 Another great Tintenbar Up Front, another great quote from Leonard Cohen.
The word amateur comes from the Latin for "love". Amateur musicians, as well as professionals who have managed to retain the real reason for music making do it for the love of it. How appropriate for Valentines Day. A large Valentines Day audience was treated to some "lovely" music, starting with Bernadette and Fiddlers on P plates who plucked and bowed their way through some beautiful instrumental music and the combinations became greater than the sum of the individual parts. Please come back. They were followed by Howie Hughes who got the audience singing along to some hilarious old favourites: verve aplenty. Paul Francis began with two new original songs sung with guitar and ably backed by the piano stylings of Pat Breen. Paul's lyrics and tunes are always uniquely interesting. He finished with Pride and Joy by SRV. Greg Pimm created swirling soundscapes with his 12 string guitar, voice and harmonica. All the songs were original, the standout being one about Torres Strait pigeons. After the break, Bob Terrill warmly recreated some soulful Bob Dylan tunes and gave them his own colour: his tenor voice accompanied by ukulele and harmonica. Peter Lino did a couple of humorous songs: one about fracking, another about being a grumpy old man. Those two sandwiched a Mamas and Papas song: Dream A Little Dream Of Me, which the audience joined in on, even whistling the instrumental part. James Webb's delicate finger picking accompanied his voice for three songs of love, loss and learning. The quote above was from Leonard Cohen's Chelsea Hotel which James sang with delicacy. Then Dirk Terrill had the audience enthralled with his virtuosic guitar playing which included clever use of loop pedal to overlay parts. Other effect pedals gave variety to the sounds he created. Truly amazing. don't miss him next time. The evening ended with a singalong of "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight". $400 was raised for the Rural Fire Service. Thanks to them for their dedication to keeping our communities safe. Thanks to the audience for paying You can check out photos of the night, and the program for Friday March 14. Look forward to seeing you then.
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 That's what on at Tintenbar Up Front this Friday 14. Also on the program are "bear on skis, harp and fiddlers on P plates as well as "random guitar." Should be very interesting. Check out the full program.
The charity of the month is the Rural Fire Service. $5 entry. Of course you can get one of Bev Singh's fabulous Indian meals. Check the menu and book. Food served from 6:30, show starts at 7:30. BYO drinks and snacks. Tea, coffee, bikkies provided. Cakes cheap to a good home.  Residents of Lennox Head, thankful for the Firies.
"Charity begins at home" for Tintenbar Up Front Friday February 14, as we are so thankful for the wonderful job the RFS did in protecting Lennox Head and outlying settlements from the fires earlier this year. Your $5 entry and money from cakes will be donated to them. Check out the fabulous Indian menu here. To be ensured of a feed, book your meal. The program is a beauty to kick off the year as well, with a variety of styles of music and instruments. Have a look at the program. Performers, there are a couple of spots left. We look forward to seeing your faces. |
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November 2016
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