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PRESS
ANNOUNCEMENT
April 17, 2008
Midsummer Music
@ Spencers flies Leading Chinese Jazz musician over from Hong Kong
27th & 28th June 2008
The 27th &
28th June heralds the arrival of Midsummer Music @ Spencers 2008, a
swing & jazz festival to be held in the glorious gardens of Spencers at
Great Yeldham in Essex,with music performed under a huge marquee. For the
second year running, the gates of this Georgian estate will open up to a spectacular
line-up of talented and well known musicians. Topping a star-studded bill,
will be Eugene Pao, the phenomenal jazz guitarist who has been flown over
especially from Hong Kong, to play at the festival. The all-time-great of
British Jazz, Courtney Pine will also perform alongside nine other brilliant
bands including the Glenn Miller Orchestra U.K., John Etheridge and his Sweet
Chorus and Shakatak.
Midsummer Music
@Spencers 2008, with the help and partnership of CHINA NOW and the Jiangsu
Festival, will have a definite China theme. The Jiangsu Festival is taking
place all over Essex for nine months between July 2008 and March 2009 and
is the biggest international arts festival Essex has ever enjoyed. CHINA NOW
(www.chinanow.org.uk) is the UK’s largest ever Chinese cultural festival.
With over 800 events, British audiences can enjoy and better understand China’s
traditional and modern culture in the lead up to this year's Beijing Olympics
(and bearing in mind that London is to host them in four years' time).
Eugene Pao, virtuoso guitarist and leading spirit of jazz in Hong Kong, will
play for Midsummer Music @ Spencers in a marquee decorated with red Chinese
lanterns. First discovered in the mid 1980’s Eugene has played with
legends such as bassist Eddie Gomez, blues great Jimmy Witherspoon, saxophonist
Michael Brecker and the leading international performer Herbie Hancock. A
guitarist extraordinaire, Eugene Pao’s fretboard artistry has earned
him praise and great respect from dozens of international jazz greats including
Click Corea, James Moody and Ernie Watts.
We are also planning other Chinese elements to complement the music, including an exhibition of contemporary photographs of Jiangsu Province, a lion dance workshop for children, a chance to sample the best Chinese tea under the guidance of Professor Ma, a Martial Arts workshop of gong fu for children, a calligrapher to introduce children to the fun of writing Chinese characters, a face painter to create some of the heroines and villains from Chinese opera, Paper Folding and Cutting workshops for children, Chinese children's story telling by Adeline Yen Mah by famous author of Chinese Cinderella and Falling Leaves and, of course, delicious Chinese food to eat and artifacts to buy.
Ticket prices
are: Friday evening £28, Saturday all day £48, both days £60.
Saturday12 noon - 6pm £15, Saturday 6pm-midnight £38. There are
excellent discounts for “Early Birds” & Seniors (65+). 15’s
and under (accompanied by an adult) are FREE.

