OK, so you went looking for it yesterday, and here it comes today!
Yes, my blog
is a day late, but some things cannot
wait, and sadly the funeral of a friends wife who died at vastly too early an age, took precedence
yesterday.
BUT taking precedence tomorrow, Thursday June 9th is Lester Brown together with last weeks guest (who didn’t stay on for his birthday, which was also last week) Mark Aston. We also have a change from the norm on keyboard as Ken McCarthy is on his hols. Coming to us in his place this week will be John Cooper. On bass we have a return of the braces and Peter Hughes, and on drums, as ever, Martin Hart.
John Cooper 
Those Braces- Peter Hughes
Last week (pictures below) with Mark on tenor sax and Terry Hutchins on guitar, we had an excellent session, only interrupted when someone presented a cheque to two people who are actively seeing that the Ukrainian refuges get some of the comfort they left behind when they fled the Russian invasion of their country. Thanks to the generosity of the musicians and of yourselves we were able to donate over £1000 to their cause, all raised from our Special Concert on May 5th
David and Jolante are from Maidenheads United Reformed Church, and so far they have despatched 4 lorries like the one below to the Polish Ukraine border for onwards transfer to Ukraine itself. Cash enables local purchase of fresh food. Some of the items being sent from Maidenhead include dried food and pot noodles! For a soldier, all you need then is hot water. The noodle pot becomes the plate! The red brick building on the right of the lorry is Maidenhead United Reformed Church!
So, below we have some photos of the presentation and of the musicians in attendance last week.
Geoff Cronin, Rev David Downing and Jolante
Pietrusinska
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| Terry Hutchins |
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| Mark Aston and Terry Hutchins |
A final comment on last week’s music. I have listened to Mark over many years. He just keeps getting better. To think he wasted his time being paid to go to work! Now in retirement he can obviously enjoy being “just” a musician.
If you are free of commitments on Sunday this week, (sadly I am not) you can enjoy some open air jazz led by “OUR” Martin, see the link and poster art below:
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