Review: Mellisa

Having Barca as a venue for a New Year’s Eve celebration seemed a good idea, the expectation from most people was that having three different rooms would mean a good variety of music, RnB in one room, Revival Soul in another and Lovers Rock in the room downstairs, but unfortunately the night lacked the party atmosphere which one would expect for New Years Eve. It felt as though the organiser anticipated a huge turn out in order to fill the three rooms adequately which sadly was not the case as Barca was as sparsely populated as you could imagine!!!

As a regular attendee of Barca’s Soul nights, New Year’s Eve 2007 felt no different musically or clientele-wise from any other regular Soul night at Barca!!!! There are only so many times you can take going out and listening to the same old tunes and seeing the same old people time after time and sadly this is what I and the party I was with had to endure at Barca!!!! The only saving grace was that the Lover’s Rock / Reggae room brought something a little different to the night but ultimately even that lacked atmosphere and was half empty!!!

There were four bars open across the venue which was more than adequate although judging by the stressed-out look of the bar-tenders, the bars could have been better staffed. The lack of adequate bar staff was brought more sharply into focus when you consider that Barca was nowhere near full capacity and that they should have been able to cope with such small numbers!!!! Depending on which bar you went to determined how long you would have to wait, with the average waiting time being 10-20mins.  

Soul Control Verdict:

On the whole I found the night to be very disappointing and not worth the £20 entrance fee. In comparison to the Soul night on the 30th at Relish, it was no contest!!!!

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