hah, I've writted another entry relatively soon after the last one...
I've been busy since my last entry. On Friday I got a call from Jay, my manager behind the bar last year, who is now the overall Bars Manager. Apparently I missed training on Thursday and the cause for this...? My handwriting; it would seem that the dot in my e-mail address is read as a hyphen or underscore.
I was however busy in a good way. I had a good time despite doing what sounds like the boring jobs of DVD training on saturday and painting today.
DVD training, for those who don't know, does what it says on the tin. You watching DVDs about Fire Safety, Data Protection, Food Hygiene and Health and Safety and then do tests on them. I have done those tests 3 times in the last 8 months now having done them when I started last year and when I moved to Butlins in November. Butlins and Haven both being owned by Bourne Leisure.
They are the most boring pieces of 'cinema' that you could imagine. And overall they last about 4 hours? I question that because time was at a standstill so I had no concept of time. The reward for sitting through those was The Battle Of The Bugs - A hilariously bad attempt at making a comedy out of a potential outbreak of Norovirus based around the superhero Viroman.
So, you are probably asking yourself, why was this fun? Well, I spent a fair amount of the time chatting to Ash, the only other returner is the room. This eventually turned into everybody chatting when Jay walked in, and there are a few nice newbies. After everything had finished it was like last year after a shift when everybody sat down and had a chat, only this time there was no alcohol.
I also found out that returners had to get involved in a community project this morning. I wasn't happy to find that my entire weekend was to be disrupted by work when I spent all week working too. But again it was fun. At 10am I turned up to find a dozen people from bars last year not knowing that they would be painting the village hall. Forewarned is forearmed they say, so I at least was wearing the appropriate attire. It didn't really matter that we were painting though; it was a good laugh.
So this weekend helped me make up my mind about one important thing. I know which job offer I'm turning down. It may be a good job prospect, but Holidays4dancers just doesn't have the same spark for me as Haven does, so back behind the bar I go.
This should be a fun year...
Today's title is brought to you by Led Zeppelin and a line from their classic 'Stairway To Heaven'
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
you know I work all day to get you money to buy you things
A song by probably the world's most famous band of all time. For those of you who like your music I won't have to tell you this, but for anybody who doesn't know that's from 'A Hard Day's Night' by The Beatles. I was picking between that and '9 to 5' by Dolly Parton. Ironically those are representative of the 2 jobs I now need to pick between.
A quick summary for anyone who hasn't read my blog yet (or who has forgotten my job history because it's been that long since I stopped writing): After leaving uni I started working behind the bar in Capone's, the Showbar of Haven's flagship park. By the end of season I would say I was an important and dare I say loved member of that team. I'm currently doing admin work as work experience for another holiday company; a small, almost family, business for dancing holidays. It has the memorable name Holidays4Dancers.
My headache is this - Both have offered me a job, but realistically I can only accept one, certainly on a full time basis. Admittedly it's a good headache to have but it does need to be resolved.
So let's start with the hard day's night, being behind the bar. I absolutely loved it behind the bar. I was working with great people, there was a great atmosphere created by the staff, the customers and the acts, it's an interesting job that doesn't have 2 days the same and I could work a lot of hours. My best for a week was 50.25 but people were doing 70+ through extra hours and I'd like to have a few weeks the same if I go back.
However there are definitely some cons too. It's not ideal working the hours I was. I would regularly finish at 1-2am and not get home until 5. It's less a problem for me, who enjoys that time, than my parents. It's also seasonal, so I'd be out of a job again in November. Finally it's a big company, it's going to be hard to get promotions. I reckon if this year goes well I could be a team leader next year. Then it'd be at least a couple of years until I was a venue manager. So it'd be at least 3 years until I was in any sort of secure job.
A final point of note, I could use this year to gain the experience I need to have an advantage applying for similar jobs at companies, both in Britain and abroad. I know of a company called Siblu that is basically Haven in Europe. My dual language skills would benefit me there.
And then we have the other hand, the 9 to 5. For the last 4 weeks I've been doing admin work, for only my jobseeker's allowance, at Holidays4Dancers. I've been offered the job and if I take it I would still be on minimum wage, same as at Devon Cliffs.
It's pretty much the opposite of the bar job. I'd have sociable hours, although not as many. It'd also be a permanent job in the sense that it's not seasonal. I'd have a 6 months contract to start with, then 2 years and then it would be taken from there. With the direction the company, and it's sister, are going there's scope for quick promotions too.
