17th April 2001
Big Breakfast Taken By Storm
A phone call late on Good Friday 13th April from the office of the Channel 4 early morning TV programme, The Big Breakfast, asking for a group of Cheerleaders for a live broadcast from Brighton on Bank Holiday Monday 16th and the organisational skills of the Southern Knights were pushed to their limits.
By the end of Friday all members that could be contacted had been and at 2pm on Saturday 14th a mass uniform fitting took place and by 3pm we had at least 25 girls ready for action.
7am on a very cold Monday morning and a lot of bleary eyed people arrived in Woodingdean to be met by the outside broadcast producer wearing a white rabbit suite (don't ask!!) and the presenter, Mike 'Squeaky' McClean, advising us that at 7.20am we would become the Brighton branch of the 'Squeaketes' (once again, don't ask!!!!) supporting the first Annual Squeaky Easter Bonnet Parade.
By 9am the Big Breakfast had ended and the outside broadcast had featured in the programme on 4 different occasions. Not only had we supplied the colour and razzmatazz but also most of the 'rent a crowd' and 8 out of the 11 participants in the Easter Bonnet Contest, including the winner.
A huge thanks to everyone who put themselves out and broke into their Easter break to show that, once again, the Knights can provide a quality product with minimal notice. Plus, although it was extremely cold, it was a great laugh and excellent experience for the members.