Never Forget You (Loosely Woven)

Sonia Bennett (vocals, guitar)
Barbara Braithwaite (vocals)
Robin Cant (violin, guitar, vocals)
Kristy Dickson (vocals)
Noni Dickson (harp, vocals, percussion)
Helena Douglas (vocals)
Eric Eisler (mandolin, drums, guitar, vocals)
Mikey Floyd (viola, vocals, percussion)
Ian Hamilton (vocals)
Sandra Hava (vocals)
Bee Higgins (clarinets, vocals)
Lynette Johnson (vocals)
Cathy Kirk (trumpet, vocals)
Jan Kirk (piano, vocals)
Gial Leslie (vocals, glockenspiel, harmonium)
John Macrae (recorders, clarinets, sax, vocals)
Rima Muir (vocals, drums, percussion)
Samantha O'Brien (flute, saxophone, vocals)
Wayne Richmond (k/bd, concertinas, vocals)
Pat Russell (vocals)
Jill Stubington (conductor, piano)
Roddy Vincent (vocals)
Meredith Williams (vocals, flute)

Thora Thomas

7pm Friday 16th August 2013 (for Amnesty)

4pm Sun 18th Aug (for Heart/Lung Transplants)

A free, light-hearted, folky sort of acoustic concert/cabaret . . .

Loosely Woven is a community based group of people who put together and perform two to three brand new shows each year. 'Never Forget You' is the second of these for 2013 with 23 instrumentalists and singers.

The concert is dedicated to the memory of Denis Kevans (1939-2005), Australia's 'Poet Lorikeet' and will feature the glorious voice of Denis's musical partner, Sonia Bennett. The concert's title comes from the opening song based on Denis's powerful poem about the empty promises made to the people of East Timor by the Australian authorities after the 2nd World War.

The program features a number of original songs by Sonia Bennett and Denis Kevans including: Lock the gates', Sonia's protest against the environmentally devasting practice of coal-seam mining, 'Duck Shooting Season', Denis's hilarious but topical take on 'hunters', 'Bogong Ranges' Billie Wye's beautiful homage to a particularly wonderful part of Australia's bushland set to music by Sonia Sonia's setting of Henry Lawson's poem 'Flour Bin'

Also performing in this concert for the first time for a while is Ian Hamilton who will be singing two of his own songs - one his setting of Henry Lawson's poem 'Ned Kelly's Smiling Eyes' which refers to the painting made of Ned shortly before his execution. The other, 'Amy's Song', he wrote for his granddaughter.

Other songs include: Kevin Murray's 'Our Dying Reef' which laments the fate of our Great Barrier Reef, Roy Oribison's 'Crying', 'Sisters' - the fun duet from 'White Christmas', the rock 'n roll classic 'Boppin' the Blues' and the magnificent 'O Happy Day' (made famous in 'Sister Act' ).

Instruments this time will include flutes, harp, clarinets, saxophones, trumpet, recorders, violin, viola, glockenspiel, guitars, mandolin, concertinas, accordion, keyboard and percussion. Full details are available on the Loosely Woven web site (looselywoven.org).

Owing to Council restrictions there will once again be only two performances in Humph Hall as well as numerous others elsewhere in Sydney (see the 'Never Forget You' web site for details.)

See YouTube clips taken of this concert.