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Kate Kendall plays in ‘The Lover’

■ The critically acclaimed one-woman play, The Lover, adapted fromthe international bestselling novel by Marguerite Duras, will perform anew season in the New Ballroom Theatre at Trades Hall from May30.

Translated and adapted by the late Colin Duckworth, Professor ofFrench Studies and Literature, The Lover has been a sell out play garneringrave reviews since it was first performed at The Stork Theatre in 2007.

Set in 1930s Saigon, The Lover tells the tale of a poor young Frenchgirl falling in love with the son of a wealthy Chinese family. Their affairdestroys her family and unlocks powerful forces of hatred surrounding thelovers.

“I love the intimacy of this show. I love how it evolves nightly and overtime and I love the complexity of the characters. There’s always more tobe found and its lovely that it happens with the audience. I actually find itincredibly personal and incredibly humbling,” says Kate Kendall.

The new season will feature a number of newly developed elements:set design, music, and sophisticated lighting design including original 1930slights.

Theatre director Greg Carroll is delighted to be redeveloping this thrill-ing play: “It is so exciting to be magnifying The Lover’s already powerfulforce with music and lighting. The music we’ve chosen is sitting wonder-fully within sensual realm of the play - percussive symphonies from CarlVine add depth and strength to the passion, atmospheric oriental musicfrom Toru Takemitsu enhance the poignant ephemeral sensuality, whiletango music breathes a cheekiness into the excitement and playfulnesswithin the story.”

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AwardeesTop director

■ The Production Companystarrred in The Green RoomAwards announced at The ComedyTheatre on Monday night (May 6).

Winners are:Alternative & Hybrid

PerformanceOutstanding Production. Shifting

Ground - Zoe Scoglio (Arts House)Outstanding Production - Creative

Agency for Audiences. The Stream/TheBoat/The Shore/The Bridge - DanKoop (Next Wave Festival)

Innovation and Excellence in Cir-cus. Carousel - One Trick Pony(Melbourne Fringe Festival)

CabaretProduction. Candice McQueen:

Nasty! - SpankyArtiste. Spanky - Candice

McQueen: Nasty!Writing. Tommy Bradson - The

Men My Mother LovedMusical Direction. James Baker

- A Hip Hikers Guide to the GalaxyInnovation. DasShoku ShakeSpecial Award for Lifetime Contri-

bution to Cabaret. Bob DowneDance

Betty Pounder Award for Choreog-raphy. Antony Hamilton - BlackProject 1 and Keep Everything(Antony Hamilton & ChunkyMove)

Female Dancer. Natalie Allen - 2One Another (Sydney Dance Com-pany)

Male Dancer. Alistair Macindoe- Year's Work (Lucy Guerin Inc &Chunky Move)

Ensemble. Sydney Dance Com-pany - 2 One Another

Design. Damien Cooper - TheNarrative of Nothing (Lighting), TheAustralian Ballet

Sound and Music. HelenMountford and Ria Soemardjo -Tower Suites (Composition and Perfor-mance), Ros Warby

Concept and Realisation. BlackProject 1 - Antony Hamilton

Music TheatreActress in a Leading Role. Silvie

Paladino - ChessActor in a Leading Role. Wayne

Scott-Kermond - The ProducersActor in a Supporting Role. Hugh

Sheridan - A Funny Thing HappenedOn The Way To The Forum

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WINNERSGREEN ROOM

●●●●● Gale Edwards, Tony Bertuccio, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, RachelTaylor at the Green Room Awards at the Comedy Theatre

Green Room AwardsOpera

Direction. Nicki Wendt - Mid-night Son (Victorian Opera)

Production. Salome - OperaAustralia

Design. Julie Lynch (Cos-tumes), Brian Thomson (Set) andJohn Rayment (Lighting) -Salome (Opera Australia)

Conductor, Simon Hewett -Salome (Opera Australia)

Female Principal. CherylBarker (Salome) - Salome (Op-era Australia)

Male Principal. GiorgioCaoduro (Enrico) - Lucia diLammermoor (Opera Australia)

Female Support. Dimity Shep-herd (Cherubino) - The Marriageof Figaro (Victorian Opera)

Male Support. Thomas Hall(Jokanaan) - Salome (Opera Aus-tralia)

New Australian Opera. Mid-night Son - Gordon Kerry (Com-poser) and Louis Nowra (Libret-tist)

Theatre - CompaniesFemale Actor. Eryn Jean

Norvill (Waitress/Angie) - TopGirls (MTC)

Male Actor, Colin Friels(Mark Rothko) - Red (MTC)

Lighting Design. Damien Coo-per - Macbeth (Bell Shakes-peare)

Set and/or Costume Design.Anna Cordingley (Set & Cos-tume Design) - Macbeth (BellShakespeare)

Sound/Composition. DavidFranzke (Composition & SoundDesign) - Pompeii L.A. (Malt-house)

Direction, Matthew Lutton -On The Misconception of Oedipus

Production. Top Girls by CarylChurchill - MTC

Ensemble. Cast of On The Mis-conception of Oedipus -Malthouse & Perth TheatreCo.

Writing/Adaptation for the Aus-tralian Stage. Tom Wright (adap-tation) On The Misconception ofOedipus - Malthouse and PerthTheatre Co.

Association AwardLifetime Achievement Award.

Colin Peasley OAMSpecial Award for Contribution

to Independent Theatre inMelbourne. MKA - NorthMelbourne Season for foundspace, design, writing and perfor-mances

Actress in a Supporting Role. AlintaChidzey - Chess

Choreography. Tony Bartuccio -Chess

Design - Lighting and/or Sound. Pe-ter Grubb, Mark Benson & DavidTonion for System Sound - Chess(sound)

Design - Set and/or Costume.Krystal Giddings - Chess (Cos-tume)

Direction. Gale Edwards - ChessMusical Direction. Andrew

Greene - South PacificOutstanding Musical Production.

Chess - The Production CompanyTheatre - Independent

Male Performer. Richard Bligh(performer) - The McNeil Project(fortyfivedownstairs)

Female Performer. KarenSibbing (Alma) - Persona (FraughtOutfit and Theatre Works)

Set and/or Costume Design. DaynaMorrissey (Set & Costume) - Persona(Fraught Outfit and TheatreWorks)

Lighting Design. Danny Pettingill- Persona (Fraught Outfit and The-atre Works)

Sound/Music. Ellen Warkentineand Mat Sweeney (Music Composi-tion) - The Temptation of St Antony(Four Larks)

Direction. Adena Jacobs - Per-sona (Fraught Outfit and TheatreWorks)

Production. Persona - Fraught Out-fit and Theatre Works

Writing. Tim Spencer - Show MeYours, I'll Show You Mine

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What’s On In Melbourne★ Country artist Amber Lawrence and label-mate, X-Factor 2012 run

ner-up, Jason Owen, will join together for the Islands In The Streamtour, which includes the Hallam Hotel (Aug. 8), Commercial Hotel atSouth Morang (Aug. 10), Gateway Hotel at Corio (Aug. 16), and Light-house Theatre at Warrnambool (Aug. 18).

★ The International Day Against Homphobia and TransphobiaFlash Mob will take place place at 6pm on Friday, May 17, at a

location opposite Flinders Street Station.

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VICTORIA’S CLASSIC MOTHERS DAY■ The tradition of celebratingMother's Day in Australia can betraced back to 1924 when Sydneyresident, Mrs Janet Heyden, firstmet lonely and forgotten mothers at theNewington State Home forWomen.

Together with support from her com-munity and local school children, MrsHeyden returned each year with hand-made knitted gifts, confectionery,soaps and powders; creating a dayfilled with warmth and happiness tohonour the Home's residential moth-ers, until her passing in 1960.

Continuing in Mrs Heyden’s car-ing and giving footsteps, for more than15 years, the Women in SuperMother’s Day Classic fun run andwalk has provided Australian com-munities with a great way to celebrateMother’s Day, having raised$14.8million (to date) for breast can-cer research on a national level.

On early Sunday morning, an ex-pected 50,000 Victorians are set to dontheir pink attire and sneakers to run or

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walk in Melbourne and regional lo-cations to remember those who havebeen affected by or who are living withbreast cancer; whilst raising money forbreast cancer research.

In the lead-up to Mother's Day, Icaught up with one of Victoria'sMother's Day Classic ambassadors,Nine News presenter - Jo Hall.

On her News Porch, I learnt morebehind her passion to raising on-goingawareness for breast screening and

why walking 4kms aroundMelbourne's picturesque circuitcontinues to mark the beginning ofcelebrating Mother's Day with herchildren.

Why do you believe thousandsof Australians are drawn andparticipate in events such as theMother's Day Classic to raiseawareness and much neededfunds for breast cancer?

This is a wonderful cause to em-brace and get on board. Most peoplenow are touched in some way bybreast cancer, as in knowing a rela-tive or friend; and this is certainly thecase with me.

How did breast cancer touchyour life?

Two of my girlfriends, one ofwhom I am particularly close to, havebeen diagnosed with breast cancerand successfully fought it, which isfantastic.

When someone does suffer withbreast cancer, it's not just that personwho it impacts; it impacts a wholelot of people.

When my friend Anne was under-going chemotherapy treatment, herson Josh, who is best friends withmy youngest son, had many sleep-overs. We became part of their jour-ney.

Following your girlfriends'recoveries, you immediatelywent on to become a leadingambassador for the VictorianMother's Day Classic and alsoBreastScreen Victoria. What isthe key message in the fightagainst breast cancer?

