One-Sport

Sunday Night at One-Sports is Band Night! Presenting Something Borrowed, on the 17th September at 7.30pm. Playing all your favourites! Just £3 on the door, on the night! One-Sports is a large sports facility, which offers 5-a-side pitches, 10-pin bowling, bar/function area, impressive gym, diner and small arcade area. You can easily access One-Sports via the Route 1, Red Line bus service, or car as we have a large, free car park surrounding the establishment. One-Sports, Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, 01224 828288. www.one-sports.com Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. Hope to see you on the 17th!

Just a reminder, this Sunday!

"Something Borrowed" are playing on the 30th July at One-Sports (Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don). There shall be a door charge of 2, and starts at 7.30. Something Borrowed are an exellent covers band, playing all your favourites, so come along and see for yourself. Hayley.

Another reminder that Abdysma are playing at One-Sports tonight, at 7.30pm and there willl be a door charge of 3.50. They will be playing a 2 hour set.

Well just to let people know, Abdysma are playing this Sunday, starting at 7.30pm. Hope to see some people there!

Obviously I'm with you regarding the door charge, but that wasn't my decision it was managements. Depending on how successful this trial period is, then hopefully this would change. I had just said that it's a pity that the only band they seem to get in is some Irish band every couple of months, and was then told to do something about it. As for drinks deals, well again, management have only said that there shall be Student Deals (I have pushed for answers, but...) many drinks being only 1. I do understand the viewpoint that why go to some bowling alley that is more known for it's football pitches and bowling than being a place that offers live music, but several of our customers have said that they love the idea of being able to just walk to their local and see a live band on a Sunday night. As for a PA system, again, this is just a trial period therefore I cannot convince the Directors to pay for hiring or buying one when it may not be a long-term thing, so again, we shall see how successful the trial-period is and then serious talks shall have to take place. I really do appreciate all your advice though, and it shall be shown to the Managers. They are as naive as I am when it comes to arranging music nights, which I know does not seem the most professional but everyone has to start somewhere

Yeah, I was worried about the issue of a PA system...but I know that the first band who will be playing on the 23rd have one so that night is sorted. And there will be a door charge, we have had several customers love the idea of coming to see a live band as well as many friends of staff loving the idea too, so a crowd hopefully shouldn't be too difficult to get, but then again when it comes to the crunch... Thanks, you certainly have given me some more ideas on how to organise this! Would anyone from the Bridge of Don area be interested in coming to the band nights then, from these boards? And if not, what are your reasons?

Just basically anything that you think may help, I'm a first-timer with this kind of thing and don't really know what to expect. I understand that one draw-back is us not having any equipment to offer for bands, but storage for their equipment shouldn't be a problem. I was asked about genre's/types of bands to play. Obviously for somewhere that plays pop music all the time over the main stereo, then a hardcore band isn't really going to appeal to a lot of our customers, whereas a lot do listen to indie bands. Personally, I would love for any band to play but, I have been told that the manager "must be able to understand what is being sang", so screamo vocals is a no. I am aware that there are a lot of younger people who travel from Bridge of Don and surrounding into town a lot, so hopefully this would appeal to them. Plus, I have been asked to mention that there are Student Deals on bowling, and alcohol (for those 18+).

Hi there, My work, One-Sports in Bridge of Don, are basically letting me take control of the music area of things and I am trying to get bands to play on Sunday nights, starting on the 22nd which would go on for about 4 weeks. Depending how successful these band nights are, this may become a regular thing. We are looking for any bands that would like to play on these nights. Some publicity would be arranged too. This is a great opportunity for new bands, as it gives them extra experience. We do not have our own equipment, obviously as this is just a new thing, so you guys would have to get your stuff here. If you are interested or would like further information then give me a call at work (01224 828288) or message me on here or via aol or hotmail (gigglemunch@aol.com, crow_catcher@hotmail.com). Hayley (nastylittlemidget). (Also, any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated!)