AVAST is the ensemble which I performed with in the summer on two boats bobbing along the River Soar. We were back this evening with a similar line-up (slightly fewer players and me on electric bass rather than tuba) to play at The Needle and Pin. Our practising paid off and we did pretty well, notably on The Pirates of the Caribbean medley which normally takes a full band to get all the details and the help of a conductor to keep up with the many significant shifts in tempo and feel. Without either, it had felt a bit sketchy in rehearsals but we nailed it to the mast not once but twice (it came back as part of the encore section).

Well done to all my shipmates!