During the week was fairly uneventful, School of Rock & Pop and rehearsals as per normal. We started rehearsals with Hassan Erraji again, which was great. Dates are rolling in so keep checking the tour dates section for more details if you fancy coming along!
Now, Thursday night begins to get interesting. Escort Knights pile into the band Passat (Ok fine, Ewan's Passat) as per the usual routine and drive into the early hours down to Bristol. We were up at the crack of dawn on Friday morning (I don't think we even knew that time existed... unless it was part of the previous night!) to go to school. Yes, we were going to school in Bristol to teach a day workshop on being in a band and songwriting.
We had around 12 kids in our group who all came up with some fantastic song ideas, which we performed at the end of the day as part of a performance called Sing Up! which celebrates singing in schools. What a fantastic initiative!
Once all the performers had sung, Escort Knights got up and presented some awards for the best in each school section and then played a few tracks. A big well done to everyone involved!
Back to Leeds on Friday night and Saturday saw a mammoth shift at the VOX Warehouse (9pm - 7am), which practically wrote off Sunday. What a night, who would have thought shots of Sambuca would go so well with Jerk Chicken?!
Until next time...
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