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Do
you want to be featured in this forthcoming book? - then read on: Whenever
Butlins Redcoats are mentioned, most people can
name five or six who went on to become household names, but there are
many many more who went on to become professional entertainers, and it
is their stories we are about to
feature in the forthcoming book.  Below
are examples of former
Redcoats who went on to have careers in show business.
A.J
Marriot
My
name is “A.J” Marriot. I was a Butlins
Redcoat Entertainer for the
1973 and 1974 seasons. When I left Butlins in November 1974 I had
around 3 hours of polished comedy material. Just
7 months later I turned full-time professional, and went on to have
a twenty-one-year career in in stand-up – all thanks to my
apprenticeship
at Butlins.
Other
acts who more than "made it on the outside."
To
find out how to submit your stories and photos, on just how working
at a Butlins’ Holiday venue started off your show business
career, see details below.
Wanna
be in the book: “They All Began at Butlins”? Did you start off
on a Butlins’ Entertainment team, then go on to be a professional stage
performer? If so, you could be featured in this forthcoming book.
Stories must
be original, and not copied from other websites — although leniency
will be
given to those who wrote the article in the first place. To get yourself
featured in the book, put together a package of your best Butlins
photos, plus your
show business scrapbook entries and accompanying text. Photographs need
to be
of printable quality, preferably 300dpi, with as much information as
possible:
i.e. venue, date, event, people in photo. Try to add interesting
comments. i.e.
Don’t just say things like: “That's me 4th from left,” or “This is me
doing the Fancy Dress Competition.” Now email “A.J”
Marriot at 'Redcoats Reunited' by clicking on the envelope icon below,
and type “I
BEGAN AT BUTLINS” in the subject box. All applications will be given
the
fullest consideration. If your material isn't featured in the book, we may post it on the Redcoats Reunited website, where it will have maximum exposure, and could well attract some of your long-lost working colleagues. I
look forward to
sharing your memories of those long-gone amazing holiday times. Happy Daze! “A.J” Marriot Click
here to go
to our Butlins Redcoats
Reunited Facebook page:
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