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		About AVER LIEKERS history and musicians
AVER LIEKERS		AVER LIEKERS was founded in 1979 by Walter Peetz. Their first performance under that name was in March 1979 in the Raucherei in Kiel, a concert for Nicaragua. Of the current line-up, besides Walter, Sigrid and Peter were in the original group. Up to the middle of 1986 AVER LIEKERS was one of the successful North German folk groups with concerts in Germany and abroad, several recordings and many radio and television appearances. In 1983 the group met Hein Hoop. They gave many joint performances over the following years. For reasons connected with jobs and careers the group broke up in 1986. In the late 90s Walter began to do occasional readings from Hein Hoop's works. In summer 2003 he was invited to a Hein Hoop evening in Dithmarschen. During this event, which Sigrid and Peter also took part in, the idea for a Hein Hoop program was born, and realized the following year with the assistance of two new band members, Brigitte and Kay. It was important for the group to create new musical settings for all the pieces chosen for the program. Most of the instrumental pieces are also AVER LIEKERS compositions. So a varied symbiosis between readings, songs and instrumentals developed.
Neujahrswalzer (mpg3)		On request AVER LIEKERS can present their program in English or Danish.

The musicians		All members of AVER LIEKERS have considerable musical experience. They have been on stage for over thirty years and enjoy more than ever playing together and giving concerts in a relaxed atmosphere.
Brigitte Borchers		Brigitte sings, plays flute and accordion, ukulele and shawm. She composes and arranges. Her secret passion is cabaret and satirical revue. She lives in the Teufelsmoor near Bremen and has three grown-up daughters.
Sigrid Siemsen		Sigi sings and plays flute and percussion. She is the „ambience officer“ of the group. She has recently written some remarkable pieces for the group. Sigrid lives in Eckernförde, where she occasionally sings jazz. She has a son and a daughter.
Walter Peetz		Walter founded AVER LIEKERS . He plays guitar, mandolin, cittern and concertina. He reads and recites Hein’s texts at our concerts. Walter thinks he can’t sing. We let him think that. Walter lives in Bremen and has a son and a daughter.
Kay Kankowski		Kay sings and plays guitar. Many of the pieces in the program were written by him. He is at home in many styles of music and plays in numerous other formations. Kay lives near Eckernförde and has two sons.
Peter Boll		Peter plays violin and mandolin and sings. He was born in Westphalia, but has now been assimilated into Schleswig-Holstein. He is a professed fan of Schalke 04 soccer club. Peter lives in Rendsburg and has two daughters.