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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 25th November 1987 "Tired, listless, unemployed? You could need Dole Day Afternoon, an extravaganza of local bands designed to shake life back in to the jaded local music scene. Organised as a joint exercise by the Unemployed Workers' Rights Centre and the Manawatu Employment Resource Centre, Dole Day Afternoon features local bands Summer Onions, The End, Arnold Splendor (featuring Max Satchell and Greg Malcolm-Boelee) and One Leg Too Short. Organiser Robin Gauld said he hopes tomorrow's bash will enable unemployed people to party without too much expense ($3 on the door), while enjoying some of the more interesting original bands about at present. Those able to skive off work are also welcome. "The entertainment angle is important, but it's also a chance to get everyone together as a group and discuss some of the heavy issues about at present like the threatened cuts in unemployment payments for under-18-year-olds," he said. Gauld says he's hoping to make the event semi-regular, mixing diverse bands at a wide range of venues and generally filling the gap since the demise of the regular Meltdown venue in the city. The venue is the Cafe de Paris, with he first band limbering up at around 1pm. {Photograph] Summer Onions just one of the bands featuring in tomorrow's Dole Day Afternoon. From right: Grey Toomey (guitar), Peter Vangioni (drums), Gerald Murphy (vocals), Grant Tucker (guitar/trumpet) and Gerard McDonald (bass)."