This is to let you know about a couple of upcoming sessions featuring a "pint-sized" version of the orchestra, which we're calling the New Century Syncopated Seven.
Comprising Dave Hignett on trumpet, Neville Hartley on trombone, Jim McBriarty and Gavin Lee on reeds, Keith Stephen on banjo, myself on tuba and the fabulous Nick Ward on vintage percussion, we'll be performing a mix of ragtime and hot dance music from the 1920s and early 1930s, with many new numbers and revised arrangements by Dave Kerr and Jim McBriarty.
Our first concert is this Saturday afternoon, 5 July at Darlington New Orleans jazz club, St Augustine's Parish Centre, Larchfield Street, Darlington DL3 7TG, where there there is ample free parking (and it's only a 15-minute walk from Darlington railway station). The club serves teas, coffees and alcoholic drinks at the bar, and although food isn't served, you are welcome to bring your own sandwiches! Tickets (on the door) are £10, doors open at 12 noon, and the show starts at 12.30pm.
Then on Monday evening, 21 July, the Syncopated Seven are at Blaydon jazz club, at the Black Bull, Bridge Street, Blaydon NE21 4JJ. The pub has a small car park with additional parking on nearby streets and is only a 5-minute walk from Blaydon bus and railway stations. Tickets are again £10 on the door, and the show starts at 8pm. Phil Rutherford
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