Hasty rehearsal in the Jarvis Hotel : The Palers' Band

Richard Beck on guitar (it arrived somewhat after he did) ... can you see the jet-lag in the first picture? Antonio and Phil looking on.
Richard had brought some practice-pads: helpful for ensemble practice, though not much like the real thing for Jens, Wolfgang and Tito (one of whom has the BJ grip)
Greg played some guitar, and got the feel of a Bristolian bass … with its eccentric neck-spot on the B fret
Roland played some mandolin (a song we tried out but didn't perform!) … and caught up on lost sleep while playing the bass. Marianne looks on
Antonio puts heart and soul into whatever he's doing
Watched by Dave, Jane does some singing and some fiddling: brother Peter airs his trumpet
Faces … Stefano, Wolfgang, and Larry, whose plane was delayed twelve hours … we were glad when he showed up!
Larry on the keyboards … the MIDI box was getting overheated and needed a fan all to itself
Marvin and Tito watch Larry in action … a figure appears in the doorway … Beverly!
The two faces of Mr Beck … maybe he wanted that guitar back ? Meanwhile Dave G grovels under tables to find extra power points
The van full of gear had crawled up from Bristol at 40 mph, in a bid to eke out the ultra-scarce fuel. As you can see, the driver's rest-time was put to good use …

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