Yes, sadly, Bill died in his sleep a fortnight ago tomorrow, very unexpectedly but due to a blood clot.
His funeral was an open air affair yesterday, near the lake in Manning Park, Spearwood. His coffin was made of wickerwork and the Morris Men of Perth formed a guard of honour while his coffin was escorted from the hearse by members of two volunteer fire brigades from the hills. At the conclusion of the service The Red Sea Pedestrians played as Bill was wheeled back to the hearse. Bill had been a member of the group. A man of many parts, he used to run his four wheel drive on fuel he made from fat collected from fish and chip shops. He also ran it on fuel he made from chook manure. For some reason Toyota I think it was rejected a warranty claim on either the fuel pump or the injector system (I can't remember which). Bill was a scientist who worked in the field of microbiotics. He was involved in a company which floated relatively recently, Protomeics International, which is developing a market in India, amongst other places. Tests it has developed can predict the probability of various illnesses well in advance of symptoms becoming apparent. I miss Bill and his irreverent sense of humour. Michael Hawkins Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Feb 2017, at 8:05 am, gdorn@me <gd...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Wamug > This may a notice of WAMUGS Bill Parker passing away. > If not my apologies > > https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1744507319196872&id=100009128610156 > > > > Another good man gone. Vale (Dr) Bill Parker, renaisance man,... > Bill sat at the back of his school class in UK and couldnt see a thing so > considered not too bright. Later, the miracle of glasses..... and Dr Bill > Parker, microbiologist, self taught musician to performance standard, folk > dancer, rowing coach, sustainable house designer and goodness knows what else > and a hell of a lot of fun to share adventures with in 'The Red Sea > Pedestrians"... We rehearsed every Saturday afternoon for months to develop a > sound and style and a playlist, with Bill and David Hoffman combing through > hundreds of Klezmer recordings and folk songs , transcribing to written music > ( usually printed on the back of used documents of a dubious nature) ....then > a unique Jewish or Academic style of struggle for the best result whereby > everyone was equal and stood up powerfully for their view or ideas and yet no > one was insulted and inclusion in the group as a peer was a given. A powerful > result developed and we performed at The Oz concert, various arts council or > city council "concerts in the park", at some amazing weddings, a couple of > Bar Mitzvahs, music festivals including Nannup, Fairbridge, Bridgetown > Rhapsody, Kulcha Club, live recording for the ABC etc, We started out > thinking it would be Jewish weddings and Bar Mitzvahs but developed into a 40 > minute show act where we came on and played a "show" of great music with a > non stop flow between pieces. Melanie Jones transferred her bush dance > calling skills across to teaching audiences folk dances from Jewish and > Russian roots which was hugely popular. Bill had a wickedly surprising sense > of humour that went down a treat. One of our early gigs was a huge wedding in > a marquee on Bindoon farm, Son of leading Jewish family marries daughter of > major Italian restaurant family ... so we added in a suite of Italian songs > and the joy and dancing at the wedding was amazing and we kept the italian > and latin stuff in the play list, along with Jazz crossovers derived from > Klezmer. > Going to the big shows or festivals with the band was good for our family as > the band was just one of many good acts on the programme so we got to enjoy > the whole show, have trips away, hear and see things we otherwise would not > have thought of. Reuben used to come with me often to the Saturday afternoon > rehearsals and I reckon he saw a model there of how hard you can work at > knocking a band into shape. <1f642.png>:-) > So now Bill is gone and David has sent this to the West Australian death > notices. > "Suddenly Monday night, our founding band member, clarinetist, transcribing > musician, farmer, Perth Morris Man, scientist and friend. Bill, there was so > much more you longed to do. Mel, Paul, David and all Red Sea Pedestrians > Klezmer Band members > Regards, > David Hoffman " > For me, there is of course the sense of loss and of compassion for those > closest to Bill, but also very strongly a great reminder and a realisation of > how fortunate I have been to share so much creativirty and enjoyment with > such people as Bill and everyone in that crazy band. > chow > > gary dorn > gd...@mac.com > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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