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Millennium
Eagle News
MILLENNIUM EAGLE NEWSLETTER
2012
The second half of 2011 has come and gone
in a frenzy of gigs. We know we should be grateful and we are, but we
do get tired…
In July Willingham and Neednham Market
gave us their usual East Anglian welcome. The Line Dancers at Needham were terrific,
the only disappointed musicians were those who had been expecting Pole
Dancers. A Shropshire “double” – the Harp followed by
Shrewsbury Jazz Club – was then followed by a heatwave tour of the
south, Bracklesham Bay up to London, by way of the Epsom Playhouse
where a lady in the audience composed a poem based on that evening’s
repertoire! Another great evening at Shipston-on-Stour in front of
that much autographed backcloth; then back down to Sinah Warren, to a happy
co-habitation with Pete Lay and the Gambit boys.
Our usual round of weekly gigs kept us very
busy, and were occasionally embellished with deps on the double-bass.
Many thanks to Annie, Trefor and Tony Bagot. Trefor’s Tales of
the Chris Barber band were not to be forgotten!! but about his
groaner-jokes, the least said the better!
Finally, the November Tours. They
took us on a survey of Britain,
really!! you watched the rocks change colour from Bath
stone at Bradford-on-Avon to Cornish granite at Bude, the accents evolving from Penzance and Bude
to Southport, Carlisle and Edinburgh.
It’s a great privilege, really!! In Hampshire Brian found a
golf course at Burley and was able to verify whether or not a New Forest pony constituted a immovable hazard.
We also went and listened to Tony Robinson & his Chicagoans at Ringwood
renewing friendships with Tony and Barbara. Tony a midlands powerhouse
trumpet of years ago and still splendid. At Gosport we contemplated Britain’s first Ironclad warship the Valiant then
onto Penzance where we regaled by mein host
at the Union Hotel with ghost stories. Of to the Smugglers for Sonday lunch
then Bude Jazz Club for the evening. Leeds and the Shrimper and onto Carlisle where we were actually accused of being
– and I quote, “good looking!” Edinburgh was in full swing with Big
Wheel and German Food Fair and our good friends at Herriots F P. Roa Island, despite the onshore gale, was
a gastronomic delight. And our search for 11.00 o’clock
breakfasts took us to all kinds of unimaginable cafés, always
impressively staffed. Finally to another PEK sound recording for our next
CD – our fourth with the extraordinary Peter King. So, amid all the bad news, we held on to the
essential, it’s a great life – if you don’t weaken!
ROLL
ON INTO 2012
See
you wherever
SEE THE GIG LIST!!!!
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The Band
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Continuing the tradition of hot and
entertaining jazz...
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The Millennium
Eagle Jazz Band
are available for all kinds
of functions
Indoor or Outdoor
Formal or Informal
Amplified or
Acoustic
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We are a Midlands band, but, like good wine,
we travel awfully well. Cheers!
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The Millennium Eagle Jazz Band have
made their mark in several UK jazz clubs and at
society functions (where they are equally at home) and have a healthy
diary for the coming months.
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The band are able to perform acoustically and therefore
are suitable for outdoor events and for strolling.
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