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The Champion • Wednesday 28 November 2012
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ENTERTAINMENT
Packed line–up set for
winter jazz weekend
Report by Natasha Young
JAZZ fans will be treated to a packed
programme of 11 Southport concerts,
when the ‘Jazz on a Winter’s
Weekend’ festival returns to the town.
The three–day event, taking place
from February 1–3 at The Royal
Clifton Hotel, will host a range of
performances from the cutting edge to
the soothingly smooth.
The popular event has been a sell out
for the last four years and organisers
are hoping the 2013 festivities will be
just as successful.
Young London trumpeter Laura
Jurd’s band will be the opener on the
Friday, and northern jazz performers
Iain Dixon, on saxes, and world class
guitarist Mike Walker will bring the
event to a close on the Sunday night.
Other acts helping to lighten the post
Christmas blues during the festival
include trumpeter Jim Rotondi’s
organ quartet and tenor sax star Eric
Alexander from USA, along with New
York’s Walter Smith 111’s band with
guitarist Matthew Stevens.
Norwegian saxophonist Marius
Orchestra to perform
their autumn concert
CLASSICAL music lovers are
being invited to Southport
Orchestra’s autumn concert.
The programme will open with
the Academic Festival Overture
Opus 80 by Johannes Brahms.
The dramatic Cello Concerto
by Antonin Dvorak, Opus 104
will be the central work of the
concert featuring the soloist
Gregor Cuff.
The evening will also include
Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas Selection, Troika by
Serge Prokofieff Opus 60 from
his Symphonic Suite
‘Lieutenant Kije’ and the short
but haunting Waltz from the
Incidental Music to
Lermontov’s Play, Masquerade
by Aram Khachaturian, and
concluding with Leroy
Anderson’s Sleigh Ride.
The Southport Orchestra, with
leader Lesley Mycock, will
perform the concert under the
baton of its musical director,
MUSIC lovers are being invited to
celebrate a century of jazz at an
intimate concert in West
Lancashire next week.
Douglas Music, which organises
performances in Parbold, said its
next event will see them host an
evening of jazz favourites played
by saxophonist Alan Barnes and
pianist David Newton, which
takes place on December 8.
A Douglas Music spokesperson
said: “Alan Barnes returns to
Parbold with David Newton, his
long term friend from student
days at Leeds College of Music,
Saxophonist Marius Neset will perform at the
festival.
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Neset will also bring his mixed
UK–Scandinavian foursome and,
from the sunshine of Italy, world class
pianist Dado Moroni’s trio will be
playing with top UK trombonist Mark
Nightingale.
Big band fans can get their highs
Jeff Rimmer.
The venue for the concert is St
Luke’s Church, on St. Luke’s
Road, Southport and it will
start at 7.30pm on Saturday,
December 8.
Admission is £7 for adults and
£4 for under 18s.
Tickets are available from
members of the orchestra, as
well as Southport Christian
Book Centre on Wesley Street,
Southport. They are available
from Penny on 01772 613099
or at the door.
Members of the Southport
Orchestra rehearse regularly
every Tuesday at Southport’s
Church of St. Francis of Assisi,
Folkestone Road, Kew.
Rehearsals are held between
8pm and 10pm with a brief
break for a chat and to enjoy a
welcome cup of tea midway.
Anyone interested should call
Tessa on 01704 560363, or Jeff
at jeff@ffbuk.com.
Evening of jazz classics
where, in 2003 both were made
Fellows in recognition of their
musical achievements.
“In Parbold they come together
in an exploration of a hundred
years of jazz, which will feature
many of the jazz favourites and
styles and demonstrate the
wonderful versatility and
musicianship of these jazz
maestros.”
Tickets are £12, or £5 each for
young people and students. For
more details visit www.
parbolddouglasmusic.org or call
01257 498452 or 01257 462382.
from Steve Waterman’s all–star outfit
and The Royal Northern College of
Music’s Big Band with guest Mark
Bassey.
