Monday, 5 July 2010
Next Up - John Beckingham
A summer visit from John and his men will be very welcome indeed. If it aint hot outside, it certainly will be inside! If you're into jump jive, bring your sneakers!
Good Old-Fashioned Fun
Well it was, wasn't it!
Last night we had the pleasure of the company of some guys who really know how to do the dixieland thing, and they certainly done it! Pete Ainge led the front line with his usual understated panache, and was aided and abetted by Chris Pearce and Richard Leach. So there you had the essence of the Heart of England and The Seven Stars combined, which gave us the opportunity of doing some nice old numbers we hadn't rolled out for quite some time.
Len and Phil were joined at the back by Ken Wright, so we like to think the front line was floating along on a tide of swing.
It has been really nice over the last few weeks to see new faces round the Spring Lane tables - if we haven't met you and said hello, come up and have a chat, and thanks very much for coming along.
Lastly, the new CDs hit the market last night and we sold half of them on the first evening. Len will be sending copies to local radio so we should get some air time. I must take this opportunity to say some thank-you's. First, of course, thanks to the many musicians who allow us to use the recordings to boost our funds. Not everyone has the confidence to give us free rein with live 'warts-and-all' recordings, and yet it is the very spontaneity of these evenings that gives them their appeal, we think. The second thankyou is to Derek, who designs and makes the covers, and who worked very hard to get the discs ready for sale last night. I'm also endebted to Roger, who overseees the recording machine week after week, without whom we wouldn't have the music to offer you.
Any road up, that's it for another session, with renewed thanks to last night's guests, who gave us a great evening.
Last night we had the pleasure of the company of some guys who really know how to do the dixieland thing, and they certainly done it! Pete Ainge led the front line with his usual understated panache, and was aided and abetted by Chris Pearce and Richard Leach. So there you had the essence of the Heart of England and The Seven Stars combined, which gave us the opportunity of doing some nice old numbers we hadn't rolled out for quite some time.
Len and Phil were joined at the back by Ken Wright, so we like to think the front line was floating along on a tide of swing.
It has been really nice over the last few weeks to see new faces round the Spring Lane tables - if we haven't met you and said hello, come up and have a chat, and thanks very much for coming along.
Lastly, the new CDs hit the market last night and we sold half of them on the first evening. Len will be sending copies to local radio so we should get some air time. I must take this opportunity to say some thank-you's. First, of course, thanks to the many musicians who allow us to use the recordings to boost our funds. Not everyone has the confidence to give us free rein with live 'warts-and-all' recordings, and yet it is the very spontaneity of these evenings that gives them their appeal, we think. The second thankyou is to Derek, who designs and makes the covers, and who worked very hard to get the discs ready for sale last night. I'm also endebted to Roger, who overseees the recording machine week after week, without whom we wouldn't have the music to offer you.
Any road up, that's it for another session, with renewed thanks to last night's guests, who gave us a great evening.
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