A bit of nostalgia - Evergreens Dance Band

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I have been going through some old photos and came across this one of a dance band called the Evergreens. The sax player and keyboardist are husband and wife, the guitarist is the sax player’s brother and Vince is on drums. Later we owned a machinery business with the husband and wife. We were living in Ravensthorpe at the time and they were the only dance band for miles around. They played almost every weekend and sometimes both Friday and Saturday nights. If we wanted a weekend off we had to book several months in advance. There was also a lot travelling involved but they’d all cram into one car. We found a tape of some of their music the other day and now we’re putting it onto a CD. The Ravy Museum would like a copy for their archives. I’ve written about it before but once the band played until the wee hours of the morning and during the last dance Vince went to sleep and fell off his bar stool. Also – the pianist made all their lovely white coats.