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Chris Hodgkins with the Pete Allen Jazz Band Sunday 11th September at the Royal British Legion Club, Newbury, 2.30pm to 5pm.
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During a professional career in show business that has spanned over 45 years, there is so much Pete has achieved that it is impossible to list everything. However, here are a few highlights:- Pete joined the Rod Mason Jazz Band in 1976 and formed his own fully professional band on the 1st October 1978. Throughout the…
A response to Let’s Create? – Arts Council England’s Strategy 2020-2030
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The Arts Council has launched a new ten year strategy which they say is not dreamed up by a bunch of bureaucrats sitting in a room on their own – well tough, as this is what it reads like, out of touch and given the current resources probably unachievable. Musicians, dancer, painters, poets, writer, singers…
Dowden does not want to let anyone down – cue laughter
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There was an article in the Guardian on the 18th June 2020, “Act to save industry, leading lights of stage urge government” https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/17/cultural-catastrophe-uk-theatre-faces-ruin-amid-coronavirus-crisis . Dowden was quoted as saying “he does not want to let anyone down”. Well his insouciance to date has let a whole raft of jazz musicians and volunteer jazz promoters down and…
The Arts Council funds the arts in England for four years without coherent art form policies
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The Arts Council has recently published funding for the four year national portfolio organisations. The Arts Council’s method of funding the arts in England is fatally flawed. The problem is that the funding decisions are not informed by a coherent art form policy that would hold the Arts Council to account. Further more the Arts…
Pete Allen Newsletter May 2023
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Pete Allen Newsletter May 2023 Welcome to the Pete Allen Newsletter. This is the first in a regular monthly newsletter. If you do not want to receive this letter you can unsubscribe at the bottom of this email – I hope you won’t. The band has recently had a new addition – Chris Hodgkins on trumpet – otherwise…
Review of Jazz in England
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Review of Jazz in England: an Honest Portrait and an Actionable Roadmap – A Green Paper Report plots ways for jazz to keep swinging A cross-party Parliamentary focus group has published a review of jazz in England that sets out the way ahead for the music to flourish nationally over the next ten years. The…