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August 5th

 

Wow.  What an extraordinary night of music we were treated with.

So much diversity, not only in the age groups represented but just the styles, pace and intensity of music was wonderful.

From the opening act of the young fellas that were 17 going on on 35 – good on them for claiming their space on the stage, that sort of confidence will take you a long way in life….. right through to the classic jazzy/blues piano styles of “Papa J” we had a vast variety of really cool blues music.  A capacity crowd of around 120 patrons enjoyed an absolutely classic night of Poverty Bay Blues….

Keep you ears on for more content in the future – we are working on getting more videos on photos from each jam night so more folk can share and enjoy.

 

 

 

Good afternoon all Blues Club supporters!

Thanks heaps for your support over the past 12 months, we’ve had some very memorable jam nights and many other special events that have been a lot of fun for all those concerned.

As an incorporated society the Poverty Bay Blues Club has to hold an Annual General meeting every year.

This is an opportunity to elect and appoint the officers of the Club, as well as a committee. So if you’d like to be involved, now’s the time to stand up and be counted!

The details are as follows;

Poverty Bay Blues Incorporated – AGM
Venue: Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club – The Shark Bar
Date: 15th of October 2013
Time: 7.30pm

All are very welcome.

The second Friday Night Live gig – a fantastic night was had by all!

Great mixture of bands – with the debut performance of new local trio – Bantam, nice work boys – crowd loved ya! Thanks to Fighting Like Stags & The Remains – two local bands with bright futures.

 

Our first ever Friday Night Live!

In an initiative to help develop local music, regardless of genre, Poverty Bay Blues Club has worked in conjunction with the Dome Room to create these special evenings for local musicians and music fans of all ages.

The first Friday nite session was a great success and enjoyed by all in attendance.

Many thanks to the support of Soul Society, 90 Days and the Ernie J White Band!

 

Another classic night of Gissie Blues music – an earlier night for us on this occasion in that we had pretty much packed up by 10 o’clock – first time ever – was it because we ran the first ever “Friday Nite” live gig the Friday before and we were all soaked up with music – who will ever know….. but for those that came along – once again another great night!

 

The club is in great spirits and the last few gigs that we have been involved with have been absolutely outstanding!

If you missed the August jam on Tuesday the 6th of August, pity you, should not have stayed in front of the fire!
The place was jammed packed and we were treated to an absolutely fantastic night of real quality Blues music – well done to all the muso’s that came along and got up there and gave it heaps.

A big thank you must go out to Doug Snelling for his efforts in coming up from Wairoa on a regular basis – it’s a hell of drive home and the man deserves nothing but the utmost of respect for his commitment and level of devotion to not only the Poverty Bay Blues Club but also to Blues music in general – the mans a legend – Thank you Doug!

What’s more exciting though is as an organisation we are going from strength to strength – we have bought in some great acts over the past 12 months and we indeed on continuing this trend with thoughts and planning already going into the early part of next year. We have invested this year in further assets for the club, namely the stage lighting which has made a huge difference to many of the live performances we are putting on.

The Friday night live initiative is also proving really popular – as an organisation, we make nothing from these events, rather we return all the door takings to the participating musicians – just by way of saying “thanks” and also to give them the feel good factor of being given a stage, a crowd and an opportunity to perform in a professional & controlled environment.

Be aware also, that we will have a bunch of muso’s at the A&P Show this year so that will I’m sure be a great afternoon out.

Our membership fees have not changed over the years and is still set at just $30 for a single annual membership or $40 for a couple / household.  If you come on a regular basis, it’s well spending the money as you effectively achieve a 50% discount on door entry fee – that’s right, members get in free on Tuesday night jam nights.

We are looking at offering a whole bunch of other benefits to your membership, like discounts on tee-shirts, VIP access to feature events and in time maybe even offering access to a “best of the Poverty Basy Blues Club” cd or DVD – more about that after the AGM.

That’s it for now – see you at the next Blues Day Tuesday jam!

Cheers

Darren Hart
Acting President