Sole Bay 2nd May line up…

Another month gone by! May tomorrow…and this week at the Pavilion at Ditchingham the line up will be…

Tim Densham with his Saxophone and Clarinet… 

Bill Brewer makes a return on the trombone 

that he plays so well…

Mike Daniels returns to play the Cornet… 

Backing them the ever faithful…

Tony Jullings on his Swing Bass… 

Alan Cugnoni with his Banjo/Guitar…

Craig Hipperson, playing the Drums, (hopefully not to tired after all the lawn cutting he has to do at this time of year)…

Also Ray Simmons who we hope, who will be playing the Piano…

And as I always say you never know who will come along to give some vocals to this talented line up.

Come along and have a great evening with local talent and great atmosphere in the Sports Centre…

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8-10.30pm

Flowers…

David came over today and took some photos of my garden flowers… He  has made them look so good, lets hope the frost leaves them alone…

Spring has arrived…enjoy

My  Camellia

Magnolia

Cherry

Beccles Conservative Club…Jazz

This lunchtime we had the Footwarmers plus friends at the Beccles Club, and what a lunchtime we had…
 A big line up and big music…

Good lunchtime was had by all … a few of David's photos which are better than mine, sorry for those folk I missed…

SOLE BAY JAZZ WITH FRIENDS…

What a great night at the Pavilion,Ditchingham…Sole Bay plus more… great to see new folk there as well as our usual fan base…and really good to see that other musicians are coming along to listen and take part, I say it again unashamedly we are so very lucky to have this venue.

Good crowd again to listen to the talented group of musicians we had again last night…Amazing how every week we get a different vibe from whoever is playing.

Thanks to Emma (you did a good job Heidi would be proud of you) Jon, glad you were still speaking to me after the e mail ha ha…

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As you can see we changed drummers for a few numbers, thanks Tony for giving Craig a break, and welcome to joining the Sole Bay guys, we hope you will visit again…
Sorry about the poor quality photos must get nearer next time…

Oh Guys could not resist this one…

 Great vocals Tony thank you, as you heard from the applause you went down well!

Sorry it was a silly photo you can tell me off next time you see me Simon! but oh wish I had done a video, Simon and Tony made a good part of the Andrews Sisters…

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Good luck Simon with  jump for charity, take care please! And Kevin if you do look in 

bring the guitar next time!

Thanks to everyone for yet another great night …roll on next week…

Sole Bay Jazz…

This coming Thursday the 25th April…at the Pavilion, Ditchingham, looks like being another swinging session…

Alan has got together…

Tim Densham  with  Derek Cubitt … Saxophone's / Clarinet's

joining them and welcome back to Simon Nelson…

Trumpet and Vocals…

Our backing group of Alan Cugnoni…Banjo/Guitar…

Tony Jullings…Swing Bass…Craig Hipperson …Drums

will make the line up complete, although one never knows who will pop in and add to these talented folk…

So hope to see a good support, as I always say we are so lucky to have such talent to enjoy in this area…

Come along and enjoy a great night with lots of friendly folk and great music…

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I have just heard from Jon… that Heidi had a little baby boy, no other news at the moment except both are doing well, I know she will look on here,  so Congratulations to you and Chris, two of each now.

Love from all the Jazz crowd… 

Jon has told me Emma will be taking over for a while, so I am sure we will give her a nice welcome for looking after us…
 

Fan-Tas-Tic!

Yes it was… a great night of talent…So thank you all the band and the singers… we all agree we had a really wonderful evening of jazz -swing -vocals - and fun…

The support was so good last night ,what a great crowd of fans, some new ones again and of course the regular fans who turn up every week.

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The battery ran out on the camera, but did manage these three photos.

I really would have loved to have done a video  of some of the music.

My goodness everyone played their hearts out, and I hope the band appreciated the audience applause.

Kevin joined the line up for the first time at Ditchingham ( I kept being asked, when is he coming back again)… so come back soon Kevin …the guitar as you all know is one of my favourite instruments as both my boys have played for many years with the guitar, and Kevin showed how it can be played and sent the Pavilion into raptures…

As well as Craig on the drums with his 'wake you up magic drums'.

Tony Jullings on the Double Bass, Tim Clarinet/Saxophone…Ray trumpet, and keeping them all in line…So altogether they made up a truly magical night.

Tony P what a lovely change to see you playing and singing for us again, and how we laughed at some of the lyrics!!

Jenny gave us two songs, and gets more confident each time, we all admire you Jenny all you have been through and you can still get up there and have us in awe, well done.

Must mention Jon as well, who did a really busy night in the Bar area, well done Jon… Heidi, well we are looking forward to hearing some news!

Hope all those with colds and sore arms etc are feeling better for the night of fun.

Thanks 

Walk in the woods…

On Tuesday Jan took me over to Gunton to see my Niece and Her Son…

Always a pleasure, and we went for a walk in Gunton Woods, a lot of the community help with the upkeep of these, and they are such a pleasure, Max and Liz have been a lot to help there and somewhere on here  I have written about them before… Max loves to wander around and show

Showing off!

his tree and the bird boxes. He is a little Boy alright, full of mischief… which is great…

The men have been making the hedges into great works of art.

