After announcing his departure from Seize The Day earlier this month, drummer Chris Cribbett performed to the best of his ability on the 17th November of this year at White Rabbit.
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From the very first moment their Pokemon intro sounded out from the speakers of the venue, everyone was ready to get a little emotional but more importantly giving Seize The Day the support they need and to show that we all still care for them no matter what future decisions are made within the band. Seize The Day played fan favourites such as "When The Lights Go Down" and "Save It For Your Facebook Status" but in all honesty every song Mike writes are great; even if they do have strange names and are about completely odd things e.g. "I Thought You Were Buying Me Something Nice"-a quote from a zombie video game.
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It wasn't a huge crowd that gathered to see Cribbett’s drumming skills for Seize The Day one last time, nevertheless it consisted of people who the band care deeply about and to those who took time out from their alternative plans to come down and be part of an emotional goodbye to a brilliant drummer. No moshing occurred but two individuals had a laugh all the way through Seize The Day's set and fell to the floor while hugging each other-everyone looked at them with the same 'WTF' appearance on their faces, which soon adjusted to the positivity in the room; after all it was a farewell gig for a member of Seize the Day.
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I felt like some sort of professional photographer standing alone near the front of the stage snapping away at any given moment, which proved the best thing to do as I caught many random poses and facial expressions on either Liam, Booth, Mike or Cribbett on camera rather than just being a member of the audience where I may have missed small details.
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The four guys had a major laugh on stage as the original line up of Seize The Day, everyone in White Rabbit at this moment cheered and if like me, got a tad bit teary but now after a complete final performance together it was time to part ways. At the closing stages of the night, Mike Norton, Chris Booth, Liam Wood and Chris Cribbett all huddled together in the centre of the stage to have a massive hug as a band and then posed for friend and photographer Stephen Lewis Simmonds’s camera. I think we can all agree it won’t be the same without the hairy beast on drums but with Louise Male as temporary percussionist the band will go on until they have found a permanent candidate to fill in his big shoes.
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