Hazel’s Blog — 2022
17 entries from 2022, newest first.
Amnesty International Ipswich Fundraiser
One of our gigs outside Essex brought us to the lovely village of East Bergholt, Suffolk at the invitation of Ipswich Amnesty International. We were happy to support the charity which is as relevant…
The Luna, Leytonstone
We had a triumphant return to one of our favourite venues tonight – The Luna - which is a small but well-packed venue hosting music every night. We always get a great reception and were pleased to…
The Rose and Crown, Walthamstow
When we gig London pubs such as the Rose and Crown, we usually get a completely different audience each time and it’s fascinating to see how we react to one another. We had various ‘requests’ before…
The Gateway Club, Braintree
At last! After a three-year absence, we were able to play for our friends at the Braintree Gateway Club again. We normally visit them once a year, but the pandemic happened and you know the rest! As…
Colchester Arts Centre
You always know you are on the right track when you get a great audience response to your opening number and we did just that on our annual visit to this wonderful converted church in the middle of…
Golders Hill Park Bandstand, Hampstead Heath
Up early and back to the outskirts of London for our second gig of the weekend. And what a venue! Tons of trees and parkland, not to mention the traditional bandstand with a beautiful view over the…
Private Party, South Woodford
I’m pretty sure this was the first time we actually played in someone’s house – we are usually in the garden - but this time we set up in a very cool looking room, while the audience, consisting of…
Meadowcroft Food Festival
This was our third appearance at Meadowcroft and it has a great festival vibe, including giant marquee and lots of straw bales for the audience, not to mention a bar at the back for thirsty patrons!…
Michelle and Mike’s Wedding, Chelsworth
What a fabulous weekend – and the weather wasn’t bad either! Our first celebrity wedding featuring actress Michelle Collins and her partner Mike. Michelle is probably better known for her role as…
Jane and Rick’s Party. Wickham Bishops
This was a party of old friends – Jane went with us to Prague for the famous Masopust celebrations back in 2012 – but this time we were in Jane and Rick’s beautiful garden. They were thoughtful about…
Laura and Stuart’s wedding. Watt Tyler Country Park
We had singer Angie depping for Jo today, and an excellent job she made of it too. As well as learning some of Jo’s songs, we learned some of Angie’s so it made it a different kind of set to our…
Southend Bandstand
Two more new songs saw the light of day as we played our yearly gig at Priory Park today. Sometimes new songs seem right at home from the off and ‘Dreams’ and ‘Don’t Stop’ by Fleetwood Mac, learned…
The Halstead Conservative Club
There comes a time in every band’s life when deputies are called upon if a band member has to drop out at the last minute. In our case it was deputy number three! However Dave stepped into the breach…
The Luna, Leytonstone
A lot has happened in the four years since we last appeared at Luna, not least a change of ownership. But some things don’t change and the enthusiasm of the audience was still there in spades. From…
Ye Olde Rose and Crown, Walthamstow
This was yet another ‘covid postponement’ and one of our regular venues. A lovely theatre pub with plays upstairs and live music downstairs.
Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
Our first theatre gig at the Queen's for quite a long time, and how things have changed! A new stage, new lighting and a lovely intimate atmosphere with the audience much closer to the stage, which…
The Norton Pub, Cold Norton
Back at The Norton – at last! It wasn’t for want of trying, but you-know-what ensured that we stayed away for much longer than we wanted. It was still not quite normal – Jo was ill so it was…