But the job doesn't interest me as much. Sure I get to play around doing the website stuff but otherwise it's boring paperwork and taking phonecalls and adding files to the database. Yesterday I was in the office by myself and just couldn't concentrate on doing my job. I ended up on facebook playing games, and that's not a good direction to go in.
So I think in principle in boils down to this: Do I want a job that will keep me happy and might get me a few rungs up the career ladder or do I want a job that will probably send me flying up it but off the wall?
Advices please?
I leave you with the 2 songs that represent my choices. Don't judge the choice on the song.
Hard Day's Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDdcCzKjsc
9 to 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKAA2VxWY8
A quick summary for anyone who hasn't read my blog yet (or who has forgotten my job history because it's been that long since I stopped writing): After leaving uni I started working behind the bar in Capone's, the Showbar of Haven's flagship park. By the end of season I would say I was an important and dare I say loved member of that team. I'm currently doing admin work as work experience for another holiday company; a small, almost family, business for dancing holidays. It has the memorable name Holidays4Dancers.
My headache is this - Both have offered me a job, but realistically I can only accept one, certainly on a full time basis. Admittedly it's a good headache to have but it does need to be resolved.
So let's start with the hard day's night, being behind the bar. I absolutely loved it behind the bar. I was working with great people, there was a great atmosphere created by the staff, the customers and the acts, it's an interesting job that doesn't have 2 days the same and I could work a lot of hours. My best for a week was 50.25 but people were doing 70+ through extra hours and I'd like to have a few weeks the same if I go back.
However there are definitely some cons too. It's not ideal working the hours I was. I would regularly finish at 1-2am and not get home until 5. It's less a problem for me, who enjoys that time, than my parents. It's also seasonal, so I'd be out of a job again in November. Finally it's a big company, it's going to be hard to get promotions. I reckon if this year goes well I could be a team leader next year. Then it'd be at least a couple of years until I was a venue manager. So it'd be at least 3 years until I was in any sort of secure job.
A final point of note, I could use this year to gain the experience I need to have an advantage applying for similar jobs at companies, both in Britain and abroad. I know of a company called Siblu that is basically Haven in Europe. My dual language skills would benefit me there.
And then we have the other hand, the 9 to 5. For the last 4 weeks I've been doing admin work, for only my jobseeker's allowance, at Holidays4Dancers. I've been offered the job and if I take it I would still be on minimum wage, same as at Devon Cliffs.
It's pretty much the opposite of the bar job. I'd have sociable hours, although not as many. It'd also be a permanent job in the sense that it's not seasonal. I'd have a 6 months contract to start with, then 2 years and then it would be taken from there. With the direction the company, and it's sister, are going there's scope for quick promotions too.
But the job doesn't interest me as much. Sure I get to play around doing the website stuff but otherwise it's boring paperwork and taking phonecalls and adding files to the database. Yesterday I was in the office by myself and just couldn't concentrate on doing my job. I ended up on facebook playing games, and that's not a good direction to go in.
So I think in principle in boils down to this: Do I want a job that will keep me happy and might get me a few rungs up the career ladder or do I want a job that will probably send me flying up it but off the wall?
Advices please?
I leave you with the 2 songs that represent my choices. Don't judge the choice on the song.
Hard Day's Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDdcCzKjsc
9 to 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKAA2VxWY8
Hello, I've waited here for you...
I fail pretty badly at keeping this up to date. That said it does also feel like a lot more than 3 months since I made an entry, and there was a good reason right at the start of that.
So I set up this blog to let you, the reader, know how moving to Butlins went for me. Not so good as it turns out. I was up there for 2 weeks before I suffered what can only be described as a mini breakdown. Given the problems I had at the end of my time at uni I hurriedly got out of there. It's a shame because I was up there with 3 great people from Devon Cliffs (Meg, Jamie and Mickey) and did have a good time with them, it was the work that got to me as I was cleaning apartments by myself.
I came back home and took some time for myself to recover, and before I knew it it was Christmas. Once again it wasn't anything special, same as any year. I kind of got stuck in the habit of not doing anything, but by mid January finally got round to going to the job centre. I started a work experience place with a dancing holiday company doing admin.
That's been going really well so far, I've been offered a job there if I want it and I've also been offered a job back behind the bars at Devon Cliffs. I need to make my mind up about which one to take still, and it's such an important decision that I shall write about it in my next entry.
