Stanton St. John

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JAZZ AT TALK HOUSE  Community Jazz evening at Stanton St John’s Talk House each 1st Weds of the month. Featuring top London jazz musicians, and singer Niamh MacNally.  All musicians are professional specialist jazz players and the music will range from Soul, Latin Jazz, to swinging Duke Ellington numbers and Funk.  Niamh performs live on national radio every Sunday on the Weekend Wogan Show, has recently finished a concert tour with Gilbert O’Sullivan appearing at The Royal Albert Hall & huge stadiums all over the world and is rapidly becoming established as a major solo artist and composer. In the intimacy of the Talk House , you’ll be in an incredible position to appreciate her all the more and it’s totally free!

QUIZ – Tuesday 22nd March at Stanton Village Hall at 7.30 pm. Please phone John Lauder 01865 351451 to enter your team.

WOMEN OF NOTE – SATURDAY 26TH MARCH 2011 – St John the Baptist Church – 7pm – Performing a selection of jazz standards by Gershwin, Kern & Hammerstein and other great songwriters.  Tickets £10 to include free drink.  Refreshments and raffle in the interval.  Concert in aid of the church repair fund.

INTERNATIONAL HARPIST, ROBIN WARD - 4TH JUNE 2011 – St John the Baptist Church - Robin’s programmes contain a wide variety of music from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, as well as music from Folk Traditions, with a combination of music originally written for the instrument and Robin’s own transcriptions. Originally from New Zealand, Robin is emerging as a soloist, as an exponent of the triple harp, and has performed throughout New Zealand, Austalia and the UK.  Robin builds his own instruments, and is one of only a handful of professional triple harpists in the world.  If you would like to read more about Robin, you can visit his website; www.earlyharps.com