Max among the Daffodils and Primroses…

This is his tree…Keep Off!

The Gunton Woods are hoping for another award  if you would like to help vote on
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/octaviaawards

Thursday 18th April Jazz Line up…

Looks like Alan has got us another  great line up this week…

at the Pavilion,  Ditchingham for the 18th April.

Tim Densham…playing Saxophone/Clarinet…

Joining him on the front line a welcome return of 

Tony Parsons…Trombone…

Ray Simmons is back, he will be on Trumpet this week…

Backing them as always Tony Jullings… 

our master of the Double Bass…

With Craig Hipperson… on his magic drums…

Aiding them and a treat for us all  will be Kevin West…

 (Dixie Mix) on Guitar/Banjo…

So if you want a good night of live Jazz and Swing music … hopefully some vocals as well, come along and join in with the great crowd of fans that support these talented musicians…

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Sole Bay Jazz Night 11th April…

Once again a good crowd came to support the Sole Bay on Thursday night.

A treat again with the second half certainly getting with it, and a great roar on the last number, including a drum solo which everyone loves, well done Craig…we had Roy singing in both the first and second session with his usual happy aplomb … Also two good songs from dear Jenny who is finding her voice again, thanks to them both…

Heida doing her good job behind the bar with the 'bump' which we all think is great…

Great friends, and some more different faces as well as the usual wonderful crowd of fans that support these fine musicians, so thank you all for making it a good night out.

Get better to all those who have either taken a tumble of late and hurt themselves  or are unwell, and well done to see some of you back even if in pain… take more water with it is the usual thing to say, but of course none of those were drinking at the time! so just watch were you are going!

The "photo taker" has decided to try harder as they did not come out to well, but have picked a couple of fairly decent ones, but have no idea what was going on most of the band seem to be standing about thinking ha ha…

But looks like Craig spotted me! a nice smile…A lot of colour with the apparel this week…

Thanks to one and all see you next week…

LINE UP SOLE BAY JAZZ

The line up for Thursday 11th April at the 

Pavilion, Ditchingham…

We have Tim Densham… also Derek Cubitt… 

playing  their Saxophone's and Clarinet's …

Returning, Dick ( Trummy) Mayhew… with his Trombone

 that plays all those many notes!

Backing them… Three really great musicians 

Tony Jullings …String Bass…

Craig Hipperson…Drums… and Alan Cugnoni Banjo/Guitar who is the one who manages to organize the line up each week.

So come along to enjoy a night of live music and I hope some Vocals…

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COOL BLUE…

This Sunday 7th April at the Butchers Arms Public House in Beccles…

Cool Blue will be playing their delightful mix of swing/jazz/blues with some great singing.

Starting at 1.30 - about 4pm.

So a nice Sunday lunchtime of live music…

SOLE BAY JAZZ …

A great night was had by all who went to the Jazz this Thursday evening at the Pavilion…

Nice crowd of people… some I have never seen before…some old faces that have not been for a while…and of course the lovely fans that come to support these talented people each week. Especially as it was such a cold evening…

Nice to see you back Heidi with that lovely bump of yours…

Just hope June finds her fall yesterday will not have any lasting effect,we missed you June,

Les was worried so get better soon…and that goes for all those who are indisposed at the moment…

They all look very serious here, but it was a really good night, Tony did some of the arrangements, and we had a very varied mix of great music so thank you Gentlemen…

Great to hear Ron and Tim together, Craig played some good solos which we so enjoy, Ray the piano playing was really lovely,  and of course Tony and that double bass talks to you and us

Alan as always keeping the beat……

 I know I say it a lot but we are so very lucky to have this talent so close to home.  Also of course it is free to come and listen to them, I do not usually mention this but we do have a little raffle with a few prizes, but mainly to help support the band which of course is far better than having to pay for an entrance fee…so thank you those who support that…

Have to thank our Roy as as well for providing the vocals, with his usual panache!

Oh yes Brian what do I have to mention? oh yes the amplification was good this week!!!!

 Lovely to see you and the other Brian…

 

Thanks to everyone for a really good night, look forward to next week.

Sole Bay line up for 4th April…

This week we have another great line up…well done Alan…

Tim Densham…Clarinet/Saxophone…

Welcome back to Ron Hockett…Clarinet/Saxophone…

Some good duets there!

Also welcome to Ray Simmons…Piano…

Backing them are our fabulous Three…

Craig…Drums…Alan…Banjo/Guitar…Tony…String Bass…

Maybe some vocals?

Come along and have a good night listening to jazz and meeting great friends…

8.00pm-10.30pm

Yesterday with the Footwarmers Jazz…

Had a good lunchtime of jazz at the Beccles Conservative Club.

This month it was Mike…Roy…Ian…Barbara…Dave…Tony and Bill… and a nice crowd considering it was Easter Sunday. Nice to meet up with friends…

I have some photos  but as my David was there he took a couple on his phone, so thought I would put them on here  will see what mine turned out like later…

First time David has been to hear the Footwarmers and he was impressed.

Hope everyone continues to enjoy the rest of the Easter break, hope also the weather improves…