Bands battle to remember Hayley

BANDS from across the Worthing area will battle it out for a top prize in aid of a safe-clubbing charity.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Nov 2006, 15:45 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:48 BST

The semi-final of the Remember Hayley - Come Home Safe campaign's Battle of the Bands competition will see 13 groups compete for the chance to rehearse and record in a music studio.

An expected capacity crowd at Club East, Railway Approach, will vote for their top eight bands, who will go through to a final at the club in around a month's time.

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Funds raised will go towards buying a nightbus for use by the thousands of young clubbers who go into the town each week.

The safe-clubbing group tried in vain last year to gain council funding for the bus, part of their overall bid for safety initiatives for young clubbers such as help-points and safer railway crossings.

The campaign was started in memory of Hayley Owen, who died ar a Chichester railway crossing just before Christmas 2004. The Battle of the Bands competition has been organised by Cravintunes Entertainment, run by 23-year-old Paul McDonald, who lost an arm in a railway accident when he was 15-years old.

Doors open at 5pm on Wednesday, November 8. Tickets cost 4 in advance, 5 on the door, and are available from Guitartech, Clifton Road, or Musicmania, Crescent Road.