Hazel’s Blog — page 10
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…