Weekly Update – Cancellation
I’m afraid that this weekend’s dates at The Upper Deck in Port Jefferson, through no fault of our own, have been cancelled. I must ask that you please accept our sincerest apologies if any of you had made plans to come see us there.
That’s the short version, if you care to hear the long one, read on.
It seems as though the gentleman that booked the dates with us a few months back — a man we’ve dealt with before at other venues and not had a problem with — was let go by the Upper Dock’s management because there were issues with some of the other bands he’d booked. Following his removal, all subsequent bookings he’d made, such as ours, we’re erased and re-booked. The club said they had no contact number on us so they couldn’t reach us to tell us, so we didn’t find about this until earlier today when we called them to confirm. We are well aware that there are many of you who’d made plans to see us, and we’re extremely disappointed that this has happened. Once again, please accept our deepest apologies.
Not easily deterred, Jim is furiously working the phones as I type to try to book something for our suddenly wide-open weekend. There is the possibility of a gig this Saturday (in Nassau, no less!) and if it comes to fruition I will certainly let you know via another mailing immediately. However, as it currently stands — with a private date at the Sun & Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach on Saturday the 28th — our next public date will be Saturday, July 5 at 2 PM at Claudio’s in Greenport. But here’s to hoping that I’ll get to write you with good news about this weekend instead.
I’m afraid that’s it for this week’s e-mail, I’m sorry it’s fraught with disappointment. I cannot stress enough how badly we feel if any of you had planned your weekend around either one of those gigs. I’ve said it before, but not recently enough, that your support means everything to us and it hurts when we have to betray it for any reason.
Pat
