the last wedding gig of 2007

(photo credit: katie j.)


(photo credit: katie j.)


(photo credit: katie j.)


the happy bride and groom:



[phurther comments to be added later]

songs for angela

PiBE plays intimate gig at MOA

Play it By Ear was honoured to be invited to play at a very intimate wine-cheese-and-chips gathering celebrating the opening of the new gift shop at UBC's Museum of Anthropology. It was a bright, windy summer afternoon in the shade of trees at a hidden side courtyard of the museum. Half a dozen hard-working employees came to celebrate the opening of the beautiful, expanded new shop. In true Musical Monday spirit, parts of the performance became a jam session with James, a ukulele and guitar player!

(picture to follow)

PiBE congratulates newlyweds

congratulations and best wishes are in order to Chris and his beautiful bride Melody!

PiBE performed 2 sets during the wedding reception which included the debut of a new, polished version of Sonnet 43. playing at the reception was the groom's favourite band, "Language Arts". it was a night of singing, dancing and a lovely 12-course dinner including shark fin soup. yum.


(PiBe, Rohbit and the bride and groom at the end of a long night)

PiBe serenades lovers

look at those beautiful people...

Play it By Ear serenades lovers at Granville Loop Park's unique water feature, located next to the Granville Street Bridge. the couple were on their way to enjoy the warm summer weather at a popular fish & chip shop nearby.

play it by ear follows a Journey

(in acknowledgment of those who thirst for freedom)

Synopsis (as taken from JourneyFromtheFall.com)

Inspired by the true stories of Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of Saigon—and those who were forced to stay behind, Journey From The Fall follows one family’s struggle for freedom.

April 30, 1975 marked the end of Vietnam's two-decade-old civil war and the start of the exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Despite his allegiance to the toppled South Vietnamese government, Long Nguyen (as Long Nguyen) decides to remain in Vietnam. Imprisoned in a Communist re-education camp, he urges his family to make the escape by boat without him. His wife Mai (Diem Lien), son Lai (Nguyen Thai Nguyen) and mother Ba Noi (Kieu Chinh) then embark on the arduous ocean voyage in the hope of reaching the U.S. and freedom.

Back in Vietnam, Long suffers years of solitary confinement and hard labor, and finally despairs that his family has perished. But news of their successful resettlement in America inspires him to make one last desperate attempt to join them.