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Ballarat Jazz Club Inc. No. A7121 P.O. Box 408 Ballarat, Vic., 3353

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President John Bunn 0408 542 455 Vice President Gerard Ballinger, Secretary Steve James

Treasurer Andrew Vagg Newsletter Editor Marion NunnBookings Marion McHenry,

Band Coordinator Gerard Ballinger, Photos Contributors,Members, Websites,Editor

BJC Event Graphics Cindy Turnbow

BALLARAT JAZZ CLUB

Inside this issue

REVIEW .........................

GIG GUIDE .....................

MEMBERS CONTRIBUTION ......................................

BJC PRESIDENTS MES-SAGE………………………

TRIBUTES……………….

CLUB NEWS……………..

FESTIVALS ...................

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL BJC MEMBERS, VISITORS, JAZZ CLUBS AND

SUPPORTERS . THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN 2018 AND MAKING OUR

GIGS SO EXCITING. THANK YOU TO THE BJC COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR

HARD WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT KEEP BJC

OPERATING.WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING US IN 2019 FOR A

FANTASTIC YEAR. WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

NOVEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER

SPONSORED BY ECLIPSE FORD BALLARAT

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Outside of work Robert loved jazz and didn’t miss a Mildura

Jazz Festival for thirty odd years. Many of his greatest friend-

ships evolved through jazz. .Robert was also a tireless worker

organising the Festival for many years and received life mem-

bership of the Jazz Club in acknowledgment of his efforts.

Some of the best times in Eileen and Robert’s lives were

attending jazz festivals all over Victoria and sometimes inter-

state. Robert loved to get out and dance and Eileen and Marie

Ballantine were his two favourite dance partners . One abiding

memory is of Robert leading the jazz parade down Mildura’s

main street at the start of the Festival ,in his brown striped

jacket and jaunty jazz hat captured him in his element doing

what he Loved .

Eileen and Robert weaved their love of jazz into their business

by holding several jazz nights at the cafe which are remem-

bered as incredibly fun events loved by the musos and

attendees alike. Pam and Bill Lawler are among the great

friends they met in the cafe and they bonded over their mutu-

al love of jazz..

Our condolences to Eileen on the pass-

ing of Robert.

LIFE IS A LOT LIKE JAZZ, I ’S BEST WHEN YOU IMPROVISE…….. George Gershwin

TRIBUTE TO LEN HOEKSTRA

LET US REMEMBER …………. ROBERT EDGAR

Len worked at the Ford Motor Company in Gee-long,apparently every Friday he would rush home and pack a bag and travel To Ballarat by train to attend the local dances,he loved his Jazz and dancing . It was at the Ballarat St Pats dance where he met Molly, the lass was to be the love of his life ! Len soon left his job in Geelong and moved to Ballarat and the rest is history. Len was a softly spoken man with a gentle loving nature. He had a huge collection of jazz memorabilia, he left most to the Victorian Museum of Jazz,his family have kindly donated many of his CD’s to our club, the CD’s are in pristine condition . We would like to thank Len’s family for giving such a wonderful and most treasured donation to our club. Marion McHenry

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FANTASTIC BAND AND

GREAT SINGING

GREAT MUSIC

FANTASTIC DAY GREAT

COMPANY

WE WILL BE BACK

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BALLARAT JAZZ CLUB—SPECIAL EVENTS

DON’T FORGET THE 73RD AUSTRALIAN JAZZ

CONVENTION BEING HELD IN BALLARAT IN

DECEMBER 2018 FOR FURTHER INFOR-

MATION GO TO 2018JAZZCONVEN-

TION.ORG.AU AND HERMAJ.COM

New Year’s Eve AJC Ballarat 2018 will be celebrated at the Ballarat Greyhound Track.All registered badge wear-ing Conventioneers will be entitled to attend the party starting at 8pm, Dinner will be available from 6pm (2 course- Main and Sweets) at a cost of $40 and this can be booked and paid for on Ballarat Tickets. Buses will be supplied to get Conventioneers to and from the venue. The address below to get full details.Cheers Reg Packer https://www.2018jazzconvention.org.au/nye-party.html

Please arrive by 11:45am to be

seated by noon. Serving of our

lunch begins at NOON!

