Have Pictures to Share? There's a Great New Group on Facebook "Picture The Buckinghams"

Just when you think you knew where to find "all things Buckinghams" you might be surprised and pleased to see one more.

One of The Buckinghams' most dynamic music supporters and history preservationists is a very wonderful lady, Lesley Clack.

On her initiative, and with permission from the band, she started a new Facebook Group, "Picture the Buckinghams" and the page link is:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1791834574391351/

Anyone can view the page, but in order to share your photos on the page, all you have to do is request to join the group, and that's it! One request button.

For a long time, Lesley has been taking photographs from very good perspectives at concerts, as she's often very close to the stage because she gets her tickets the first day they go on sale.

In fact, here's a photo of Lesley in action taking pictures in Las Vegas as longtime fan and friend Terri D'Talia snapped this one:

Lesley is based on the West Coast and she'd been kind enough to share pictures on The Buckinghams' Facebook pages at times, but she noticed that, the way Facebook works, if you want to see photos from a concert from a month ago, good luck in scrolling back all through the thousands of posts that happen in a month's time with over 34,000 people who 'like' The Buckinghams' official Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/TheBuckinghams

So, if you want to see the page, bookmark it on your browser and check back often to see what's new there. And, if you've got photos to contribute from recent Buckinghams' concerts, just send a request to join the group and when she approves, start posting. It's one great online scrapbook, Facebook-style.

All of The Buckinghams extended family appreciate Lesley and all of her assistant photographers for their gifts of time and pictures. You rock!

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