In keeping with my old entries I shall continue to provide a link to the reference in the title. This time it's my favourite song, although a couple from the last album push it close - Everlong by Foo Fighters. And if you're lucky (by which I mean when I get round to recording it) I may (will) post a video of me playing it. But here's the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y
So I set up this blog to let you, the reader, know how moving to Butlins went for me. Not so good as it turns out. I was up there for 2 weeks before I suffered what can only be described as a mini breakdown. Given the problems I had at the end of my time at uni I hurriedly got out of there. It's a shame because I was up there with 3 great people from Devon Cliffs (Meg, Jamie and Mickey) and did have a good time with them, it was the work that got to me as I was cleaning apartments by myself.
I came back home and took some time for myself to recover, and before I knew it it was Christmas. Once again it wasn't anything special, same as any year. I kind of got stuck in the habit of not doing anything, but by mid January finally got round to going to the job centre. I started a work experience place with a dancing holiday company doing admin.
That's been going really well so far, I've been offered a job there if I want it and I've also been offered a job back behind the bars at Devon Cliffs. I need to make my mind up about which one to take still, and it's such an important decision that I shall write about it in my next entry.
In keeping with my old entries I shall continue to provide a link to the reference in the title. This time it's my favourite song, although a couple from the last album push it close - Everlong by Foo Fighters. And if you're lucky (by which I mean when I get round to recording it) I may (will) post a video of me playing it. But here's the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y
Monday, 12 November 2012
Hey you're banjaxed, hey you're screwed... but I'm not...
Today was an incredibly significant day. At the start of it I was thinking "ok, let's go out with my team members and have a good time" but it turned into so much more that that.
Basically it happened as such, I don't know when specifically but at some point I decided I had had enough to drink. This may not seem to much to most people, but to those who know me the conclusion is immense; I decided that I was ok to let people out-drink me. For most people that life changing moment goes by unnoticed but I saw it. And I needed to see it, drink is probably the reason I ended up fucked in the head.
So that was significant. And I still had a great time. Everyone drank more than me and I was still happy. Considering the way I've been feeling ahead of moving away I think this is quite possibly the best thing that could have ever happened to me.
So this is a short entry, but at the same time it's probably the most important entry I will write. So please enjoy it.
I'll finish once more with the song that inspired the title: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggyC0FOzqHM
that was Shipwrecked by Alestorm.
Basically it happened as such, I don't know when specifically but at some point I decided I had had enough to drink. This may not seem to much to most people, but to those who know me the conclusion is immense; I decided that I was ok to let people out-drink me. For most people that life changing moment goes by unnoticed but I saw it. And I needed to see it, drink is probably the reason I ended up fucked in the head.
So that was significant. And I still had a great time. Everyone drank more than me and I was still happy. Considering the way I've been feeling ahead of moving away I think this is quite possibly the best thing that could have ever happened to me.
So this is a short entry, but at the same time it's probably the most important entry I will write. So please enjoy it.
I'll finish once more with the song that inspired the title: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggyC0FOzqHM
that was Shipwrecked by Alestorm.
Friday, 9 November 2012
Always look on the bright side of life...
... doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo (can't really whistle in text...)
Feeling much better today, turns out my last entry was just a blip. Unfortunately there isn't really anything to add to that, today consisted of nothing better than gaming and watching some of the football.
However I want to carry on with the regular entries in this blog and leaving it at that seems a little bit wasteful, so I'm going to give you a smorgasbord of entertainment with a music top 8. Why 8 you ask? Well, 8 is the number of pieces of music you are allowed on Desert Island Discs, and it saved me from having 2 choices that were a little more filler than the rest. So, the following 8 songs are from some my favourite albums of all time, although maybe not in order, with a brief explanation as to why. I'll pick my 8 favourite songs for when I pretend I'm actually on the show.
1.) Everlong - The Colour and The Shape by Foo Fighters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y
This was an easy choice for me, ever since I heard the band on the radio, I think for a BBC Radio 1 gig from somewhere, I fell in love with them. Then when I started buying my own music this was the first album I bought. Or to be more specific, the 10th Anniversary extended edition, although I could have survived without those extra 8 tracks. To this day it remains my favourite Foo's album, although Wasting Light did push it close.
2.) Lounge Act - Nevermind by Nirvana - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xeasq05zxc
Let's get this album out of the way, it's on every best of list and it's easy to see why. This is the only example I can think of where each track fits perfectly. Smells Like Teen Spirit is a magnificent opener and then each new song follows exactly as necessary. Before I know it I've reached the end of the album (or rather the long silence in the middle of the last track, Something In The Way. A rather ironic title that) and I'm playing it again.
