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Winter 2009-2010

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REUNION

2009 was the 50th anniversary of the opening of Tony’s school, Latton Bush, and he was asked by the organisers if he could contact the other members of the Zooids (the band Tony played in whilst at school) to play at the reunion.  In the event, he was only able to find Trevor Sharpe (rhythm guitar) and Terry “Tom” Smith (drums).  Although they had not played in public for some years, they were both game and, following only one rehearsal, they played a short set with JR’s Paul supporting them on bass.

The reunion was attended by more than 300 former pupils and was a great success, with JR playing a set for all to dance to at the end of the evening.

 

GOODBYE TO AN INAUGURAL MEMBER

Shortly after the Latton Bush reunion and following heartfelt discussion, Paul Cooper sadly had to leave the band.  His ability to connect with the crowd will be missed, but in recent years we have often rehearsed without Paul and we’ve had to gig without him on occasions, so the transition has been seamless.

 

BEER FESTIVAL, PLOUGH HUNDON

As JR aficionados will know, we only play the occasional non-private gig and we can’t remember the last time we played in a pub.  However, we made the exception for Tony’s local and supported the Plough’s beer festival by playing on Easter Friday.  It was great to play in such close proximity to the crowd again.  The response was rapturous and the landlady described the performance as, “Awesome, f***ing fantastic” and immediately invited us to headline at the next two festivals.