Committee

Equipment Officer Ed has been on the committee for 3 years in different roles. He makes sure our cupboard is tidy and fits all our stuff into too little space (the result of too much tetris in his youth!). He can do anything if given a screwdriver and a powerpack Equipment Officer Richard always comes to the session with the wrong box, or brings both along only to moan at changes which mean a lot of unstrapping and re-strapping. Looks after the PA. Aim for the year - to be able to play 'Out on the Ocean' on every folk instrument. Apart from possibly the English pipes, which would be a bit unkind to everyone. Equipment Officer Simon let slip that he owned a car during the AGM, and shortly afterwards discovered he had volunteered to look after the Ceilidhsoc PA system. He even survived carrying it all back from the next ceilidh, which given the weight of all that kit was a good trick. He can be seen at sessions playing guitar. Equipment Officer After vanishing for a while, Simon is back with avengence and has taken over the front of house role. He's in charge of organising someone to open and close up the ceilidhs, running the desk at the front, and feeding the band beer. Equipment Officer We have an official Equipment Officer! Matt volunteered and everything! This amazing fellow is in charge of getting our PA from one place to another, which is no mean feat given how much there is and how much more we'd like to buy... Equipment Officer Pete is one of those rare mythical creatures called "Equipment Officers". He's in charge of organising getting equipment to and from ceilidhs, and of looking after it in between. He appears to be real, but we've had them before and they've vanished in a puff of exhaust smoke. Without him ceildhs become really stressful, so we're busy reading the "How To Care For Your Equipment Officer" manual now in the hope that we can work out how not to scare him off. Equipment Officer Pete let slip last year that he had access to a car, resulting in an instant press-ganging into the equipment officer post. He's staying on as well to keep our ceilidhs loud and clear. Equipment Officer Olly didn't run away when Bob volunteered him, so he'll be making sure our kit gets where it needs to be this year. Equipment Officer Pippa is also going to be making sure the kit gets where it needs to be and is in good order. She'd also love your help here. Equipment Officer Rich H is our new technical genius (or Equipment officer to give its official name) taking over from Ed, you'll usually see him twiddling with some knobs on the sound desk trying to keep all the bands instruments harmoniously balanced. Equipment Officer High octane sound sculptor Rich retains his position as Equipment Officer for another year after a lively and stress free first year. He’s that wizardy looking bloke who’s always stooping over the mixing desk and looking puzzled. Rich organises getting the equipment, setting it up and sound engineers a lot of our ceilidhs. He is also a big fan of feedback and tries to add it to the sound mix whenever he can. He also likes kittens but can’t eat a whole one.