This document summarizes a concert review of Australian band Cloud Control's performance at the Sixty Million Postcards venue in Bournemouth. It describes how the band performed a lively set of dreamy psychedelic music blending elements of shoegaze and indie pop to a full crowd. The review notes that the band has been touring intensely over the last couple years, which has helped their singles gain mainstream radio airtime and positive hype. It concludes that it was a good show and the band was instantly likeable. The document also announces that legendary actress Dame Julie Andrews will be coming to Bournemouth in June for a speaking event hosted by Aled Jones. It provides details on Dame Andrews' illustrious career in

1. ENTERTAINMENT
66 / Wednesday February 19, 2014
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IN WHAT turned out to be quite
a booking for Sixty Million
Postcards, Cloud Control
performed a lively set to a
capacity venue.
The Australian quartet blast
through a dreamy nineties
psychedelic set with moments of
shoe-gaze and indie-pop.
Having relocated to London
from their home near Sydney,
Cloud Control have been gigging
intensely over the last couple of
years. The hard work has paid off
as their singles now attract
mainstream radio air time and
there appears to be a positive
hype surrounding the band.
Cloud Control perform tracks
from their debut 2010 album Bliss
Release as well as from their
latest offering, Dream Cave.
Certain tracks such as
Happy Birthday, Scar and
Promises are catchy hits.
They are brash and
confidently peer from behind
floppy fringes. The female
and male harmony on the
vocals is reminiscent of The
Magic Numbers while the
overall sound is that of a
dozen nineties hit producers.
It was a good show and the
band attracted a large crowd.
Instantly likeable.
TOM BLAY
Review
Cloud Control – Sixty Million
Postcards, Bournemouth
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPI
ALIDOCIOUS star of stage and
screen, Dame Julie Andrews, will
be coming to Bournemouth this
May as part of a spoken word
tour. Lucky fans will enjoy a
special evening with the much
loved legend at the BIC on June 1.
An Evening with Julie
Andrews, will be hosted
by multi-platinum
selling singer and
p o p u l a r
presenter, Aled
Jones.
D a m e
Andrews will
provide a rare
and unique
insight into her
life and career
such as stage
performances on
Broadway in The
Boyfriend, My Fair Lady,
Camelot and her award-winning
screen performances in Mary
Poppins, The Sound of Music,
and the motion picture version of
Victor Victoria, to mention but a
few.
This Academy Award recipient
and winner of multiple Golden
Globes, BAFTAs, Emmys and
Grammys will weave in
professional and
personal anecdotes
as well as showing
highlights from
her life
during her live
chat. She will
also discuss her
p h i l a n t h r o p y
and activism on
behalf of various
causes and
charities.
The second half of the
program will include a
questions and answers session
with the audience.
Dame Andrews has been
entertaining audiences for more
than 65 years. Her recent work
includes The Princess Diaries,
Shrek, The Tooth Fairy and
Despicable Me. She is an
accomplished best-selling author
of children’s books, several of
which are currently being
adapted for the stage and screen.
Aled said: “Like the rest of the
world I have grown up watching
Julie Andrews. From afar I have
marvelled at her many
enchanting performances on
stage and screen.”
He added: “She is an icon and a
true heroine of mine.”
Dame Julie Andrews said: “It is
a great joy for me to be returning
to my home country.
“I look forward to sharing
stories of my career and
providing the audience with a
few extra nuggets that may not
have been seen before.”
SWANAGE’S St Mary’s Church
will resound to Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons next month, as part of
the Purbeck Strings
Festival.
The Festival
S t r i n g s
O r c h e s t r a ,
conducted by
Ian Pillow,
right, will be
performing
this much -
loved clas-
sical work,
with solos
from violinist
sisters Laura
and Eleanor
Stanford.
The two-day
festival opens at St
Mary’s on March 15 with a
candle-lit performance from the
Stanford Quartet. This is set to
include Beethoven’s Opus 18
No.1, Webern’s Langsamer Satz
and Borodin’s String Quartet
number two.
The festival strings
will play the
following day at
the same venue.
An event
s p o k e s m a n
e x p l a i n e d :
“To partner
the Seasons,
there will be
a perfor-
mance of
another most
popular work,
Peter Warlock’s
Capriol Suite.
“Written in 1927 the
English composer freely
adapted seven attractive pieces
from a collection of French
dance tunes published in 1588.
“Another use of an old tune by
a modern composer is the Adagio
for organ and strings, again
freely adapted by the Italian
Giazotto in 1958 from a theme
allegedly by Tomaso Albinoni in
1708.”
Adagio for organ and strings
will also accompany the Four
Seasons performance.
“Whatever the truth is about
the origin of this music,” said the
spokesman. “It has become
famous through its use in
television such as The Sopranos
and the comedy Butterflies.”
The Standford Quartet plays on
Saturday, March 15, from 7.30pm.
Tickets for the event are £12.50.
The Festival Strings play on
Sunday, March 16, from 3.30pm
and the tickets are priced at £8.
For details visit
purbeckstrings.com or call 07964
410443.
Patrick
Gough
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Super Andrews
goes linguistic
... while Aled’s
not atrocious!
Four Seasons in one church
ICON: Dame
Julie Andrews.
Left, Aled
Jones