ORKESTRA DEL SOL'S COMPETITIVE STREAKS

Ladies and Gentlemen,

****Please read this in a silly accent****

EXTREME RIVALRY and ONE-UP-MANSHIP in Orkestra del Sol has pushed recent shows TO THE LIMIT! In Norwich, following a second successive defeat in the AGILITY category, MARCO attempted the worlds first 'STAGE DIVE whilst WEARING A SOUSAPHONE'. Thankfully, several NOR-FOLKS cushioned his fall, save for a few dents to his bell. VEROVANYA suffered RUPTURED BELLOWS whilst trying far too hard to MEASURE-UP to BAD TIM BONES in Frome's maximum INSTRUMENT LENGTH competition. Moving at Top Speed, BERNARDO'S WHIRLING STICKS briefly became a FLIGHT RISK in the London area. Friends, attending one of our shows is likely to be RIDICULOUSLY GOOD FUN, but there are HAZARDS! However we do urge you to TAKE THE RISK.

Your friends, The Orkestra.

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TOUR DATES THIS MONTH

Your favourite Brasstronoughts are GOING ABOUT the UK once again!

30th May BATH The Bell

31st May BRISTOL The Croft

3rd June BURY The Met

4th June BLAIRGOWRIE sTART Festival

10th June EDEN FESTIVAL, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mainstage 17:45

19th June CAMBRIDGE Emmanuel College May Ball

24th & 25th June GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL:

Arcadia 19:30 Friday

Theatre and Circus Fri/Sat/Sun 17:55

....and later in the summer at:

29th July CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Folk Festival 22:25

30th July BIRMINGHAM 13:00 and 15:00 FREE GIGS!

Six summer Saturdays

8th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 22nd August EDINBURGH FRINGE

Assembly Speigeltent - full programme announced 9th June

19th August STIRLING The Tolbooth

20th August ABERDEEN The Lemon Tree

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LET'S SEE YOU HONKSTEP!

Friends, it's come to the time when WE NEED YOUR HELP to define what our new dance style, HONKSTEP, actually is! Please video yourselves HONKSTEPPING to our music and send them to us. Remember, this is a COMPLETELY NEW dance form - so get in there early with your GENRE-DEFINING MANEUVERS! We have a prizes UP FOR GRABS for the best new HONKSTEP routines that make it onto our website. Here's a short vid from the last tour where some PRELIMINARY HONKSTEPS were tested....


http://vimeo.com/24275663

It's our May 2011 tour dates!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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ORKESTRA DEL SOL, your favourite BRASSTRONAUGHTS from the PLANET HONKSTEP, are on the road this month bringing a great deal of OUTRAGEOUS MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT to a venue NEAR YOU. Come on down, tell your mates, tell your neigbours, colleagues, realtives and even pets: the ORKESTRA is COMING!

Sat 7th May DONCASTER Hothouse Festival launch
Sat 7th May SHEFFIELD A Taste of Eden (Oooo! SECRET location)
Mon 9th May NORWICH Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Wed 11th May BRIGHTON Komedia
Thur 12th May FROME Cheese and Grain
Thur 13th May OXFORD Bossaphonik
Sat 14th May IPSWICH Manor Ballroom
Sun 15th May LONDON, BRIXTON Hootnanny (FREE!!)
Tues 17th May LONDON Southbank Centre (FREE!!)
18th May CAMBRIDGE The Junction
21st May DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY FESTIVAL
31st May BRISTOL The Croft
3rd June BURY The Met

And to counter any fears that this SMORGASBORD of LIVE HONKSTEP ACTION may not be enough to WET YOUR APPETITES, you can join us on the AIRWAVES and tune in to a live radio session or two:

Wed 11th May Brighton Festival Radio Live session (2pm)
Sun 15th May BBC 6 Music Cerys Matthews Live session (11.30am)
Tues 17th May BBC Radio Cambridgeshire live session (8.20pm)

and, if you haven't already seen it, have a GIGGLE on our behalf at our latest music video:
http://vimeo.com/22074441. More dates will appear soon, so for full details and tickets for the 2011 LUNG CAPACITY TOUR, visit: http://www.orkestradelsol.co.uk/gigs
Best wishes from your friends,

Orkestra del Sol

PS our new album 'Lung Capacity' is out now!
http://www.orkestradelsol.co.uk/shop.html