Hello again, from Rex and
Noelene Franklin.
First-off, our sincere
congratulations to the Wellington group THE CATTLESTOPS, for having several
tracks featured in the movie "Second-hand wedding".Well-done guys.
ROGER TIBBS is at present in
Canada, after an invitation from the organisers of The Calgary Stampede, and
that also is great news. We were lucky enough to catch him on Television's
"Good Morning" show, and Roger and Denise are two very happy
people. Well-deserved, Roger.
Several local singers and
promoters are booked for the Old Time Country Music Festival in Iowa in
August, and they'll have a ball.
We have been asked over there
several times, and if our bank balance had been healthier, and we'd been a
bit younger, we might have been there too, but as they say, "Thems the
breaks".
Something that is a real plus
for us avid Country Music people, is the fact that "PLAINS FM" can
now be heard on the Internet, by keying www.plainsfm.org.nz on
Tuesdays at 5pm for Lorraine and Malcolm's Country Show, and " Annette's
Heart of the Country" every Thursday between 4 and 5.30pm. New Zealand
standard Time. These are very good shows, and on both shows, you'll
hear some good old (and new) Country Music. This station
broadcasts from Christchurch.
You'll hear regulars
like EDDIE O'STRANGE, MERV WALTERS, RITCHIE ROBERTS, and sometimes you'll
hear other guest presenters like PETER BANKS, and these programmes should
not be missed, if you are able to tune-in.
Noelene and I have been doing
a few shows, like the JOHNNY MORRIS TRIBUTE SHOW in Hawera in May, where
followers from all over the North Island attended, and there was the Central
Hawkes Bay Country Music Club's 20th Anniversary Celebrations held in
Waipawa, which was a real success. Guest Artists from the past 20 years were
invited, and I believe eleven of those groups, or individuals, were able to
attend. They included Country singers, GRAEME AND JANICE FITZSIMONS
from New Plymouth, MURRAY McPHERSON from Hawera, BRIAN FAIRGRIEVES from
HAWKES BAY, DOT EDWARDSON AND SHIRLEY DAVIES, a Mother and Daughter duo, (we
recorded a song called "A Child in Me", on one of our albums, and
that was written by Dot, then known as Dot Davies) NOELENE and myself,
ballad singers DENNIS AUGUST , and BURT HURA, and an alternative-styled
artist, BOB PHILLIPS. LIN AND BRIAN BURKIN were
booked to appear, but had to cancel.
We are flying to Nelson for
our son Terry's birthday on the 11th of July, and our twin granddaughters'
21st birthday on the 12th, (Gemma and Hannah) and we will be doing guest
spots at the club days of The Waimea Country Music Club, and the Stoke
Old-Time Country Music Club, on Sunday the 13th. Really looking
forward to the weekend.
Then the following weekend,
we have been asked to guest at the Kapimana Country Music Club's 30th
Anniversary Celebrations, that is the 19th and 20th of July, where we look
forward to catching-up with the likes of RITCHIE and BRIONY ROBERTS,
ANN BUSH, MERV. and GAIL WALTERS, and a host of other very nice
people, like GAIL and BARRY ANSETT, etc.
So until next time, keep
it Country, and try to stay healthy.
Rex Franklin
Graeme and Janice
Fitzsimons |
Brian Fairgrieves
and Murray McPherson |
Dot Edwardson and
Shirley Davies, |
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