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Hi Folks,

Welcome to our world

 

Well here's a surprise that just changed my life.

Jan & I were invited to the 2010 Legends of Aussie Rock Gala Concert & dinner to be held at the Adelaide Entertaiment Centre on Friday the 23rd of July 2010.

 

 

Before the night was over I had been presented with the inaugural

Living Legends Trophy, which certainly changed the colour of my night.

 

 

I ended the show singing with Jon English conducting the Australian Youth Choir and Fiona Boyes, singing (Jon's choice),

 

 

"You Cant Always Get What You Want"

"But you always get what you need"

 

thanks

Tim Kowalick & Team at tk events and touring.

 

 

Tarrin, Jan & Barrie

 

For photos of the night (posted 5th August 2010) please link to:

2010 Legends of Aussie Rock

 

Everyone close to me kept it a secret for 3 months, must have nearly killed them.

I wondered why my phone had gone a little quiet.

The photos of my shock and surprise looks on my face say it all.

(An award for What? Why? from Who?), * a nip of brandy please*

 

Stop Press

Levi Smith's Clefs

Rock of Ages 3 concert

Melbourne:

8.00pm, Friday 29th October / Palms Room, Crown Casino, Melbourne:

Barrie McAskill: A.K.A. "Levi Smith" Vocal: (www.mcaskill.com.au)

Jan McAskill: Vocal: (Levis: Topsy & The Bear: Last two Levis reunions)

Les Stacpool: Guitar & Vocal: (Original Levis, The Chessmen & the Browns)

Gil Matthews: Drums: (Original Levis, the Impacts, Billy Thorpe, Richard Clapton)

Billy Kristian: Bass & Vocal: (Max Merritt, Ray Columbus, Last two Levis Reunions)

Warren Morgan Keyboard: (Chain, John Paul Youngs All Stars, Last two Levis Reunions)

Adelaide:

Barrie McAskill's Living Legends

No dates as yet.

Barrie McAskill: A.K.A. "Levi Smith" Vocal & Guitar: (www.mcaskill.com.au)

Jan McAskill: Vocal & Keyboards: (Levis: www.mcaskill.com.au)

Barry Harvey: Drums: (Levis, Chain, Mighty Mouse)

Bob Jeffery: Saxophone: (Original Levis, the Penny Rockets & the Hi-Marks)

Les Stacpool: Guitar & Vocal: (Original Levis, The Chessmen & the Browns)

John (Yuk) Harrison: Bass: (Original Levis, Max Merritt & Ray Columbus)

 

I have been booked to appear with Sandi on:

ADELAIDE YOU’RE A LADY
With Sandi McMenamin and guests Barrie McAskill and Aloysius Leeson
OOTS Matinee Series September 2010

Shedley Theatre
Monday 6 September 2010 1.30pm
2 X 40 min shows with 40 min interval

Marion Cultural Centre
Tuesday 7 September 2010 11.00am
1 x 70 min show

Arts Centre Port Noarlunga
Wednesday 8 September 2010 11.00am
1 x 70 min show

Golden Grove Arts Centre
Thursday 9 September 2010 2.00pm
2 X 40 min shows + 20 min interval

Parks Centre Theatre Two
Friday 10 September 2010 11.00am
1 X 70 min show

Star Theatres
Tuesday 14 September 2010 2.00pm
2 X 40 min shows + 20 min interval

Barossa Arts & Convention Centre
Wednesday 15 September 2010 11.00am
1 X 70 min show

Well our lives are very full of projects, Jan has joined an organization called “The Independent Music Tutors” and now services East Adelaide School, Sturt Street Community School and Plympton Primary School also the Fremont, Elizabeth City High School. She has 60 students that she coaches in singing or piano, so her time has become fairly tight.

Jan has also created a niche in the spruikers market and has been hired to spruik for many varied business houses here in Adelaide; She has also been the voice for the S.A. Education Department's "Learning Centre" for the last 4 years at the Royal Adelaide Show. Jan has developed a large clientele in the Community Clubs & Retirement homes with her singalong shows.

We are still doing Duo gigs around the traps and playing many 50^th & 60^th Birthday Parties (Great market, minimum amount of fuss and well looked after). If I'm offered a respectable budget I make a few phone calls and take a band with me.

We've played two Drifters Reunions, The Princeton Club Reunion, two Leafy Sea Dragon Festivals, David Day's S.A. Hall of Fame, S.A. Folk Club Festival, Two Levi Smith's Clefs Reunions in Melbourne, two S.A. Music History Hunters fund raisers, (an organization which I founded) and many local venues, Clubs, Pubs, Telephone Box openings... etc....

I personally have become a computer nerd and can now burn and package CDs. I can also take music off tapes and vinyl records and convert them onto my hard drive, edit and burn onto CDs. The next task is to hook up a video recorder and be able to convert tracks to burn DVDs. I now have a six channel Beringer mixing desk and Alesis mini verb hooked into my computer and can record directly on to a Cakewalk program which allows us to record at home when ever the mood strikes. We have produced and sold jingles, what a pleasure to be able to do this from home. I have been employed to do voice overs for agencies here in Adelaide, this keeps me on my toes, it's a great challenge to be able to create a hit advertisement and one has 27 seconds of time.

I have also created our own website and have thoroughly enjoyed this challenge. There are still a few things to get together but I suppose a website is a never ending project. There are plenty of samples of our songs and jingles and our musical history is straight from the horse’s mouth. We hope to sell a few CDs on the way. I am at the moment learning to take our site up and down and learning the Dream Weaver program with the help of Tim Kowalick (tk events & touring) tim@tket.com.au , thanks Tim.

 

Well that’s the story till now, stay healthy and we hope to see you all some where in the future. Keep the force alive.

Our finest regards,

Cheers,

Barrie & Jan.