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HJS Newsletter February 2018
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Next meeting:
Ruth and Graham Horne
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Waikato Commerce Club, 197 Collingwood Street, Hamilton. 4.30-7.30 | Adm. $15 public or $10 members
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Notices:
- AGM - Monday, 7.30PM, 19th March 2018 at the Commerce Club. It is important that all HJS members attend!
- All subscriptions are due in March 2018. Please grab a renewal form from the web page hjs.org.nz/join or from the desk. Early payment will help Hamilton Jazz Society’s funds.
- Please give some thought to joining the HJS committee for 2018, to replace retiring members. If you are interested, contact our president, Simon Hopewell president@hjs.org.nz, or another committee member.
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Ruth and Graham Horne have had long careers in music, including performing as Two of Hearts and Two Step. Ruth plays saxophone, Graham is vocalist, and guitar player. Graham creates all the backing tracks.
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We met over twenty years ago when we were both music teachers - Ruth teaching sax and clarinet, and Graham teaching piano. After we got married in 1996, we devised a way of becoming a duo with our unlikely combination of instruments! In fact we played at our own wedding! Over the years we have had a great lifestyle, playing throughout the North Island and even two New Years Eve gigs in the Marlborough Sounds. We've had many adventures touring, and now we can look back on many highlights. Playing on the Good Morning Show on TV1, opening for the Drifters in Taupo, meeting John Helliwell, sax player of Supertramp, and maybe best of all playing together in a 12 piece band with Howie Casey - Paul McCarney's go-to tenor sax player, for a series of Wings and Beatles tribute concerts.
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Like all NZ bands, we've had to develop a wide and extensive repertoire to cater for all types of audiences. This a good thing for a musician, and leads us to grow into new areas all the time. This is our first appearance at the Hamilton Jazz Society, and one we are looking forward to very much.
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Do join us for a relaxing afternoon of quality music. It is a great way to wind down the weekend.
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Coming Up:
Watch this space: T.B.A.
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HJS committee:
Simon Hopewell - President
Philip Tinkler - Vice-President
Priscilla Wilson - Secretary & Membership
Maciek Hrybowicz - Webmaster/Newsletter
Vanessa Clark-Ward - Committee member
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