Here are some mementos of past gigs:
This photo, taken after a gig at the University of Richmond in 1985, shows the original eight members of the band:
Back row: Clarence Jung, John Hubbard, Dick Dunsing, Van Bowen.
Front row: Martin Ryle, Rob James, Gene Anderson, Joe Troncale.
In 1991, the band went on a tour to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. In those days, we were still known as The Academy of St. Boatwright-on-the-Lake. This piece appeared in our university's alumni magazine that fall:
In 2001, the band (still known as The Academy of St. Boatwright-on-the-Lake) toured to
Berlin and Vienna.
This first image is of the gig that we played at the Vienna Jazz Festival,
in front of the Vienna Rathaus (city hall):
The second image shows us playing at
the JazzLand
jazz club in Vienna:
The club is situated in the cellar of a 600-year-old church that still shows cannonball scars from the siege of the Turks in 1529.
In 2005, the band performed on a regular basis at the Upper East Side Jazz Club in Richmond:
Here's a wedding gig that we did for a colleague in 2007:
