Tickets available at www.trybooking.com/LCQD
The Catch Music team invites you to attend its major fundraising concert ‘Local Blend’. You will enjoy a wonderful afternoon of eclectic music with well known Fremantle musician Dilip Parekh as MC and featuring Knotwork (a Celtic / Indigenous fusion band), Grace King (a Catch Music vocalist), Men of the West (a behatted behemoth of blokes who will surprise) and Beans Buma’s Boys of Rhythm (the high-octane drove of young mavericks determined to bring you all the raucous jazz-fuelled energy of the Roaring 20s)!!
Catch Music Inc http://www.catchmusic.org.au/contact is an inclusive music community which provides opportunities for musicians of all ages and abilities to meet together on a regular basis to create music. Catch Music especially encourages the participation of those who are socially isolated whether by physical, intellectual, mental or other challenges. Established in 2007, Catch Music aims to inspire people who have a passion for music to get connected, get involved and get engaged in new music opportunities.
The Men of the West appeared at the Denmark Festival of Voice and presented for the delight and puzzlement of audiences a variety of acapella songs ranging from the haunting beauty of ancient Georgian table singing to original songs of the quotidian rituals and trials of being a man in today’s world. Our aim was to extend expectations of a men’s choral group. Apparently it was reported that we were ‘gentle and sad, even sweet, but also powerful and unmistakeably male’. So perhaps we succeeded. See some photos here.
Sessions: Saturday 4th June and Sunday 5th June
Sat 11:45am RSL Hall (Sing Like a Bloke workshop)
Sat 3:30pm St Leonards (Georgian songs)
Sun 8pm Civic Centre
Sun 10:15pm Festival Club
Surprising double bill!!!
Friday, 27 May 2016
St Paul’s Church Hall
164 Hampton Road, Beaconsfield
6:45pm ENTRY FREE. The splendid Men of the West will perform a unique concert solely of traditional songs from Georgia in the magnificent acoustics of St Paul’s Church. They will sing laments of courage, danger and loneliness. Just 45 minutes of aural intrigue.
Immediately followed at 7:30pm by Trevor Robertson speaking about his Arctic/Antarctic Adventures in a one-hour talk. Trevor will tell of courage, danger and loneliness. And Frostbite. Entry $10/$8 includes refreshments.
The Spooky Men of the West are now the Men of the West. Yes, we have changed our name. The reasons are too mysterious to explain, although if you happen to see a Man of the West and ask him nicely, he may whisper something into your shell-like ear. But don’t believe anything he says. The “act” will continue with elements of old and new as it would have done in the normal course of evolution. The Men are still individually and collectively as spooky as they were before. There is one thing that absolutely has not changed – we are definitely Not a Men’s Group!
The Spooky Men of the West will joint the Choir of Hard Knocks in Cannington on the 11th March.
