Revelation ...

... is a band made up of current and former church members of the Parish of Stifford. Though we are not currently playing in church services, we play on special occasions, including our annual Summer Fete. In September 2007, we performed a special concert in St Cedd's church and raised over £650 for church funds and the charity Harvest Help. In September 2008, our concert raised £434 for church funds and The Friends of Essex Churches.

Forthcoming appearances include:

- North Stifford Village Fete, Saturday 12th June 2010 (to be confirmed)

- Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast and Fayre, Saturday 26th June 2010

- Stanford-le-Hope Festival, Sunday 4th July 2010

- Parish of Stifford Summer Fete, St Cedd's Church, Saturday 17th July 2010

Listen to some our music by clicking on the following links: Layla; Sylvia; Great Gig in the Sky; Everybody Wants to Rule the World; She's Not There; Oye Como Va; Wonderful Tonight; Just The Way You Are; Wipe Out! Rocking All Over the World.

Contact Andy Sentance for more information about the band.

We're All Shook Up! : Saturday 13th September 2008

Our most recent concert performance was at St Cedd's Church, Stifford Clays, on 13th September 2008., featuring a selection of popular music from the 1950s to the present day.

The set list for our latest concert was: 

First half: All Shook Up (Elvis Presley); Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears for Fears); FBI (The Shadows); She's Not There (The Zombies); Please Please Me (The Beatles); Oye Como Va (Santana); Weather With You (Crowded House); Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton); Layla (Eric Clapton); God Gave Rock and Roll to You (Argent); Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry); Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry);

Second half: American Pie (Don McLean); That'll be the Day (Buddy Holly); Apache (The Shadows); Wonderful Land (The Shadows); Take Five (Dave Brubeck); Easy (Lionel Richie); Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel); Telstar (The Tornados); Wipe Out (The Surfaris); Sylvia (Focus); Rockin' All Over the World (Status Quo).

Band members

The current full-time members of the band are: Mick Holland (guitar); Andy Sentance (bass/guitar/vocals); Anne Sentance (keyboard/vocals); and Peter Stephens (drums). Former members (who may still make occasional guest appearances) are Jon Knights (keyboards), Tim Sentance (sax/bass) and Rebecca Sentance (vocals). 

The band have been playing together since 2005. The line-up is somewhat flexible, depending on the availability of band members and the music that we are playing.

September 2007 Concert

On 15th September 2007, Revelation performed a concert at St Cedd's Church in aid of church funds and in support of Harvest Help, a development charity which helps poor farmers in Africa. Over 100 people came to the concert and a total of £665 was raised. Half of the money raised went to support Harvest Help and the other half went to help pay for new chairs in St Cedd's Church.

The Concert was written up in the Thurrock Gazette. Click here for the article from their archive.

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