Shirley Power from Geelong is a musician and singer of traditional songs with the voice of an angel. She was a regular performer at The Geelong Folk Music Club & The Port Fairy Festival. She possesses a pure, clear singing voice as distinctive as her trademark autoharp. Shirley is as at home singing in the 1,400-seat Costa Hall backed by the Geelong Philharmonic Orchestra as she is accompanying herself at festivals, in folk clubs or acoustic venues. She has a phenomenal repertoire of traditional and vintage songs, she's as comfortable singing the words of Robert Burns or John Lennon, Henry Lawson or Edith Piaf, Bob Dylan or Eartha Kitt. Shirley has a few recordings under here belt. The albums 'All Australian' and 'Collected Favourites' were duets with Old Timers member Adrian Verrinder plus a solo album 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes' that was released in 1987
She regularly sings with the Geelong Authentic Old Time Music Hall, (as saucy Fifi La Bonk, left); with the Drop Of A Hatband or solo in concert. But she is much more frequently seen in partnership with Colin Mockett, presenting two-person shows that mix humour, information and great songs. Their subjects range from the story of Geelong - presented as a potted musical history backed by powerpoint images for conventions or community groups - to musical biographies of J F Archibald, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Robert Burns, Thomas Moore, Gracie Fields - or a whole bunch of Celtic comedians. But their most popular presentation is simply Shirley and Colin, Humour and Fine Music. Shirley plays guitar, Appalachian Dulcimer and keyboard as well as her autoharp. A former nurse, she is an experienced and accomplished musical therapist.
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