08/03/2026
Thank you for your fantastic support at Whaddon’s Big Night Out with Selby and Friends yesterday evening.
Thanks to your generosity, we raised £740 for Daisy Bessell’s Fundraising for MIND, the mental health charity, along with a tidy sum for the Village Hall coffers from the bar — where the more dedicated drinkers among you managed to drink us dry of most of our most popular beverages!
A huge thank you goes to all the musicians who generously gave their time to perform.
Here’s a quick reminder of the talented artists who entertained us:
Scott Blackledge
Scott is a Bedford-based singer-songwriter who describes his songs as therapy for himself — and then happily inflicts them on the rest of the world.
Amy Fleur
Amy is a singer-songwriter from Northamptonshire, blending powerful vocals with raw, emotional lyrics.
Dave Crawford
Dave is a local singer-guitarist who has played with a number of local bands. He treated us to an eclectic set of easy-listening songs — some you’ll have heard before and some you may have discovered for the first time.
Selby
Our very own Whaddon-based band, who come together for the joy of playing and hopefully brought smiles to your faces and dancing urges to your feet.
Opening number below. Please post your own photos and videos in thr comments!
Special thanks also go to Guy Birch-Jones for doing a cracking job as sound engineer for the evening, and to our raffle sellers, bar team, and everyone else who helped make the night such a memorable success.
Supporting mental health services has never been more important. If you enjoyed the evening and would like to help us raise even more for MIND, you can still contribute by donating via Daisy’s JustGiving page below:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/daisy-bessell-london-marathon?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=020
Every donation, no matter the size, helps ensure that people struggling with their mental health can access the support they need. Thank you once again for helping make it such a wonderful and worthwhile evening
