April Darlington Review Scribe Article

The cricket season has come to an end with the Test Match being the last game of the 2011/12 season. One of the standout players of the match was unable to play the Maccas XI game due to his hair being out of form. Following an attendance at Sandy’s Barber shop, all was rectified – his golden locks restored and he could once again return to looking like James Reyne and batting like David Marsh. (The Macca’s XI match also featured our first of 2 streakers for the season!!) The Test Match was originally planned earlier in the season, but a forecast of 42 degrees on the scheduled day of play found players reaching for their Sunberg pool lounges and Pina coladas instead.

The match itself was full of spectacle, including our second streaker for the season covered head to toe in a green and white outfit with large (and somewhat stretched around the girth) red Welsh Dragon. While the streaker was wearing a mask to conceal his identity, his identity was all too transparent when he turned side on and cried “Come on the ROWS! At the afternoon tea break Holly was heard to say “What are you complaining about – I had to dress him”. This brought a curt response of “That would have to be better than undressing him!” Then came the spectacle of when Mario Cavallaro came to bat and after his free ball, the Aussies continued to place all of their fielders on the boundary for fear of his reputation as a big hitter! Now I’ve already reported the overall score in last month’s edition, so no need to repeat the winner of that match. One of our new members of the club and a strong player for the ROWS was unavailable for the match as he needed to attend a pantomime about an umbrella carrying nanny. Needless to say Matt (AKA “Mary”) Ellis enjoyed Mary Poppins tremendously with his family – so much so he is enjoying sharing the same first name as the famed nanny. At the post match BBQ the Cavallaro Medal was awarded to Mick O’Reilly as the best ROW player of the match having taken 3 wickets and scored 40 runs. So overcome  was the medal winner that he proceeded to faint into the Wisteria with hands in his pockets crying “I’ll be alright” as he slowly descended  and disappeared into the shrub.

The DSCC Family weekend was held at Myalup this year as a trial for something closer to home. As usual Jonesy put on entertainment not only for the DSCC kids but all the kids in the caravan park - you can see how much the kids appreciated his entertainment!!!

So with the season at an end, the club looked to bring members together on other ways hosting a bus to members to the Blues and Roots Festival in Freo. The usual suspects are featured in the picture below!

Music trivia this month. Hard to classify, this mostly blues and folk singer recently performed both at the Whitehouse  in the USA and Fremantle at the Blues and Roots Festival. A relative recent shining star on the blues scene he first gained full recognition in 1994 even though had been playing as a session muso since 1973 and releasing an album to no acclaim in 1980. By winning stage acting roles where he had to play a guitar playing bluesman, he had to play more blues music than he had up to that point. Then, winning another stage role in the same vein, the scene was set and he never looked back. He cites his influences as Robert Johnson and Taj Mahal and James Taylor for his finger picking style. Since then he has gone on to win Grammy Awards for best contemporary Blues Album of the year three times. His first successful album released in 1994 is self titled. Who is he?

And from last month...formed in the 1983 this band is an eclectic performer of funk punk rock and hip hop. Loud and energetic, and having experienced all the highs and lows with band line up changes and drug addiction that bands such as these experience when they push themselves and their craft into overdrive, they have a great live following. They continue to weave this unusual blend of styles blend through their music in a way few bands have done with any commercial success. They manage to span 2 generations of followers with many parents listening to them currently (they released their 10th studio album in 2011) with many having their kids also enjoying the bands style. The band sites its influences as artists as wide ranging as Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Bob Marley, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Devo, and Miles Davis. With this kind of range of influences you know you are bound to get the interesting sounds. Who are they?  The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Hey how about a Caption Competition! - please email me your clever caption for the photo below of Mario and Baiba, and the winner will recieve a free ticket to the AGM!

Scribe {James)