Friday 1 March 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...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...