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Bruce Welch Shadowmania UK is organised annually by Bruce Welch. It is a very entertaining and enjoyable fun-packed weekend and an opportunity for all friends and fans of The Shadows to get together and celebrate their music. The venue is The Lakeside Complex, Frimley Green, Surrey. Roy and Kathy Cresswell The weekend consists of the main Shadowmania Event which takes place on the Saturday and a Pre-Shadowmania Social Event is organised by Roy and Kathy Cresswell on the Friday, where all the fans can enjoy socialising and participate in providing the musical entertainment during the day and into the night.

Shadowmania 2008 "10th Anniversary of Shadowmania" will be on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th September 2008.

Shadows fans have now enjoyed nine great Shadowmania years since 1998, which was the 40th Anniversary year, celebrating the beginning of Britain's most well known instrumental group in 1958. Although they had not recorded together for many years, or played as a band since their last tour in 1990, there are still thousands of fans worldwide who follow the careers of the orginal members and are either playing their great music themselves or enjoying the performances of the various tribute bands who perform and record the sound of the Shadows music worldwide.

Bruce Welch did not wish the 40th Anniversary to pass without a celebration, therefore on the 30th May 1998 he organised the very first Shadowmania at The Lakeside Complex. Needless to say this proved to be an unqualified success and by the time the evening came the event was a complete sell-out. Shadows fans travelled across the globe to be part of this unique occasion. From this great success the Lakeside Complex then became the home of The Shadowmania weekend for the following eight years.