Alley is our enthusiastic new music officer, in charge of the political quagmire of deciding who gets the honour of being in the scratch bands. Or persuading and cajoling people to be in scratch bands, depending how enthusiastic the musicians are that week.

Alley is taking over the role of looking after the venues on the night. An increasingly challenging task, since we are having something of a venue crisis these days. Hopefully she'll remember to set up the desk in the right building each time. She'll be the one smiling nicely and saying "Would you like to take a spell on the desk?". The trick is to say yes, otherwise she stops smiling...