With our regular columnist, local musician Dr Michael Whiticker
As regular supporters of the Glasshouse Musos will know, we are no longer running the monthly event – Muzika at the Maleny RSL, but as hoped it has risen, phoenix like from the ashes, and returned to the willing arms of Club Acoustic. You’d need to be something of a local music historian to be aware of this, but Club Acoustic ran the event for 6 or 7 years at the Maleny RSL, and when its driving force Jacinta Foale decided she needed to let it go, rather than have it die, the Musos stepped up and ran it for the last 2 years. It was a smooth transition then as the Musos had been providing PA for Club Acoustic and similarly moving back to Jacinta now, the Musos will once again provide PA.
We are so pleased that Jacinta has returned to the fray replenished, (its a big gig to coordinate) and sensibly she will now run it every second month. Club Acoustic opened March 7, and will continue May 4th, July 4th, Sept 5th, Nov 7th. These are the first Thursday of every second month except Saturday May 4 where Rob Kann and Jacinta, with catering support from Welcome to Maleny’s Refugee Support and Advocacy group, will be putting on a special concert to help raise funds for Hazara Women for Change.
The Maleny RSL is a superb venue, the management very supportive of live music and the first Thursday night is established in the music diary, so if you are a devotee of folk music (poetry, social capital and dance) check out our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/groups/musosclub/ for updates or sign on to our monthly Glasshouse Musos Newsletter to be reminded of Club Acoustic events (contact whitickerm@bigpond.com).
Taking this opportunity to promote events we are running, you can’t go past the Glasshouse Musos at Beerwah Hotel, with our (booked) Open Mic from 6.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month, and our Four Act Night on the forth Tuesday of the month. The Musos are also booked to provide sound and lighting production for a series of shows at The Barn in Samford, for Porch Blues at Caboolture Historical Village and the House of Blues at the newly renovated Vogue Theatre in Nambour on the third Thursday of the month. These are all top events with outstanding local, interstate and international artists, so do check out our newsletter for up to date info and and bookings.
