Charity Exhibition 'Smile' 2011

Thank you everyone who came and made this such an enjoyable evening, raising £460 for St. Leonard's Hospice! The additional raffle of artworks in our exhibition SMILE! has raised a further £354

UNDER COVER from West Yorkshire are one of several acts that are fronted by Jazz singer Julie Edwards and saxophonist/guitarist Kevin Dearden.

for more about Julie Edwards and Kevin Dearden of Under Cover click here to go to Julie's website . Here is an extract...

Derbyshire born vocalist Julie Edwards and saxophonist-turned-guitarist Kevin Dearden will have been together for a decade in 2010. They have produced three CD's; 'Eden', 'Connections' and 'Rhyme or Reason' which have been featured on Michael Parkinson's and Humphrey Lyttelton's shows on BBC Radio 2 and on local radio stations in the UK and elsewhere.

With a degree in psychology, Julie worked as a sign painter, a youth club assistant, an insurance seller, a photographer and in adult education, before deciding to concentrate on singing. She studied at Leeds College of Music between 1994 and 1997 on a Postgraduate Diploma, where she discovered jazz as taught be Angela Elliot, Pete Churchill and Nikki Iles and where she sang in Tony Faulkner's Duke Ellington Repertory Orchestra. In 2000 she recorded her first album, 'About Time Too' and shortly afterwards teamed up with Kevin.

Having played electric bass as a teenager, Yorkshire born Kevin took up saxophone at age 20, studying with jazz educator Richard Ingham. Three years later he entered the Royal Northern College of Music. In the RNCN Big Band he worked with Bobby Shew, Lou Tabackin, Stan Sulzman and Victor Mendoza. He backed Tina Turner, Shirley Bassey, Barry White and Paul Anka at the Sporting Club of Monte Carlo. He directed Bradford University Big Band and the RNCM Jazz Ensemble, has designed Edexcel jazz courses and taught HNC jazz. He now teaches one-to-one and coaches student big bands. In the last 3 years he has added jazz guitar to his repertoire, which has become his favoured instrument.

Together they have played to enthusiastic and ever increasing audiences all over the UK, having appeared at many festivals and venues including Cleethorpes, Wigan, Scarborough, Birmingham, Cork and Keswick Jazz Festivals, the award winning Wakefield Jazz, The Boxford Fleece in Suffolk, Lincoln New Jazz Five, Ipswich Jazz, Jazz in Oxon, Swansea Jazzland and the Asociasion de Amigos Del Jazz in Spain.

skillful and intriguing, this guy can make a clear sphere appear to defy gravity

we are grateful for the involvement of the following individuals and organisations for their involvement with this event

Founder and MD of Shared Earth Jeremy Piercy will be walking across Britain to raise funds for a projetc that will bring dancers from Nairobi to the UK in 2012. The dancers are ex-members of street gangs from the deproved areas of the city. It's an exciting and necessary project that Pyramid Gallery will be taking part in. Meet Jeremy at this event on Fri 14th Oct, where there will be a display of information.

if you enjoyed the magazine LIVE&LOVE for its short but succesful existence, then you may be interested in Stuart Goulden's latest project. It's a social hub, a news organ and a resource for charities and businesses for amdministration and promotion of their projects. You can meet Stuart at the event on Fri 14th Oct. Take a look at what they are about

'The Pyramid Sage' is a collaboration between Pyramid Gallery and local musicians and artists to raise money for selected charities . The 2011 event is being organised by Gillian Byrom-Smith and Terry Brett with the help of many others to raise money for St. Leonard's Hospice. The Pyramid Sage would just like to take this opportunity to state that we do not use camels for entertainment and we have no idea how it got here.