VOL 20.1 NEWSLETTER of February 2009 – March 2009 the ADELAIDE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB INC
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COUNTRY CALL VOL 20.1 NEWSLETTER OF February 2009 – March 2009 THE ADELAIDE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB INC. www.acmc.org.au Club Patron …Trev Warner WITH CO-OPERATION FROM THE SLOVENIAN CLUB THE ADELAIDE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB INC. PRESENTS 20th Birthday SUNDAY February 1st 2009 show 12.30 to 4.30pm DOORS OPEN 11.30 am Trev Warner and Country Junction Catering will be available 12 noon – 2pm Chick and Salad Lunch will be available to those who pre-ordered Plus Sandwiches ... Cakes ... and Fresh Fruit Plates Entry:- ACMC and other Country Music Club Members:- $5.00, all others $7.00 SUNDAY March 1st 2009 – Show 12.30 to 4.30pm Bill Bedford and Country Roundup DOORS OPEN 11.30 am Catering will be available 12 noon – 2pm Sandwiches ... Cakes ... and Fresh Fruit Plates Entry:- ACMC and other Country Music Club Members:- $5.00, all others $7.00 Coming Attractions April 5 Maryanne & Co. June 7 City Cowboys May 3 Heartland July 5 Midnight Special CLUB NEWS from our President Hi Everyone Happy New Year to all. Have you made a New Year’s resolution for 2009? Or are you like me and just deal with whatever comes each day? Wow what a show we had for Christmas. Lorraine was elsewhere at a Christmas party with her two beautiful granddaughters and arrived back halfway through the show to take over hosting from yours truly. Our band for the day was Midnight Special, who are always guaranteed to give a great show. We also had our special guest artist Mahalia Fox, who is the SCCM Junior Champion of Champions. We also had various committee members strutting their stuff. They were Rob Smith who sang a beautiful Christmas carol, Lorraine Wakefield who sang and yodelled, Tarlee Schultz was our Christmas angel, Evonne Rayson read a poem with a message (see page 11), Josie Evans and Raelz sang together and yours truly as Tanme Whynot sang. (Good fun!) We also had a young new comer in Georgia Hicks. She wooed the audience and showed a lot of potential. Ian (Flasher) Fisk’s Christmas hat was a great talking point for the day. (I wonder how many toilet rolls he can fit under it?) Our dear Joy Champion made our Christmas cake and Elaine Marks (who had just turned 90 years young) cut the cake for us. Now for our January show. We had a great band Phoenix. What a nice bunch of people to work with. Everyone loved their music and had a great time. I hosted the show for the day as Lorraine was on a much deserved holiday at Port Hughes. During the day we had a sample of 6 songs from the band called Top Dead Centre. They were very good and the crowd enjoyed them. cont’d next page The Adelaide Country Music Club Inc., operates from ‘COUNTRY CALL’ IS THE NEWSLETTER OF the SLOVENIAN CLUB ADELAIDE THE ADELAIDE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB INC. at 11 LaSalle St, Dudley Park (off Pym St.) A MONTHLY PUBLICATION EDITED BY THE PUBLICITY OFFICER For information about The Adelaide Country Music Advertising in this newsletter is available at the Club write to: following rates: PO Box 307 MODBURY NORTH SA 5092 Full page (approx 175mm x 260mm) $40.00 or contact any of the committee personnel listed Half Page (approx 130mm x 175 mm) $20.00 below Quarter Page (approx 85 mm x 130mm) $10.00 Actual size may vary slightly, depending on orientation Committee Members and layout of adjacent articles. PRESIDENT: Dianne Smith 0408 810 058 Items submitted for advertising should be original to VICE PRESIDENT: Russell Byrne ensure the best possible reproduction – the Club accepts SECRETARY: Rob Smith 8266 6689 no responsibility for the quality of reproduction. TREASURER: Merv Jackson 8298 7643 All articles for publication are to be submitted to the Secretary by post, or to a Committee Member, to ENTERTAINMENT: Lorraine Wakefield 8365 6315 ensure subject matter is appropriate and of interest to PUBLICITY: Ian Fisk 8296 3350 our members. The committee reserves the right not to include any material that it considers is not appropriate. GENERAL COMMITTEE: Material for publication should be submitted early so Evonne Rayson Josie Evans it can be discussed at a committee meeting prior to inclusion. Committee meetings are held on the 2nd Raelz E. Gebhardt Tarlee Schultz Monday of the month. Rob Sexton VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE EDITOR CATERING C0-ORDINATOR: Evonne 0450 151 479 ADDRESS YOUR ARTICLE/ADVERT TO: ‘NEWSLETTER’ MEMBERSHIP OFFICER: Raelz THE ADELAIDE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB