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Elizabeth HarrisonElizabeth greets everyone with a smile and is a bubbly, friendly Lancashire lady who has lived on a working dairy farm in Chorley for over 28 years. For many years she has travelled all sides of the UK playing for organ and keyboard clubs and has built up an first class reputation for playing high quality 'live' performances without music. In addition, Elizabeth plays regularly for ballroom sequence dancing. Elizabeth is a friendly lass and frequently makes time after her performances to shake hands with her audience as they depart home.

Elizabeth was originally trained in theatre organ style, and this shows in her playing. She has committed hundreds of pieces of music to her memory and often plays all night without any sheet music. She currently uses an ivory Yamaha EL900i for concert work and a Technics GX7 for dances. Elizabeth also enjoys playing mighty theatre organs and is not afraid to use the instrument to its full potential.

Elizabeth style of playing often makes full use of the drawbar sections on various instruments. It is often commented that she has a unique style and has good musical feeling. Elizabeth recently introduced a request spot into her programme and she sometimes plays the entire second half of her performance on audience requests.

29 Year old Elizabeth is enthusiastic, practical and down to earth. She is a qualified signwriter / sign painter, graphic designer and gardener. Over the years, Elizabeth has collected advertising memorabilia, in particular the famous flour grader by Homepride, Fred. She runs a collectors club for him. www.friends-of-fred.com Elizabeth loves gardening and being outdoors and has recently had a go at skiing. Nine years ago, Elizabeth achieved her class 1 heavy-goods licence, something she had always aspired to do, and yes she did pass first time! She drives her partners Scania V8 164 580 truck at any spare opportunity and loves every minute of it. Christmas 2005, Elizabeth passed her PCV coach driving test and is now a qualified professional coach driver although she only intends to use the licence every now and then.

Elizabeth is currently self-employed playing the electronic organ for organ clubs and societies all over the UK. She manages to fit in to her week a gardening round and spends one day a week completing a degree in gardening at Myerscough College, Elizabeth is always trying to upgrade her skills!

Contact Details:

Tel: 0125 4830 267

Laund Farm,
Withnell,
Nr. Chorley,
Lancs,
PR6 8BD

email      enquires@elizabeth-harrison.co.uk