CONTACT MARTIN DIRECT BY E-MAIL BELOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED ……………...BJC G’day , I need to down size soon and have approximately 500 Jazz CDs that I must reluctantly part with . Collected over the years the contents is now on iPods and . Would any of your members be interested ? I have had an offer of of a $1 a go from the local shark but I’d rather they were appreciated rather than be used in a commercial sense .Contents range from the early days [ 1889 ] through to the Stereo era in 1955 fairly comprehensively and limited there after to Ellington and Basie . I’m in Camperdown but spending Christmas at Creswick RACV .I should emphasise here that I want to keep the collection together . There are a small number of favourite LPs as well . Those definitely need a good home . Is any body interested ? martin.trevor@bigpond.com

CHRISTMAS LUNCH WITH BJC AND THE HOT B HINES

Sunday 9th December

11.45am—4pm

At the Ballarat Golf Club

Pre-paid Ticketed entry only

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THERE IS TWO KINDS OF MUSIC,THE GOOD AND THE BAD, I PLAY THE GOOD KIND…Louis Armstrong

Ho, Ho, Ho. It is Christmas Time.

Christmas is upon us already and it seems that the years are passing so

quickly (is it just me or does it seem that way with you as well???).

We are very lucky that we have a local band (well mostly) playing for our

Christmas Gig – the Hot ‘B’ Hines. They were the 2nd band that Maree and I

heard after joining the Ballarat Jazz Club and part of the reason why we defi-

nitely decided that “we love jazz”

We have been treated to many new bands so far this year and I think that

they have all been very good. The Royal Australian Navy Jazz Band that

played at our last Gig, were very refreshing and played many tunes that I had

not heard before. It was quite apparent that they all had exceptional talent

(but isn’t that what you would expect from our Defence Forces??) and, what

about Laura’s huge voice – she was something special. They were quite and

extraordinary group of Sailors.

It won’t be long before we will need to be planning for our AGM (April 2019)

and the election of a new committee. After our Christmas Gig there are only

two more to go as we do not have a Gig in January. The Club is really doing

quite well, and we have had some excellent bands which has encouraged

some good numbers to attend. We already have some excellent bands

booked for early next year, so our future looks very bright but……………. we

still need new committee members to provide fresh ideas and maybe a new

way at looking at old ways.

We have come a long way over the past 7 or 8 years but we have more to do.

Not only do we need to consolidate what we have been able to achieve but

we need to move on and to do this we need those fresh faces with their fresh

ideas. If you think that you can help out in any way, please just come and

see me.

All that said and done, on behalf of the Committee, may I wish you all a very

Merry Christmas. Whether you eat or drink a little too much during your cele-

brations, just make sure you are back with us enjoying Jazz next February.

Your President,

John Bunn

BJC PRESIDENTS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

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WERRIBEE JAZZ CLUB

PENINSULA JAZZ CLUB

Gigs first Saturday of the month

Vines Road Community Centre 49 Vines Rd, Hamlyn Heights

BOOKINGS: Noreen 0410466251 Susie 52828330

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SOUTH GIPPSLAND JAZZ CLUB 2nd Sunday of Month at Inverloch RSL 2-4.30pm

ENQUIRIES : Neville 56742166

Club Night— First & Second Saturday

Clayton RSL 163 Carinish Rd, Clayton

BOOKINGS: Rhonda 98748870 Elspeth: 0425735428

Third Saturday of Month—RSL Chirnside Park,

Werribee .BOOKINGS: Neville 0428544943

Third Friday of the month—Patterson Lakes

Community Centre

BOOKINGS Dave 97726502

16th December—Belle Musette

BOOKINGS : Jill 0417416300

Banjos Restaurent, Moe RSL

BOOKINGS: Bruce 51743516

4th Sunday of the month—Gigs: 03

93971885

Bookings: Joy 93976198 Karen

3-6 December—Norfolk Island Jazz Festival

26-31 December—73rd Australian Jazz

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