£616 !
13 November 2010
12 November 2010
Mayor's Fundraiser: a resounding success!
Another Message from your MC: To last night's performers: Thank you, thank you, thank you! Was there ever a night quite like it? Flawless performances from start to finish, platinum quality entertainment, everyone playing at the top of their game, singing and playing their socks off for two very good causes, job done! It is such an honour to play with such a brilliant bunch of super-talented musos, we really did make heavenly music last night. Greg
Looks like the evening raised in excess of £500 for the Mayor's charities, so huge thanks to all performers and the lovely paying audience, and for donations and raffle prizes given.
Lots of photos coming in already. A few are up on the Facebook page by way of a preview. All the rest will be posted here and in Gallery II over the next few days. Meanwhile, here's one of the 'official' ones by Chrissie:
Looks like the evening raised in excess of £500 for the Mayor's charities, so huge thanks to all performers and the lovely paying audience, and for donations and raffle prizes given.
Lots of photos coming in already. A few are up on the Facebook page by way of a preview. All the rest will be posted here and in Gallery II over the next few days. Meanwhile, here's one of the 'official' ones by Chrissie:
9 November 2010
Mayor's Fundraiser - a message from your MC
Sorry about the late notice, but that pesky work life has got in the way of my musical activities!
On Thursday, it would be great if the musicians/singers can arrive about 7.30pm, so that you can be seated and watered before kicking off at 8pm. We are trying to keep the 'session feel' but also managing the evening so that we can get the maximum number of performances in.
I am arranging the seating/layout with John and Marion on Thursday morning, and we'll organise a seating plan so every musician will have an allocated place. There will be limited amping up, as we can't hook up so many instruments/voices, but there will be a vocal mic and a single instrument channel if the performer prefers it. I do have a list of songs/tunes and will let each performer know a couple of songs in advance of when they're on. There will be a raffle during the evening and another break, and we should wrap up before midnight.
So, no worries, I'm sure everyone will enjoy the evening, and let's hope we raise as much money as possible for John's chosen charities! Greg
(NB audience tickets for the Mayor's Session are now SOLD OUT, and owing to strictly limited numbers (for safety and fire etc reasons) admission on the door on the night without a ticket will not be possible.)
On Thursday, it would be great if the musicians/singers can arrive about 7.30pm, so that you can be seated and watered before kicking off at 8pm. We are trying to keep the 'session feel' but also managing the evening so that we can get the maximum number of performances in.
I am arranging the seating/layout with John and Marion on Thursday morning, and we'll organise a seating plan so every musician will have an allocated place. There will be limited amping up, as we can't hook up so many instruments/voices, but there will be a vocal mic and a single instrument channel if the performer prefers it. I do have a list of songs/tunes and will let each performer know a couple of songs in advance of when they're on. There will be a raffle during the evening and another break, and we should wrap up before midnight.
So, no worries, I'm sure everyone will enjoy the evening, and let's hope we raise as much money as possible for John's chosen charities! Greg
(NB audience tickets for the Mayor's Session are now SOLD OUT, and owing to strictly limited numbers (for safety and fire etc reasons) admission on the door on the night without a ticket will not be possible.)
28 October 2010
Thursday 28.10.10 - Session's belated birthday celebrations
Barry's come up trumps with some photos from the Session's First Birthday celebrations, postponed from the week before:
22 October 2010
16 October 2010
21st October - the Session's First Birthday!
Come and celebrate 12 months of musicmaking at the Coast Inn next Thursday.
Here are some pics from Session Number One, in October 2009.
. . . what a difference a year makes!
Here are some pics from Session Number One, in October 2009.
. . . what a difference a year makes!
Thursday 14.10.10
This week's photos are by Brian (using his mobile phone) and me (with my poor, ailing Canon) . . . so absolutely no prizes for quality, but hope they capture the spirit of the evening. Several notable regulars sadly missed, but really great to see so many new faces round the table. Lots more on the Gallery page.
David Britton's Session sketches
Mersea artist David Britton and his wife Rachel are frequent visitors to the Session. You may have noticed that David usually has his sketchbook and charcoal at the ready. He recently allowed me to scan some of the drawings he's made on Thursday nights - and here they are:
David is best known for his wonderful large-scale landscape oil paintings, of which the one below was a finalist in the Daily Mail 'Not the Turner Prize' competition 2003, it's entitled 'Low Tide, Mersea Island':
You can see more of David's paintings at the Art Cafe , where a book featuring his poems and paintings is also available.
David is best known for his wonderful large-scale landscape oil paintings, of which the one below was a finalist in the Daily Mail 'Not the Turner Prize' competition 2003, it's entitled 'Low Tide, Mersea Island':
You can see more of David's paintings at the Art Cafe , where a book featuring his poems and paintings is also available.
(On Saturday 12th February next year, David's sequence of readings and music - "The Land and the Sea" - will be performed at St Peter's Church, West Mersea, with Greg and John Leyland, amongst others, providing the music. More details on the News page in due course. )
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