Report on Saplings session March 2015

Unfortunately the date coincided with the St Patrick's Day parade so attendance was low, but the students and their parents had a good time playing together.

 Sean, Helen, Tony

 

Narelle, Christina, Tomas, Helen,Tony, Hannah

Christina

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Chris & Emily

Emily

 back - Chris, Emily & Sean, front - Hannah, Steve

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Hannah, Narelle & Steve

Tomas, Sean, Hannah, Emily, Maggie

 
Helen & Tony & Sean

Helen & Tony

 Tomas leads a shanty

Tomas & Sean

Brian & Sean

 Christina & Tomas

 Narelle & Hannah

Steve & Maggie


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Report on Saplings Master Class - held Sunday 6th August 2015

24 young musicians and aspiring musicians attended our 2nd Masterclass, learnt a lot, played music together, ate pizza & had fun! 

Tutors - 

Beck Richmond (beginners) 

Dave Johnson (advanced)

Jason Roweth (intermediate)

Tony Romeo (percussion)

Darri Adamson (beginner whistle)

Caroline Barrell (advanced whistle)

Chris Poleson 

Admin -

Kerry Doherty 

Helen Romeo

Thanks also to the parents who helped out.

Students joined the session as they arrived, then divided into groups for lessons with their tutors.

Dave's advanced group

Jason's intermediate group

 

Tony's percussion group

Caroline's advanced whistle group

Darri's beginner whistle group


Darri's group learning a simple tune

Whistle practice before lunch






24 pizzas for 24 students & 15 adults! Some boxes were taken home

 Tony's percussion group

 Helen showing percussion class how to play the spoons

 

Everyone had a chance to try an instrument they had not played before


The washboard attracted a lot of attention as it made some very loud and raucous noises!

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At 3pm parents returned for the Concert

 



Beck's beginner group

Caroline's advanced whistle group

Darri's beginner whistle group

 Dave's advanced group

Tony's percussion group

Jason's intermediate group

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 The concert finished with a dance to the music provided by Eavan (lagerphone), Jason (guitar), Megan (bush bongos), Maggie (fiddle), Vanessa (fiddle), Dave (concertina), Darri (whistle), Caroline (whistle), Steve (Maggie & Vanessa's dad, guitar)

 


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When we gather everyone for the group photo, we don't want a boring formal study, so we say Be silly ...

and naturally, the paparazzi are there in force -

 

photos - Sandra Nixon

Australian Song & Tune Session, Katoomba, Sunday 27th September 2015, 3-6.pm

 















 

The real paper poster created by Hotel Blue advertising our session.




 The Bush Music Club & Blue Mountain musicians present 


Australian Song & Tune Session

 












Sunday 27th September 2015  from 3-6pm  (+ optional evening meal)
venue Blue Hotel, 88 Lurline Street Katoomba

Musicians & audiences welcome - we will be providing a songs/tunes book for use on the day which can be purchased for a nominal amount by those who want to keep it. 
  
It is now dual carriage way all the way from Katoomba to the M4 & the hotel is also in reasonable walking distance from the station. Over night accommodation is also available.

The Blue Hotel is promoting live music every weekend and they will promote our session as part of this.

On the day they will have a live show running downstairs until 3.00 pm and another one from 6.30. We will be upstairs so we can work with this and it does make a nice package for anyone coming into the session from the general public or for people to relax after or before our session.

Jim Jarvis well known folkie/bluesman from way back will do the evening spot and the Ragged Gentlemen the early afternoon spot.

General information about Hotel Blue
Hotel Blue is a boutique 1920s hotel that captures the charm and character of a bygone era. The downstairs level of the Hotel features a spacious Guest Lounge, with a pool table and lots of board games and cards, with a log fire in the open fireplace throughout the cooler months of the year.

Adjoining the Lounge is our cosy Parlour Bar, which particularly showcases the produce of regional wineries and breweries. There is live jazz in the Lounge every Friday evening between 6:30 and 8:30 pm and live music of various genres every Saturday afternoon/evening (times vary) and every Sunday afternoon between 1:00 and 3:00 pm (free admission).