We need to make sure our mums,our girlfriends, our aunts and nieceshave breast screens because early de-tection is so vital. If breast cancer canbe caught and detected in its earlystages, you have a strong and highchance of surviving the disease. If it'sprogressed it is much harder. That iswhy we need to be so diligent aboutbreast screening.

What prevents women fromundergoing regular check-ups?

Research has shown women willprioritise to go to the gym, or to haveour nails or our hair coloured. We tendto put off the important things likebreast scanning.

How long does an averagescreen test take?

It takes 10 minutes for a screentest which is performed by women.

If you are over 40, then it's free.So there really are no excuses.

It can be a bit uncomfortable anda bit unpleasant. But it's only 10 min-utes of feeling discomfort for what is

Mother's Day Classic continuesto attract more participants eachyear?

It's touching. Everyone is walkingand people have messages attachedto their backs with their own particu-lar stories on their t-shirts. It's won-derful that so many people are get-ting together and really making it afun event around Victoria.

It's not just for serious runners. Itcan be beautiful to just walk around,have a chat and meet different peopleand hearing so many moving stories.

How do you feel when youlearn some teams register teamswith in excess of 200 members?

I think it's wonderful and groupsdo get together and push it. I know inmy own work environment at Nine,emails were sent around months agoencouraging women and men from alldepartments to participate.

My male colleagues and manyother male friends have told me, 'I amwalking this year.' It's wonderful tosee so many men participate.

Over the years in the role ofas an ambassador, what is one ofyour fondest memories?

I recall being up on stage last yearwith the Master of Ceremonies, MaryDelahunty. I triggered the startinggun for the waves of runners.

It was just incredible to wave to inexcess of 40,000 runners. It's amaz-ing that thousands of people get upreally early on a Sunday and I hopethis event continues to grow as an in-tegral part of our Mother's Day cel-ebrations.

What is your Porch ThoughtFor The Day?

I am often asked, 'What is the storyyou want to read about on the News?'I have always said, 'My dream storywould be reading there is a cure forcancer.' This would make me a happynews reader. Hopefully one day I willget to do that.■ For Victorian locations and toparticipate in the Mother's DayClassic on Sunday (May 12) or tomake an online contribution visitwww.mothersdayclassic.com.au

To register for Breast Screen ap-pointments in Victoria call 13 20 50or visit www.breastscreen.org.au

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Kirsty BrookMDC community ambassadorDiagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. "At the moment I am healthy and cancer free.I have to trust that my treatment has worked (asit was as close to a cure as I could get) and livemy life, hopefully into ripe old age. But livingmy life would be so much sweeter if I knewthat soon, there would be a cure. And theMother's Day Classic is about raising the fundsto find that cure."

●●●●● Jo Hall with her children Fynn, Emmey and Tysyn

great peace of mind. And for youngerwomen, they need to be breast awareand seek medical advice for anychanges to their breasts.

Has screening increasedaround Victoria?

When I first joined BreastScreenVictoria, I thought they set their sightsreally high aiming to receive 1300bookings a day throughout Victoria.

Thankfully the campaign has beenreally successful as they currently re-ceive around 1800 calls a day. To keepthat sort of momentum going, youhave to constantly get the message out,talk about it and remind people.

Why do you enjoy participat-ing in the Mother's Day Classic?

I have participated for a number ofyears with my children. I drag themout of bed first thing in the morningand they walked with me.

The first year we walked, I re-member we carried the twins on ourshoulders because they became tiredby the end of it. As they have grown,they have really enjoyed it. It's reallya wonderful thing to do with your fam-ily on Mother's Day; whilst gettingthe message across about breast can-cer.

Apart from celebratingMother's Day with you, whatelse do you believe your children,like thousands of others, canlearn from participating in theevent?

It encourages children to ask ques-tions and to become knowledgeableabout breast cancer. I had to introducemy children to it at a fairly young agewhen Josh was staying with us. Mydaughter would ask, "Why is Josh sosad?"

How would you explain Josh'ssadness?

We would have to talk about breastcancer. Now my daughter is 13 andwe can discuss it a lot more becauseof her knowledge and my involvementas an ambassador.

All of my children are curiousabout it and also quite educated be-cause of the material I have broughthome. I like to think that it can't be abad thing, particularly with young girlslike my daughter.

Why do you think the

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Church paid $1m fees■ The Christian Brothers paid $1 million todefend paedophile Brother Robert Best, re-ports the Ballarat Courier. A further $500,000was spent on legal fees for other shamed broth-ers, including Edward Dowlan and StephenFarrell who, along with Best, taught atBallarat East's St Alipius School in the1970s.

Drug case in Court■ Ten people who allegedly formed a $3 mil-lion methamphetamine ring in Wangaratta lastyear came together to face charges of violenceand trafficking on Friday, reports The Chronicle.Alleged ringleader, Aaron Dalton, 31, ap-peared,, smiling throughout proceedings andblowing a kiss to his girlfriend on his way out.

Fast, thirsty driver■ A Mount Gambier P-plater had his carimpounded after being clocked at 153kmh withan alcohol reading of .206, Police allege.

Top eatery to close■ The Geelong region's best restaurant,Drysdale eatery Loam, will close next month,reports the Geelong Advertiser. Owner-chefAaron Turner confirmed his award-winningoutlet would serve its final dishes on June 30.

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LEGAL FIRM MUST REFUNDMONEY TO CLIENT: VCAT

■ Michael Faltermaier Lawyers hasbeen ordered to pay $2000 refund to clientAnu Sekhon.

Victorian Civil and Administra-tive Tribunal Senior Member JonathanSmithers heard that the legal firm hadbeen paid $4000 by Ms Sekhon, with theassistance of her local church, for $4000worth of legal services in relation to aparenting dispute with her ex-husband,Jasdev Sekhon, and other matters.

Ms Bianca Dukic said the workwould normally cost in the vicinty of$9000, but she felt some compassion forMs Sekhon and her new partner Rich-ard Harvey, and reduced her fees.

There was ambiguityin a written costsagreement, and Ms Sekhon found it nearimpossible to have discussions with MsDukic in person, the Tribunal heard.

“It’s now been a week since we paidand not a single document in our knowl-edge has been filed to protect our inter-est,” Ms Sekhon wrote.

“The ‘solicitor-client’ relationship hasclearly broken down,” wrote Ms Dukic.

Mr Smithers said considerable re-sources of the Tribunal had been usedin hearing the dispute over $4000. Neitherside’s position was completely consistentor satisfactory, he said.

Ms Dukic had carried out about halfthe work she had contracted to do whenshe abruptly terminated her services.

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Dragon: are they old enough?

■ Dragon are celebrating their 40th anniver-sary at Palms At Crown.

I have just completed a radio interview on96.5FM with Mark Williams, the lead singerfrom the 1970s rock group.

The group began in 1973 and had some greathit songs such as April Sun In Cuba, Rain andAre You Old Enough.

The original lead singer Marc Hunter diedin 1998 and his brother Todd Hunter has keptthe band together over the years.

Mark Williams joined Dragon in 2005as the lead vocalist and the band is currently ona national tour.

Dragon have sold millions of recordingsduring the 40 years and they have released anew double CD, The Dragon Years, featuringboth their old and new songs.

Mark Williams was the original singer onthe theme song for Home And Away, and told methat the composer came from Mark's hometown in New Zealand.

The national tour has begun in NSW and ap-parently the fans are singing along louder thanthe band can play.

Sounds like a great nostalgic concert takingthe audience back to the 1970s with the great hitsongs from Dragon.

The current line up is Todd Hunter (bass),Mark Williams (lead vocals/acoustic guitar),Bruce Reid (electric guitar) and PeteDrummond (drums).

Dragon will be appearing at The PalmsAt Crown this Saturday evening (May 11) at8pm for one show only - bookings via Ticketek.

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HAPPEN ON TELEVISION5. During a Crimestoppers commercial, someone comes in

and kidnaps Peter Hitchener.4. All those little red cars to run off a cliff.

3. Half-way through the movie Ben Hur, Tom Waterhouse dot comcomes on and offers odds for the chariot race.

2. Mark Bouris to walk into Wayne Swan's office,stares at him and says "You're fired".

1. Clive Palmer to star in a new reality show, Celebrity Flood.

TRIBUNAL ORDERS CARAVANCOMPANY TO PAY CUSTOMERPsychologistcautioned

■ Victorian psychologist Vinita Constan-tino has been cautioned for “unsatisfactoryprofessional performance”.

VCAT members Heather Lambrick,Marian Power and Diane Anderson heardthat Mrs Constantino used emotive languagein a report, that included an asserton that apatient had been subjected to horrendousabuse.

The Tribunal heard that Mrs Constan-tino’s report had failed to identify the sourceof the information.

“We agree that Mrs Constantino, did not,in writing her report in the manner in whichshe did, exercise the knowledge, skill or judge-ment reasonably expected of a health practi-tioner of an equivalent level of training or ex-perience,” the Tribunal members said.

The Tribunal heard that Mrs Constan-tino was determined not to repeat thebehaviour, and was taking further professionaldevelopment in report writing.

■ Supreme Caravans Pty Ltd has been or-dered to pay $1250 to customer Gary Richard-son because of alleged defects in the van.

Richardson took delivery of a ‘Spirit’ cara-van after paying $60,640 to retail seller, Pembersof Woonona, NSW.

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tri-bunal Senior Member Alan Vassie heard thatMr Richardson drove the van to O’Brien’sCreek, about 400-km north of Cairns, Queens-land.

