Has it been 30 years and where are we all now. I was lucky 6 weeks ago my dad (you know thee guy that had to put up with you all in that double decker bus) contacted me and told me Brenda was trying to track me down as the was a Genesis Reunion.
I finally got in touch with Rick to arrange a time to meet him. Well this was not to be I ended up in intensive care at St Vincents - Toowoomba. I recovered quick and got to meet Rick.
We had a great time and talked about the past. Since then I have meet Leo and Di so now I am looking forward to meeting you all on the 16th June. Who am I Jeff your Sound Technician.
Jeff originally posted this as a comment on 9th April 2007
Thursday, 3 May 2007
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Hello everyone, it's Rick Ireland here
Hello everyone, it's Rick Ireland here. I had to go under the 'Anonymous Option' as it would not accept the 'comments' any other way! I'm still trying to figure this 'blog thing' out! Amazing to look at these pics of the Empire and to think back to when we performed GENESIS and BOTTOM's ... all those years ago! Since living back in Toowoomba for the last 13 years or so,I've been to quite a few productions at the Empire Theatre, and I often think back to my experiences of Darling Downs Youth Theatre. All good of course! In fact I often share with people how 'life changing' those 2 years of DDYT were for me. It gave me the medicine that I 'much needed' in my life back then, and the artistic and therapeutic value for me was immense. I moved to Melbourne in 1979 and spent nine years there. During some of that time I was contracted to Arena Theatre and Handspan Theatre Companies, as an actor, touring plays Australia wide, performing in Festivals and Schools. It was great experience. I also did the occassional televison gig back then,as well as playing a BAT on a Children's Radio Series called BANGOTCHER JUNCTION. We recored 65 eps and it was sold to the BBC. That was fun! Never dreamt I'd play a bat, but now that I think about it, I was an Armadillo in GENESIS and played a WOMBAT in a TIE show on the environment once!!
I worked as a barman at a few hotels/restaurants in Melbourne over the nine years. The Chevron Hotel was one place I worked and back then it was one of the top spots for quality live bands. So I got to sing and groove to some of the best musicians while pouring beers & shaking cocktails. I also worked at a very popular Jazz Pub, and again I was able to experience some of the best Jazz performers from O/S and Aus. Great hospitality gigs! I kept in touch with Judy White (Acting team Genesis) and Deb Little (Secretary Genesis)when in Melbourne and am still great mates with Deb. Unfortunately I do not know where Judy is anymore. Still trying to find her. Deb lives in Melb and visits Toowoomba often, as her Mum is in a nursing home here. So that's it for my blog rave, for now. Karyn Simmons suggested that we share something of our lives on the BLOG and I thought that was a great suggestion. If you are reading this, maybe you could consider sharing something? Until next time, wishing all the very best of everything! Kind regards,
Rick.
Rick originally posted this as a comment
I worked as a barman at a few hotels/restaurants in Melbourne over the nine years. The Chevron Hotel was one place I worked and back then it was one of the top spots for quality live bands. So I got to sing and groove to some of the best musicians while pouring beers & shaking cocktails. I also worked at a very popular Jazz Pub, and again I was able to experience some of the best Jazz performers from O/S and Aus. Great hospitality gigs! I kept in touch with Judy White (Acting team Genesis) and Deb Little (Secretary Genesis)when in Melbourne and am still great mates with Deb. Unfortunately I do not know where Judy is anymore. Still trying to find her. Deb lives in Melb and visits Toowoomba often, as her Mum is in a nursing home here. So that's it for my blog rave, for now. Karyn Simmons suggested that we share something of our lives on the BLOG and I thought that was a great suggestion. If you are reading this, maybe you could consider sharing something? Until next time, wishing all the very best of everything! Kind regards,
Rick.
Rick originally posted this as a comment
Rob Kingham has kindly offered to be the MC for the evening
Excellent news!!!! In case you have not seen the news, here is a copy of the email broadcast from the reunion organisers, Rick & Michelle:
Hello everyone!
Well not long now until our reunion!! June 16th! (Attached is another invite just incase you need it).
