Monthly Archives: March 2026

Sundridge Park Club 02/03/2026 When is a Big Band a GREAT Big band? Answer: When it’s the Mick Collins Legacy Orchestra in full swinging mode, delighting audiences with a richly varied selection of top class arrangements. So it was a pleasure to see the MCLO playing to a packed audience of enthusiastic supporters ‘one more time’ (As Count Basie would oft decree) at their regular

26/2/2026 A close encounter with a Doxey Box is always an uplifting experience, especially when it turns out the band is evolving, maturing and become ever more entertaining. Of course there is only ONE Doxey Box - the remarkable band conceived by singer, composer and band leader Ana Gracey along with saxophonist Luiza Lale. But it has undergone subtle change since we first saw the