Meanwhile lovers of vocal jazz will
be able to enjoy a performance by
rising UK star Zara McFarlane, with
Australia’s jazz jewel Trudy Kerr and
the one and only Anita Wardell. Anita
joins Alan Barnes’s band in a tribute
to the music of American song writer
Johnny Mandel, with especially
commissioned arrangements by Alan.
And the entertainment won’t stop
between concerts as a host of fringe
performers are also lined up to play,
along with jazz art and photography
exhibitions and the Jazz Shop for
recorded music and trade exhibitors.
Throughout the weekend there will
be a supply of real ale, and BBC Radio
3 will be recording some of the gigs for
their ‘Jazz Line Up’ programme.
For a free festival programme or to
book tickets, call 01704 541790
(weekender tickets £130, day tickets
£43–£59 and individual gig tickets
£14–£22).
More information about the music is
available by logging on to
www.jazzinsouthport.co.uk.
Young musicians
to play concert
SEFTON Young Musicians will perform their
winter concert at Southport’s Floral Hall this
Friday (November 30).
The talented ensembles performing on the
night include the Brass and String Ensemble,
Sefton Voices, Jazz and Wind Orchestra,
Birkdale High School and Greenbank High
School and the Concert Wind Band.
Tickets, priced £4 and £2 for concessions, can
be purchased at the Floral Hall box office.
For further details, call Sefton Music Service
on 01704 395995.
Wilde night out
MARTY Wilde will be bringing his Rock ‘n’
Roll Party to Southport Theatre this Friday
(November 30).
He will be joined by original ‘dreamboats’
Eden Kane and Mike Berry with the
Wildcats, as they perform their own hits and
collaborate live on stage.
For tickets log on to southporttheatre.
org.uk.
Latin Lounge to host
dixieland show
AN evening of
dixieland jazz will
take place at
Southport’s Latin
Lounge venue next
month, as part of the
Occasional Jazz
series.
The December 11
event will feature a
performance by
Mike Lovell’s
Six–in–a–Bar With
Rosie.
Starting at 7.30pm,
admission is £10
including
refreshments.
• Tickets are
available from Jen
on 01704 229179 or
Pam on 01704
539498.
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Waterloo and Crosby Theatre Company will perform Cinderella.
Cinderella to hit Sefton stage
OH no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! It’s
panto time again and the
Waterloo and Crosby Theatre
Company is back with its 31st
annual festive production –
Cinderella.
More than 30 adults and
children, with dancers from
Laura Elizabeth Dance Studios,
will star in the show at The Civic
during the run up to Christmas.
Written by Roy Hartley and
directed by Pamela Foy, this
year’s panto once again
promises traditional family fun.
Choreographer Laura Birch
will also take on the role of
Prince Charming and, in the
title role, the company
welcomes back Alexandra
Appleton, who has played many
previous principal roles.
The ugly sisters, Biggeta and
Grimma, will be played by Les
The North West’s biggest
and most glamorous
The Grand Marquees,
Tatton Park &
Knowsley Safari Park
Book online now:
www.jdparties.co.uk
or call: 0845 757 3043
Longley and Darren Hilton,
with comic actress Elspeth
Fisher as their mother, the
Baroness.
Long–standing youth member,
David Johnson will take his first
leading role as Buttons.
’Cinderella’ runs from Friday
November 30 to December 1
and from December 7–9 with
matinees on Saturday and
Sunday. Tickets are available
from The Civic’s box office on
0151 928 1919 or online at
www.seftonarts.co.uk.
The Waterloo and Crosby
Theatre Company is also lining
up a production of the musical
‘Oliver!’ in June 2013 at The
Civic, and rehearsals will begin
in January with open auditions
starting in early February.
For details visit theatreco.
org.uk nearer the time.
Christmas
and New Year’s
Eve Party
Spectaculars
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