3.) Dance Of Fate - Consign To Oblivion by Epica - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeflMWMJ8I
The first of my out-there choices, Epica are a symphonic metal band fronted by the gorgeous Simone Simons. I've picked this album more as a collection of enjoyable songs but each one forms a great mix of operatic vocals, orchestral instruments, heavy guitars, loud drumming and the occasional episode of grunting and growling.
4.) Let It Die - Scream by Ozzy Osbourne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPbfvG_gH8
Pre-2010 I was never an Ozzy fan, other than the classic that is Crazy Train, but this album changed that. I listened to it after a friend, who like me didn't like early Ozzy stuff, recommended it to me. And then I listened again. And again. Always a sign of a good album.
5.) I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) - A Kiss Before You Go by Katzenjammer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGDT3dXq3E
Another out-there choice, this time an all female pop-folk band. The last band I went to see (other than local band at uni) is a collection of 4 very talented ladies who can all play multiple instruments. When they played this song live one of them was playing 3 instruments. This is also definitely the 'happiest' of my choices and the only one that isn't rock in any way.
6.) No One Knows - Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE
This is the 3rd album on my list to feature a certain Mr Dave Grohl, although whereas he was a main member of Foo Fighters and Nirvana, he makes a guest appearance here to give the drums the bit of oomph that turns this from an average album into a great one. I could talk about the great musicality, but the hook for this album is that amongst all that there a running theme of a radio show with a DJ. It's only a small thing, but it gives it a completeness it would otherwise have lacked.
7.) A Kind Of Magic - Return Of The Champions by Queen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS0T-YHu1zc
I do love me a live album, and this is a great example as to why. No-one can ever replace Freddie Mercury, but Paul Rodgers takes all the songs and puts a new twist on them. Queen have a catalogue of classics anyway, but throw in some Rodgers originals like All Right Now and Wishing Well and there's a couple of hours of air guitar and hand clapping to be had.
8.) Duality - Vol, 3: The Subliminal Verses by Slipknot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I
I can't say I have a particular reason for loving this more than any other Slipknot album, let alone any other heavy metal album, but when I was in France without my Rocsoc amigos to listen to all sorts of metal with I generally fell back on this if I wanted a full album. If one of these songs comes up on random I now hear the first few bars of it's successor rather than the song that's come on.
So, there we go. 8 of my favourite (if not necessarily my favourites) albums, with a song from each of them. And as always the song that inspired this entry's title, this time from the timeless Monty Python - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
Feeling much better today, turns out my last entry was just a blip. Unfortunately there isn't really anything to add to that, today consisted of nothing better than gaming and watching some of the football.
However I want to carry on with the regular entries in this blog and leaving it at that seems a little bit wasteful, so I'm going to give you a smorgasbord of entertainment with a music top 8. Why 8 you ask? Well, 8 is the number of pieces of music you are allowed on Desert Island Discs, and it saved me from having 2 choices that were a little more filler than the rest. So, the following 8 songs are from some my favourite albums of all time, although maybe not in order, with a brief explanation as to why. I'll pick my 8 favourite songs for when I pretend I'm actually on the show.
1.) Everlong - The Colour and The Shape by Foo Fighters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y
This was an easy choice for me, ever since I heard the band on the radio, I think for a BBC Radio 1 gig from somewhere, I fell in love with them. Then when I started buying my own music this was the first album I bought. Or to be more specific, the 10th Anniversary extended edition, although I could have survived without those extra 8 tracks. To this day it remains my favourite Foo's album, although Wasting Light did push it close.
2.) Lounge Act - Nevermind by Nirvana - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xeasq05zxc
Let's get this album out of the way, it's on every best of list and it's easy to see why. This is the only example I can think of where each track fits perfectly. Smells Like Teen Spirit is a magnificent opener and then each new song follows exactly as necessary. Before I know it I've reached the end of the album (or rather the long silence in the middle of the last track, Something In The Way. A rather ironic title that) and I'm playing it again.
3.) Dance Of Fate - Consign To Oblivion by Epica - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeflMWMJ8I
The first of my out-there choices, Epica are a symphonic metal band fronted by the gorgeous Simone Simons. I've picked this album more as a collection of enjoyable songs but each one forms a great mix of operatic vocals, orchestral instruments, heavy guitars, loud drumming and the occasional episode of grunting and growling.
