Dance music and darts: Social club embraces DJ culture
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3flavourscornetto Promoter Geoff Kirkwood - also known as Man Power - is a regular behind the decks
Ibiza-headlining DJs and Elvis impersonators may seem an unlikely combination, but for one unassuming social club it is proving a winning mix.
As the thundering basslines rumble, hundreds of people dance with wild abandon. Downstairs, away from the din of the four-to-the-floor beats, a different group of clubgoers take aim on the snooker tables and dart boards while others chat merrily over cut-price pints. The idea to bring these two worlds together at the King Street Social Club in North Shields came from Geoff Kirkwood, aka Man Power, a DJ who has taken to the decks across the globe but calls Tyneside his home. "We managed to talk people into coming and doing something crazy - playing a working men's club - and they all absolu
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