Blogs

As each day passes, my guilt re: updating the blog and website generally grows!

If you fancy coming along to support us in our attempts to raise funds and start the process of establishing a permanent leisure/arts centre within the Helensburgh & Lomond area, then please pop down to the Victoria Hall, Helensburgh between 7.30pm and 8.00pm.

Tickets are available on the door, priced £5 for adults and £1 for children.

Running order is as follows:

8.00pm Welcome and presentations
8.15pm Official launch and release of the single 'Heroes' recorded by the Helensburgh Heroes Experience

What can I say other than I am a useless blogger! It's been months since my last Blog entry - but I've had an excuse Guv honest! And that excuse is seeing our recording of Bowie's iconic song 'Heroes' get to release status.

I won't bore you with all the gory details but since the last Blog entry back in April, the team have been busily doing the following:

a) Forming a Record Company - yes you read that right! we now have a Helensburgh Heroes Record Label. Perfect for all those groups and choirs in the area who might want to release a CD or two.

There are very few times when I am reduced to a state of stunned silence (in fact there are very few times when I am silent at all) but last night was one of those rare occasions

We have just taken delivery of over 200 competition entries from local P5, P6 & P7 pupils and the standard of artistic merit and interpretation of ‘Helensburgh’ was stunning.

It’s now nigh on a month since the last entry and that really is inexcusable. I have spent the past few weeks trying to find the excuses but unfortunately they are too feeble in the extreme. The recent snowfall was looking like a strong contender, after all it brought one of the world’s largest cities to a complete standstill, but as it only really settled in Helensburgh for a day and didn’t affect broadband connections, or my ability to type, it ranks as a poor 7 on the scale of feebleness.

The waiting is over and the decision has been formally made on the Clyde Street Centre.

Have we failed or flopped (as it was so eloquently described in yesterday’s Advertiser) and is it a terminal blow to Helensburgh Heroes' ambitions?

I really haven’t got used to this blogging lark.

I have spent the past few weeks reminding myself that I really ought to add a blog entry. I mean it’s not as though us folks at Heroes HQ have nothing of interest to report. We have the Heroes recording happening, we’ve been awarded a grant and we believe that the fate of the Clyde Street Centre will be determined this week – so you would have thought I’d have had oodles to write.

It is now only a couple of days before I discover what Santa has stuffed in my stocking. I have to be honest and state that this year I have been very greedy and have wished for a very big and expensive present. The one item that would make me very happy would be discovering that our bid for the Clyde Street Centre has been successful.

Well the weeks are positively flying by.

3 more weeks and Christmas will have been and gone, pounds will have been gained and a new year will be just peeking around the corner. And then it will be a matter of 4 weeks until our recording of Heroes.

Whilst it may have appeared to have gone very quiet on this front - much like the swan serenely gliding over the water - there is much frantic paddling going on below the surface. We have been very fortunate in that so many talented folks have stepped forward to give the project the necessary expertise and professionalism.

Made it ……just.

Midday tomorrow is the closing date for sealed bids for the old Clyde Street Centre. The good folks at Graham & Sibbald will be pacing the carpets in Newton Place; eagerly awaiting the surprises that the Postie, the hairy biker or indeed the internet brings them (do we still use Telex?). And we can guarantee that amongst the offers will be one from Helensburgh Heroes.