Hazel’s Blog — 2021
8 entries from 2021, newest first.
The Final gigs of the year!
As Christmas looms ever closer, we played our final gigs of the year before retreating to various festivities of our own (all being well!). The first was a private event at the Magic Mushroom…
Halstead Conservative Club
We've still not quite returned to normal but we finally got back to the Conservative Club and only a year overdue! We had to axe a few songs, including Delilah, so Martin’s murder weapon stayed put…
The Cramphorn Studio – Chelmsford
Following three years of absence and one pandemic, we finally made it back to the Cramphorn Studio in Chelmsford, albeit with an intimate audience as we are still not back to ‘normal’. Still it was…
The Archer Pub, South Ockendon
You know that Covid is loosening its grip when you can play again in your regular haunts, and after a few false starts we finally gigged at The Archer once more. It was a meeting with old friends…
Little Burstead, Billericay
This week's event is a wild and whacky take on the village summer get-together delayed because of you-know-what! Take one field, a gathering of tents and barbecues, people out for a good time, and us…
Southend Priory Park Bandstand
It was two years since we were here last. Doesn’t time fly? Despite another apocalyptic weather forecast, we had largely dry weather with just the odd spot of rain here and there. Martin took some…
Meadow Croft Garden Centre Food and Drink Festival, Wickford
All our attention was firmly fixed on the weather today, with an horrendous forecast of heavy rain predicted. Then we performed our usual trick. Although in a very spacious marquee with a bar and…
Colchester Arts Centre
We’re back! Raring to go after lockdown, we finally made it back to the stage and fittingly it was the newly-refurbished Colchester Arts Centre with its full make-over including luxury toilets and a…