4.) Let It Die - Scream by Ozzy Osbourne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPbfvG_gH8
Pre-2010 I was never an Ozzy fan, other than the classic that is Crazy Train, but this album changed that. I listened to it after a friend, who like me didn't like early Ozzy stuff, recommended it to me. And then I listened again. And again. Always a sign of a good album.
5.) I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) - A Kiss Before You Go by Katzenjammer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGDT3dXq3E
Another out-there choice, this time an all female pop-folk band. The last band I went to see (other than local band at uni) is a collection of 4 very talented ladies who can all play multiple instruments. When they played this song live one of them was playing 3 instruments. This is also definitely the 'happiest' of my choices and the only one that isn't rock in any way.
6.) No One Knows - Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE
This is the 3rd album on my list to feature a certain Mr Dave Grohl, although whereas he was a main member of Foo Fighters and Nirvana, he makes a guest appearance here to give the drums the bit of oomph that turns this from an average album into a great one. I could talk about the great musicality, but the hook for this album is that amongst all that there a running theme of a radio show with a DJ. It's only a small thing, but it gives it a completeness it would otherwise have lacked.
7.) A Kind Of Magic - Return Of The Champions by Queen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS0T-YHu1zc
I do love me a live album, and this is a great example as to why. No-one can ever replace Freddie Mercury, but Paul Rodgers takes all the songs and puts a new twist on them. Queen have a catalogue of classics anyway, but throw in some Rodgers originals like All Right Now and Wishing Well and there's a couple of hours of air guitar and hand clapping to be had.
8.) Duality - Vol, 3: The Subliminal Verses by Slipknot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I
I can't say I have a particular reason for loving this more than any other Slipknot album, let alone any other heavy metal album, but when I was in France without my Rocsoc amigos to listen to all sorts of metal with I generally fell back on this if I wanted a full album. If one of these songs comes up on random I now hear the first few bars of it's successor rather than the song that's come on.
So, there we go. 8 of my favourite (if not necessarily my favourites) albums, with a song from each of them. And as always the song that inspired this entry's title, this time from the timeless Monty Python - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Crazy, but that's how it goes...
The wee beasties that haunted me during my final year at uni came back to visit today. Sure, they weren't the massive monsters from my time in Lancaster, but seeing the smaller ones out of the corner of my eye isn't a great feeling.
I don't think it's a coincidence that this happens during the first time I've not had anything to do since I've been off the happy pills. So in that case I get to Saturday without any major breakdowns and I'll be fine for going to Minehead. I have a shift on Saturday, the staff party on Tuesday and then I'm moving on Wednesday for which I'll have to pack etc on Sunday and Monday.
Still, I'm not exactly looking forward to the next few days. I've been feeling trapped and I've lost interest in the things that gave me something to do on my days off. I spent Monday and Tuesday playing guitar or playing on the PS2 but now I don't want to. There's nothing on TV worth watching and I've seen everything I own at least once.
On the plus side though, I can see I'm still me. Maybe this is just one bad night and tomorrow I'll feel better, and know what I want to do.
So, to an entertainment section. Here's the song that inspired the title, Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdHbA4GlSI (Coincidentally the opening riff is what I used to tune the A and low E strings of my guitar)
And here is an odd little thing (well it's a whole album, but you get the drift) that a friend put me onto today, Swing Metal by a band called Diablo Swing Orchestra. I'd be interested to know what you think of this if you give it a go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHih6En5WE4 (and it is more swing than metal for you non-metalheads) Same with the Beardsmith song from my last entry.
I don't think it's a coincidence that this happens during the first time I've not had anything to do since I've been off the happy pills. So in that case I get to Saturday without any major breakdowns and I'll be fine for going to Minehead. I have a shift on Saturday, the staff party on Tuesday and then I'm moving on Wednesday for which I'll have to pack etc on Sunday and Monday.
Still, I'm not exactly looking forward to the next few days. I've been feeling trapped and I've lost interest in the things that gave me something to do on my days off. I spent Monday and Tuesday playing guitar or playing on the PS2 but now I don't want to. There's nothing on TV worth watching and I've seen everything I own at least once.
On the plus side though, I can see I'm still me. Maybe this is just one bad night and tomorrow I'll feel better, and know what I want to do.
