Sing Australia News

When my father died in 1935 he left my mum with three children aged two,four, and six. My Mum was a pianist who had trained at the Conservatorium of Music and we as kids listened to both Classical and modern music all the time. Knowing she had to support her family as best she could mum taught the piano, formed a dance band and played for dances both in town for the locals and at the Canteen for the young airforce men who trained at Coota during the war. Playing the violin for my mum in her band began for me from the age of forteen or fifteen (her violinist left to marry and move away) However I fell in love with a gorgeous blue eyed gentle man who did not have much idea of music and when we married I gave up playing. My love of music stayed with me and when one day my Jack said “We are going to do something together tonight” I said “Are we? What are we going to do”? and he replied “Go to Sing Australia” I said “but I can’t sing” he talked me around and we have been singing ever since. It has been so good to have music in our lives, Jack enjoys it so much and it has been wonderful for both of us. Dot Woodman Member ID 5573 Sing Australia Cootamundra 2590. Nov 5th 2012