GUIDES BIG GIG CONCERT
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 2008,
NEC BIRMINGHAM
2 SHOWS SOLD OUT TO
22,000 GIRL GUIDES

Guides from Stoke Heath, Wyken and Walsgrave met at Burger King to start the day at 4pm. 38 Guides including leaders went onto the Coventry Train Station passing by another 22 Guides meeting fro Keresley District. The Café Manager on board of the Train kindly announced a welcome to the Guides travelling.
Hazel Turner, Lin Marley and Debbie Hill (Leaders) organised tickets and transport. Emma Johnston (Volunteer Steward) enjoyed the evening show with a complimentary ticket after working the afternoon show. It has been the first time to a concert for most girls.
Various bands and singers donated their time to the Girl Guide Charities giving a show of a lifetime for Guides aged 10 and up to the Senior Section and leaders.
The comperes were TMI presenters from TV and the stars we saw were; Sugar Babes, Sam Beaton, DJ Ironics and the Stringetts, Avenue and The Script. Fantastic songs one after each other.
Leon Jackson first stood and started everyone off on the Guide Promise making us all feel very very proud to be one. Alphabeat sang "Don't go out tonight". The Saturdays were a huge success with "Here come the Girls". Scouting for Girls sang the finishing songs "Elvis is Alive" and "I want to be James Bond" making everyone join in almost the entire song and raising the roof.
Each Guide paid £21 for their ticket and returned home full of excitement and amazement from the experience. The Guide Association organises the Big Gig every year on a rota:- London, Birmingham and Manchester. Check the fantastic world of Guiding on the website www.girlguiding.org.uk. Change the World have 19 projects sponsored by Girlguiding UK and these were projected on the big screen for all to see where the proceeds of the night were helping, all over the World.

Reporting by Debbie Hill; Photo's by Lin Marley

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