Or Pilton as it's called round here (the Pilton Pop Festival), our viola player and second violinist have been invited to join Tumbleweed Jim for a bit of a change.  We'll be performing at 6.30pm on the Saturday night at the Avalon Cafe Stage - come and say hello!  Check out Tumbleweed Jim on MySpace they're pretty rockin'.  It's great to be doing something different but May wouldn't be May without a clutch of wonderful weddings.  We've received a warm welcome from everyone we've played for.  We have a few new pieces in our repertoire: Man I Love (the Gershwin classic), Nice Work if You Can Get It and yet another arrangement of Chanson de Matin (we love this one) which we'll be rehearsing soon ready to add to our ever-growing repertoire.  Hope you're having a sunny time wherever you are.

We're stocking up on new music and have added a few pieces to our growing repertoire.  Firstly a clutch of popular hymns: Be Thou My Vision, Crown Him with Many Crowns, Jerusalem and a glorious arrangement of Thaxted (I Vow to Thee My Country) from Sterling Procter.  Also O Mio Babbino Caro, a lyrical, romantic, delicious aria from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini  (it was featured in the Merchant Ivory film Room With a View).  We're busy rehearsing and looking forward to quite a full programme of weddings, parties and performances coming up.