virtual thrash in the news
Simon Rose in The Telegraph
The George Formby Virtual Thrash team are in this news again
today, 14 January 2021 when this evening they will hold their
300th consecutive Virtual Thrash.
Regular host Simon Rose wrote in to The Telegraph newspaper
to inform the readers of what is happing this evening and Simon’s
letter is reproduced opposite.
The 300th consecutive performance is a remarkable achievement
when you think of what is not happening in the UK at this time
because of Lock-down.
George Formby Society members and friends meet every
evening and have done so since 21 March 2020 to celebrate the
music of the one and only George Formby.
The songs they sing are reduced to what is known as The Thrash
which happens when a large group of players take to the stage at
the George Formby Society national conventions in Blackpool
and will play a verse, a chorus and a banjo-uke solo of each of
the many Formby numbers.
Owing to COVID-19, we have held no national meetings since
November 2019 so the only thing to do was to take to the Zoom
application which allows up to 100 people to take part in a
communal virtual thrash.
Numbers have increased since the Virtual Thrash group started
to meet and now friends come in from various places around the
world including the USA, Germany, Canada, Cyprus plus of
course the UK.
You do not have to play the instrument to join in, just download
the Zoom app, join the George Formby Virtual Thrash Facebook
page and come and enjoy the music of George Formby.
Once you are accepted by Suzanne McIntosh, the creator of the
Zoom Virtual Thrash group and administrator of the Facebook
page, you are welcome to be with us, every evening.
And, it is all free of charge!
PP 14/01/2021
SIMON ROSE
SUZANNE MCINTOSH
The 300th night was a roaring success with 79
screens and over 80 participants. A record
attendance for all the 300 meetings. The images
to the right are of the evening.
ACCESS TO THE ZOOMERS
To join the thrash sessions, you must be logged into Facebook and be a member of the
George Formby Virtual Thrash group
