Great Performances... and more to come!

Hi All

We had a great time playing at the Venice BBQ today. Thanks to Adam and Warren for setting it up, and to Howard (fresh off the plane from Hawaii), Jacqui, Daffodil, Susanna, and Delia for coming out to play. Thanks to Brian who helped us out with the singing, and wrangled my music stand when it started to blow away. We learned something more about wind and music sheets today. Even the clothes pins I brought were not enough to completely tame the effects of nature. Thanks to Marta, for taking photos and video of the event.

 Looks like we were enough of a hit to be invited again for next year's event. Hopefully, next year we will have a sound check. The collected funds will go toward the cost of the website and business cards (thanks guys). 

On the heels of that sucess, we will be performing at the Coffee Connection's Java Jam Thursday, August 8th at 8 pm. Looks like this will be a nice long set (30-50 mins!!). Come early at 7pm, and see Julie Tan's set.. she is the organizer for the Java Jam, which occurs every second Thursday.

A reminder... Tuesday 7:30 pm August 6th is our next meeting. Just in time to practice our Thursday set!!

Bonus Practice for July 30th

We are going to have a bonus practice meeting on Tuesday July 30th at the regular time and place. We will be preparing for the upcoming Venice BBQ performance, so Star Spangled Banner, Eleanor Rigby, and 76 Trombones will be on the agenda. We will probably play a few other songs too, so hope you can all make it.

Songs for upcoming performance

Hi Ensemblers

At the last meeting, we decided on the songs we will perform for the Santa Monica YMCA Talent Showcase, March 23rd at 3:00pm. Here is our playlist. Not sure what order we will do, but practice these songs:

Tennessee Waltz

Apache

Sukiyaki

At the next meeting, let me know if you are performing, so we will know how many players we have for each part. 

The Y is a great venue, with friendly audiences, and low pressure. Hope you can make it!

–Lori

December Performance YMCA Santa Monica

Performance at the YMCA in Santa Monica

Our performance on September 22 was a lot of fun! Blue Moon, Eleanor Rigby and Lollipop Guild.

Thanks to all who participated! Marielle, Peter, Warren, Don, Lori, and Caroline.