Fellowship Night Conservative Club Sunday 28-Feb-10
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28th. February as I drifted in and out of consciousness, due to a wonderful late dinner and a couple of glasses of red wine, I was fighting off the urge to do the washing-up as I wallowed in the nostalgia of Larkrise to Candleford. Suddenly I shot bolt upright as I suddenly remembered I had promised to go the Hornchurch Conservative Club to listen to the band that Jim had booked for our next Jazz Night.
t about 8.15pm on Sunday the
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ow you are probably thinking that I shot straight out of the front door and hot
footed it to said club, but NO. I know which side my bread is buttered so I hot footed it to the kitchen. I proceeded to wash up and load the dish washer in record time, just leaving a cou- ple of larger items to soak. Well time was get- ting on!
quickly changed and bade my farewell, promising to finish off the pots on my return.
I managed to get to the club not long after 9 and I could hear the strains of music as I made my way to the entrance. The hall was packed and as I entered the lady on the door, having enquired as to whether I was with the Rotary Group, directed me to the back of the room where I found Jim and John Kent. Jim went off to buy me drink and I familiarised myself with the surroundings. Jim soon returned with my drink and reminded me that I hadn‘t paid my entrance fee. As I sat there I could not get the feeling out of my head that it was like being on the set of a scene from The Last of the Summer Wine as the three of us supped our beers.
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hat was where the similarity ended because we were being entertained by a first rate Jazz band. The music was infectious and the
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band created a wonderful atmosphere. With lots of the customers dancing (Jim declined my offer to dance with a rather wimpy excuse of a bad back) it turned out to be a really pleasant evening. Not only did the band play the usual repertoire of Jazz classics they ventured
into some Country and Western and Rock and Roll influenced numbers albeit with the tradi- tional Jazz influence. Jim had asked the band leader if they could demonstrate their wide range of styles and this they did with great aplomb.
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he evening ended all too quickly but we three old Rotarians (actually we looked
quite young compared to the crowd that was in the club) all agreed that if the band played half as well at our jazz night on the 12th. June we would be in for a great time. It was a shame that a few more of our club did not get to hear the band because I am sure that they too would have come away with that ‗feel good factor‘. In case you were wondering, YES, I did go home and I finished the washing up. Put that date in your diary- you will not regret it.
G.Larkey
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