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Article Title:	Joystrings: The pioneering Salvationist beat group 50 years on
Author of reported comment:	Barry moore
Comment Date:	06:51 on Oct 25 2019
Comment:	Following the success of The Joystrings, many corps worldwide spurned similar groups. One such Salvo Corps at Nundah Queensland Australia, already had a good female vocal quartet operating for some years by them and Bandmaster Eric Moore who played accordion teamed up with his sons, Barry on Tea chest bass and Raymond on drums. One of the singers (Verna King- now Gittins) had a brother Mervyn who played the cornet well and the boys and girls combined to be one group, The Harmony 4 plus 4. This group quickly rose to enormous popularity along the eastern seaboard of Australia and were in demand for concerts etc Tours to Sydney x2 and Melbourne occurred as well as TV and radio appearances. The Salvation Army Historic Society in Eastern Australia have the original T chest bass, which had become the icon of the group image. Visitors to the Society’s display recalled the group and its popularity in its heyday. So the Society decided to ‘revisit’ the group and put a special night on to learn more and reminisce. Fortunately the four ladies are still around although they’re all 80 or more ( one is 95 now). Eric has sadly passed but some of the others are still around. The special night is occurring on Monday 28/10/2019 at Carindale Salvation Army ( a suburb of Brisbane. The women will sing and Barry will Demo the one-string bass and together with newspaper cuttings, photos and recordings made 50 or so years ago, those in attendance will be able to sing along and reminisce.

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