Mr Richardson drove the van to Supreme’sCampbellfield address for an inspection, butafter a heated exchange with a Supreme repre-sentative, the inspection did not go ahead.

Mr Richardson had 33 warranty complaints.Pacific RV Caravan Repairs of Mackay,

Qld, offered a report which listed eight faults in-cluding front boot leaks, brake wiring, overheadcupboard doors not squared, a fridge electricty leadbeing too short, a problem with the radio/DVD,and front window leaks.

Mr Richardson also had complaints aboutproblems with jerry can holders, and a pole holder.

Mr Vassie said Mr Richardson did not pro-vide photographs or evidence about any of thematters not included in the Pacific RV report.

Mr Vassie, in accepting just two claims, saidhe not prepared to accept bare assertions.

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●●●●● Maxine, Jessie and Georgia Thompson discuss theirBookery Cook publication ahead of Mothers Day. JulieHoughton has details on Page 85.

Greta to leave for Wales

How I Learned To Drive

●●●●● Andrew Wailes will conduct the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic and MelbourneUniversity Choral Society at the Melbourne Town Hall this Sunday (May 12) in aperformance that includes Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Greta Bradman. See Page 85.

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ForMothersDay

■ Greta Bradman will beleaving Australia in a fewmonths to take up the presti-gious Australian Interna-tional Opera Award, whichwill take her to Cardiff for ayear to the Wales Interna-tional Academy of Voice,under the tutelage of renownedtenor Dennis O'Neill andiconic soprano Dame Kiri TeKanawa.

Observer arts columnistJulie Houghton says: “AsGreta is the proud mum of twoyoung boys, it's most appropri-ate that she is singing in aMother's Day concert.”

More details are on Page 85of this week’s edition.

●●●●● Pictured: Greta Brad-man will perform at theMelbourne Town Hall at5pm this Sunday (May 12)

●●●●● Gail and Ian Smith were at the opening night of Mockingbird Theatre’s PaulaVogel's How I Learned To Drive, at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute PerformingArts Centre. More p;hotos on Page 14. Photos: Cheryl and Malcolm Threadgold

Photographed at the Sofitel

●●●●● Clive Scott (General Manager, Sofitel Melbourne On Collins), Peter Atkins, pho-tographer Robyn Stacey and Terence Murphy were pictured at the opening of anexhibition of Robyn’s works from her time as artist-in-residence. More on P 13.

Circus Oz■ Circus Oz sizzles backinto the Circus Oz Big Topat Birrarung Marr with itsreconstructed 2013 show.

Cranked Up hurls the2012 show to new heights.

Thrill at some daring newfeats as Mark Sheppardsteps into the shoes of rovingIndigenous provocateur

Season: June 19-July 14.Preview: Wednesday,

June 19Gala Night: Thursday,

June 20.Duration: 2 hours (plus

20 minute interval)Venue: Circus Oz Big

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Marr, between FederationSquare and Batman Ave,Melbourne

Tickets: $24 – $92Bookings: 136 100

●●●●● Refugee Najaf Mazari will speak on his life in Af-ghanistan, at an evening being organised by the OxfamDiamond Valley Branch and Eltham College on Friday,May 17 at the Eltham College Performance Centre.Phone 9439 8700.

●●●●● Robert Hillman and Najaf Mazari

Tessa atSouth Yarra

■ Artist Tessa Dodds isexhibitinbg at the SouthYarra Arts House, 6Almeida Cres, SouthYarra. There are 20 newoils on display.

Tessa Dodds trained atBradford Regional Col-lege of Art, UK, and hasworked in many different ar-eas of art and design, andlikes to overlap techniquesfrom different disciplines.

This body of workNature’s Palette, Tessa hasstrived to capture the lumi-nosity of mother nature'scolours, the brilliance andtranslucency of the petals,the fluid movement as theymust bend and sway andadapt to whatever weather/life throws at them.

Set Build opens at Beaumaris

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■ A new, original comedy, SetBuild, opens later this monthat Beaumaris Theatre, writ-ten and directed by AndyPayne.

When Andy was seven, hejoined fellow primary schoolstudents to present a series ofdramatic Christmas readingsfor elderly blind residents at anEnglish institution.

He says the audience talkedloudly during most readings, butwhen it was his turn, theyhushed, because Andy readloudly as if reading to hisyounger brother and sister atbed time.

“I had found something Iwas good at”, he says.

Leaving school at 16, Andyattended nightly classes anddrama groups while working inan office by day.

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●●●●● Meet the Southern Sounds Chorus. Back row from left: Nola McCarthy, Lyn Weight, LynneMoller, Judy Swann, Penny Williams. Second back row from left: Marie Louise Hekel, BettyGunn, Aileen Watson, Robyn Thatcher, Christine Howe, Sonja Williams, Margaret Graham, AnnLindsay, Next Row, back from left: Jan James, Karen Dawson, Lorraine Bulwyn, Noel Baxter,Kim Rennie, Judy Judge, Second front row, from left: Vivienne Bond, Sharelle Volmer, MaryMcLeish, Neroli Blyth, Judy Sutton and director Catherine Bechaz (in front).

20 years of Southern Sounds■ Langwarrin-based Southern Sounds Choruscelebrates 20 years of singing and entertaining com-munities around the Mornington Peninsula.

In 1991, their first Musical Director, Lauris Clota,held rehearsals with a core of nine women in her home.

Originally known as The Mornington Bay Cho-rus, rehearsals moved to the former Mornington Sec-ondary College when numbers increased.

Here, their harmonies impressed basket-ballers, chil-dren, mosquitoes and flies in summer.

In winter neither the cold nor the rain leaking throughthe windows deterred their weekly rehearsals. Theywere addicted to their unique art-form of singing acappella four part harmonies in the traditional barber-shop style.

In 1993, the Chorus officially became affiliatedwith the USA-based Sweet Adelines International(SAI), the largest educational organisation for womensingers in the world.

This provided them with the chance to compete na-tionally with more than 30 other SAI Australian Cho-ruses and receive excellent educational training.

Now 20 years on, the Chorus is well known on thePeninsula for its exuberant performance style incor-porating movement and expression.

Their exciting harmonies and colourful costumesattract appreciative audiences at local festivals suchas the Waterfront Festival, Australia Day ceremo-nies, expos and charity concerts.

A highlight in May last year was joining a ‘flashmob’ of 900 women harmonising at Canberra's larg-est shopping mall, the Canberra Centre.

They also competed at the national SAI Conven-

tion at Canberra University along with 18 other Aus-tralian SAI choruses.

Their current Musical Director, Catherine Bechaztakes the 30 or so women through their paces each Tues-day night at St Jude's Hall in Langwarrin.

Their repertoire includes jazz and swing standards,musical comedy and Broadway hits and popularfavourites old and new.

If you love to sing and are between 18 and 60 they'vegot a place for you.

As a 20th Birthday gift, the chorus is offering a free.no obligation six weeks Introduction To Singing aCappella Harmony, commencing with a workshopon Saturday, June 8 from 10am - 4pm, followed by fiveweeks training on Tuesday nights at 7pm at St Jude'sPrimary School Hall, 30 Warrandyte Rd,Langwarrin.

On graduating, participants will join with the choruson Tuesday July 9 at a Christmas In July Concertfor friends and family.

Members will also be invited to perform with thechorus for their 20 year birthday show on October 27.

Bookings for the June singing workshops can bemade by contacting: Christine, 5971 2231,[email protected]

- Judy Swann

Judy Swann tells ofthe chorus using expression

and movement to delightits audiences

Closing after 20 years■ ‘Barrel’ understandsthat the weekly Seymour-Nagambie Advertisernewspaper may have dis-continued publication af-ter nearly 20 years.

Independent publisherKeith Peplar, 65, ofEmerald, is believed tohave published his finalissue at Latrobe ValleyExpress printers, Mor-well, last week. ●●●●● Keith Peplar

78 minutes, still waiting

●●●●● Denis Scanlan

■ Geelong radio manDenis Scanlan gave upafter waiting 78 minuteson the Centrelink phonehotline on Friday.

The automated phonesoftware failed to under-stand his best radio voice,when he called to adviseof a changed address.

Frustrated, Scanlaneven tried one of the hu-man services that areavailable to people with languages other than En-glish. The man at Centrelink’s Afghanistan ser-vice refused to serve Denis because Scanlan speaksEnglish. A form of racism in reverse?

Resolutions to the rescue

●●●●● Libby Ross

■ Popular publicitywoman Libby Rossmade a familiar cry thisweek: “Am I the only onewho spends half their lifefighting with Telstra!

“On hold now (45mins and counting) wait-ing to speak to another'manager' to sort out whatshould have been sorted50 phone calls and count-less hours ago.”

Libby was put in touch with a ‘Resolutions’department staffer, who actually returned her call.

“So many wasted hours and angst for what shouldbe so simple. So frustrating - you can run a business,a family and life in general, yet feel completely pow-erless dealing with this huge faceless monster,” Libbysaid.

●●●●● See Telstra Testimonials, Page 92

Michael, button man

●●●●● Con Gallin, James Morrison and MichaelDanby at the Jazz Bell Awards at the Plaza

■ ‘The Barrel’ does not want to be around whenthose buttons pop on politician Michael Danby’ssuit. It is either an expanding girth or a shrinking suitfor the Melbourne Ports MHR.

