40 — Centralian Advocate, Friday, September 27, 2013
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Having a great time in rehearsal and preparing for the Alice Springs Palliative Care Services fundraiser on Sunday arePaul Box on his circa 1930s vibraphone, Nicola Gilham on piano, vocalist Robyn Manley and Olga Radke on the organ.
Joining them on the day will be Peter Gilham, Callum Kruske, Peta Boon and Kate West Picture: BARRY SKIPSEY
Classic sound on tapCorey Sinclair
THE sound of music willbring the old LutheranChurch to life on Sunday aslocal musicians present aMusical Afternoon.
Organiser Olga Radkesaid the idea for the event
originated when she en-countered two of hermusician friends at a localrestaurant.
‘‘I walked in and they said‘come and join us’ but I said‘no, I’m starving for culture,not food’.
‘‘We haven’t had any
classical afternoons orplayed music together for awhile.
‘‘There are people aroundwho play but we haven’tpromoted and it needssomeone to take the initiat-ive to do it.’’
Mrs Radke hopes theevent will encourage otherlocal classical musicians tocome forward, as well aspeople with a love of musicwho want to see an array ofold instruments.
‘‘We have this little reedorgan that people alwaysask how does it work?’’ shesaid.
‘‘But they were very pop-ular up to World War IIuntil technology came inand electronic instrumentsreplaced them.
‘‘They were phased outand are in museums now.There are probably a fewaround town but not manythat work.’’
Although the MusicalAfternoon is a one-off, MrsRadke did not rule out mak-ing it an ongoing activity if itproves popular.
‘‘We thought we’d intro-duce Paul and his instru-ment which is unique,’’ shesaid.
‘‘Nicola and I used to playduets together 14 years agobut now everyone is doingtheir own thing so wethought let’s do it.’’
Originally coming to Cen-tral Australia to work atHermannsburg alongsideher pastor husband in 1965,Mrs Radke fell in love withthe area.
‘‘My husband was aLutheran pastor during aninterim time when they
couldn’t get anyone,’’ shesaid.
‘‘While we were there, wehad a wonderful musicalexperience and took a choirof 23 people down to SouthAustralia and Victoria, andthe tradition of singing hascontinued.’’
After her husband passedaway, Mrs Radke becameinvolved in support workincluding 10 years of volun-teer work in the BarossaValley.
All proceeds raised from aMusical Afternoon will gotowards palliative care andthe support of people withterminal illnesses.
‘‘We can’t do without palli-ative care,’’ Mrs Radke said.
‘‘They are quiet achieversand we all will be in palli-ative care at some stage.’’
Mrs Radke decided to re-turn to Central Australiaafter her daughter asked ifshe had ever consideredcoming back.
‘‘I have family here and Ihaven’t regretted it becauseI can now be involved in(collecting) the history ofHermannsburg from 1888and I don’t have to go awayfor holidays,’’ she said.
‘‘I just go back in time.’’
Mrs Radke said CentralAustralia’s senior commun-ity keep quite busy, whichshe loves.
‘‘I can’t keep up with thosein their 90s,’’ she said.
‘ ‘ I t ’ s healthy . Veryhealthy.’’
A Musical Afternoon willrun from 2pm on Sunday atthe old Lutheran Church onthe corner of Gap Rd andStrehlow St.
Tommy’s backto sing a tuneMonika O'Hanlon
T W O - T I M E G r a m m ynominee, and one of Austra-lia’s most internationally re-spected musicians, TommyEmmanuel is kicking off hisLive and Acoustic Tour inAlice Springs at the AraluenArts Centre on November 1.
With a professional careerspanning over five decades,and relentless touring,Emmanuel has garneredhundreds of thousands ofloyal fans worldwide. Thesuperstar is currently tour-ing overseas, and will bedoing an Asian tour beforecoming to Alice Springs.
Emmanuel, who has livedin and visited Alice Springsnumerous times, said he waslooking forward to comingback, as the last time he wasin town was in 1994.
‘‘The first time I came toAlice Springs was about1963, I was based there withmy family and had a councilh o u s e f o r a w h i l e , ’ ’Emmanuel said.
‘‘Years later I came backwith some different artists,and was living in a caravanpark.
‘‘We played out at all the
missions and settlements,we did all of them out there.’’
The audience will be in fora treat with Emmanuel’snew show, which is a soloconcert where he will playmusic which spans acrosshis life.
Be entranced by hisunique style, playing guitarthe way a pianist playspiano, using all ten fingers.Rather than using a bandfor melody, rhythm, bassand drum parts, Emmanuelplays all these and more onone guitar.
‘‘Alice is one of the mostunique towns in Australia,surrounded by the MacDon-nell Ranges, it’s just abeautiful place in Austra-lia,’’ Emmanuel said.
‘‘I’m hoping to catch upwith some of my old friendsthat were there when I wasliving in town.’’
Tommy Emmanuel will beplaying at the Araluen ArtsCentre on Friday, Novem-ber 1, from 8.00pm. Ticketsare $69.90 for an adult, and$49.90 for a child. Contactthe Araluen Arts CentreBox Office on 8951 1122 tobook your tickets.
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