Spotlight on The Shadz...

  Play 'Apache Match'. Pick your moment to start the music below, and see
how closely you can line up the music beat with the spotlight sequence.

(Or, click on the pic above to go to Shadz member bios.)

  

Hoppin' to the beach!

 

No sooner do we get home from the Matakohe Music & Arts Festival (Sun, 5 Jan.) than we're back on the road again - this time, south-east and over the Coromandel Range to surfside Whangamata, home of the legendary annual "Beach Hop" events.

We're really looking forward to this gig because the town should be still packed with summer holidaymakers and the Whangamata Club is also home to one of NZ's most active and enthusiastic rock'n'roll dance clubs, the Coastal Rockers.

The New Year begins here...

Matakohe 2013: Tom Sharplin backed by Shadz members plus Karen Davy (vocals), Ray Eade (bass), Peter Wood (piano), Keri Betti (harp)

How to get there: After Kaiwaka, heading north on SH1, turn left before Brynderwyn Hill onto SH12 to Dargaville. Proceed through Maungatoroto and Paparoa Village. After crossing two single-lane bridges, watch for Matakohe Kauri Museum sign. At entrance to Matakohe East Rd, turn hard left into Barlow Lane. [Click maps to enlarge]

 

Westward Ho-Ho-Ho!

And, that's it for the year. Shane & The Shadz rounded out 2013 with a "Christmas Party" gig at New Lynn RSA, in West Auckland, last Saturday night. Great turnout at an excellent venue.

Time now to change some strings, slip into some shorts, eat, drink and be Merry with family and friends, see in the New Year and get relaxed and ready to hit the road north for our first 2014 outing - a return to the Matakohe Music & Arts Festival - on Sunday, 5 Jan.
 
The Shadz (Garry, Peter, Alistair & Graham) and Shane wish you a very Merry Christmas, a pleasant break and a Happy New Year!

 

BoP-along capacity!

Sellout success

 

Last Sunday's Entertainers Club 'Christmas Showcase Concert' in Tauranga was a blast - for Shane & The Shadz and, going by patrons' reactions and feedback, for all who were lucky (early) enough to score a ticket. 

For, we've just learned that a lengthy queue of hopefuls had to be turned away at the door to the Citz Club because the upstairs venue was packed to legal capacity before our three-hour show kicked off at 5pm.

 

Hopefully, we'll be back in the BoP (Bay of Plenty), soon, and those who missed out on a wonderful event will get another chance to bop-along to our renditions of classic Cliff Richard & The Shadows favourites.

JRO (jiving room only)

They even ran short of chairs! Fortunately, a goodly proportion of the capacity crowd were up on the dance floor throughout the show, so it's likely that some chair-share activity occurred.

Thanks to the Entertainers Club for inviting us, the organizing crew for the sound, and everyone who so enthusiastically sang, clapped and danced along. We can't wait to do it again.

Hokianga Garden Party!

A mecca for local Hokianga musos and visiting entertainers: Bruce Walker's idyllic 'Soundgarden' at Kohukohu

"For Auld Slang Rhyme, my dear"

(Apologies to Robbie Burns. Note: No "Burns Marvin" guitars were used in the making of this commercial.)

 

This British TV commercial cleverly played on the popular adoption of "I'm 'ank Marvin" as Cockney rhyming slang for "I'm starvin'". Enjoy!

  

"We're going where the sun shines brightly, going where the sea is blue..."

One down, two to go. Hope you can join us at one of these pre-Christmas events. First up - beside the sea in sunny Tauranga:

• Sun. Dec. 15 - from 5.00 pm

  Shane & The Shadz Christmas Show
  
  Entertainers Club, Tauranga
  (Venue: Citizens Club, 170 13th Ave)
  facebook.com/taurangaentertainersclub

• Sat. Dec. 21 -  from 8.00 pm

  Shane & The Shadz Christmas Party
  
  New Lynn RSA, Auckland
  Email Shane: muzikman@xtra.co.nz
  
  

Wow!

"Strat-a-Claus" dropped in (Photo Credit: Marian Burns)

What a brilliant day at Lloyd Davis' Te Kowhai "rock'n'roll ranch", today! Tom Sharplin, Larry Morris & Band, Brendon Ham & Band, Che Orton, Jodi Vaughan, Marian Burns, Tim Armstrong & Band, Shane & The Shadz, classic American cars (and a few Brit classics, too) galore.

Lotsa fun, happy people and all-round good spirits, with weather and music to match. Thanks to Lloyd, family and friends for organising and hosting it. Thanks to Shane Hales for getting us involved. And thanks to all who attended, especially those who made the trip from Auckland and other distant points. Let's hope that this is a harbinger of the spirit of Christmas 2013.

Here comes "Strat-a-Claus" (Christmas countdown)

"Strat-a-Claus" or "Santacaster"?

"You're gonna find us...out in the country", this afternoon, helping Tom Sharplin, Larry Morris, Brendon Ham, Che Orton, Tim Armstrong and others rock the Waikato. Then, we're off to bop the BoP before wrapping up our first year as Shane & The Shadz with a big festive blowout back in the 'hood. Hope you can join us at one of these events.  

• Sun. Dec. 1 - from 1.00 pm
  

  Lloyd's Xmas Bash
  703a Te Kowhai Rd, Te Kowhai
  Lloyd Davis Panelbeaters (07) 847 9575
  

• Sun. Dec. 15 - from 5.00 pm

  Shane & The Shadz Christmas Show
  Entertainers Club, Tauranga (Venue: Citizens Club, 170 13th Ave)
  facebook.com/taurangaentertainersclub

• Sat. Dec. 21 -  from 8.00 pm

  Shane & The Shadz Christmas Party
  New Lynn RSA, Auckland
  Email Shane: muzikman@xtra.co.nz