●●●●● Australian entertainers Mental As Any-thing and James Reyne will have more than8000 participants rocking when they openthe 14th edition of the Australian MastersGames in Geelong in October. The showwill be headed by Martin Plaza and GreedySmith on opening night. Entry will be ex-clusive to Games participants.

Lawyer’s biddismissed

■ Con Kiatos’s application againstLegal Services CommissionerMichael McGarvie, arguing againsta rehearing, has been dismissed by theVictorian Civil and Administra-tive Tribunal.

President Judge Greg Garde andmember Rodney Page dismissedKiatos’s application.

A directions hearing in the casebrought by MrMcGarvie is due to beheld on 10am this Friday (May 10).

“From the submissions made by theparties in this case it is apparent thatthere are serious issues of fact and lawto be decided at the rehearing,” saidJudge Garde and Mr Page.

To win his bid, Kiatos had to showthat McGarvie’s case was “undoubt-edly hopeless”.

Evil images

■ Erden Mermer,of Mildura, has ad-mitted possessing por-nographic images of a14-year-old girl.

The MilduraMagistrates’ Courthas been told the im-ages related to an origi-nal set of images overwhich the accused hadbeen previously dealtwith by the courts.

Trigger

■ Police are remind-ing hunters to take ex-tra care before pullingthe trigger after a fire-arms incident in theAlpine NationalPark.

Investigators allegea 26-year-old Yall-ourn North man wasstalking deer in the parknear Licola when hisgun discharged in thedirection of anotherhunter, narrowly miss-ing him.

The man was inter-viewed and releasedpending summons.

Pub snub

■ Dimboola Hotelhas failed a safety in-spection after a courtordered the fire-rav-aged building to be re-paired. HorshamCourt ordered ownerPaul Rintel to havecompleted safety re-pairs. He has beenfined $5000.


JOAN BAEZ TO VISIT MELB.

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For with leading Melbournepublicist DI ROLLE

●●●●● Joan Baez

could never master. Inthe film Baez also fi-nally got an apologyfrom Dylan.

He said he regrettedwhen the relationshipended, blaming hisbehaviour on “the mad-ness that had becomehis career”

Baez never made ita secret about how madabout him she was, norhow heartbroken shewas when the relation-ship ended.

Among the moreiconic moments be-tween Baez andDylan were their jointand legendary appear-ances at the NewportFolk Festival; the1963 March onWashington withMartin Luther KingJnr; Dylan’s 1965UK Tour – whereJoan was not invited toperform – as docu-mented in the film,Don’t Look Back;heartbreaking for

●●●●● Sara Macliver and FionaCampbellPhoto: Steven Godbee

Joan, she next per-formed with him againin 1975-76 in The Roll-ing Thunder Revuetour.

They also appearedin the Newport FolkFestival documentary,The Other Side Of TheMirror, and televisionspecials together.

Joan started cover-ing Dylan songs on herfourth album, In Con-cert, Part 2.

She continued to in-terpret his materialthroughout her career.

In 1968, Baez re-leased Any Day Now,a collection of Dylansongs, recorded inNashville.

The year 1998 sawthe release of a compi-lation of Baez’sDylan covers, entitledBaez Sings Dylan.

It took her a longtime to get him out ofher system.

She also wrotemany songs that appearto be about him, the most

as it helped shape thefabulous women shehas become, to go andsee her live will beawesome.

After 25 years sinceshe was last here, itmakes it even more spe-cial.

She is an inspiringwoman, honest to thecore, never shied awayfrom her political activ-ism from singing aboutcivil rights and free-dom in the 60s to per-forming at OccupyWall Street in 2011.

Her most recent al-bum, Day After Tomor-row, was nominated fora Grammy.

Her Australian tourwill feature her son, tohusband David -Gabriel Harris onpercussion and multi-instrumentalist DirkPowell on banjo, gui-tar, keyboards andfiddle.

She will perform inMelbourne on Thurs-day, August 8, atHamer Hall.

Tickets 1300 182183. www.artscentremelbourne.com.au

See you in the queuefor this one!

Greats■ I know of speak ofthe Melbourne Re-cital Centre like itsfamily, however it doeshave the most wonder-ful events on there andwith the new restau-rants in the precinctScript, and Blondie

Melbourne’s Music Bank

Melbourne’s beautiful autumn■ George Eliot wrote “Delicious autumn! My soul is wedded to it,and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successiveautumns”. Surely Melbourne would have the best autumn. It is myfavourite time of the year here. I adore all the leaves, the trees, theautumn sun, the autumn chill.

It is Melbourne at its best: footy season, cold beers, hot chocolates,casseroles in the oven, hot crusty bread and cold…. it’s almost worth thecolds. I have had my autumn cold. I call it the post-Melbourne Inter-national Comedy Festival cold. everyone who works on the Com-edy Festival gets a cold at the end of it!

However it’s all worth it and all part of autumn.No Spring or Summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one

Melbourne Autumnal face. I took a bit of poetic licence with thatquote from the great English poet John Donne.

Importance of family■ I attended a graduation ceremony at St Pauls Cathedral. It was anamazing evening. A member of my family graduated with her Master ofArts and it was quite an emotional experience.

St Pauls Cathedral is a great building and was stunning to sit andwatch the many many graduates of the MCD University of Divinityreceive their awards.

It was an uplifting experience and made me even more aware of theimportance of family in my life.

I love my job!I love my job!

popular being Dia-monds and Rust, oth-ers include To Bobby ,and Winds Of The Old.

In turn Joan Baezhas been the subject ofvarious Dylan songs,but which one ones arespecifically about herhas long been discussedamong fans for de-cades, and in manycases cannot be con-firmed.

I mention all thisbackground with JoanBaez and Bob Dylan

■ Now this is exciting news for all the cre-ative composers and songwriters reading thiscolumn!

Bank of Melbourne and MelbourneRecital Centre are inspiring local compos-ers and songwriters to write the ultimate trib-ute to their city. (I might write a song aboutMelbourne in autumn.)

Whether it’s a concerto for the city or a songabout the suburbs, the quest is to buildMelbourne’s Music Bank, a collection ofcompositions celebrating the world’s most live-able city.

They are giving local songwriters and com-posers the opportunity to have their music pro-duced, recorded and performed at MelbourneRecital Centre, and featured in bank adver-tising and marketing.

This is a great opportunity. There’s also a$6000 grant up for grabs to support the winner’sprofessional development.

Entries into this unique competition will formMelbourne’s Music Bank, a curated collec-tion of music inspired by our city, for our city.

“Melbourne’s songwriters and composershave the opportunity to show why this cityknown as the cultural capital,” said Bank ofMelbourne Chief Executive Scott Tanner.

“Melbourne has provided inspiration forsome great songwriters such as David Bridie,Claire Bowditch, Mark Seymour,Deborah Cheetham, Deborah Conwayand Archie Roach, and now we want to en-courage more composers and songwriters to beinspired,” Mr Tanner said.

Selected composers will be uploaded toBank of Melbourne’s Facebook page,where the public will be able to vote on theirfavourite. The top three compositions will beperformed at the Melbourne Recital Cen-tre, where an expert panel will judge the win-ner.

Melbourne Recital Centre Chief Execu-tive Officer Mary Vallentine said the pros-pect of showcasing talented Victorian com-posers was very exciting.

“It is very much in our mission to foster thedevelopment of Victorian musicians,” MsVallentine said.

“Melbourne’s Music Bank aims to pro-vide exposure for many of Melbourne’s mu-sicians, and nurture their professional develop-ment. As Melbourne’s best place to hear, andthe natural home for music of all styles,Melbourne Recital Centre is excited to becelebrating Melbourne’s vibrant cultural lifein such a unique way.”

Entries can consist of up to six lines of origi-nal music (up to six instruments) and should bea minimum of three and maximum of eight min-utes long. Music from any genre is welcomed.

There are no restrictions on songwriters orcomposers – they just have to live or study inVictoria. Entries must be received by June 28.

“We are looking forward to hearing every-thing from operatic arias, to pop, rock, folk andjazz. The Music Bank will be a great addi-tion to Melbourne’s musical heritage,’” saidMr Tanner.

Information and entry terms and conditionscan be found at www.bankofmelbourne.com.au/musicbank

■ With autumn comesannouncement of forth-coming tours.

The one that has ex-cited me a lot is the an-nouncement of the tourof musical and politicalforce of nature, JoanBaez.

Baez has announcedher first Australiantour in more than 25years.

Born in January1941, she was instru-mental in the 1960s inpresenting Bob Dylanto her audience, by re-cording his songs, andinviting him to performat her concerts.

In fact I cannot men-tion Joan Baez’s namewithout the thought ofBob Dylan cominginto my head.

I am a huge Dylanfan, actually a ‘Dylantragic’, which as highas you can go when youworship Dylan.

I have seen himover 30 times in con-cert, at MadisonSquare Garden,L o n d o n ,Melbourne, Sydney,any opportunity.

It seems only fittingin the week of his 72ndbirthday (they are thesame age) that I men-tion him in relation toJoan Baez and theirromantic relationship.I t was no secret thatthe two were involvedand they became the‘King and Queen ofFolk’ as a result.

So much so thatmany of the traditionalfolk songs Baez per-formed later, ended upin Dylan’s repertoire.

I learned a lot moreabout their relationshipwhen I watched thedocumentary, HowSweet The Sound.

I had seen it yearsago and it was on theABC on a Sunday af-ternoon.

In it, Dylan was fullof compliments abouther, including being en-vious of Joan’s fringe-picking style, whichDylan said he

run by the KeyteBrothers, it really isa treat to visit ... eitherthe Melbourne The-atre Company onone side, or Mel-bourne RecitalCentre on the other.

