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...

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...30th January 2013 and 27th February 2013...and future dates.

Again following are overdue photo reports on the Sydney banjo Bands rehearsals on Wed. 30th January 2013, at which night we welcomed a visitor from the Toronto Banjo Club in Canada...Patrick Longhurst...he borrowed a Vegavox 1 plectrum banjo for the night and settled in well with the tunes we had on the rehearsal sheet.
Then on Wed. 27th February 2013 we recently had another rehearsal with a much larger, for us attendance of musicians, withe Jiom Morrell on snare drum and John Bates on tuba to assist with rhythm and time we had a baritone ukelele, a Les Paul accoustic guitar and an electric bass with some 13 banjos....
Again we had Ted Gerome from The Pittsburgh Banjo Club playing some lead together with Cliff Parsons, Bill McLean, David English and myself.
Firstly the future rehearsal dates booked are....

27th March
17th April  ( changed from 24th April)
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.
 
 Again, all at Club Ashfield...see below for directions to the venue and we play in the bistro/function area on the first floor,  which is open for meals from 5.30pm to around 8.30pm...drinks of course from the bar at Club prices.
The rehearsal starts at 6.45pm through to 9pm with many arriving earlier for a meal or to socialise...
Lets look at the 30th January Club Ashfield rehearsal....
For this evening the main leads were taken by Paul Baker and Cliff Parsons......

 David English brings in "Bye Bye Blues"...perennial banjo favourite....

David, Hugo,John, Ed and Cliff....

 

Paul and Cliff play lead...

 

Toronto Banjo Band member Patrick Longhurst.....

 Barry Graham sings for the band.....

Then on Wed. 27th February as mentioned above, we had Ted Gerome back with us...he'll be with the group for the next rehearsal on Wed.27th March before he leaves for home in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA and re-join his friends in the Pittsburgh Banjo Club for their weekly rehaearsal.

Ted Gerome, RHS....

Cliff and Bill enjoy a comment...

 

Michael plays while John Packham looks on...

 Gordon Brown joined us for the first time with his B&D plectrum...

 

David and Ed with several of the  three brothers Makirum and Shardyn 

( Tayzin out of view)...they have a busy schedule now playing, having attended the big National Country music festival at Tamworth NSW in January where they won the best young band award and the award for the best children's CD...

Their website is The Brothers Three....

On ya guys!!!

 

Where to find Club Ashfield....

5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern side...