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Friday 5 September. Julie is singing with the David Fellingham (smaller) Big Band. Private event, Worthing.
Thursday 18 September, Sanctuary Cafe, Brighton, Brunswick Street East. Julie, and
Leonie perform Airs and Disgraces with Gary. 8pm. Tickets £5 on the door. See panel on right for more details.
Saturday 20 September - United Nations International Day of Peace event, Burgess Hill. Julie and Gary perform in the Market Place shopping centre.
Sunday 21
September -
Windsor Fringe Festival Julie, and
Leonie perform Airs and Disgraces with Gary . Fire Station Arts Centre. 8pm Tickets £6. 01753 743915. See panel on right for more details.
Friday 26 September - Julie and Gary. Private party.
Wednesday 27 August - Arundel Festival
Julie,
Gary, and Leonie performed Airs and Disgraces
at the Norfolk Centre.
Sunday 27 July 2008
Julie and Gary did a "Spotlight" set at The Woodies Folk Club, Patching. The Woodies is run by Jackie and Mike Paine. Jackie emailed to say "Many thanks for your superb contribution to our
''Woodies' Sunday Folk Evening last night, everyone really enjoyed your
spotlight. It was a pleasure to have you with us for the first time, and very
much look forward to welcoming you back in the
not too distant future. "
Weblink to Woodies Folk Club.
Saturday 21 June
Julie Roberts and poet, Leonie Mansell with Gary Holder presented a Summer afternoon
version of their Brighton Fringe Festival show, Airs and Disgraces in Horsham's ForumFest.
Julie singing to her own keyboard accompaniment in Horsham's ForumFest on 21 June, 2008.
Friday 20 June
Julie did a set at the Washington Music Club. www.washingtonmusic.info
Julie singing
with the David Fellingham Big Band at the Clarendon Centre,
Brighton, 16 May 2008, Brighton Fringe Festival.
Julie warming up
at the Floating Fish Cabaret, 28 March (still with her fleece on). A
great evening of music and mirth. Julie, Leonie and Gary did a half
hour taster session for the Brighton Festival gig. Top of the bill
was The Royal Mugs - two young musical maniacs who were brilliant
and funny. A great treat.
Julie at The
Airport Club, Shoreham by Sea, 14 March, 2008.
Julie at The
Airport Club. (It's all done with lighting.) Gary was in support.
Sunday 24 February, Horsham
Julie and Gary were at Horsham Folk Club. See the Intro page for details. (Sorry, no photos.)
www.horshamfolkclub.co.uk
Friday 28 March Floating Fish Cabaret
Airs and Disgraces. Julie and Leonie Mansell performed a Brighton
Festival Fringe taster session in an evening of mayhem, mystery and
things at the fabulous Floating Fish Cabaret
in Worthing.
Friday 23rd May
Brighton Festival Fringe.
Julie Roberts and performance poet, Leonie Mansell at Brighton Media Centre. With Gary Holder too!
Saturday 24 May
Julie sang again as a member of Brighton Goes Gospel choir.
2007
Saturday September 29
Julie played a session in a concert for The Church
of the Ascension in Haywards Heath.
More pictures
and details of what she did in 2007 can be found at
Julie 2007
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Airs and Disgraces
The Airs and
Disgraces show
Julie Roberts and Leonie Mansell
With Gary Holder, double bass
A feisty programme of poetry and song.
Julie’s wonderful interpretations of blues, folk
and contemporary songs and Leonie’s poignant and wickedly witty
poetry explore themes of men, talent, time, life, love and who changes
the loo roll.
Leonie deserves to be nationally known as an accomplished, significant and entertaining poet.
Julie
is a very special singer. Audiences are often very enthusiastic but
when a top singer praises her then it is time to take note.
BBC
Radio Three music presenter and top British jazz vocalist, Claire
Martin, has commented, "Julie Roberts is a fabulous singer... I love
that dark smoky voice . . . She's really brilliant. . . really
sophisticated . . . a great singer." (BBC South Live.)
Airs
and Disgraces is a thought- provoking, entertaining, and
impressive breath of fresh air. There are only two more opportunities
to see it this year. On 18 September in Brighton Sanctuary Cafe and on 21 September in
Windsor Fringe Festival. (See opposite panel.)
This
programme of poetry and song was first performed at the Barn Theatre,
Ifield, Sussex in 2007. A short pre-festival version was seen at The
Floating Fish Cabaret in Worthing on 28 March this year. The full show
was performed on 23 May in Brighton Fringe Festival, a shorter version
on 21 June in Horsham Music Week. A short version was presented on
27 August in the Arundel Festival as a one hour show.
The show
can be booked for folk clubs, poetry groups, festivals etc. See our
contact page.
Julie Roberts
singing with the Ziz Big Band in the Uckfield Festival, 2007.
Leonie Mansell at a DRAMATIC moment
in her performance
Her collection of poetry, The Tattooed Lady
from Leamington Spa was published in 2006. A CD of her readings
of a selection of her verse came out in 2007.
Julie
photographed through heavy rain on stage at the Forum, Horsham,
Saturday 23 June 2007. Well, it was the Glastonbury weekend.
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