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Aaron Aardvark · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

OOOOH I JUST HAD A FUNNY FLASH-BACK

oops sorry caps-lock......Does anyone remember the FOF3 Boogie???
The one where you had to dance at half the tempo of the music.

I know Chalky did a mean boogie in his dungarees and I personally witnessed Ffoggy doing one once........Wymer tried but fell over. Andy Hill was a perfectissimo at it and I of course taught them all how to do it in the first place.

We even ....no i wont go there.
The FOF3 Boogie was revived and perfected at Northolt.

FFoglamp · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject:

We, (that is the whole of FOF3 band), did the FOF 3 boogie at our Xmas bash at the Home Club - Dec 1985. We would always request it, insist on it, get it played and dance to........... STINGRAY !!!!

This involves a sort of twist, but arms and legs have to be totally un-synchronised and move at vastly different rates to the rhythm, e.g very very unfeasibly fast punchy arm movements one minute, followed by sloooooooow moooooooooootion action replay next, (but without the action). Andy Hill was rather good at it. Most were average, and Keith Pacy struggled a bit.

Stingraaaaaay, Stingray, da da da da, da da (repeat)

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MrJpig · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:02 am Post subject: Re: fof3 simply the best?

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Was it a special requirement to play your hooter the wrong way round in this band ????

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MrJpig · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:05 am Post subject:

bootybandy · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

This lot were not quite so colourful, but at least they knew which way to hold their hooters.....

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Aaron Aardvark · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject:

Bill Walton looks like Jaws from Bond

bootybandy · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject:

About to take lump out of Gerry's neck

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RAB · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject:

bootybandy · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

It would be Rab. Can you identify any more. Trumpet player looks familiar!!! (Well he would do if he was holding the thing) Front row third from right...

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MrJpig · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject:

Johnny Payne looking like he has been AARDVARSED
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RAB · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject:

chalkyc · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject: The bar..

This was the bar on RFA Fort Grange. When we joined the ship our duties were to run the bar. Bandies and bars!!

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chalkyc · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject: On Board

A pic of the dixie band on board the Illustrious in the middle of some ocean entertaining the Troops.

Left to right: Chalky, Looney, Burger, Grod and Tony B.
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Hornblower · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject: