tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32159666004828893252024-03-14T00:43:46.522-07:00Newport Fiddle and Folk ClubNewport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.comBlogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-10623074838724213522015-10-15T19:03:00.003-07:002015-10-15T19:03:56.763-07:00Article in The Westsider"The Newport Fiddle & Folk Club can trace its humble
grassroots beginnings around founder & director Michael Stewart’s
kitchen table. They were just a handful of music loving locals who felt
the need to play & share their music..."
That's the first paragraph of an article published in The Westsider recently, written by our own Chris Philllips. Yay Chris, thanks!
Read the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-23553728849681831342015-08-22T22:27:00.001-07:002015-08-22T22:28:47.114-07:00Choir at Jack Madigan Reserve re-openingTwo years ago the choir sang at a community rally to support the remediation of Jack Madigan Reserve, which had been closed for almost a decade due to subsidence and soil contamination. Hobsons Bay Council has since done the remediation and re-landscaped the park, and we were delighted to sing at the official re-opening. The lyrics to this song were written by Mark Fawcett, to the tune of Woody Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-27794635863936469992015-08-09T19:43:00.000-07:002015-08-09T19:48:19.044-07:00Folk to Classical videoIf you missed Folk to Classical at the Festival, here's a video. Just a couple of tunes to showcase what we achieved. Put together the Newport Strings, Newport Bush Orchestra and local composer Silas Palmer and the result is fantastic. That's Silas at far left, at the piano. Some of the NBO are off-camera but you sure can hear them.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-41904964564481724642015-07-13T05:09:00.000-07:002015-07-13T05:09:09.816-07:00'Elizabeth' by Richard McNeillRichard gave his permission for us to post his words on hearing of Elizabeth passing away:
I'm so sorry to hear the news. My heart goes out to Cam and all of us, and to all who knew her.I can't be here to be with all who knew her, and to celebrate her life as she would want us to, and I will miss her keenly - we all will.There's nothing I can say in a considered way, except to echo what everyoneNewport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-91163444932544604862015-06-27T22:31:00.000-07:002015-06-27T22:31:22.796-07:00Folk to Classical - A long journey!
Next Saturday night the Folk Festival will present the concert 'Folk to Classical'. The pictures below are from yesterday's rehearsal where the Newport Strings (16 piece string orchestra) was joined by the Newport Bush Orchestra (21 piece bush orchestra) to collaborate on the first of the Bush Suites, 'The Waltzes'. The Bush Orchestra have been playing together for almost 10 years (Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-31898193269456449702015-06-23T16:56:00.002-07:002015-06-23T16:56:36.941-07:00Our Elizabeth Eason
It is with great sadness that members of
Newport Strings learnt of the death of our much loved Elizabeth yesterday, 20th
June 2015. Elizabeth came to our group 6 years ago and brought with her a sense
of fun and joyfulness and above all a love of music that went to her very soul.
She loved the people in the group as much as the music we played and those
things were bound up together for her Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-87407312975052250002015-06-20T21:27:00.000-07:002015-06-20T21:51:14.402-07:00Our Elizabeth Eason
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/*Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-4143857020025178712015-05-23T23:19:00.001-07:002015-05-23T23:19:05.234-07:00VALE PETER ELLIS OAM
Sad news this week.
Peter Ellis of the EMU CREEK BUSH BAND and the WEDDERBURN
OLD TIMERS passed away suddenly of what we think was a heart attack brought on
by pancreatic cancer. He did this in his beloved Bendigo.
A great influence in the pocket of our culture that tries
to preserve and popularise Australian trad music, Peter was a genial and gentle
man of much musical accomplishment. Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-77113232036252147992015-05-09T18:20:00.002-07:002015-05-09T18:20:54.245-07:00Music at the Farmers Market
Last Sunday the Newport Fiddle & Folk Club
united with the Substation Farmers Market to present to the crowd a
morning of casual music & lots of laughter. To start the ball
rolling, the vivacious Ukulele Dolls kicked off the music at 10am,
to be joined later on by Denis & Alasdair from the Celtic group.
Stella & Betty from the breakfast stall and Ellie’s Kitchen lookedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-22182914898932429472015-05-08T22:11:00.000-07:002015-05-08T22:11:06.827-07:00Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day with the Newport Community Choir 2015This is the second year in a row the Newport Community Choir has celebrated World Migratory Bird Day. Last year we sang to the Friends of Newport Lakes, surprising them with a cake and a FLASH MOB; our way of acknowledging the work they do.
This year we invaded the Saturday morning children's storytime at the Williamstown Library. NFFC members, Jackie Kerin and Sarah Depasquale (storyteller and Jackie Kerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344585645609107496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-12984301792005046372015-05-04T04:58:00.000-07:002015-05-09T18:21:30.340-07:00Bush Orchestra getting busy...Newport Bush Orchestra in deep concentration rehearsing 'Sweeping the Snows' and 'Watching the Cattle' which will be featured in the 'Classic Meets Folk' Concert at the Newport Folk Festival in July. Sounding lovely.
Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-60681135284222138452015-04-26T01:59:00.003-07:002015-04-26T05:17:04.471-07:00How the Australian tradition was savedAuthor Keith McKenry had us enthralled for an hour on Sunday afternoon with his account of John Meredith's 40-year struggle to preserve Australia's cultural heritage. Without support from the academic world, without any money behind him, facing many difficulties, John Meredith worked all his life to record and achieve recognition for Australia's unique culture - songs, tunes, stories and poems. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-48810005534942511742015-04-20T04:43:00.004-07:002015-04-20T04:43:56.378-07:00Bush Orchestra busking in WilliamstownThe Bush Orchestra brought Douglas Pde in Williamstown to life on Saturday with an hour of tunes and songs. There were lots of smiles from passers-by and plenty of coins in the collection bucket. This was part of the Hobsons Bay "Busk a Move" busking festival. Good fun!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-24344143554202601502015-04-15T18:02:00.000-07:002015-04-15T18:02:19.967-07:00Choir impro with Mal WebbThe Newport Community choir had a great start to the term, kicking off with an 'impro singing' workshop with the wonderful Mal Webb.
Mal soon had us making up bass lines, rhythm parts and songs on the spot - something many of us didn't believe we could do until this workshop. Thanks Mal, we had a ball!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-11122397459624885342015-03-17T18:56:00.001-07:002015-03-17T19:02:54.116-07:00Bush Dance photosThese pics have already been linked on Facebook, but here they are in an easy-to-view slideshow.
It was a fantastic afternoon with lots of kids, music, dancing and fun.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-4685592210175118442015-02-13T21:22:00.001-08:002015-02-13T21:23:39.992-08:00Our musos keep rollin' on...The Good Earth and Newport Bush Orchestra played at the launch of the new Tyreplus store in Newport today. Not every day you get to be in a real garage band!.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-19834596272341286372015-02-05T20:35:00.001-08:002015-02-05T20:35:32.155-08:00Big start to the year for choirWe had to bring out extra chairs for the first choir rehearsal on Wednesday night - twenty-nine people! This is the most we've had since the very first rehearsal in 2008. It's a huge sound with that many people. Welcome to all the new folks who have just started with the choir.
We started on a new song - Stewball by Leadbelly- and worked on the song we're doing at the Country and Western Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-50745646197510425462014-12-17T20:51:00.000-08:002014-12-18T14:54:56.755-08:00Carols at the Substation 2014What a lovely night at the Substation for the Carols. This year the folk club was joined by Strings West, Newport Gardens Primary School Choir and a range of other performers and a full house of enthusiastic audience members. It was a lovely way to celebrate Christmas and the end to another very successful musical year in Newport - our 10th! The after-party at the Bowls Club Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-13860591176151566722014-11-29T23:26:00.002-08:002014-11-30T22:44:19.636-08:00Club Night
Greg O'Leary reviews our final Club Night for the year...
Talk about a feel good
session!
Sadly I can't cover all the
performers but every single one enhanced the already warm and positive
atmosphere. Since H and I are unlikely to attend many from now on, I am going
to focus on the highlights for us. Apologies to those folks who I fail to
mention.
1) &Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-15830400836739434102014-11-18T19:57:00.001-08:002014-11-18T19:57:53.202-08:00Newport Community Choir and La La Ville Live@NewportWhat do you get when you put together Newport Community Choir and La La Ville? If you like anagrams, the answer might be "Manic lip-crew love to thrill you, man" or "Lyrical men croon at volume with lip." (Thanks to Mark Fawcett for those.) On Sunday afternoon, what we got was an afternoon of great choir music. The two choirs joined forces for a few songs, then each performed some its own Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-1546353717820728082014-11-09T22:02:00.000-08:002014-11-09T22:02:42.530-08:00Vale Rob Durbridge
Today we received the sad news that our dear friend Rob Durbridge passed away this morning. He was in hospital and had been ill for some time.
Rob was a long-standing club member and was often seen (and heard!) at club gatherings until he and his wife Wendy made the 'tree-change' move to Landsborough a few years ago. Even after the move, Rob made the trip down for several Festivals and other Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-14551996713933898182014-11-02T20:48:00.003-08:002014-11-02T20:50:27.173-08:00NBO Triumph At Maldon!
It is late Sunday night and I am back at home after an exhausting couple
of days playing with the NBO at Maldon Folk Festival.
Our brief was to make the main street come alive with music and that was
exactly what we did. It rained and shone and froze us and cooked us but
the weather
didn't stop the NBO from exhibiting one of its best performances Ever.
We were rusty from the winter layoff Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-63650817693541167302014-10-26T04:16:00.000-07:002014-10-26T04:16:14.109-07:00NBO Plays at Bulla Railway Family Day
Our fourth time playing for this wonderful organization.
Extended Families via Leila arrange this day for carers of kids with
disabilities.
Our main fare was the Australiana but later on we just played what
came into our heads which happily was a LOT of stuff!
We have again seen at first hand, the wonderful theraputic qualities
of a cheery upbeat musical vibe.
Newport Fiddle and Folk Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866386245047287535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-57829935481446274332014-10-19T20:29:00.002-07:002014-10-19T20:32:08.936-07:00Bush Orchestra at Iramoo Open Day
Our first outing for the 2104 Spring/Summer season went over well
at the community day at Iramoo Community Centre in Wyndham Vale.
I rolled in with a relaxed attitude and a sore back to find the
Ukelele Dolls starring onstage. We followed with a set of good old
BO favorites. Present were: Rosaleen,Dennis,Maryanne, Neil,
Katherine, Mark, Annette, Mira, AlasdairUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215966600482889325.post-69012859730071831882014-10-07T03:19:00.001-07:002014-10-07T03:19:33.325-07:00Artists, farmers and musiciansNFFC musos were both inside and out at the Substation on Sunday. Inside at the Artists Market it was a great lineup with Newport Strings, Paisley and Plaid, Angelicats, Bruce Williams and Friends and then Great Minds. Outside at the Farmers Market, Folkus were keeping the customers entertained. It was a beautiful day with lots of music.
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