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My mother-in-law has recently celebrated her 70th birthday.  She has always wanted to go to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, so as one of her presents her younger daughter arranged for the females of the family to go for Sunday lunch.

I have to admit that I am not a fan of Jazz, but on the Sunday we went, a gentlemen called Gary Williams was singing and he does a lot of swing - Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and other 'Rat Pack' stuff.
 
 

It was such a brilliant way to spend a day - I would thoroughly recommend it just for the experience, even if the music isn't your thing.  I actually really love all those Rat Pack songs and was surprised at how many I knew thanks to my mother's constant singing when we were growing up! 

The Patriot Girls opened the show and they sing close-harmony, a bit like the Andrews Sisters.  We also were treated to a bonus of 'Dean Martin' as one of the girls is married to the guy who played Dean in the Rat Pack Show (apologies, but I don't remember his name) and he joined Mr Williams on stage.

 
We were asked not to take any flash photography, hence the lack of photos - also, I am not sure that my in-laws would appreciate me sharing their post-champagne images!
 

 

The meal was fine - not gourmet - but you are really not there for the food and it was so dark that you couldn't actually see what you were eating.  It came in at a very reasonable price too, so well worth it.

 

 

The venue is very intimate and Mr Williams worked the crowd well - he even came over to wish my Mother-in-law a Happy Birthday and the audience sang to her - what great birthday treat.

 

Caution is required on the stairs down to the toilets though - not sure if it was her heels or the champagne but one of our party did a swan-dive from top to bottom, with her fall being broken by an elderly old gentleman who was celebrating his 82nd birthday. He sustained minor injuries and was eventually able to return to the audience, as did our relative!!