I recommend ithighly. It really is theArts Hub or the ArtsPrecinct as I like tocall it.

Whenever I visitany of these venues Ifeel really rejuvenatedand part of somethingvery special.

The AustralianBrandenburg Or-chestra is very specialand it is featuringMozart The Great onthe weekend of Satur-day May 18 at 7pm,and Sunday May 19 at5pm at ElisabethMurdoch Hall,Melbourne RecitalCentre.

It is a perfectMother’s Day gift.Great music and his-tory while you are at it!

“Alexander theGreat had created thebiggest empire in his-tory when he died atthe age of 32 and stilltoday is regarded asone of history’s great-est leaders,” says PaulDwyer , artistic direc-tor, fortepiano and con-ductor of the Austra-lian BrandenburgOrchestra and theB r a n d e n b u r gChoir which is fea-tured in this concert.

“Mozart is themusic world’s Alex-ander.

“He died at only 35and left the greatestlegacy of any com-poser.

“In 2009 I realiseda career-long dream ofstaging my interpreta-tion of Mozart’s Re-quiem.

“Our audience em-braced it wholeheart-edly and we sold everysingle seat,” addsPaul.

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■ Solar Rental Company PtyLtd, which operates a business rent-ing solar systems to consumers, hasentered into an Enforceable Under-taking with the Australian Securi-ties and Investments Commis-sion following an investigation.

ASIC found that between Octo-ber 2011 and May 2012, SolarRental entered into 239 rental agree-ments with consumers whilst notholding an Australian credit li-cence.

There were also concerns that therental agreements did not contain thedisclosures required under the Na-tional Credit Act.

The undertaking requires SolarRental to write to all affected con-sumers, provide them with the disclo-sure required under the NationalCredit Act and offer them the follow-ing options:■ termination of their rental ar-rangements with Solar Rental;■ purchase of the solar systems atthe price paid at the time of the rentalagreements less rental amounts al-ready paid; or■ entry into a new rental agreementwith Solar Rental that is compliant

To Court

Zarah Garde-Wilson cases

●●●●● Zarah Garde-Wilson

$30,000 trip to Market

■ Karina Free-man is due to makea civil claim againstthe AustralianGramd Prix at theMelbourne Mag-istrates’ Court at9.30am today(Wed.) in a motorvehicle damagecase.

Blunder

●●●●● John Blackman, Master of Ceremonies

■ Victorian newsagents swaped early mornings fora late night with their annual awards at the PlazaBallroom, hosted by John Blackman.

Readers’ Choice Newsagency Award went toMichael and Rita Pearce of Mallacoota News-agency.

The Nparcel Award went to Simon Richards ofClayton Newsagency.

Employee of the Year is Stacey Rennie of Alex-andra Newsagency and Lotto.

Recipient of the VANA Legends Award was RonMcKinnis of Flinders City Newsagency.

The New Technology Award was presented to JeffOtter and Anne Szanto of Williamstown Newsand Lotto.

The ‘Newsagent of the Year – Distribution’ awardwent to Peter and Jill De Propertis of EasternHome Delivery Services.

The ‘Newsagent of the Year – Retail’ award waspresnted to Chris and Ros Pecora of NewsXpressMalvern Central.

Blackers in black-tie

ASIC WARNS ABOUTFAKE PHONE CALLS

■ The Australian Securities and InvestmentsCommission is urging the public to be wary of coldcallers claiming to represent ASIC.

Based offshore, these callers claim to be able to as-sist the public in retrieving money lost in an earlier soft-ware scam.

They may quote an ABN, claim to also representMicrosoft, and in order to receive any funds you will beasked to provide access to your computer and completean online form.

These calls are a scam, and ASIC warns anyone whois contacted to hang up.

If you think you have been a victim of this scam orbelieve your account may have been compromised, youshould contact your bank or financial institution immedi-ately.

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell said” “We suspectthat this scam is the latest attempt by fraudsters to obtainyour personal details or trick you into paying money tothem.

“We ask the public to be wary of calls like these andwe encourage them to conduct some basic checks be-fore acting on an email or phone call out of the blue.”

Warning signs include receiving a surprise call or emailclaiming you are entitled to a compensation payment orfunds recovered from an earlier scam.

Often the caller or sender pretends to be from a realbusiness, government agency or financial organisation.

In order to receive the funds, you are required to pay afee in advance to cover costs such as ‘administration’fees, ‘bonds or security deposits’ or ‘outstanding taxes’.

The scammer will request payment via a money trans-fer service or your personal or banking information.

ASIC says to never send money or give your finan-cial details via text message or email or give access toyour computer to someone you don’t trust or know.

Government departments and financial institutions donot ask you for your personal details via email or textmessage. If you’ve provided your bank account or carddetails to a scammer, contact your financial institution.

with the National Credit Act. ASICCommissioner Peter Kell said:“This case is a reminder to the in-dustry that it is a fundamental respon-sibility of those engaging in credit ac-tivities to be fully aware of their ob-ligations under the National CreditAct.

“I would encourage consumers tocheck ASIC's registers to ensure theperson or company they are dealingwith is licensed, and to contact ASICor visit our MoneySmart website ifin doubt'.

Solar Rental was granted acredit licence on October 18 last year,an ASIC spokesman confirmed.

Hinch quiet■ Media motormouth DerrynHinch has been uncharacteris-tically quiet this week.

The Melbourne Observer hassent several e-mails to theChannel 7 reporter about thecontempt of court charge that hewas said to be due to face, re-portedly on the orders of JudgeNettle of the Supreme Court.

Hinch has not replied to oure-mails. Hinch’s website stillpublishes some comments criti-cal of Judge Nettle.

●●●●● Derryn Hinch

■ Zarah Garde-Wil-son is due to appear asdefendant in a civil caselisted for MelbourneMagistrates’ Court for9am today (Wed.).

Court records indicatethat Remy Van DeWiel is due to allege adebt is owed by Garde-Wilson.

A pre-hearing confer-ence is listed for today.

The Court list alsolists a registrars’ pre-hearing conference for2.15pm on June 19 where Con Heliotis is due tomake a civil claim for an alleged debt.

Men by the name of Remy Van De Wiel andCon Heliotis are listed as Queen’s Counsel.Remy van de Wiel, QC, is chairman of theCriminal Bar Association.

■ Police are appealing for public assistance to iden-tify a group of Asian women who allegedly scammeda woman out of $30,000 in Preston.

Police have been told a 66-year-old woman wasshopping at the Preston Market when she was ap-proached by two women who asked her to help findsomeone.

The victim agreed to follow the pair and was ap-proached by a third woman.

It is alleged the third woman told the victim shehad spirits haunting her and that if she did not paymoney she would die in three days.

The Preston woman then attended three separateATM machines and withdrew cash, totalling $30,000.

She also returned home and collected all of herjewellery, handing it over to the trio at the market alongwith the cash.

Police are also investigating possible links to simi-lar scams in the CBD and eastern suburbs.

●●●●● Preston Market

■ A ban on theWhite Guy CooksThai food van atSeddon by the lo-cal council was aclerical mistake,says the municipal-ity. Owner SimonWilliams told theMaribyrnong Lead-er that he was yet tobe advised by theCouncil that theban had been over-turned.

For sale

■ The ABC head-quarters at Rippon-lea may be sold forhighrise develop-ments. ‘Aunty’ islooking to movefrom its Gordon Ststudios, built in 1956,to new facilities atSouthbank.

Donation

●●●●● Kathy Madjlik

■ Melton MayorCr Kathy Madj-lik is donating fromher $93,457 mayoralallowance. She hasalready given awaymore than $5000.

Cr Madjlik andCr Nola Dunnhave each promisedto make donations.

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Thought For The Week■ “People should keep their mouths shut and their pensdry until they know the facts/” - The Buloke Times

Observer Curmudgeon■ “I am fascinated by people who complain a £2 paper'doesn't have enough in it'. Versus £2 takeout coffeewhich is so substantial.” - David Pilling

Text For The Week■ "If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him.For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple."

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CONFLICT ALLEGED■ The Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the City ofCasey, Mike Tyler, isdue to face DandenongMagistrates’ Court onThursday next week (May16), to appear on two con-flict of interest charges.

“The charges relate toa secret out-of-court sexualharrassment settlementwith a single mother oftwo,” reports JulianKennedy of the BerwickLeader.

Tyler, of Narre War-ren South, has remainedin his job.

Tyler is alleged to havefailed to notify the Mayorand Council of a conflict ofinterest in a matter forwhich he had authority.

It is alleged that “Tylercommitted council re-sources and funds on amatter in which he had apersonal interest, withoutnotifying the mayor orcouncil as required underthe legislation,” reportsCatherine Watson of theCasey Weekly.

Casey Mayor CrAmanda Stapledon saysthe Council will not fundthe defence of its CEOagainst charges of breach-ing the Local GovernmentAct.

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●●●●● Mike Tyler, CEO, City of Casey

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It's been a big week for Freemasons Victoriawith the handing over of two vehicles for usein the greater community.

Freemasons Victoria in conjunction withtheir public charitable fund, the BaysideFreemasons Charitable Fund and the RotaryClub of Brighton North, has provided fundingto purchase and fit out a brand new MercedesSprinter for 'Family Life'.

Family Life assists families, children andyoung people with counselling, mediation,mental health services, support andcommunity educational services, outreach tohomes, case co-ordination and advocacy forpeople in the Bayside community.

