Ashburton Courier: August 26, 2021

CLUB NEWS
24 Ashburton Courier, August 26, 2021
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Ashburton Electronic and
Keyboard Club
Welcome to our visitors and
Suzie’s family. Our Augustclub
night was organisedbythe
talented Suzie Earlyand her
dad Brian Early. Play in was Bev
Listeronthe keyboard. Bev
playedlots of lovelytuneswhich
we all enjoyed.
Suzie’s programmewas
popular music through all ages
(1880 ­2021). Also she told us all
about things that happened in
each era. Most interesting and a
lot of preparation and time she
put into the evening.
First up was our lovely
Audreyand the Boys. Decade
1880 ­1899.They told us they
weren’t around in thisera that
they sangin! That causedabitof
agiggle. They played “Sweet
Violets”, “I’ve beenworking on
the Railway”, “After the ballis
over” and “Daisy”. Well done
team.
Next the SkiffleGroup
Decade1990­1929. This is such a
large talented group.Playing all
sorts of musical instruments.
They looked amazing in their
outfits. Ian, yourtrouserswere a
real eye catcher! They played
and sang nine tunes ­“Until we
meet Again” and “Cuddleupa
littleCloser”just to namea
couple.
Bev Stevens shares quite a
few jokesinbetween items.
Don’t know where she got them,
but they were so funny.
Next the Accordion Band
Group Decade1930­1949. We
had nine playing the Accordion
and Bernardonthe Keyboard.
They played six tunesand they
were great. Suzie dedicated the
“Blue Skirts Waltz”and the
“Kentucky Waltz” to her dad,
Brian. Nice one Suzie.
Next the Extended Keyboard
Group Decade 1950 ­1969. The
“Rock nRoll” era.Therewere
five on the keyboard. Iris,Janet,
Rose, Barbara and Michael
playedasolo.“Iwant to be your
Teddy Bear”was justfabulous.
They were all playing on
YamahaKeyboardwhichmust
be the
best!
Raffles were drawn and the
winners were :Rose Stead,
Helen Mills, Ann Allott, Iain
Tuanui,Shirley Millar, Lynette
Crone, PeterThomas,Ian
Smith, Lyn Peterson and Bev
Stevens. Congratulations to you
all.
Next up were the Ukestars
Band Group Decade 1970 ­1989.
Easy listening and country
music.
It consisted of fivegals and
two guys in theirfancyhats and
dresses. They played some well
known songs “Beautiful
Sunday”, “Rock aBillylike me”
and more.
Suzie introduced her last
item. Abeautiful samoangirl
with an amazing voice, Revival
Tuvale.
She writesher own songs as
well. Firstsong she sangwas
“Some day Iwill be with you”. A
gospel song “I want to know how
it feels”. The words were
amazinginthis one. The last
song “Look at us”.This was my
favourite. The words were just
beautiful. Suzie wanted special
thanks to go to Irisand Irene for
supporting her.
Suzie has apaper fan as she
was hot and uptight, but truly
Suzie you had suchafantastic
programme. It was enjoyed by
our members and her family.
Mid Canterbury Central
Friendship Club
President Ken welcomed 68
members and 2visitorstothe
meeting, and received 10
apologies.The club then stood
for amoments silenceinrespect
for the deaths of two members (
OwenEverest and Jim Small)
and also the youths killed in the
tragic car accident in Washdyke
recently.
Two new members were
inducted by president Ken, Ron
Winchester, introducedby
Derick Prebble,and Kevin
Walker, introduced by Graeme
Neale.
Our mini speaker was Merv
Green who spokeabout his
childhoodand working life.
After leavingschoolat15he
worked between3jobs. Potato
harvesting, freezing worksand
brown top harvestinground the
foothills.
In 1970 he and acouple of
friendswent pineapplepicking
and working in asugar mill in
Australia but came backtohis
job at the freezing works.Hedid
this againthe next year but took
up fencingthe following years
in the off season until demand
lead him to go fencing full time.
With farmers turningtodeer
farming then dairyingand
irrigation Merv had continuous
work,and never had abad dept.
His wifeand he tookintwo
AFS students fromThailand
and Braziland travelledtotheir
countries when they graduated.
Merv is aPast Masterofthe
Masonic Lodgeand is still an
active member.
Our main speaker, introduced
by CarlRuddenklau, was
features editor, Malcolm
Hopwood whose topic was
“People I've Met Who Don’t
Remember Me”. At the age of 10
Malcolm remembered Walter
Nash who said “Hello” to him.
Others included The
Archbishop of Canterbury, Cliff
Richard, Sir Peter Blake, Sir
BrianElwood, The infamous
Ron Jorgenson, Dame Patsy
Reedy, Sir Michael Jones,
Prince Andrew,
Some politicians includedSir
KeithHolyoake, NormanKirk,
Sir RobertMuldoon, David
Lange, JennyShipley,Jim
Bolger, Helen Clark, JohnKey
(who remembered him) and just
lately Jacinda Ardern.
To close he spokeabout an
interview (that was published)
with chessplayerRoy Keeling.
Roy said it has takenhim 86
yearstobecome the centrefold
of the Ashburton Guardian.
Malcolm was presented witha
fruittray and thanked by
Clayton Howard.
The meeting was closed with
the singing of the National
Anthem.
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