December 2007/January 2008
Hi Everyone
Welcome to the Website… This page I guess will be a kind of ‘Blog’ page, where I can just simply pass on all and any newsy things that might be heading in our direction… Such as… concert work, new music for recording, new writings, new theatrical productions, TV/Radio stuff, Workshop/Masterclass bookings… etc etc
Also I thought it might be nice to have a ‘Post Page’ where anybody ‘Out there’ who might like to make some comments … ask questions… have requests…etc, etc, can do so whenever they like from the comfort of there own computer… It would be the sort of page where we can maybe meet and get to know one and other slightly better than we ever have before.
Please email your questions & comments to: info@peterkarrie.com
Have just released a new Album/CD … It is called… ‘On The Otherside Of Love’ It features 15 tracks and the main genre of music is ‘Big Band Swing’ with a few very meaningful ballads thrown in… You can find the full album/CD in the ‘Sounds’ section of this site along with three other Album/CDs. I would just love to hear your opinions… for what is to me a real adventure into a different kind of music….
The ‘New Year’ of 2008 is looking very exciting in many ways… I am taking the first three months of the year to write and finish a new stage play for an old 1950’s film… The film being ‘The Quiet Man’ which featured… John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Victor McLaglen, and Barry Fitzgerald it was truly a great romantic comedy set in the 1920’s… Well, I just know its going to make a great musical… Which is the ultimate aim… And of course one of the perks of such a project is that I get to live, overlooking the great gray Atlantic sea in the beautiful County of Kerry… Ah yes, the trials of being a writer are great indeed!? Watch this space, I shall keep you informed as to its progress…
Having written the above passage I now seemingly have to contradict myself by announcing that I have just… as of three days ago accepted a new contract to tour America (How fickle is that?)… Well it’s not quite as fickle as it seems, as I will be taking all of ‘The Quiet Man’ writing with me to be continued as I tour… It is a month long tour playing 18 concerts (Jan 25th through to Feb 24th)… Starting on the North Eastern side of America, (Around Michigan?) travelling south (Chicago) for a while before turning sharp left and heading all the way across the U.S. of A, in virtually a straight line until we reach Los Angeles & ‘Hollywood’… (Damn, how the hell was I supposed to turn that one down?) I am travelling with a 28 piece choir from Wales called ‘The Black Mountain Choir’… it should be one of those trips of a lifetime… Not to be spared or missed… But to be lived and enjoyed… I shall keep you informed as to the fun and games encountered…see tour dates & venues
The rest of the year as it stands right now is to be divided up between several concert tours, one which we started last year and has been such great fun for all concerned that we are going to continue it through to 2009. That is of course ‘Peter Karrie … A Man & His Music’… Featuring my dear friends John Quirk (Piano & Musical Director) and Richard Roberts (Synth Keyboards) & A Lady guest singer (Yet to be confirmed) and choirs and kids and ‘Uncle Tom Cobley an all & all… It is such a fun show…
The other concert is a very special one… as it is a show to be held in the afternoon and is therefore called … ‘The Afternoon Show’ It is an evening show in the afternoon’… It is aimed at our special senior citizens and anyone else who just loves being entertained, laughing a lot, winning prizes, playing ‘Bingo’ (In between acts) and meeting people by the bucket load… It is a cross between an old fashioned variety show and a chat/game show… It is a show for people who don’t particularly enjoy going out late at night but who definitely like going out during the daylight hours… Yes indeed another step into the unknown but a step none the less incredibly well worth taking….
There are several other shows worth mentioning for your diaries, one which is in aid of a tremendous charity called ‘BOBATH’. This is a charity for children with cerebral palsy, a most heinous and debilitating condition and not one touted as much as it should be... On the 23rd of May we are holding a huge extravaganza in St Davids Hall, Cardiff, to raise awareness of their problems. It will feature a selection of the rich, the famous and the not so famous… There will be entertainment on every level you can think of. There will be prizes galore to win and an opportunity to meet and greet all performers afterwards at the after show party… It will be one of the great shows of the year. Please if you can come along you will not be disappointed and you will be supporting such a worthwhile cause… A list of all participants will be announced in the near future…
Besides the above there are also a few theatrical productions in the offing, but as of writing I am unfortunately unable to confirm their status… But will do as soon as I can…
I have also been invited to conduct several Workshop/Masterclass’s throughout the coming year. These classes are to be based on musical theatre, highlighting techniques on singing, acting, humour and dancing. The first is to be held in Wexford, Ireland during in the first week of July 2008. These are just great fun and being a week in length allow us to examine all aspects in detail. The week culminates in an actual festival of scenes being produced for the public and performed by the students of that week. The atmosphere, performance and entertainment level for these shows are always, absolutely wonderful … Definitely not a show to be missed either as a participant or as a member of the audience… Further details will be posted in January 2008
Well I guess that’s it for this year… All that remains for me to do now is to wish all readers, (Past, present, and future) All dear friends, irreverent family and loyal associates the very best of Christmas cheer and may you all have just the greatest of years in 2008
Fondest Regards
Peter
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