The Club Members Special Concerts are an invitation to members to perform individually or in groups for the rest of the club, for up to thirty minutes. There has been a very gratifying response with nine groups and individuals wanting to play. The lineup looked so good that  we’ve decided to do TWO concerts, one on the 24th of May and one on the 17th of May, as the second part of the Open Mic Night, depending on whether a fourth performer responds in time.

Sunday 17 May, 8pm

Toi Poneke

67 Abel Smith St

Featuring club members guitarist Frank Boardman performing original songs; Charles Harter, multi instrumentalist and composer, performing from his recently released CD; guitarist well-known John Sutherland, performing songs from cetic, jazz and bues roots; Luke Parker and friends performing reggae-folk-soul funkie songs!

Sunday 24 May, 8pm

Toi Poneke

67 Abel Smith St

Featuring club members 'Cousin Mary'  band with lyrics ranging from Neil Young & Otis Redding to their own originals; Ron Craig, Andrea Coop, & Christine Roseveare with celtic folk and country offerings; accomplished balladeer Tony Hillyard drawing from his 30 years with Folk Clubs in NZ & the British Isles; Ruth, Gerard, & Christine with their eclectic mix of traditional style and contemporary songs; and The Magpies whose well known acapella harmonies will be embellished by 5 voices and a bit o' nifty guitar work.

Sunday 26 April, 8pm

Toi Poneke

67 Abel Smith St

Mike Harding Mike grew up in and around Eketahuna in the 1950's and 1960's. In the 1970's University and High School teaching competed with the guitar and the urge to travel. A musical apprenticeship in the streets, markets and clubs of Auckland in the early 1980's was followed by his "Time on the Road" decade, taking his all- Kiwi, solo acoustic shows to all corners of New Zealand and partts of Australia and Britain. Seeing home from over the seas strengthened a sense of identity and inspired the search for songs that tell our own stories. His need to know more about the songs he was singing and recording led to the 1992 publi- cation of "When the Pakeha Sings of Home", Mike's source guide to the folk and popular songs of New Zea- land. Mike's    tenth    recording    "Past    to    the    Present", is drawn from some of his homegrown    repertoire    recorded    and    broadcast to New Zealand by National Radio in the 1990's.