The $65,000 Mercedes Sprinter will be usedin family outreach and the collection ofmaterials and clothing across the region andwill greatly assist in the operations of FamilyLife in the performance of their communityoutreach.

Judith Latta Community Outreach Managerof Family Life was overwhelmed by the waythe Freemason community rallied together tohelp Family Life out.

"This van will help so many of ourvolunteers working for Family Life, it will maketheir job a whole lot easier, and give thempride that we (Family Life) have our ownvehicle with excellent signage to broadcast,as we drive around supporting ourcommunity," says Judith.

A second car was presented to EchucaRegional Health by Grand Master ofFreemasons Victoria Bob Jones.

"Freemasonry is really kicking some biggoals both in Melbourne and regionally, andthere is no better example of this donation ofa car from the Freemason members of theCampaspe Valley Lodge to Echuca RegionalHealth," says Bob.

The car is adorned with both theFreemasons Victoria and 'Make Your Mark'campaign logos.

The clearly identifiable Toyota Corolla willbe seen visiting the community of Echuca-Moama as Echuca Regional Health meets theincreasing demand for community basedservices such as district nursing, hospital inthe home, cancer support care, palliative careand speech pathology in schools.

June Dyson, Executive Director of Nursingat Echuca Regional Health made the followingcomments to the 50 strong Freemasons andfamily at the Echuca Masonic Centre.

"This is our community car, Freemasonry isthe community, thank you for seeing a gap,and helping Echuca Regional Health bridgethat gap.

“Your efforts and goodwill will beremembered for years to come".

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MELBOURNE, 3000. Mitty 's Newsagency. 53

Bourke St, Melbourne. (03) 9654 5950.

MELTON, 3337. Melton Authorised Newsagency.

383-385 High St, Melton. (03) 9743 5451.

MELTON, 3337. NewsXPress. (03) 9743 5451.

MENTONE, 3194. Mentone Newsagency. 24 Como

Pde, Mentone. (03) 9585 3494.

MERLYNSTON, 3058. Merlynston Newsagency. (03)

9354 1532.

MIDDLE BRIGHTON, 3186 . Middle Br ighton

Newsagency. 75-77 Church St, Middle Brighton.

(03) 9592 1000.

MIDDLE PARK, 3206. Middle Park Newsagency.

16 Armstrong St, Middle Park.

MILDURA, 3500. Klemm's Mildura Newsagency.

(03) 5302 1004.

MILL PARK, 3082. Mi l l Park Author ised

Newsagency. Stables Shopping Centre, Cnr Childs

Rd & Redleap Ave, Mill Park. (03) 9436 4400.

MITCHAM, 3132. Mitcham Newsagency. 503

Whitehorse Rd, Mitcham. (03) 9873 1108.

MOE, 3825. Yeatman's Newsagency. 3A Moore

St, Moe. (03) 5127 1002.

MONT ALBERT., 3127. Mont Albert Newsagency.

42 Hamilton St, Mont Albert. (03) 9890 1140.

MONTMORENCY, 3094. Montmorency Newsagency.

41-43 Were St. (03) 9435 8893.

MONTROSE, 3765. Montrose Newsagency. 912

Mt Dandenong Rd. (03) 9728 2057.

MOONEE PONDS, 3039. Puckle Street Newsagency.

45 Puckle St, Moonee Ponds. (03) 9375 2264.

MORDIALLOC, 3195. Mordialloc Newsagency.

574A Main St, Mordialloc. (03) 9580 5141.

MORDIALLOC, 3195. Warren Village Newsagency.

87 Warren Rd. (03) 9580 3880.

MORELAND, 3056. See Brunswick.

MORNINGTON, 3931. Mornington Newsagency. 97

Main St, Mornington. (03) 5975 2099.

MORNINGTON, 3931. Scribes Newsagency. Shop

1/10, Mornington Village, Mornington. (03) 5975

5849.

MORWELL, 3840. Morwel l Newsagency. 176

Commercial Rd, Morwell. (03) 5134 4133.

MOUNT ELIZA, 3934. Mount Eliza Newsagency.

102 Mount Eliza Way. (03) 5974 2347.

MOUNT MARTHA, 3934 . Mount Martha

Newsagency. 2 Lochiel Ave, Mount Martha. (03)

5974 2347.

MOUNT WAVERLEY, 3149. Pinewood Newsagency.

Shop 59, Centreway Shopping Centre, Mount

Waverley. (03) 9802 7008.

MOUNTAIN GATE, 3156. See Ferntree Gully.

MT EVELYN, 3658. Mt Evelyn Newsagency. 1A Wray

Cres. (03) 9736 2302.

MULGRAVE, 3170. Northvale Newsagency. 901

Springvale Rd, Mulgrave. (03) 9546 0200.

MULGRAVE, 3170. Waver ley Gardens

Newsagency. Shop 44, Waver ley Gardens,

Mulgrave. (03) 9547 5773.

MURCHISON, 3610. Murchison Newsagency,

Murchison. (03) 5826 2152,

MURRUMBEENA, 3163 . Murrumbeena

Newsagency. 456 Nerrim Rd, Murrumbenna. (03)

9568 1959.

NARRE WARREN, 3805. Narre Warren News &

Tatts. Shop 1 Webb St, Narre Warren. (03) 9704

6495.

NEWCOMB, 3220 . Newcomb Newsagency,

Geelong. (03) 5248 5434.

NEWMARKET, 3031. Newmarket Newsagency. 294

Racecourse Rd, Newmarket. (03) 9376 6075.

NEWPORT, 3015. Newport Newsagency. 6 Hall

St, Newport. (03) 9391 2548.

NIDDRIE, 3042. Niddrie Newsagency. 455 Keilor

Rd, Niddrie. (03) 9379 3840.

NOBLE PARK, 3174. Noble Park Newsagency. 22

Douglas St, Noble Park. (03) 9546 9079.

NOBLE PARK, 3174. Variety Newsagency. 1268

Heatherton Rd, Noble Park. (03) 9546 7916.

NORTH BALWYN, 3104. See Balwyn North.

NORTH MELBOURNE, 3051. See West Melbourne.

NORTH MELBOURNE, 3051 . Haines Street

Newsagency. 46 Haines St. (03) 9328 1195.

NORTH MELBOURNE, 3051. News On Errol. (03)

9326 3744.

NORTHCOTE, 3070. Croxton Newsagency. 509 High

St, Northcote. (03) 9481 3624.

NORTHCOTE, 3070. Northcote Newsagency. 335

High St, Northcote. (03) 9481 3725.

NORTHCOTE, 3070. Northcote Newsplaza. (03)

9481 7130.

NUNAWADING, 3131. Mountainview Newsagency.

293A Springfield Rd, Nunawading. (03) 9878

7887.

NYAH, 3594. Nyah General Store. (03) 5030 2230.

OAK PARK, 3046. Oak Park Newsagency. 120

Snell Grove, Oak Park. (03) 9306 5472.

OAKLEIGH, 3166. Oakleigh Newsagency. Shop

61-63, Oakleigh. (03) 9563 0703.

OAKLEIGH EAST, 3166 . Oakleigh East Auth.

Newsagency. 190 Huntingdale Rd, East Oakleigh.

(03) 9544 4322.

OAKLEIGH SOUTH, 3167 . Oakle igh South

Newsagency. (03) 9570 5833.

OCEAN GROVE, 3226. Ocean Grove Newsagency.

82 The Terrace, Ocean Grove. (03) 5256 1779.

PAKENHAM, 3810. Pakenham Newsagency. 99

Main St, Pakenham. (03) 5941 1243.

PARKDALE, 3195. Parkdale Newsagencxy. 238

Como Pde. (03) 9580 1724.

PASCOE VALE, 3044 . Pascoe Vale Centra l

Newsagency. 110 Cumberland Rd, Pascoe Vale.

(03) 9354 8472.

PASCOE VALE, 3044. Coonans Hill News/Tatts/

Post Office. 67 Coonans Rd, Pascoe Vale South.

(03) 9386 7465.

PASCOE VALE SOUTH, 3044. Paper N Post. Pascoe

Vale South. (03) 9354 1432.

PEARCEDALE, 3912. Pearcedale Newsagency.

Shop 14, Pearcedale Village Shopping Centre,

Pearcedale. (03) 5978 6343.

POINT COOK, 3030. NewsXPress. (03) 9395 0424.

POINT LONSDALE, 3225 . Point Lonsdale

Newsagency. 99 Point Lonsdale Rd. (03) 5258

1159.

PORT MELBOURNE, 3207 . Port Melbourne

Distribution. (03) 9681 8122.

PORTARLINGTON, 3223 . Portar l ington

Newsagency. Shop 1, 60 Newcombe St,

Portarlington. (03) 5289 2892.

PRAHRAN, 3181. Prahran Market Newsagency.

Shop 3A Pran Central, Prahran. (03) 9521 1200.

PRESTON, 3072. Northland Newsagency. Shop

3, Northland Shopping Centre. (03) 9478 2693.

PRESTON, 3072. Preston Newsagency. 377 High

St, Preston. (03) 9478 3001.

PRESTON, 3072. Preston Town Hall Newsagency.

411 High St, Preston. (03) 9470 1630.

PRINCES HILL, 3054. See Carlton North.

QUEENSCLIFF, 3225. Queenscliff Newsagency. (03)

5258 1828.

RESERVOIR, 3073. Reservoir Newsagency. 22

Edwardes St, Reservoir. (03) 9460 6317.

