Welcome to the Greig...
The Greig is an independent charity that offers facilities in Alcester for sports, leisure, recreation and the arts.
- Venue: Gigs, Music, Theatre, Dances, Festivals and the Arts
- Functions(available for hire):Weddings, Parties, Events, Conferences, Bars.
- Classes (daytime & evening): Fitness, Pilates, Aerobics Programme, Interest Groups, Classes, Children's Holiday Schemes.
- Sports Facilities:Lifestyles Health Studio, 4 Badminton Court Sports Hall, Squash Courts, Outdoor Court, Cycle Hire.
- Community: Home to Army Cadets, Nursery, a Meeting Place and Community Facility
THE GREIG HALL CUCKOO CLUB
The Greig Hall Cuckoo Club is a place where you can take your friends, family, or colleagues for a very special musical night-out. The objective of the club is to create a music venue that will blow your socks off. Part concert hall and part cabaret club, totally different from any other music venue in the midlands, where you can expect only the best musical entertainment.
The other objective is to generate funds to support The Greig (a registered charity) whilst providing you with superb value for your money.
We have made plans to create a very special atmosphere so be prepared to be surprised. The seating plan is based on round tables of eight - why not try to get together a party of friends or just come along and enjoy your self. There is a licensed bar available and waiter service. Nibbles or a pre show meal are usually available. We have also provided some space for a bit of a jig about, so sit back and enjoy the music or bring your dancing shoes!
THE DR TEETH BIG BAND - FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2008
TICKETS ON SALE NOW - £12.50 Credit / debit card hotline 01789 400073 or call in at The Greig
This band has been a sell out each time they have appeared at The Cuckoo Club so don't leave it to the last minute to but your tickets as you may be disapointed!
"The 8-piece Doctor Teeth Big Band have been established for over seven years now, and they set out to re-create swinging, jazzy, rhythm and blues /jumpin' jive music. And boy, have they succeeded !!"
- Brian Hill, Madrat Magazine, UK
NONSTOPJUMPJIVE, SWING BOOGIEWOOGIE AND RHYTHM&BLUES we call NEWBREEDSWING
Excerpts from Reviews:
"Nothing had prepared us for the impact of the Dr. Teeth Big Band! Led by pianist Simon Kemp the band is fronted by the huge figure of Steve Steinhaus, a Chicago born blues singer with apparently unlimited energy!This eight piece band of trumpet, tenor and baritone sax, double bass, guitar, piano, drums and singer almost blew the windows out from the very first note!" - Jazz Club 90
"The Teeth team bit hard with incisors from a tight brass section. Backed by strong molars in the rhythm department with steady driving power emanating from Moreton Pinkey's skins and a driving melodic boogie woogie from the eighty eight of Simon 'The Keeper' Kemp." - Tamworth Jazz Club
"...Stand-out track for me is "Spread a Little Love and Get High" a three minute plus track that would have hit single written all over it if the charts opened up once more to real music played by real musicians."
- John Howard, UK Rock (Review of Rhythm is Our Business)
"Reputedly the only UK to take the blues back to Chicago and blow them away - I can see why."
- Steph Webber, Monkey Magazine, UK
"The Doctor - aka Steve Steinhaus - has the perfect voice and energy for this irresistible collection of swing, jive, boogie-woogie and bass-slapping rock'n'roll. He moans and groans, beckons you in and shouts you out. Backed by the rest of this highly energetic eight piece band he croons his way through ten well crafted and toe-tapping songs of great humour and mischief." -The Oxford Daily Review
We Are the Teeth...
Based in the West Midlands of England , but touring all over the world, The Doctor Teeth Big Band fires up a furious stage show the likes of which are rarely seen in these dark, dark days of processed pop and cookie-cutter musical pretenders. Fronted by Chicago-born blues shouter Stephen "The Doctor" Steinhaus and featuring a blistering 3-piece horn section, the 'Teeth believe in the relentless pursuit of a good time through the medium of rockin' blues music. With their latest release, "Rhythm is our Business," still garnering rave reviews at home and abroad, the band took their second swing through the heartland of America in 2007 and, in 2008, continue an uninterrupted streak of stand-out festival appearances that has taken them across Europe and the UK . The Dr. Teeth Big Band is living proof that music CAN save your mortal soul and, as musical apostles bringing light to where there was once only dark, leave a healthy dose of life-affirmiin', genre-bustin', earth-shakin' rhythm and jive in their wake.
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