Thames Talent - Free Lunchtime Concert

A Free Lunchtime concert. Enjoy Hot Soup & a bun for $5 after the concert
Thames Talent promises to be a fun and varied concert by experienced singers & musicians.
Lining up are Steve Broughton and his band - David, Barbara and Jacqui; well know around Thames and the area

Barrie Stewart on piano,
was a member of "Take Five' a successful vocal and dance group on TV Channel 7 Melbourne. On the completion of their channel 7 Contract "Take Five'' Barrie went to London appearing on the BBC Dick Emery TV Series and debuting on the WestEnd at the Showboat Theatre Restaurant '' Take Five' Barrie played many clubs and theatres throughout the UK and Spain. At Tararu Village, Barrie leads weekly singalongs and, using his skills in choreography together with Dawn, he brings popular entertainment to the residents.

Dawn Finch,
“Satellite Dawn” is one of those talented pianists who can play anything at all by ear. In 1957 she began, at 14, playing with family members in a rock and roll band in Morrinsville. She and her brother have played for dances, Telethon and Happen-In, accompanying famous recording artists on TV. When Russia launched the first satellite into space, they claimed that name for their Band. She still plays with her brother and a drummer where, at Tararu Village they give great delight to many with her piano and accordion skills and his saxophone, lifting spirits and voices in song

Val Brannigan on piano for soprano Noeline Loader.
Singing since she was 16, initially in the church choir in Wanganui. After living in Te Aroha (where she took singing lessons from the Nuns), and New Plymouth, Noeline and her husband moved to Thames in 1997 where she became a member of the then Thames Amateur Operatic Society (Later to become Thames Music and Drama) for 40 years, and president for 6 years. Whilst she sang in most of the shows during these years many people will remember Noeline for her Lead roles in several shows including twice as Mother Abyss in The Sound of Music productions. She currently sings as soprano with the Te Aroha Choir and is also part of a group of six who entertain villagers at Tararu.

Six of Tararu's best performing individually, as duos, as trios and doing the 'Lambeth walk'

Nur Peach
Born and raised on the Coromandel Peninsula,New Zealand,Nur Peach has been singing and writing songs froma very early age, and had written more than 200 songs by the time she finished high school. Fresh out of a Bachelor’sDegree in Popular Music,Nur has extensive performance experience under her belt, both inNew Zealand and around the world. This experience includes performances at the NZ Spirit Festival, Auckland Folk Festival and the legendary Prana festival, performances in Israel and busking on the streets of Paris. In 2016, her original song “Feel The Sun”made her the Waikato regional winner of the Play It Strange Get Connected songwriting competition, a competition forNew Zealand high-school age students.

Richard Moyle Pianist. Richard adjudicated and composed music for more than 100 Samoan and Tongan choir competitions in Auckland, Wellington and Samoa. From 1993 to 2010 he directed Auckland University’s Archive of Maori and Pacific Music. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music Research Centre, Griffith University.