Des Scarlett, 90, identified himself in a 1963 recording at the Fairlie RSA which was published by Stuff in March 2020. And now, after going public in the Timaru Herald, Stuart Pearce has found four families connected to the event including Scarlett who plays a banjo mandolin on the recording. CLIVE CALLOW/SUPPLIED Stuart Pearce returned to South Canterbury in 2016 with The Mermaids dance band, from left, Pauline Berry, Joe Cotton and Amber Claire. “I’ve now achieved what I set out to do.”SUPPLIED/The-Timaru-Herald Les Pearce plays piano at a dance. His son Stuart Pearce remastered a recording of Les playing with a band at a Fairlie RSA revue in 1963.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2020 02:15 UTC