RESERVOIR, 3073. Broadway Newsagency. 279

Broadway, Reservoir. (03) 9460 6510.

RHYLL, 3923. Rhyll Newsagency. 41 Lock Rd, Rhyll.

(03) 5956 9205.

RICHMOND, 3121. Swan Street Newsagency. 108

Swan St, Richmond. (03) 9428 7450.

RICHMOND, 3121. Vernons Newsagency. 308A

Bridge Rd, Richmond. (03) 9428 7373.

RINGWOOD EAST, 3135 . R ingwood East

Newsagency. 52 Railway Ave, Ringwood East.

(03) 9870 6515.

RINGWOOD NORTH, 3134 . North Ringwood

Newsagency. 182 Warrandyte Rd, North

Ringwood. (03) 9876 2765.

ROBINVALE, 3549. Robinvale Newsagency. (03)

5026 3264.

ROCKBANK, 3335. Rockbank Newsagency. (03)

9747 1300.

ROSANNA, 3084. Rosanna Newsagency. 135

Lower Plenty Rd, Rosanna. (03) 9459 7722.

ROSANNA EAST, 3084. Banyule Newsagency. 55

Greville Rd, East Rosanna. (03) 9459 7027.

ROSEBUD, 3939. Rosebud Newsagency. 1083

Nepean Hwy, Rosebud. (03) 5986 8359.

RYE, 3941. Rye Newsagency. 2371 Point Nepean

Rd, Rye. (03) 5985 2013.

SANCTUARY LAKES, 3030. Sanctuary Lakes

Newsagency. Shop 16, 300 Point Cook Rd. (03)

9395 4055.

SALE, 3850. Sale Newsagency. (03) 5144 2070.

SAN REMO, 3925. San Remo Newsagency. 105

Marine Pde, San Remo. (03) 5678 5447.

SANDRINGHAM, 3191. Sandringham Newsagency.

58-60 Station St, Sandringham. (03) 9598 1246.

SEAFORD, 3198. Carrum Downs Newsagency. (03)

9782 6333.

SEAFORD, 3198 . Seaford Newsagency. 124

Nepean Hwy, Seaford. (03) 9786 1220.

SEDDON, 3011. Seddon Newsagency & Lotto. 74

Charles St, Seddon. (03) 9687 1919.

SEVILLE, 3139 . Sev i l le Newsagency. 654

Warburton Hwy. (03) 5964 2236.

SHEPPARTON, 3630. Lovell's Newsagency. 246

Wyndham St, Shepparton. (03) 5821 2622.

SOMERVILLE, 3912. Somervi l le Newsagency.

Shop 24, Plaza, Eramosa Rd West, Somerville.

(03) 5977 5282.

SOUTHBANK, 3006 . Melbourne Centra l

Newsagency. 292 City Rd, Southbank. (03) 9690

3900.

SOUTH MELBOURNE, 3205 . Clarendon

Newsagency. 276 Clarendon St, South Melbourne.

(03) 9690 1350.

SOUTH MELBOURNE, 3205 . South Melbourne

Newsagency. 358 Clarendon St, South Melbourne.

(03) 9690 7481.

SOUTH MORANG, 3752 . South Morang

Newsagency. 17-19 Gorge Rd. (03) 9404 1502.

SPRINGVALE, 3171. Springvale Newsagency. 321

Springvale Rd, Springvale. (03) 9546 9235.

ST KILDA, 3182. Esplanade Newsagency. 115

Fitzroy St, St Kilda. (03) 9525 3321.

ST KILDA, 3182. St Kilda Junction Newsagency.

52 St Kilda Rd, St Kilda. (03) 9510 1056.

ST KILDA, 3182. Village Belle Newsagency. 161-

163 Acland St, St Kilda. (03) 9525 5167.

ST LEONARDS, 3223. St Leonards Newsagency.

Foreshore Rd, St Leonards. (03) 5257 1604.

STRATHMORE, 3041. Napier Street Newsagency.

313 Napier St, Strathmore. (03) 9379 2603.

STRATHMORE, 3041. Strathmore Newsagency. 15

Woodland St, Strathmore. (03) 9379 1515.

SUNBURY, 3429 . Sunbury Author ised

Newsagency. 14 Brook St, Sunbury. (03) 9744

1220.

SUNSHINE, 3020. Sunshine Newsagency. 3/282

Hampshire Rd, Sunshine. (03) 9312 2654.

SUNSHINE SOUTH, 3020 . South Sunshine

Newsagency. 22 Tallintyre Rd, Sunshine. (03)

9312 1629.

TAYLORS LAKES, 3038 . Watergardens

Newsagency. Shop 92, Bay B (Near Safeway),

Taylors Lakes. (03) 9449 1122.

TEESDALE, 3328. Teesdale Newsagency. 1071

Bannockburn Rd. (03) 5281 5230.

TEMPLESTOWE, 3106. Templestowe Newsagency.

122 James St, Templestowe. (03) 9846 2486.

TEMPLESTOWE LOWER, 3107. Macedon News &

Lotto. 25 Macedon Rd, Lower Templestowe. (03)

9850 2720.

THORNBURY, 3071. Normanby Newsagency. 703

High St, Thornbury. (03) 9484 2802.

THORNBURY, 3071. Rossmoyne Newsagency. 406

Station St,Thornbury. (03) 9484 6967.

TOORADIN, 3980. Tooradin Newsagency. 94 South

Gippsland Hwy, Tooradin. (03) 5996 3343.

TOORAK, 3142. Hawksburn Newsagency. 529

Malvern Rd, Toorak. (03) 9827 3569.

TOORAK, 3142. Toorak Village Newsagency. 487

Toorak Rd, Toorak. (03) 9826 1549.

TORQUAY, 3228. Torquay Newsagency. 20 Gilbert

St, Torquay. (03) 5261 2448.

TOTTENHAM, 3012. Braybrook Newsagency. 127

South Rd, Tottenham. (03) 9364 8083.

TULLAMARINE, 3045. Tullamarine Newsagency.

199 Melrose Dr, Tullamarine. (03) 9338 1063.

UNDERA, 3629. Undera Newsagency. (03) 5826

0242.

UPWEY, 3158. Upwey Newsagency. 18 Main St,

Upwey. (03) 9754 2324.

UPPER FERNTREE GULLY, 3156. Upper Ferntree

Gully Newsagency. (03) 9756 0171.

VERMONT, 3133 . Vermont Author ised

Newsagency. 600 Canterbury Rd, Vermont South.

(03) 9873 1845.

VERMONT SOUTH, 3133 . Vermont South

Newsagency. 495 Burwood Hwy, Vermont South.

(03) 9802 4768.

WALLAN, 3756. Wallan Newsagency. 59 High St.

(03) 5783 1215.

WANDIN NORTH, 3139 . Wandin North

Newsagency. 18 Union Rd. (03) 5964 3339.

WANTIRNA SOUTH, 3152. Knox City Newsagency.

Shop 2080, Shopping Centre. (03) 9801 5050.

WANTIRNA SOUTH, 3152 . Want i rna South

Newsagency. 233 Stud Rd.. (03) 9801 2310.

WARRAGUL, 3820. Heeps Newsagency. 6 Victoria

St, Warragul. (03) 5623 1737.

WATSONIA, 3087. Watsonia Newsagency. 93

Watsonia Rd, Watsonia. (03) 9435 2175.

WATTLE PARK, 3128. See Box Hill South.

WERRIBEE, 3030 . Werr ibee Newsagency. 16

Station Pl, Werribee. (03) 9741 4644.

WERRIBEE, 3030. Werribee Plaza Newsagency.

Shop 37, Shopping Centre, Werribee Plaza. (03)

9749 6766.

WEST MELBOURNE, 3003 . North Melbourne

Newsagency. 178-182 Rosslyn St, West

Melbourne. (03) 9328 1763.

WESTALL, 3169 . Westa l l Newsagency. 148

Rosebank Ave, Westall. (03) 9546 7867.

WHEELERS HILL, 3150 . Brandon Park

Newsagency. Shop 28, Wheelers Hill. (03) 9560

5854.

WHEELERS HILL, 3150 . Wheelers Hi l l

Newsagency. 200 Jells Rd, Wheelers Hill. (03)

9561 5318.

WHITTLESEA, 3757. Whittlesea Newsagency. 59

Church St. (03) 9716 2060.

WILLIAMSTOWN, 3016 . Will iamstown News &

Lotto. 16 Douglas Pde, Williamstown. (03) 9397

6020.

WINDSOR, 3181 . W indsor Newsagency. 71

Chapel St, Windsor. (03) 9510 2030.

WONTHAGGI, 3995. Wonthaggi Newsagency. 27A

McBride St, Wonthaggi. (03) 5672 1256.

WOORI YALLOCK. Woori Yallock Newsagency. (03)

5964 6008.

YARRA GLEN, 3775. Yarra Glen Newsagency. (03)

9730 1392.

YARRAVILLE, 3013. Yarraville Newsagency. 59

Anderson St, Yarraville. (03) 9687 2987.

YEA, 3717. Yea Newsagency, 78 High St. (03)

5797 2196.

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LAST LEG OF WORLDWIDE RUN■ Last week there was NickyGallas, walking from Alice Springsto Adelaide to raise awareness aboutdepression and obesity.

Now it's Tony Mangan. He's onhis last leg of a run around the world.

He said he just wanted to see theworld "through my own eyes", and theidea came to him in the late seventies.

He was intending to ride a bike, butrunning is slower - "I know I can takemore in".

