Happy Sunday
to you all...
So we have got
off to a fantastic start with our crowd-funding mission. A huge and
heartfelt thank you to every one of you who has pledged and sent
messages of support. I have been truly overwhelmed by personal mission
since going live with the project. Massive respect to all of you who've
pledged your support. A personal message from Sylvia is below.
You need to
act now though. Please. We have added some fantastic rewards for
any pledges you make. So please do get have a read about the project. You can follow the link here. One last
thing, live on our website now is a very special event happening on
Wednesday 26 August. It's our midway crowdfunding event! A Le Q
'Live-Aid' if you will! Already confirmed are the amazing bands 'Trio
Manouche', Peter Golding's Cafe Django, Cafe Manouche and The Top
Shelf's chief scoundrel, Fred Snow....what a party night! At least four
bands in one night, with many of London's finest musicians - plus many
other features that I'm working on! Click on this sentence to go to the booking page.
Dear Patrons,
Loyal Que Friends and Sponsors,
The universal
language of music has no borders it joins and unites, whilst spreading
joy and magic into the heart..
Le QuecumBar
the temple and home of Django Reinhardt Gypsy Swing has been here for
13 years promoting and supporting Djangos music, stars of the Gypsy
world and the music's world wide musicians.
It grieves me
to have to send news that we are struggling for survival; on my return
from Samois Gypsy Swing Festival, I had a bill for a 50 % increase in
my rent, back dated a year, courtesy of my landlords Enterprise Inns -
I have in the
past attempted to persuade the landlord to sell to me and still
wait......after 4 years of being dangled
I have been
forced to close on a Wednesday to cut costs something that I found
deeply upsetting when we have provided live music 7days a week, 50
weeks a year, for 13 years.
Staged approx
4,500 live music events, made 9 cds, and hosted the only Gypsy Swing
Festival in London.
We have hosted
master classes to encourage and nurture new musicians coming to the
ranks of Gypsy Swing
We provide
spare instruments and amplifiers for visiting musician, some donated by
generous sponsors.
We promote and
support the positive culture of Gypsy artists and others in the genre,
welcoming all into Le QuecumBar
We promote the
networking of musicians with musicians and customers with musicians
securing bookings for bands and spreading the word
The roofs
leaking and other such dull matters get in the way of the timeless
magical music that we continue to experience and stage against all
odds, we have a new CD on the go by 2 vibrant young Italian players who
live in London, Gypsy Dynamite and hope to put together a live album of
the Rosenberg's last visit if they approve the quality etc of the
recording, done by a student who gave his time for free for the
experience of working with such talented musicians.
In the
meantime Steve has done a great job of starting a kickstarter
crowdfunding campaign as below -
Patron Biel
Ballester has already pledged to help by composing 5 songs for 5
persons who agree to pledge £500 and will play those 5 compositions
when he comes to London
We have been
deeply moved and heart warmed by the pledges in the first week,
some from persons who have never been here ....
As many of you
know my 90 year old mum who used to visit the bar regularly and get so
much pleasure from the music, has been my main focus for the last few
years since being placed in a care home with dementia, I visit her
daily and battles re proper care has stolen my time and energy
Please visit
our kickstarter link and above all pass on to all who care about live
music in independent intimate setting, too many have been lost forever,
the power is in the numbers.
Please support
our campaign in some way, there are many ways help can be given,
offering services, time, ideas to raise finance, sponsor something we
need, ie roof repair, new awning, repair our Django sign that fell
down, help us restore our Django hand painted poster outside .......
please visit our project here.
There are few
independent music venues left and none doing what we do and have done
for so long with such a dedicated team.
Wednesday 26
August we have a kickstarter party
bands have
donated their time to play, if you or anyone you know is in London come
and join us
or pass the
word along and help preserve some musical magic
Thank you all
as always for helping keep Gypsy Swing alive - and other Gypsy music
from around the globe. Sylvia.
A heart felt
plea from Sylvia, I'm sure you'll agree. Click on the Kickstarter logo
to see the project.
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