Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Mike & Herb with the Silver Strings. From left: Aloysius, Bobo, Herb, Mike, Nani and Audie. As usual poor Danny Boy is unseen behind his drums and Bobo. Mike & Herb steamed the ballroom with rock music singing Rolling Stones numbers.

N.B. We send our condolence to Mike & Herb whose mother had just passed away at 92 years young. The message was conveyed by Audie Ng.
Image: Veronica Young Collection.

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The Silver Strings At Orchid Country Club Yishun Singapore July 23/24, 2009 With Beatles Unlimited Austria

Saturday, August 1, 2009

BEATLES UNLIMITED, AUSTRIA WITH SILVER STRINGS FAMILY

From left, standing: Jalani (keyboard), Herb (vocals), Audie (leader/bass), Mike (vocals), Danny Boy (drums), Bobo (lead/rhythm), Andy Young (vocals), Veronica (vocals, with Beatles on left).
Absent: Aloysius (lead/rhythm).

The Silver Strings Family have been together since last year, 2008, when Audie Ng, band leader, gathered everyone for a gig. It is a family where many ideas were discussed and tossed around. It is a family that got together for lunches, tea breaks and dinners. It is a family when we practised our songs and were waiting backstage, huddled together and supporting each other before our performance.

It is a family from different ethnic backgrounds. Gosh! Ronnie and The New Burns, Jerry Fernandez, Ms Rahimah Rahim, Karen Lim and their entourage and Ms Siao Hui from China. And including the Beatles from Europe? There were definitely more than a dozen countries that night, just backstage alone.

Our family is a very special one, a family of passionate people interested in 60s melodies and who took the effort to bring back these songs live, and made the two nights a memorable one.

Image: From Veronica Young Collection
Original article: Andy Lim

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The Silver Strings At Vivo City - November 2008

Friday, July 31, 2009

SILVER STRINGS FAMILY AT VIVOCITY ON NOVEMBER, 8th, 2008.

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60s Rock Music Concert Souvenir Programme

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

In case you missed the show, the above image is the programme booklet for the two nights, where details of the artistes that participated are documented. It is well designed and worth the while to collect as a souvenir. There are many people who keep programmes, magazine pages, newspaper cuttings, posters and advertisements as memorabilia to remind them of past events.

This blogger has a good friend who keeps such bric-a-brac. Singapore 60s band members and singers were surprised at the amount of photographs he keeps and the signatures he collected, when he showed them his files and albums during the local gigs in town. This gentleman and many other pop 60s enthusiasts have been collecting them since.

Don't throw them away. Could prove priceless some day. The National Heritage Board has an interesting collection of these programmes and souvenirs. Well, in case you need one...

Image/Article: Andy Lim

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Rolling Stones: Satisfaction, Village People: YMCA, Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs: Wooley Bully, Mony Mony, That's The Way I Like It, You Really Got Me!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Checking the sound system is a must before the big concert. Mike & Herb with the Silver Strings testing the microphones, amplifiers and guitars at the gig. Because of The Beatles Unlimited appearance, the two brothers had a new repertoire of songs but they sang their own originals too.

Image/Original article: Andy Lim Collection

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Beatles Of Malaysia & The Silver Strings 60s.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Mike & Herb entertained at a Musical Express Concert in the 60s.
Image: Audie Ng Collection. All Rights Reserved.

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Beatles Of Malaysia & Singapore's Millie Small

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Mike and Herb with Veronica Young (image: left) will be appearing too with The Silver Strings. Their songs have recently been released on the 100 Greatest Singapore 60s Definitive Collection.

Mike & Herb will sing, I've Been A Fool and Let Em Come and Veronica Young may sing, Thank You For Your Kindness, Lollipop and Shirley Nair's Too Late For Tears.

Image/Original article: Andy Lim Collection

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**The Silver Strings Family ReUnion Lunch**

Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Silver Strings and everyone else had a post-VivoCity ReUnion lunch in November 2008 to celebrate the success of the show on 8th November.

Image lineup: Audie (Bass/Boss), Aloysius ( EGuitar), Jerry Fernandez (MC), Veronica Young (Vocals), Bobo (EGuitar), Mike (Vocals), Danny Boy (Drums), Andy Young (Vocals), Herb (Vocals), Louis (sitting: 2nd Drums).

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Andy, Veronica, Mike, Herb - The Silver Strings

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

" ReUnion of the 60s" at Vivo City 8th November, 2008 gig that started this blog. (Photo: copyright reserved)
Front: Veronica, Masrom, Herb, Albert. Back: Mike, Andy, Danny, Bobo, Aloysius, Audie.

(Image: From LimLA Collection.)

7 November 2008

MEDIA RELEASE

Popular 60s Artistes Make a Comeback in First Ever Charity Concert to Raise $65,000 for Disadvantaged Students

Their heyday may have been decades ago but 21 popular artistes of the time will be making a comeback and reviving hits of the 60s at the Reunion of the 60s Charity Concert on Saturday 8 November 2008 at 6.00 pm at the VivoCity Amphitheatre (rooftop of VivoCity) to raise funds for disadvantaged students. The concert aims to raise $65,000 towards the Association of Muslim Professionals’ (AMP) Ready for School Fund.

Through this charity concert, organisers Banquet Holdings and ThaiExpress Restaurant hope to emphasise the important role that corporate bodies need to play in contributing to the needy in the community. Both organisers also, through their support for the Ready for School Fund, wish to increase awareness among the public about the Fund and the value of education and the need to support the young in their educational pursuit.

The concert will feature popular performing artistes in the 60s such as Silver Strings, Andy Young, Wilson David, Mike & Herb, Max Surin, Michael Goh, Esquire, The Trailers and Veronica Young. The guest band of the event is The Blackjacks.

The Guest of Honour for the event is Mr Zainudin Nordin, Mayor of Central Singapore CDC and MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. The Ready for School Fund disburses cash and school essentials such as stationery and school bags to students from the preschool to post-secondary levels at the beginning of every academic year to ensure that they begin school with confidence. The Fund also offers bursary awards to outstanding students who wish to further their education to a polytechnic or university. It is open to disadvantaged students of all races.

Thus far, the Fund has assisted some 2,000 students since it was established in 2002. It is hoped that by providing such assistance, it will help alleviate the family’s financial situation and also ensure that the students are not left behind in their educational pursuit.

We invite members of the media to join us at the concert on Saturday 8 November 2008 at 6.00pm at the VivoCity Amphitheatre (rooftop of VivoCity). Please find attached the programme schedule for the event at Annex.

ANNEX

REUNION OF THE 60s CHARITY CONCERT
Saturday 8 November 2008 VivoCity Amphitheatre

Programme 6.00pm

Arrival of Guests and Audience 6.30pm

Arrival of Guest of Honour (GOH) Mr Zainudin Nordin Mayor,

Central Singapore District MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC 7.00pm

Welcome Speech Mr Alan Lee Managing

Director Banquet Holdings Pte Ltd 7.05pm

Acknowledgement Speech Mr Mohd Anuar Yusop Executive Director Association of Muslim Professionals 7.10pm

Speech by GOH Official Opening of Concert 7.15pm

Presentation of Cheque by GOH to AMP Ready for School Fund 7.30pm

Reunion of the 60’s Charity Concert begins 10.30pm End

Posted by Andy Young* at 11:00 AM

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