So, to an entertainment section. Here's the song that inspired the title, Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdHbA4GlSI (Coincidentally the opening riff is what I used to tune the A and low E strings of my guitar)
And here is an odd little thing (well it's a whole album, but you get the drift) that a friend put me onto today, Swing Metal by a band called Diablo Swing Orchestra. I'd be interested to know what you think of this if you give it a go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHih6En5WE4 (and it is more swing than metal for you non-metalheads) Same with the Beardsmith song from my last entry.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Work, huh, what is it good for?
Absolutely nothing! Well, no, it's good for money for one thing. And I'm lucky enough to have a great time at work most days.
I only have one more shift left at work, at the owner's party on Saturday, before I leave for Minehead next Wednesday, so I'm having a little look back at my time at Capone's.
When I started I had no experience of being that side of the bar. Sure I had spent most of my 4 years at uni on the other side and watched thousands of pints being poured, but I'd never done it myself. Turns out I was a natural, a few mistakes early on but that's to be expected.
I did make some good mistakes as well, the one that springs straight to mind is when somebody asked me for water with orange and lime. Now, what they wanted was a slice of orange and a slice of lime in water, but we also do lime cordial and orange cordial... guess what I did.
I'm not going to put all of them down though, they're mostly commonplace stuff (getting the wrong size order, wrong flavour drink, forgetting a drink from a long list etc.) Instead I'll regale you with some of the more entertaining parts, the ones that hopefully won't lose meaning in word.
Some of the acts that have been on stage have been amazing (and some haven't, but we won't mention them *cough*Scooch*cough*) such as Beardsmith, Ego Mania and the only band I got to see twice as they played the final Saturday, Supersaurus. I'd encourage you to look some of them up, particularly Beardsmith as they do some original stuff as well as some great covers. I never thought I'd hear Metallica covered at a Haven park.
There's also been some great comedians, a circus, some wrestling and other acts come to visit, but the group that most deserve a mention are the funstars. Haven's equivalent to the Redcoats, they were the people that provided the entertainment by putting on gameshows, singing or doing anything else. From peak season, only 1 week after I started, they put on the big team show every Thursday and Sunday. Called 'A Night At The Movies' this would feature scenes from Men In Black, The Lion King, Singing In The Rain and the finale Dirty Dancing. It also had a Halloween feature around half term that included Thriller and the Time Warp.
So all in all, as much as I'm looking forward to Minehead, I'll be sad to leave and I can't wait to come back next year.
This week's entertainment:
The piece that inspired the title, as covered by Jackie Chan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-bA9FYB8HY&feature=fvwrel
And by Beardsmith, an original song called 'Arcadia': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4K1KkGfwRg
I only have one more shift left at work, at the owner's party on Saturday, before I leave for Minehead next Wednesday, so I'm having a little look back at my time at Capone's.
When I started I had no experience of being that side of the bar. Sure I had spent most of my 4 years at uni on the other side and watched thousands of pints being poured, but I'd never done it myself. Turns out I was a natural, a few mistakes early on but that's to be expected.
I did make some good mistakes as well, the one that springs straight to mind is when somebody asked me for water with orange and lime. Now, what they wanted was a slice of orange and a slice of lime in water, but we also do lime cordial and orange cordial... guess what I did.
I'm not going to put all of them down though, they're mostly commonplace stuff (getting the wrong size order, wrong flavour drink, forgetting a drink from a long list etc.) Instead I'll regale you with some of the more entertaining parts, the ones that hopefully won't lose meaning in word.
Some of the acts that have been on stage have been amazing (and some haven't, but we won't mention them *cough*Scooch*cough*) such as Beardsmith, Ego Mania and the only band I got to see twice as they played the final Saturday, Supersaurus. I'd encourage you to look some of them up, particularly Beardsmith as they do some original stuff as well as some great covers. I never thought I'd hear Metallica covered at a Haven park.
There's also been some great comedians, a circus, some wrestling and other acts come to visit, but the group that most deserve a mention are the funstars. Haven's equivalent to the Redcoats, they were the people that provided the entertainment by putting on gameshows, singing or doing anything else. From peak season, only 1 week after I started, they put on the big team show every Thursday and Sunday. Called 'A Night At The Movies' this would feature scenes from Men In Black, The Lion King, Singing In The Rain and the finale Dirty Dancing. It also had a Halloween feature around half term that included Thriller and the Time Warp.
So all in all, as much as I'm looking forward to Minehead, I'll be sad to leave and I can't wait to come back next year.
This week's entertainment:
The piece that inspired the title, as covered by Jackie Chan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-bA9FYB8HY&feature=fvwrel
And by Beardsmith, an original song called 'Arcadia': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4K1KkGfwRg
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