The four string banjo in Sydney, NSW...Jazz banjo.....The Sydney banjo band rehearsing at Club Ashfield in Sydney...details of some previous rehearsals.....and future dates.

And again DQs not been up to scratch with details of previous Sydney Banjo Band rehearsal so a couple of pics from those over the last few months....
From the 29th May 2014 rehearsal.....

 

Cliff Parsons leads the band with chord melody for much of the nights program with Bill MacLean.

 

27.02.2014 rehearsal...Ed and Bill, Geoff in background....

19.06.2014 rehearsal....

Future rehearsal dates........N.B HAVE HAD TO ALTER SOME DATES

ALL THURSDAY NIGHTS....mostly the 3rd Thursday of the month

Thursday 31st July 2014

Thursday 21st August 2014...altered

Thursday 18th September

Thursday 16th October

Thursday 20th November

Thursday 4th December.....note this earlier night in the month

Thursday 15th January 2015

Thursday 19th February 2015

All at Club Ashfield.....
In the first Floor bistro/function area, we get there around 5.30 to 6pm for some socialising, a drink or a light meal, with the rehearsal starting at 6.45pm through to 9pm....
All welcome...free admission... 
Beginners through to advanced players....
We provide the chords for the music played on the night...

The four string banjo in Sydney, NSW...Jazz banjo.....The Sydney banjo band rehearsing at Club Ashfield in Sydney...details of some previous rehearsals.....and future dates.

Well DQs not been up to scratch with details of previous Sydney Banjo Band rehearsal so a couple of pics from those over the last few months....
From the 3oth January 2014 rehearsal.....we had a visitor from the Toronto Banjo Band of Toronto,Ontario, Canada...Patrick Longhurst. Patrick first visited us around this time last year. I loaned him a Vegavox 1 plectrum banjo and he was away and is shown pictured next to Barry Graham on the acoustic guitar.

The night of the 30th January 2014

 Bradley Newman has become part of our rehearsals with his regular piano accompaniment and he does some nice solos...

 John and Ed...

 David, Bill and Gordon....

Michael and Hugo....

Ted Gerome of the Pittsburgh Banjo Club "Skypes" DQ.... sadly due to health problems Ted couldn't come out to Australia this summer.....

The December 2013 rehearsal was held on the 12th...

 Future rehearsal dates........N.B HAVE HAD TO ALTER SOME DATES
ALL THURSDAY NIGHTS....
Thursday 27th February 2014

Thursday 20th March 2014

Thursday 17th April 2014...altered

Thursday 29th May 2014

Thursday 19th June 2014...altered

Thursday 31st July 2014

Thursday 20th August 2014...altered

All at Club Ashfield.....
In the first Floor bistro/function area, we get there around 5.30 to 6pm for some socialising, a drink or a light meal, with the rehearsal starting at 6.45pm through to 9pm....
All welcome...free admission... 
Beginners through to advanced players....
We provide the chords for the music played on the night...

The four string banjo in Sydney, NSW...Jazz banjo.....The Sydney banjo band rehearsing at Club Ashfield in Sydney...details of the last two rehearsals...31st July 2013 and 29th August 2013...and future dates.

Again, several rehearsals for the Sydney Banjo Band have now slipped by and the band continues to sound really good and tight rhythmically....
Certainly worth a visit if you are in the area on a rehearsal evening...see below for future dates...
NOTE...our rehearsal dates are now on a Thursday....
Strangely July's rehearsal was a small affairs with some 7 stringed instruments playing...but we bounced back in August with 12 banjos, a guitar, piano, bass,tuba and snare drums....
But as always a great social night for those playing and appreciated by the small regular group of audience members...
 Future Rehearsals......

ALL THURSDAY NIGHTS....
3rd October.....note none in September as DQ is o'seas,back Wed.25th Sept. So two in October...
Thurs. 31st October
Thurs. 28th November
Thurs. 12th December
2014...
Thurs. 30th January
Thurs.27th February
All at Club Ashfield.....
In the first Floor bistro/function area, we get there around 6pm for some socialising, a drink or a light meal, with the rehearsal starting at 6.45pm through to 9pm....
All welcome...free admission... 
Beginners through to advanced players....
We provide the chords for the music played on the night...
Some photos from July 2013...

Onto some from 29th August 2013...

The four string banjo in Sydney, NSW...Jazz banjo.....The Sydney banjo band rehearsing at Club Ashfield in Sydney...details of the last two rehearsals...29th May 2013 and 26th June 2013...and future dates.

Several rehearsals for the Sydney Banjo Band have now slipped by and the band is sounds really good and tight rhythmically....
Certainly worth a visit if you are in the area on a rehearsal evening...see below for future dates...
May's rehearsal was a small affairs with some 6 stringed instruments playing...
But as always a great social night for those playing and appreciated by the small regular group of audience members...

Future Rehearsals......

31st July
28th August
2nd October.....note none in September as DQ is o'seas,back Wed.25th Sept. 
All at Club Ashfield.....
In the first Floor bistro/function area, we get there around 6pm for some socialising, a drink or a light meal, with the rehearsal starting at 6.45pm through to 9pm....
All welcome...free admission... 
Beginners through to advanced players....
We provided the chords for the music played on the night...

The four string banjo in Sydney, NSW...Jazz banjo.....The Sydney banjo band rehearsing at Club Ashfield in Sydney...details of the last two rehearsals...27th March 2013 and 17th April 2013...and future dates.

Ted Gerome, our yearly US visitor from the Pittsburgh Banjo Club was at the March Sydney Banjo Band rehearsal...Wed. 27th March and then flew back to the USA for summer in Pennsylvania and regular rehearsals with the PBC... 
perhaps we'll see him again later in the year if he visits Sydney again....

The rehearsal was really well attended with 13 banjos, 2 ukeleles and two acoustic guitars...John Wilson as well as banjo had his trumpet for some leads, Jim Morrell again on snare drum with John Bates on tuba  kept the rhythm and timing under control...

Melody lead was shared with Ted, Cliff, Bill, Gary, John Bates and myself....

Cliff, John and Ted....

The rehearsal on the Wed. 17th was a much quieter affair with Bill Maclean taking the major melody lead, with Gary McFetridge and myself assisting and David English bringing some tunes in.... Barry Graham and John Bates sang in some tunes and John Bates covered the melody on tuba on some others....

 Hugo and Bill......

Michael...

New visitor, Steve....

Ed.....

Hugo, Bill, Gordon and Steve....

Colin and Gary....

Barry sings "Fine and Dandy".....

Future Rehearsals......
29th May ( changed from 22nd May)
26th June
31st July
28th August
2nd October.....note none in September as DQ is o'seas,back Wed.25th Sept. 
All at Club Ashfield.....
In the first Floor bistro/function area, we get there around 6pm for some socialising, a drink or a light meal, with the rehearsal starting at 6.45pm through to 9pm....
All welcome...free admission... 
Beginners through to advanced players....
We provided the chords for the music played on the night...