Saturday 5 July 2014

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...

Friday 21 February 2014

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...