Here We Are
"While we have come from different places and have progressed in different ways, we have all arrived at this point because we enjoy performing music and being at the Canterbury Folk Festival."
David Evison is a regular performer at Folk Club events, and a member of the Jamesons, a long-standing Christchurch band which plays every Tuesday night at the Bog Irish bar. He also regularly joins sessions at the Pegasus Bar and the Little Fiddle.
Steve Stern is well known as a past President and current committee member of the Folk Club and can frequently be seen performing and doing the sound at the Folk Club. He is a member of the Port Hillbillies and attendee at the Old Timey session at Wunderbar. Steve plays banjo, fiddle and guitar and also sings. He has also made some of this own instruments.
Russell Gillies is a life member of the Christchurch Folk Club, and past-President of both the Folk Club and the Canterbury Folk Festival. He is well known for his skill on the sound desk. He enjoys playing for Celidhs, dances, sessions and folk club performances. He is a long-time contributor to the Monday night session at the Pegasus.