INC. PO BOX 307 MODBURY NORTH SA 5092 www.acmc.org.au or [email protected] Page 2 I had a lovely surprise that day. My dear friend of 40 some odd years, Sharon, turned up at our show. She was down from Brisbane. I don’t remember when I last saw her. Well bye for now. Hope to see you all at our next show. Keep well. Thank God for Country Music. Di Smith (President) Talent is something God gives you, Experience is something you give yourself. Daniel Louis Rottinhans LORRAINE’S ROUND-UP December At our December meeting we had Warren Johncock and his Midnight Special band. As always they put on a great Christmas show. The microphones and stands were draped in tinsel, and Warren appeared in a number of different variations of head gear! Our special guest artist was Mahalia Fox, the 2008 SACCM Junior Champion of Champions, she clearly showed why she won. She had a busy December, at the SA Stampede, the Kilburn RSL the night before and with our Club! In case you can’t read the words on Some committee members made surprise Lorraine’s hat it appearances on the stage! They included our says singing Secretary, Rob Smith, Lorraine Wakefield sang and yodelled beautifully, Tarlee Schultz, as “I Believe in Santa an angel showing a big heart (remember she is a Mahalia complete with tinsel decorated Clause” heart lung transplant recipient), Tanme Whynot, in microphone stand a country music singer outfit, Evonne Rayson read a poem on ‘Hugs’ (see page 11), Josie Evans was accompanied in song by Raelz. Raelz also sang a few songs on her own. We also had a young lady, Georgia very ably sang a few Christmas songs, including one with Lorraine. Many of the committee and other members dressed ‘Christmassy’. To the relief of many, the flasher did not make an appearance this year. Some people unkindly suggested that his special Christmas hat either looked like a tea pot cosy or a toilet roll cover! Everyone attending was given a little present. It was a Happy Holiday plastic bag containing a special 2009 ACMC calendar, a circular Club badge, a ACMC sticker and a chocolate. Santa must have made two visits, one before most arrived putting lollies on each table and later in person. He was caught on camera kissing Evonne! Evonne Rayson gave each of her catering helpers a little present before they posed for a picture. All were also given a small Xmas pudding plus a tasty piece of Christmas cake made by Joy Champion (thanks Joy). Elaine Marks who recently celebrated her 90th birthday, cut the cake. Our Country Call Newsletter was given to all members at the meeting. Those not picked up on the day were posted the next day. Considerable postage expense was saved and much effort in folding, taping! We even had an overseas visitor, Merilyn Henderson from Kangaroo Island. Merilyn has a regular country music program on KIX FM 90.7 Monday & Thursday from 7.30 am -9.am. Another visitor was Whitey (Brian White) an infamous drover. See Rob Smith’s words elsewhere in this issue. Ian Fisk (Lorraine liked most of the above that appeared in SACCM January Prelude and said to use it!) Tarlee, Tanme, Georgia, flasher and Merilyn Page 3 Evonne kissing Santa, Elaine cutting cate, Tanme, Josie and Raelz (more pictues on our website) Whitey I was pleased to meet up with an old schoolmate from the Country Music Club. I 1940s, Brian White at our December show. I have known told him when our shows Brian and his brother James (Jimmy) from those way back are held and where, North Adelaide days. so presume that’s how he came to be there in Brian is still doing Cattle Droving in the Far North, which December. he has been doing for many years. I do hope that we will see In his younger days, after leaving school, Brian was a very him again, whenever he is capable boxer, so none of us ever thought it a good idea to down. pick a fight with him, not that he ever invited same. Robt Smith I often meet up with his brother Jim and keep track of what Actually Whitey has been the Kilburn and the Southern he is up to. Club in recent months, I have also seen him up at shows at In fact, I ran into Brian, when he was down late last year Blyth. (he was MC at the Kazu brothers show) try Googling and in talking, told him that I was Secretary of Adelaide ‘Whitey Drover’ Ian Fisk LORRAINE’S ROUND-UP January 2009 Here we are another year starting out with a new band Phoenix. They showed they were very good indeed. I arrived late and was only able to stay a short time. I arrived late from my holiday at Port Hughes. Thanks to Di Smith for compering the show for the day. I stayed long enough to hear a new band Top Dead Centre (actually Lorraine wrote down Drop Dead Centre!!!).