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Power to the people’s music Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au THE People Place Music Club’s ‘Big as Texas Concert’ is getting bigger each year. Organiser Jamez Harrison said preparations for the fourth annual concert to be held next month are well underway. Mr Harrison said five peninsula music clubs get together each year for a good old fashioned hoedown. “The concert features a mixture of porch music, folk, blues, country music and basically all kinds of music,” he said. The bill includes The Chris Newman Show, Veranda Music Club, Peninsula Folk Club, Fathers of the Chapel, Berwick Music Club and The People Place Music Club members. The People Place Music Club - much like Cuba’s legendary Buena Vista Social Club - is a welcoming place for musicians to meet and exchange ideas, play together and encourage the less experienced to get up on stage. “We have had everything from carpenters ‘playing’ hacksaws to 90-yearold strippers,” Mr Harrison said. It is to be hoped the two acts do not share a stage at the same time for health and safety reasons. The club was established 15 years ago and Mr Harrison, a livewire 60 year old, has been involved for the past four years after retirement. “I love it – it’s a great way to meet so many enthusiastic people who have talent in musical spades.” He also volunteers to visit nursing homes and psychiatric institutions to
Instrumental as anything: Violinist Sally Carter (front) and (seated from left) Kath Walker of Chovies, Jamez Harrison, The James Gang’s John James and mandolin player Pam James get ready to be on song at July’s Big As Texas concert. Picture: Yanni
“try to cheer people up” by playing banjo, piano, keyboards and several other instruments. He’s a veritable one-man band and force of cheerful nature. “I also go busking in Frankston. I haven’t got much money but I’ve been very blessed in life,” Mr Harrison said.
“Much as I love Judge Judy, I couldn’t face sitting at home every day watching daytime TV after I retired.” Tickets for The People Place Music Club’s ‘Big As Texas’ concert to be held on Sunday 20 July, 1pm-4.30pm at Mahogany Neighbourhood Centre, 26 Mahogany Ave, Frankston North
are available for $8 each (concessions $6). Call 9786 1445. All proceeds go to the peninsula music clubs to help with running costs. See a preview of the Big As Texas concert on Frankston TV’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com
Man crushed by 2 tonne lathe A 56-year-old Frankston South man was seriously injured when a 2 tonne metal lathe fell on top of him. Police said the man had been attempting to unload the bulky lathe from the back of a trailer in the driveway of his Towerhill Rd home about 11.30am on Thursday when it fell over on top of him. The man had just purchased the lathe and was transporting it back to his home in a hire trailer. “For some reason, yet to be established, he removed the trailer from the car then got in the rear of the trailer,” Senior Sergeant Michael Lamb of Frankston Police said. “The trailer tipped up, the lathe slipped, hit the man, and pinned him across his pelvis. “He was air lifted to the Alfred Hospital with serious injuries. His condition is stable.” Frankston SES controller Phil Holt it had taken more than 45 minutes to remove the lathe from on top of the man due to “penetrating injuries”. “It was a complicated operation for our crew because of the weight of the object and also because part of it had penetrated the victim,” Mr Holt said. “He was still inside the trailer, pinned between the bed of the trailer and the lathe, and was there for about 15 minutes before we arrived. “He was conscious throughout the operation but obviously in a fair amount of pain. We’re not sure of the extent of his injuries but they don’t appear to have been lethal. “He’s certainly a very lucky man. He could easily have been killed.” Chris Brennan
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