March 2010 Newsletter

February Club Day - The Annual Picnic

Once again we were blessed with perfect weather for our annual picnic at Ros and Dave Mandeno‘s place at Glenbervie.

The afternoon‘s festivities ended at about 5:30 pm.

Thanks go to the Mandenos, to Ray Palmer and the Big Band and to the members of the committee who organised the event.

Once again we will be back at Salut Bar and Brasserie, 69 Bank Street. The band will be Lounge Sweet. The line-up will be Matt Watson [trumpet & Fluegelhorn], Reese Helmondollar [tenor & soprano saxophones], Barry Wilcox [piano], John Fraser [bass] and Matt Hennessy [drums].

The last set will be open for jamming with the band.

April Club Day

The gig for April will be organised by Joe Carbery.

Advanced Notice

We plan to hold the Annual General Meeting of the Society in May.

The Members‘ Draw

A reminder about the members‘ draw which is held at each club day. You have to be present to win the $50.

This is drawn at the same time as the raffle. Talking of that, if our attendance is low, we may only offer a bottle of wine as a prize. We need to cover our costs.

New Members

I have been informed that some people who have joined the Society have not been welcomed in the newsletter. Apologies! Please take this as your welcome and we hope that you will get a lot out of the Society.

Jazz Out and About

Whangarei

Salut Bar and Brasserie

Our venue always has a lot of music. Keep an eye on your e-mail and the papers for upcoming events.

Kerikeri

The Centre at Kerikeri has a great line-up of entertainment, seemingly all through the year.

Auckland

Thanks to Brian Kennet, we continue to receive the regular Auckland gig guide. It is too comprehensive to include in this newsletter, but if you want to know what‘s going on in Auckland, give me a call. If you want to check it out yourself, go to:

Radio

Radio New Zealand - National [Kaitaia 837 AM, Kaikohe, 981 AM, Whangarei 837 AM and 101 FM, Freeview channel 50 and Sky Digital channel 501], has Round Midnight with Martin Kwok during Nights with Bryan Crump in its 11 pm Wednesday slot. If you are a blues lover there is Beale Street Caravan on Mondays, at 11 pm. Wayne Mowat often has jazz numbers in Wayne‘s Music - 'Tunes too good to be forgotten'. His shows are now just after 11 pm an a Saturday and just after 10:40 pm on a Sunday. His commentary is excellent.

Radio New Zealand - Concert [Kaitaia 96.00 FM, Russell 98.00 FM, Kaikohe 98.40 FM, Whangarei 96.80 FM, Lower Northland 89.00 FM, Freeview channel 51 and Sky Digital channel 502] has a series of Jazz at Lincoln Center in its Saturday afternoon 1 pm slot. It also fairly regularly has concerts from recent jazz festivals, so keep an eye on the radio listings.

See you at the gig!

Ian Melville
Newsletter Editor