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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

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The Band

 

 

   Continuing the tradition of hot and entertaining jazz...   

 

The Millennium Eagle Jazz Band 

are available for all kinds of functions

Indoor or Outdoor

Formal or Informal

Amplified or Acoustic

 

 We are a Midlands band, but, like good wine,
we travel  awfully well. Cheers!

 

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. 

The band are able to perform acoustically and therefore are suitable for outdoor events and for strolling.