Mister Show Biz meets Rodger Fox, NZ's Iconic Jazz Artist

Mary Gow from Mulled Wine Concerts in Paekakariki

A SUMMER SPECIAL: A MULLED WINE CONCERTS PRESENTATION
Mister Show Biz - RAY WOOLF meets NZ’s Iconic Jazz Artist - RODGER FOX
alongside Vivacious Jazz/Blues Singer - ERNA FERRY

Mulled Wine Concerts - Kapiti's vibrant concert organisation headed by pianist Mary Gow

will put on a special event to kick off their 2019 season. The Summer Special concert

featuring giants of the New Zealand music scene will happen at the historic St Peter's Hall

in Paekakariki on Saturday 26 January 2019. Mary Gow is upbeat - "We have had to move

for this concert only - it is a great venue and is even closer to the centre of the village" she

says.

The concert will feature an evening of great music, featuring Ray Woolf, Rodger Fox and

his ensemble with Erna Ferry.

Ray Woolf was born in Dagenham, Essex and the Woolf family came to New Zealand in

1962. Within a month, the singer came to the attention of Eldred Stebbing and shortly after

he toured NZ in support of UK singer Helen Shapiro. “It all happened very very fast,” says

Woolf. “Within a matter of months I was part of the NZ music scene.” His appeal crosses

generations with a musical CV that includes pop, rock, soul, cabaret and jazz, while his

television career ranges from drama and soap opera to fronting Play School and his own

talk show. Mums, dads and grandparents love him and even those with little interest in

music will remember him as the guy with Howard Morrison on the Bic television ads. In

1980 he began his association with musical theatre starring in Hans Christian Anderson,

The Music Man, The Sound Of Music (100 performances so far) New Rocky Horror Show,

West Side Story, A Slice Of Saturday Night, Blood Brothers, Golf the Musical and later this

year the King in The King and I. Recent TV credits include: The Strip, Shortland Street,

Orange Roughies, Interrogation, Nothing Trivial, St. Legal and Xena.

For 43 years Rodger Fox and his big band have set the benchmark for jazz in New

Zealand. Unlike many jazz musicians who’ve gone offshore, Rodger has stayed here to

offer his gift of performance, arranging, administration, conducting and teaching. The

Mulled Wine concert will see Rodger lead his select jazz ensemble, playing his dynamic

solos and leading the music. Erna Ferry is a vivacious, fun and sparkling jazz/blues singer

with a great stage personality. She has the ability to grab the audience and make them

hers. Whether she is singing a slow sultry ballad or belting out a swinging blues, you are in

no doubt that Erna is giving the song her utmost.

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MULLED WINE CONCERTS present Ray Woolf, Rodger Fox and his Ensemble with

Erna Ferry at St Peter's Hall, Paekakariki. on Saturday 26 January 2019 at 7:00PM

Tickets $30 adults, $25 Gold Card and $15 students.

Online sales: marygow@gmail.com. Tel: 021 101 9609 or 04 902 2283.

Info: www.mulledwineconcerts.com... or like us on FaceBook: Mulled Wine Concerts.

Pre-sales until 25 January: Magpie Paremata, 99 Mana Esplanade; Darcy's Paekakariki

Fruit Supply, 11 Beach Road, Paekakariki; Milk and Ginger, 18 Margaret Rd, Raumati

Beach; Moby Dickens Bookshop, Paraparaumu Beach; La Chic Hair Design, Kapiti Lights;

Lovely Living, Waikanae. Limited door sales on the night.