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Yet Another 50th Birthday Bash
Read more: Yet Another 50th Birthday BashI received a call from Kristi back in August enquiring about booking the band for her husband’s 50th birthday bash in September. We arrived at a lovely large house in Scholes near Thorpe Hesley at around 6pm. I introduced myself to Kristi and surveyed our stage for this evenings performance. We were outside for this…
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Grenoside Beer Festival 2022
Read more: Grenoside Beer Festival 2022We love the Grenoside Beer Festival. It is one of the highlights of our year. When we started playing what was loosely known as The Yellow Jersey Beer Festival back in 2015, the event was essentially a big party at a farm. It has evolved over the years but has managed to retain that party spirit. The…
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Farm Fest IX at Lawns Farm
Read more: Farm Fest IX at Lawns FarmWe have had a really busy summer. It seems like nearly every weekend we’ve been booked to play a birthday party, a wedding reception or a garden party. Back in July we played the Hathersage Gala for the first time. Then there was the Glastonbury themed garden party, followed by a string of 50th birthday parties. Yes, we’ve been busy boys. It is…
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Another 50th Birthday Celebration
Read more: Another 50th Birthday CelebrationWe seem to have hit a seam of milestone birthday celebrations that require the services of a 90s cover band. This event saw Toast pop up at Hallowes Golf Club in Dronfield. I arrived at 6pm to find Nathan setting up his kit on a bijou stage in a high ceilinged function room. A balloon festooned “50th…
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A 50th Birthday Party
Read more: A 50th Birthday PartyThis was our first 50th birthday party booked in August. I arrived early at the Sitwell Arms in Renishaw and was directed to the upstairs function room by their helpful staff. I discovered an open fire escape at the back of the room which allowed me to more easily unload our gear. Even with this…
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A Garden Party
Read more: A Garden PartyWe were booked to play a garden party to celebrate several events that our host had been unable to mark given the circumstances of the last couple of years. We were fed and watered well and had a great time playing to an enthusiastic crowd. I’ll hand over to Anna who left us this review…
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Hathersage Gala 2022
Read more: Hathersage Gala 2022I got a call early in June from Toria, the organiser of the Hathersage gala. Having decided to push the boat out this year and pay to have a couple of bands play on the final night of the gala, they’d been let down by one of them with 6 weeks to go. I rang…
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A Glastonbury Garden Party
Read more: A Glastonbury Garden PartyI have fond (if hazy) memories of Glastonbury ’93 and ’94 and was delighted to receive a booking for a Glastonbury themed garden party back in March. More often than not we’re looked after by our clients. There is usually the offer of some food and a beer or two for which we’re always grateful.…
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A Party at Yellow Arch Studios
Read more: A Party at Yellow Arch StudiosAs musicians we often have to say yes to jobs far in advance when they’re offered to us and that is just a given. Juggling family, work and gigs sometimes means that we can’t always roll out our usual line up. As a pianist with his digits in a number of musical pies, our drummer…
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A Wedding at Wortley Hall
Read more: A Wedding at Wortley HallWortley Hall is a beautiful stately home that Wikipedia says, has its origins in the late 16th century. Located just outside Sheffield in the village of Wortley it makes for a lovely wedding venue. We arrived early to get set up and found that we had a stage. In some ways this is great because…