Leo Keane and Jeff Williams are working on a WEBPAGE especially for our reunion purposes. They are also going to set up some technology on the night so that we can view pics, interviews, music etc. Thankyou very much to Jeff and Leo for their efforts.
Rob Kingham has kindly offered to be the MC for the evening, so a big thankyou to Rob!!
Andrea Dye, Brenda Liesegang and Rick Ireland have supplied photographs from their photo albums and you can check these photos out by going to www.ddyt.blogspot.com/
It would be great if you could add some comments to the blog also, as this is what it's all about. This is a great way to hear from you all before the reunion and this could simply be a HELLO, or you may wish to share more extensively about what you've been up to?
The RSVP's are coming in (over 12 so far) but their are still many more of you that have said that you will be attending the reunion, but have not yet paid or RSVP'd. Please do this as soon as you can so that we can confirm numbers with the Empire Theatre for catering purposes.
Until we meet again!
Kind regards,
Rick and Michelle.
If you have not received this email or your invitation please contact Rick via email or phone with your contact details and he will send your invitation.
Rick's phone: 07 4635 8590
Rick's mobile: 0417 716 261
Rick's email: solar9 (at) bigpond (dot) com
Genesis email: DDYT (dot) Genesis (at) gmail (dot) com
(remember to replace the (dot) and (at) with the keyboard character - we're trying our best to avoid 'bots' that scour the web harvesting email addresses for spamming purposes)
Hello everyone!
Well not long now until our reunion!! June 16th! (Attached is another invite just incase you need it).
Leo Keane and Jeff Williams are working on a WEBPAGE especially for our reunion purposes. They are also going to set up some technology on the night so that we can view pics, interviews, music etc. Thankyou very much to Jeff and Leo for their efforts.
Rob Kingham has kindly offered to be the MC for the evening, so a big thankyou to Rob!!
Andrea Dye, Brenda Liesegang and Rick Ireland have supplied photographs from their photo albums and you can check these photos out by going to www.ddyt.blogspot.com/
It would be great if you could add some comments to the blog also, as this is what it's all about. This is a great way to hear from you all before the reunion and this could simply be a HELLO, or you may wish to share more extensively about what you've been up to?
The RSVP's are coming in (over 12 so far) but their are still many more of you that have said that you will be attending the reunion, but have not yet paid or RSVP'd. Please do this as soon as you can so that we can confirm numbers with the Empire Theatre for catering purposes.
Until we meet again!
Kind regards,
Rick and Michelle.
If you have not received this email or your invitation please contact Rick via email or phone with your contact details and he will send your invitation.
Rick's phone: 07 4635 8590
Rick's mobile: 0417 716 261
Rick's email: solar9 (at) bigpond (dot) com
Genesis email: DDYT (dot) Genesis (at) gmail (dot) com
(remember to replace the (dot) and (at) with the keyboard character - we're trying our best to avoid 'bots' that scour the web harvesting email addresses for spamming purposes)
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Web Album update - images from Andrea Dye
Has it been that long since my last post?? Guess the batteries in my calendar have gone flat:)
Guys check out the new album that has been added to the Genesis web album site. Andrea has captured some great memories. Thanks for your contribution Andrea!
My apologies for the delay. Andrea forwarded me the images in March and I've only just managed to get the album uploaded before the end of April - in the mean time the earth has managed to hurtle another 104 million kilometers in its orbit around the sun - shame on me!! - hmmm perhaps it was travel sickness? Anyway I shall try to atone for my slackness with more regular posts given that we are just over a month away from the reunion.
Album - Andrea Dye
Guys check out the new album that has been added to the Genesis web album site. Andrea has captured some great memories. Thanks for your contribution Andrea!
My apologies for the delay. Andrea forwarded me the images in March and I've only just managed to get the album uploaded before the end of April - in the mean time the earth has managed to hurtle another 104 million kilometers in its orbit around the sun - shame on me!! - hmmm perhaps it was travel sickness? Anyway I shall try to atone for my slackness with more regular posts given that we are just over a month away from the reunion.
Album - Andrea Dye
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