Tony Guy has done so much for the Scout Movement with his passionate involvement in Gang Shows for over 55 years. Giving youngsters (and oldsters) their first (or maybe last) chance to experience the feeling of performing in front of a live audience, creating memories that last a lifetime for both the performers and the audiences who go to watch.
- 1961 founder and producer of the Blackpool Gang Show
- 1967 produced the Warrington Gang Show
- 1969 founder and producer of the North East Lancashire Gang Show (NELS)
- 1971 founder and producer of the Warwickshire Gang Show (WAGS)
Tony produced WAGS for 25 years where he strove to take Gang Shows to the limits. He is still very active with WAGS.
During his time as producer the show played at the Royal Spa Centre Leamington Spa; The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon; and a Circus Big Top erected especially for the show at the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham. In 1982 Tony took the show to Dallas and Fort Worth in Texas, USA.
Dallas or Bust
In 1982, after months of preparation and fund raising, Tony chartered a Jumbo Jet and took WAGS to America to perform the show at the Dallas County Convention Centre and the Fort Worth Theatre.
They also performed a mini version of the show at the Dallas Cowboys football stadium.
Central Television followed the WAGS gang from their departure from Leamington to Fort Worth and Dallas and back home an hour long documentary, entitled Dallas or Bust, was shown on National TV.