way back but thanks to The Lady of Mann,
the finest vessel on the Irish Sea, the Christmas release of the new millennium was on the
Island at 11:50 p.m.
(Kimberley learnt one vital lesson out of this and that is if you play "Who wants to be a
Millionaire" in the middle of the Irish Sea in a Force 10 then you stand a good chance of
pressing the wrong buttons!)
Thanks to Capt. Cowin and all the Crew of the "Lady" and to Geoff Corkish, Communications
Manager of The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for arranging for the sale of the album on board
the Company’s vessels. More on this later.
Ian would also like to thank Kimberley from the bottom of his heart for her excellent
navigational skills but more importantly for the painless way she managed to spend a load of
his money in Liverpool!
"And the Bands Played on.." is available from Esquires Ltd in Strand Street, Douglas, from any
band member or order via this website.
It’s an ideal stocking filler for Christmas! (although Ian has other ideas as to his ideal
stocking filler..)
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