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  WEB PRICE-£15.00   CONCESSIONS-£12.00   DOOR -£16.00
Thursday 16 September
The New Orleans Serenaders
Doors Open: 7.30pm   Event Begins: 8pm   Event Ends: 11pm

The New Orleans Serenaders
The New Orleans Serenaders
The New Orleans Serenaders have achieved critical acclaim by their performances of the music of Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and Jelly Roll Morton, bringing to life musical selections from all phases of their careers such as King Porter Stomp, Maple Leaf Rag, West End Blues, Climax Rag, Down Home Rag, Tom Cat Blues, and many more. The Band has made many successful appearances in New Orleans at the Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Satchmo Summer Fest and the French Quarter Festival. In addition they have toured Europe on several occasions, initially in 2001 at the Ascona New Orleans Jazz Festival to celebrate the centennial of Louis Armstrong’s birth. They have recorded two CDs for the GHB label in New Orleans.

Featuring:
 The New Orleans Serenaders - Band Leader CLIVE WILSON (trumpet) Originally from England, arrived in New Orleans in 1964 and eventually settled in the city, becoming an active member with several local bands. He studied trumpet with some of the legends such as Kid Howard, DeDe Pierce, Punch Miller and Alvin Alcorn, gaining further experience as a member of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band and the orchestra of Papa French. Since forming his own group, The Original Camellia Jazz Band, Clive has toured and recorded many times with clarinettist Herb Hall and pianist Jeanette Kimball. ----

  WEB PRICE-£12.00   CONCESSIONS-£8.00   DOOR -£12.00
Friday 17 September
Fast Woman (performed by) Sandra Hunt
Doors Open: 7.30pm   Event Begins: 8pm   Event Ends: 10.30pm

Fast Woman
Fast Woman
Performed by Sandra Hunt Written by Stewart Howson     Directed by Fine Time Fontayne Daredevil Helle Nice was a fast woman in every sense: in life, in love and in motor-racing.  Roaring through the 1920’s she danced her way to notoriety at the Casino de Paris, posed nude for Parisian photographers and risked her life many times in adventures as diverse as skiing, high wire acts, mountaineering and speed record attempts.  Her skill and courage brought her success; her brazen media-savvy brought her enemies – one in particular.  In him she met her match.  Hunt and Laurence presents the extraordinary life of Helle Nice, artists’ model, dancer and champion racing driver.  She went from the dreariness of peasant France to the demi-monde of 20’s Paris to the death defying racing circuits of Europe and America.  She was sultry, sexy, dancing half naked; she was gritty, driven, taking the chequered flag ahead of the pack. A media darling, a practiced self-publicist, her world crashed with an accusation of ‘Nazi collaborator’.  A jealous male or a kernel of truth?

Featuring:
 Fast Woman (performed By Sandra Hunt) - Sandra Hunt, like Helle Nice, began her career as a dancer performing in cabaret and nightclubs as well as theatres. Sandra says “I have also modelled for my local art group but appeared nude only in the privacy of my own bathroom! Her television work includes roles in ‘Cold Feet’, ‘The Street’, ‘Coronation Street’, ‘Emmerdale’, ‘Heartbeat’, ‘Where The Heart Is’ and ‘Doctors’. And highlights in a long theatrical career are her remarkable performance as Fanny Cradock in her solo show ‘Fanny Cradock - the Life and Loves of a Kitchen Devil’ written by Julia Darling, Mary Granard in the hilarious ‘Lady Molly of Scotland Yard’ and half of the ladies in the moving and delicately funny ‘The Ladies of Cranford’ both adapted by and performed with Rachel Laurence. http://web.me.com/robertslaurence/HuntLaurence/Welcome.html

  WEB PRICE-£9.00   CONCESSIONS-£8.00   DOOR -£10.00
Saturday 18 September
Rachel Harrington and Rod Clements
Doors Open: 7.30pm   Event Begins: 8pm   Event Ends: 11pm

Rachel Harrington
Rachel Harrington
Seattle country-soul sensation Rachel Harrington is the rising star of Americana, who is keeping the ancient art of the musical storyteller alive. The source of her inspiration comes from her early life in a strict Pentecostal family in Oregon & her musical influences, including gospel music & her father’s secret soul record collection, which she would listen to when the family were out at church. Rachel will be accompanied by the inimitable Rod Clements, solo singer-songwriter and master slide guitarist and Bert Jansch collaborator and producer, dobro guru and Lindisfarne founder member whose illustrious credentials read like a who’s who of the folk-roots world.

Featuring:
 Rachel Harrington - Rachel Harrington comes from a Pentecostal upbringing in the state of Oregon; country, to be sure, but listening to her you'd think it was Appalachia in 1934, so convincing is her traditional song writing and her plaintive singing. This is not an affectation, it shows, as in Cormac McCarthy's novels, how close the past is to the present out in the country. In Rachel's songs the story comes first, but the music isn't far behind with her lovely voice and the stellar cast of musicians that accompany her on her just released second album, City of Refuge

  WEB PRICE-£20.00   CONCESSIONS-£20.00   DOOR -£22.00
Saturday 18 September
VIntage in a Tea Cup
Doors Open: 6.30pm   Event Begins: 6.30pm   Event Ends: 8pm

Vintage in a teacup
Vintage in a teacup
in Chapel Arts Cafe Little Old Betsy invites you to an evening of frolic, fun and wicked delights. Indulgent teas: pink bubbly, gin in a teacup, finger sandwiches, luscious cakes and patisserie. Plus vintage clothes and the fabulous dressing up box. Then hit the town running! An intimate experience so numbers are limited. Come alone or in a group but book early to be sure of a place. Remember - Nobody puts Betsy in a corner...!

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 Vintage In A Tea Cup -

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