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Pines Calyx and Stanstead Village Hall

July 25, 2010
By Eugene Portman
Pines Calyx and Stanstead Village Hall

Yesterday was quite a busy day but fortunately there wasn’t too much traveling. The first event of the day was a staff party for Norfolk Line at Pines Calyx, Near Dover and this was with Sheila Daniels on vocals and Dave Trigwell on drums. We set up all our equipment under a gazebo, erected...
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Today at the HD Live Crafts Show & Food Fair in Parham Park, Pulborough, West Sussex

July 23, 2010
By Eugene Portman
Today at the HD Live Crafts Show & Food Fair in Parham Park, Pulborough, West Sussex

Today I played for the HD Live Crafts Show & Food Fair at Parham Park in Pulborough, West Sussex. It turned out to be a really sunny day and quite a lot of people were complaining about it being ‘humid’. I thought that it...
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Dinner party for Probus at the Ramada Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

July 22, 2010
By Eugene Portman
Dinner party for Probus at the Ramada Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

  Last I night I played for a dinner party held by Probus at the Ramada Hotel in Hemel Hempstead. Probus are an organisation for semi-retired and retired business people. The evening went well and they were a lovely audience, being very easy to...
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Wedding with Sheila Daniels and Mike Porter-Ward at Plateau, Canada Square, Canary Wharf

July 20, 2010
By Eugene Portman
Wedding with Sheila Daniels and Mike Porter-Ward at Plateau, Canada Square, Canary Wharf

Although I’m a country boy at heart, I couldn’t help but be overawed by the modern development at Canary Wharf. The intricate use of glass, metal rods and steel...
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Wedding at Aldermaston Manor with Steve Conway and Mike Porter-Ward

July 18, 2010
By Eugene Portman
Wedding at Aldermaston Manor with Steve Conway and Mike Porter-Ward

 The train was a direct one from Coventry to Basingstoke and Coventry Train Station was only a stones throw away from the Hylands Hotel, where I had just stayed the...
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Black Tie Ball for the Sidney Stringer School at the Coventry Hilton.

July 17, 2010
By Eugene Portman
Black Tie Ball for the Sidney Stringer School at the Coventry Hilton.

  Yesterday I had to go to Coventry to play the piano for a black tie ball. I didn’t travel by car, prefering to take the coach and let...
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