http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog Strike up the band! Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:52:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a brilliant summer- graduations, weddings, corporate functions and loads of Charleston Charlies gigs for the charity music in hospitals. (See their web site and this years report). There's a few more clips on You Tube - York Grauates ball, Eddie Barnstorming at Grafton Manor, and an afternoon wedding.  The ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=32 Yes indeedy -  a gig for a 40th birthday party at The Trafalagar Tavern, Greenwich - on the Thames quayside on a beautiful spring evening, a couple of days at a show in Tatton park playing 1920's dance band music, and playing jazz and swing at a wedding at The ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=25 Well, this week  I arrived in the 2000's and put a video clip of Nicola and Matt's first dance at Dumbleton Hall, up on You Tube (with their kind permission of course). (Search for The Oscar Bernhardt Ensemble)You cant hear the bass but you can see there's a viby gig ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=21 We're still buzzing from a gig at Body Positive North West. It was a pleasure to meet everyone and to get such an enthusiastic welcome and enjoyment of the music we love to play. It was a first public outing for my wind up 78's player - so we ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=20 What a great week so far. The Charleston Charlies trio tour of North and Mid Wales for the charity 'Music-in-Hospitals'. We've been spreading mirth and music around Wales and making new friends everywhere we go - playing The Charleston Charlies brand of 1920's dance band music in 6 day care centres ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=15 Yes indeedy - a military wedding in Chester! Great bunch of people very up for it and on the dance floor from start to finnish. The joint was jumping! (Great to see the tradition of military art adorning the mess walls , too) http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=14 Dumbleton Hall - somewhere out of Harry Potter? A beautiful Cotswold venue for a lovely wedding. Two words for marvellous - Pete Fairclough (Drummer). The lovely bride enters the room asking if anyone knows where Pete is. ' Will I do?' Pete volunteers - explaining that he is able to perform most, if ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=11 Lovely gig on Saturday night at Rochdale Town hall. What a magnificent building in a lovely setting. And we see it in the course of our work! Tough life eh? And the sound of the bells - beautiful! On the ipod - Ahmed Jamal Cross Country tour - its allways ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=9 Welcome to the blog of the Oscar Bernhardt Ensemble, and Oscar Bernhardt's Charleston Charlies. I hope that my musings on jazz keep you entertained and informed! I'll also be posting tales from the weddings, civil partnerships and corporate functions that we play at - names might be changed to protect ... http://www.oscarb.co.uk/blog/?p=1