Fun times in Feburary

We finished January off with a bang bopping along to the great music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons when we went to see The Jersy Boys at the Princess Theatre. We had a great night and can highly recommend it when it comes to a theatre near you.

The following Saturday night we walked up the road to the new home of the Melbourne Theatre Company and had a change of pace seeing the play 'The Swimming Club' with John Waters & Angela Punch Macgregor. Set on a Greek Isalnd it was a very entertaining story. It was a good night and the Bailey's Cheesecake after the show finished it off just perfectly. Very bad for us but yummy.

The next weekend I deserted Bill and joined Mum for the weekend at Halls Gap for the Grampian's Jazz Festival. Just like last time we had a ball and thoroughly enjoyed the four days we spent there. Whilst most of the time I was in the main Marquee with the Trad Jazz, I did wander and see some of the other bands featuring Jump, Jive, Swing and Mainstream Jazz. Each night we joined the many others in the coffee shop while the muso's just 'jammed' and entertained us into the wee small hours. Luckily home was just a 5 min walk away from the coffee shop.

With about 5000 people descending on the tiny town of Halls Gap for the 4 days the festival is an amazing thing to be part of. About 50 bands play over 9 venues during the festival and keep everyone entertained. With a forecast that looked glum the Gods decided to be kind to us and we had beautiful weather for the whole 4 days. Blue skies & sunshine with mild days made for a great time for everyone there. The spectacular scenery of the Grampians combined with the music at every turn makes for a magical weekend. You can't help but enjoy every moment. We did.

With the festival finishing at 6.00pm on Sunday one of the highlights was the picnic tea where a group of Musicians joined the party and played for 3 hours until it was too dark to see anymore. They had played all weekend in many combinations but seemed like they could not stop at all. At one stage there were 10 of them all having a great time as were all of us lucky listeners. What a night.

It was very hard to leave on Monday morning to come home but all good things have to come to an end. Back to work on Tuesday and a 5 min catch up with Bill before he headed of to SA for the next few days. I got 3 nights R & R before the challenge of the next weekend. More later

until next time.........