Author: Hobart Old Time String Band

Our esteemed founder Fred Pribac joined us for an evening of new and old tunes, challenging us with different techniques, arrangements and lots of ideas to develop in the future.

Arranged by an enthusiastic local identity, we played tunes at an idyllic hillside retreat near Glen Huon all evening, and Sarah Lewis even managed to corral them out of the rain to kick up their spurs and tighten their bibs & braces.

No bull this year … on the stage with just the normal human audience!

A regular gig for us, we managed to divert hundreds (?) of sailors and their landlubbing mates with our nautical attire, and even more noticeable nautical tunes.

Held in the Hobart CBD, it was a fun hour playing our dance tunes in a community venue, with Sarah Lewis calling the dances.

The band yet again took the festival by storm, well maybe by a moderate squall, and arranged a pop-up street performance with the Melbourne-based Lost Clogs Lithuanian band in the main street. It went magnificently, and fun was had by all. Also we managed to hit the 7pm ABC news … again!

 

 

Wearing our recycled hats, we wowed the crowds yet again at Princes Wharf …

Who says the HOT String Band won’t travel! Here we are in a country town hall, just the way it used to be!

An abridged band smelled the flowers at the Sandfly Hall

Tas Folk Federation Dance at Wesley Hall.