Mill Hill Music Festival Day 5 - Jazz Dynamos

 Only two days left, where did the time go? It seems like about a year ago that we were watching Recycled at The Adam and Eve last Saturday! I know I'm biased but it has been brilliant so far. Thanks to the thirsty hordes of Mill Hill, the bar takings have nearly tipped the festival into a break even position! We are only showing a £50 defecit on this years festival. We get a few expenses etc after, so if you are coming on Saturday night, please have a few glasses of wine to help us pay the electric bill!

Last night we were blessed to have the amazing Jazz Dynamos at Hartley Hall. The band reinterpret the hits of the 70's, 80's and 90's with Jazz arrangements. I suspect that we'd have had  the punters dancing in the aisles if we'd taken the chairs out for the finale! My personal favourite number was "Take Me I'm Yours" by Squeeze, one of my favourite bands. Have a listen

So how was my day yesterday? Well it was a worrying start. We had to take our dog to the vet, as she had a large lump on her side. We feared it was a tumour. Happily, the vet examined it and said it was most likely not and had responded to anti inflammatory tablets prescribed at the last visit. That was great news and she was treated with a special dog stew (chicken, potatoes and carrots) to celebrate!

We got back and there was some admin to do. I then went to the gym, and back to the studio to load up the gear for the gig, with our chief live sound engineer Stuart Waterman. At around 5pm we arrived at the Hartley Hall. There was a kids ballet class, so we drew the curtain and set up on the stage. At 5.30 the band arrived and at 6pm we could start the soundcheck, it was all systems go. Stuart is a brilliant tech and we were ready on time at 7pm. 

The show was a sell out and a brilliant success. The only problem was Stuart had another gig to be at, so we had to get the gear packed up by 10.00pm, wirth the gig finishing at 9.30pm. We managed to get the PA broken down and  his van loaded within 28 minutes, which is a record, even for us!

We then helped the band get their gear out. I was home by 10.30pm, for a nice cup of tea and a cheese sandwich. I weighed myself this morning and my weightw as down to 102 kg! That is the lowest it's been since 2018, so if you want to get fit, you know what to do, join our committee!