Film faves for family fun tour

AFTER five years of performing their annual family-friendly gigs in-house, Geelong’s Piano Bar is set to take their all-ages act on the road.

From the start of next month, the Piano Bar team will bring their Music from the Movies show to three Golden Plains towns.

Children and parents will be able to sing-along to their favourite movie song, and organiser and co-performer Andy Pobjoy said he’s keen to take the show out to the country.

“We’ve never done anything like this before. We’re hoping there’s an appetite for it because I know there’s not a lot of this sort of thing for young families in Golden Plains,” he said.

“We’re opening it up to the kids in the region so it’s a great chance to get out of the house for the second week of school holidays.

“We’ll be hitting the road with just me on piano and vocals and singer Shandelle Cooke with thousands of movie songs ready to go by request.”

The show’s first stop will be Bannockburn Cultural Centre on Monday, 4 July before heading to Inverleigh Public Hall on Tuesday, 5 July and finally Rokewood Memorial Hall on Wednesday, 6 July.

Pobjoy said he saw a demand from Golden Plains regulars looking for more inclusive show from Piano Bar’s normal offerings.

“It made a lot of sense for us to do this. A lot of the parents from the area were hitting us up for events so this has been driven by the audience,” he said.

“So, this show is something completely different to what we normally do, and it gives those kids the opportunity to bond and get invested and maybe even inspire them to pursue performing themselves.

“And sometimes the parents get more passionate about the songs than the kids!”

Each show will start at 10am, with tickets available via bit.ly/3O5LjrG.