2010

Concert for UNICEF

Saturday 30th October,
7.30 pm
St Wilfrid's Church Hall, Church Road,
Haywards Heath

Julie Roberts

sings jazz, blues and popular standards,
with Gary Holder, double bass

plus
Classical Folk

For more information
phone Christine, 01273 562 954

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Julie at Coolham, Gary's Live Music Club, 6 March 2010
A brilliant set played on piano and with Gary Holder on double bass. Julie's singing of How insensitive was sublime.
Julie sang with the Dave Fellingham Big Band 2 April 2010 with an audience of over 700 people. A great concert.

Most recent event
Gary's Live Music Club
Coolham, Sussex
Saturday 17th July 2010
Elsie's Band
plus
Julie Roberts, Leonie Mansell and Gary Holder with their latest Airs & Disgraces show
The Maypole Band

A great success - full house, brilliant performance, appreciative audience.

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Some events in2009

Thursday November 5th
Airs and Disgraces, witty poetry and sassy songs show (see next column) with Julie, Leonie and Gary, at Gary's Live Music Club, Coolham.  Another excellent performance by Julie, Leonie and Gary. "A breath of fresh air!"

September/October - Julie in America

Thursday 3 September
Private party. Julie, accompanied by Gary Holder on double bass. A rave response from the audience of about  40 guests.

Airs and Disgraces, the full show with Julie, Leonie and Gary, for a private birthday party.

Sunday 5 July 2009

Saturday 6 June 2009
A taster for Airs and Disgraces at Gary's Live Music Club at Coolham. Headline guest was Britain's foremost concert guitarist, Richard Durrant. Programme also included young guitar wizard, Matthew Ord and the Maypole Band.

Saturday 13th June 2009

Music Evening - Haywards Heath
Church of the Ascension

Julie did a superb, relaxed one hour solo set of soul, standards, blues, and folk songs. As always a polished professional performance with interesting introductions to the songs, impeccable guitar playing and great songs sung with feeling.  The audience was warmly appreciative  -  the fourth year that Julie has performed for this church.

This was a fund-raising concert for the church. Julie's set was followed by a really excellent rock and pop covers band, Wild Honey.

Monday 22 June
Private gig with Gary Holder

1 May
Julie with Gary Holder, private gig.

16 May
Brighton Festival. Julie sang in Brighton Goes Gospel Choir at Roedean School.

27 May
Julie with Gary Holder, private gig.

5 April
The full Airs and Disgraces show at Horsham Folk Club with Gary Holder and Leonie Mansell. Feisty poetry and song. Superb performances from all three. Comments from the audience included "Superb!" and "Absolutely brilliant. I'd like to book the whole show for my birthday party." This has been arranged. (For information about the Airs and Disgraces show see information on right.)

Thursday 2 April
Julie  played piano and guitar  and sang at Gary's Live Music Club, Coolham, Sussex in the show headed by  Duncan  McKenzie - singer and ace Guitarist.     

This new club is in action every month in Coolham Village Hall on the A272, south of Horsham, about 200 yards west of the Coolham cross roads (RH13 8QN). More information at www.bassistgaryholder.com or phone 01403 785 674

Julie and Gary at Gary's Live Music Club  2 April 2009

Julie sings Route 66 at Gary's  Club 

25 March
Julie was a guest spot singing with the Dave Fellingham Big Band in Heathfield, Sussex, with a line-up of top musicians.

More info on the Big Band page.

Previously:

2008

29 November - Concert Church of the Ascension, Haywards Heath, (Third successive year.) Julie performed without Gary as he had another booking.

5 November
Julie sang with David Fellingham, trumpet and keyboard. Private event.

Sunday 26 October
Julie was one of many women singers in a charity event connected with breast cancer at The Woodies Folk Club. 

Sunday 21 September  -   Windsor Fringe Festival 
Julie, and Leonie performed Airs and Disgraces with Gary.  

Saturday 20 September - United Nations International Day of Peace event, Burgess Hill. Julie and Gary performed in the Market Place shopping centre. 

Thursday 18 September, Sanctuary Cafe, Brighton, Brunswick Street East. (It's actually just in Hove.) Julie, and Leonie performed Airs and Disgraces with Gary.  (See panel on right for more info about the show). 

Thursday 11 September, BBC Southern Counties Radio, shortly after 4pm. Drivetime with Sarah Gorrell. Julie and Leonie interviewed.  They played the Tracy Chapman song from Julie and Gary's CD. It's called Baby Can I Hold You ? (although for years we have called it Sorry).

Wednesday  10 September, BBC Radio Kent (+BBC Southern Counties Radio, BBC Radio Solent,  BBCRadio Oxford, BBC Radio Berkshire)
Roger Day Across the South,  8pm. Julie with Leonie Mansell and Gary Holder., interviewed + Julie sang Fifteen Summers by Gallagher and Lyle (Gary Holder on double bass) - probably the song she is most often asked to sing. Picture on intro page.

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

Airs and Disgraces

The Airs and Disgraces show

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. Performances in 2008 included the Arundel Festival, Brighton  Fringe Festival, and the Windsor Fringe Festival.

This programme of poetry and song was first performed at the Barn Theatre, Ifield, Sussex in 2007. In addition to the festival performances last year (see above) the full show was presented at The Sanctuary Cafe, Brighton on 18 September. A short pre-festival version was seen at The Floating Fish Cabaret in Worthing on 28 March 2008. A short version was presented on  21 June in Horsham Music Week. 

The full show was performed at Horsham Folk Club in Horsham in April 09. The 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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