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A heavily pregnant Vicci Jones shares the tunes that still get her dancing (until 1am, just last weekend, it eased her back pain!)

These tunes remind her of the monthly Electric Chair club night, in Manchester. She says: 鈥淚 finished 6th form in 2004 and my mates headed off to university but I decided against it at the eleventh hour. On the last Saturday of each month, they鈥檇 all come back to Manchester for an amazing club night called Electric Chair and I loved meeting up with them.

As the months went on, people made it back less regularly but I didn鈥檛 miss my monthly Electric fix because my sister had finished university and, once once I鈥檇 introduced her, she was my new clubbing buddy. My mum used to drop us off and, on the drive into town, we鈥檇 sing Strings Of Life (which is particularly easy because it has no words...duh duh duh duh duh). If we were really lucky, mum would pick us up too!

I had noticed that one of the regular DJs (Justin Crawford) was always snapping pictures so I went to the website to have a look. Whilst there, I wandered onto the chat forum and began some of my most enduring friendships. The first time my sister couldn鈥檛 come out and the lads weren鈥檛 back from uni, I made the decision to go it alone. The crowd were so friendly and I knew a few of the regulars/forum folk would be there so I had no qualms about turning up by myself. Everyone was there for the music - no posers, not there 鈥渢o be seen鈥�, not going specifically on the pull (no doubt that plenty of this happened though) and people weren鈥檛 dressed to impress; they were dressed to dance.

Through this wonderful group of people I met my (now) husband. Our wedding in 2012 and one of our friends (Disco Ben) was our DJ. I invited a lot of mates from Electric Chair and our dance floor turned into that old club scene, it was incredible.

Sadly the regular club night stopped in 2008 (after 13 years) and the venue was turned into a Tesco Metro. They鈥檝e had one-off nights since then, so I get along to as many as I can (depending on babysitting credits) and still catch up with lots of the old crowd.

Electric Chair Changed My Life
Dirty Basement (Electrons - Red Light Don鈥檛 Stop) the lyrics to this perfectly describe the scene although I never heard it played out
Ain鈥檛 Nobody - Frankie Knuckles Hallucinogenic Mix (Chaka Khan)
Stand On The Word - Larry Levan Remix (The Joubert Singer)
Gabriel (Roy Davis Jr. Featuring Peven Everett)
Strings Of Life - Danny Krivit Re-edit (Rhythim Is Rhythim) singing in the car with my sister on the way into town
Snakes N鈥� Ladders - Rub 鈥楴 Tug Mix (Sly Mongoose)
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Rotary Connection)
California Soul (Marlena Shaw)
Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) sing along in the taxi at the end of the night
Non Non Non - Melaaz
Find A Way - Yam Who Remix Featuring Amp Fiddler (Only Child)
Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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