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“Unlike last month we seem to be in a trough of weather that most of us ‘nautical types' would find not overly conducive to ‘setting the main mast and unfurling the sails’. It sounds as if I know what I'm talking about, but as most of us are landlubbers and don't know one end of a ship to another, I don't.
Our gig in St Andrew's Church, Hingham on Saturday 4th July was a resounding success. Early indications before the gig pointed to a very small audience with ticket sales very slow. But the organisers advertised tickets for sale on the door and by the time we started there was a very acceptable audience. The picture of the 
crew at Hingham was taken by Wayne, but we were missing a couple of members Malcolm and Len who were on holiday.
We performed for around 2 hours which is quite a stint and makes you realise, in our way, just what it takes for professionals to do it day in and day out. There were solos from Mark, Al and me with Peter being our bell ringer in ‘Strike the Bell' and also providing the ‘whoop' in ‘Whoop Jamboree'. We sang about 24 songs with Wayne providing some background information to each song, members of the audience said afterward they really enjoyed finding some information about the songs as it made it all the more enjoyable. They have said they would like us back which is always an encouraging sign.
Our next gig is the lunchtime return gig at the Queen's Hall on Wednesday 19th August at 11am. We have not yet been told any ticket information but if it's the same as last year, they will be available from Adcocks.
Our next rehearsals will be on Wednesday 22nd July 3rd 12th 19th August.
Finally, as you can see Wayne has been having some fun with AI software and come 
up with a couple of pictures of the crew. We are still on the lookout for musicians so if 
you know anyone or fancy it yourself, then please let us know.

The Bosun
Interested? Contact Ray Cutbush – email: raymond.cutbush51@btinternet.com