So he started at the Dublin Mara-thon in 2010, and will finish at the sameevent in 2014.

So far, he's covered about 30,000kms, and he's worn out 32 pairs ofshoes.

And, just as a sideline, he competedin a local running event as soon as hearrived in Alice!

I can empathise with him, though. Ihave often heard people say that thedrive from Adelaide to Alice, or Aliceto Darwin is "so boring". Absolutelynot! I've always claimed.

Mother Nature offers so much di-versity from the bottom of Australiato the top.

The landscapes change subtly andinexorably all the way, with differentplants and animals always popping upout of the blue.

And I love this even speeding pastin a motor car. Tony would see all ofthis microscopically, inch by inch, ashe trundled along.

Creatures great and small at everystep.

■ I watched a gay and lesbian MardiGras on TV the other night - in Elliott.Elliott?

It's the halfway stop between Aliceand Darwin, and there's not muchthere.

Just a pub and a motel and a fewscattered houses, it's primarily an Ab-original settlement in the absolutemiddle of nowhere.

So some enterprising, and appar-ently inebriated, locals decided to havetheir own Mardi Gras after havingviewed the Sydney extravaganza.

I don't know how many participantsin their lacy numbers were actually gay- I think that many of them were localringers taking the mickey. However itworked, and everybody seemed to behaving fun.

I suspect that some Alice Springsladies may have trotted up there - Aliceis renowned for being the lesbian capi-tal of somewhere. They proliferatethroughout the town.

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TheOutbackLegend

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One show I attended was the ToppTwins, a couple of gay ladies fromNew Zealand, in the Araluen Cen-tre.

Of course every gay lady in Alicewas there. I have no gay issues at anytime, but this night they drove me nuts,screeching like schoolgirls and in theirexcitement jumping all over their seats,each other and me.

I was a bit anti-gay that night.

■ It's strange how fads and fashionscome and go.

Bojangles Tavern in AliceSprings is a case in point.

For years it had it all - everythingwas going fine. It's a typical Outbackypub with Outback and Australianamemorabilia festooning the walls andceilings.

There's Kev the stuffed wedgie, anold Indian motorbike, saddles andbridles and horsey stuff, ancient fire-arms.

It's perfect for any overseas visitorto see a genuine slice of AustralianOutback, with a few snakes thrownin.

And so the crowds flocked there.

Tour guides would bring groups ofoverseas tourists in to witness proceed-ings.

Many of these groups were nubileyoung backpackers, so all the ringersfrom the stations would come in andtry to impress them.

There were live local bush bands,people jumping around on the dancefloor, and a video website to the out-side world, so mum back in Oslo couldwatch the daughter waving to her fromCentral Australia. Everythingworked!

Now, a few years later, it's just abouton its knees. For some reason every-thing fell apart.

So, now they're trying to promotehip-hop and heavy metal to try and at-tract a new audience.

These chaps won't be too interestedin Outback memorabilia!

■ Happily, Buddy's back! AndreaBeagley owns a Maltese-Daschundcross, who was stolen from her homelast week.

A suspicious looking couple, the manwith a comb over, and a woman withdark curly hair, was seen driving slowlypast the house checking him out before-hand.

Then he disappeared. So, distraught,Andrea sent out flyers, to no avail.

So, she crossed the line into the Twi-light Zone - to an "animal communi-cator", who "communicates" with ourfurry and feathered friends.

Jessica Worsley, the psychic,firstly described the couple from the carwho had apparently taken him. A bitspooky.

She built a little crystal altar, andsought the help of ‘ArchangelMichael’ in her quest, and contactedBuddy who was, according to Jess,eager to return home.

And there she left it.So what happened?He had been given to an elderly lady

and her daughter and they immediatelyrecognised him from the flyer, so re-turned him to his rightful owner wherehe "went nuts" with joy.

I've spent decades myself decidingwhether hocus pocus is just that, or,conversely, may have some validity. Idecided, long ago, due to the myriadsof uncanny and inexplicable TwilightZone experiences which have engulfedme, there's got to be something there!

So, if it was Michael, onya mate!

■ Reptiles! Rex Niendorf has just

had his official snake-catcher status re-newed - he was a bit worried, but nowhe's up and running again.

Four crocs were pulled from trapsin Darwin waterways last week.

And Top End snake catcherLachlin Way was called to DarwinPrivate Hospital to evict a golden treesnake which had crawled out from be-hind an ATM.

He'd also caught a 2m python froma bedroom wall - in all six snakescaught before 11am on a Sunday!

Then, tragically, hockey playerKarl Berry was at Marrara Sta-dium and noticed a snake slitheringnear some children who were training,so he grabbed it and relocated it intonearby bush.

Apparently he assumed it was a py-thon so wasn't perturbed when it bit him- he just continued training, and wentfor 2k run. However he collapsedshortly afterwards, and didn't recover.It seems that instead of a harmless py-thon, it was a deadly brown snake.

- Nick Le Souef, Outback Legend●●●●● Tony Mangan

■ Richard Ewing ‘Dick’ Powell was bornin Arkansas in 1904, the son of Ewing Powelland Sallie Thompson.

Young Richard was always interested in mu-sic and by the age of 17 he was singing with hisown band.

He learned to play many instruments and touredthroughout the southern states of America.

He married his first wife Mildred Maundin 1925 but the marriage only lasted for two years.

In 1930 he was appearing at The Stanley The-atre in Pittsburgh when he was spotted by atalent scout from Warner Brothers Pictures.

This led to a supporting role in the musical filmBlessed Event in 1932 where he was billed as DickPowell and sang three songs.

The following year he got his big break whenhe played Billy Lawler in the film 42nd Street.

Dick starred opposite Ruby Keeler and sangtwo wonderful songs Young And Healthy and thetitle song 42nd Street.

Dick starred in a series of musicals in the fol-lowing years which included Footlight Parade,Gold Diggers Of 1933, Twenty Million Sweet-hearts, Dames, Flirtation Walk, and On The Av-enue.

Dick Powell was a popular recording artistduring the 1930s with hit songs such as We're InThe Money, Happiness Ahead, Mr And Mrs IsThe Name and I Know Now.

In 1936 he married again, this time to his co-star in many of his films, Joan Blondell, and

WhateverHappened

To ...Dick

PowellBy Kevin Trask

of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

●●●●● Dick Powell

June said she fell in love with him through hisfilms long before he fell in love with her.

His last film role in 1954 was a comedy titledSusan Slept Here and his co-star was DebbieReynolds.

In his later years Dick Powell became a filmdirector and producer.

In 1956 he directed The Conqueror starringJohn Wayne and Susan Hayward and therehas been much controversy over the possible linkbetween the nuclear testing occurring near theirfilming location in Utah and the death of JohnWayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorheadand Dick Powell from cancer.

Of the 220 cast and crew from the film, 91contracted cancer and 46 died from the disease.In the early 1960s Dick did guest star roles inmany television shows and hosted Dick PowellTheatre.

Dick Powell died from lymphoma at the ageof 58 in 1963. He was still married to JuneAllyson at the time and she told me it took along time to get over his passing. Dick Powellis one of my favourite singers.

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they had two children but the marriage ended indivorce in 1946. When Dick was in his late thir-ties he realised that his time as a young croonerwas over and he tried to find work in more seri-ous roles.

In 1945 he was cast as the private detectivePhilip Marlowe in the film Murder My Sweetand this was another major breakthrough in hiscareer.

He played heavier roles in films such as Cor-nered, Right Cross, Johnny O'Clock, Mrs Mikeand Cry Danger.

He married for the third time in 1945 to ac-tress June Allyson and they had two children. Irecorded a radio interview with June Allyson in2004 and when I asked about Dick Powell.

Andy Payne creates ‘Set Build’From Page 6

Andy’s directorial debut was Chekhov, and says “In direction I found anew love.”

When reaching the doors of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,Andy felt the “dull hand of responsibility” on his shoulder, opting for theteaching course which guaranteed income in the form of a student grant, ratherthan the excitement of the acting or directing options. Andy then concentratedon teaching and directing in schools and youth theatre projects.

Andy says the action in his latest play, Set Build, takes place on stageduring the final stages of a set build in a suburban Melbourne theatre andincludes tensions and friendly rivalry between different sections of the techni-cal crew, first-time actors trying to help, and a small misunderstanding neces-sitating a complete rebuild. Andy says “Against a background of problems and setbacks, shines throughthe wisdom and experience of Peter the carpenter, who goes round quietlyfixing the problems that others create.

“Finally, with the set in place, disasters in costume, lighting and soundaverted, the technical rehearsal is ready to begin. What could possibly go wrong?”

The inspiration to write Set Build was Andy’s admiration for the men andwomen who devote so much time and effort to back stage work.

“I understand a little, but not nearly enough about each craft. Set Builddraws on past experiences working with many gifted and talented techniciansover the years, although no character is built upon any one person”, he says.

Last year, because of difficult but improving family circumstances, Andyspent a lot of time in hospital and rehabilitation waiting rooms with only hisipad for company. He listened to the rhythms and speech patterns of strang-ers, and is grateful to these people in hospital waiting rooms who have un-knowingly contributed to this project.

After Set Build, Andy says he is finishing working on Verdi’s Aida aspart of the Melbourne Streetwise Opera project, led by Dr JonathonWelch, and later in the year will be working on Princess Ida with Gilbertand Sullivan Opera Victoria.

Set Build can be seen at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Road, Beaumaris,from May 31 – June 14. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com Enquiries: 9583 6896. - Cheryl Threadgold

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