well, what great gig this weekend and what a laugh (well it is now, but wasn't at the time) we were booked to play at The Hawthorns centre at Aldridge and two choices to either play indoors on one of the floors in the centre, or up on the roof terrace - we opted for the roof terrace - the weather looked good, so we went for it. Only a few people there to start and we though oh well, we'll play on all the same - with that, Paul Neary from Swing Express started to lead of the

Well now, don't really know where to start. What an absolutely outstanding event at this really impressive 'mock up' vintage village with authentic streets and pubs and little restaurants. The place just oozes character and creates a fantastic buzz. The Kalamazoo Dance Band were invited to play for the entire weekend and so we started in the WI hall which was a bit like an Oast House with no opening Windows in there to quell the heat - however, that said, blimey the atmospher

what a winner - brilliant night at Kedleston Country House Hotel with Kal's Kats playing a vast selection of our 20's and 30's style numbers. This was a completely new audience to us so we had no idea what we would encounter but fear not, it was a storming night. The Kedleston had advertised all around the local region for this 1920's summer ball - dinner dance. The place was full to the rafters with everyone looking resplendent inter flapper dresses and gangster suits. They