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... and a Big MO Award for the mantle

By SHIRLEY BROUN

KEEPING audiences guessing on what will come next could be the secret to a long and successful career on the stage.
At least that’s what this year’s Entertainer of the Year Adam Scicluna believes and his brilliant mix of comedy and vocals is proving him right.
After 12 years as a professional performer Adam Scicluna enjoys the tag he has attracted: `The big man with the big voice and the big laughs’.… Members read the rest!

The Maestro lives on through his music
By SHIRLEY BROUN

“Tommy Tycho had the ability to bring out the best in performers and encourage them to rise above their abilities. He was the ultimate Musical Director, conductor, arranger, performer, composer and Maestro,” said Ken Laing, friend and manager for over 30 years.
Last Tuesday night the cream of the country’s variety entertainment industry gathered at the Bankstown Sports Club in Sydney for the 37th Annual Australian Entertainment `MO’ Awards.… Members read the rest!

By SHIRLEY BROUN

AUSTRALIAN showbusiness has lost one of it's most supreme talents with the death of Maestro Tommy Tycho, aged 84, in Sydney this morning - just a week before his 85th birthday. The well respected and much loved pianist, conductor, composer and arranger died of complications associated with pneumonia.

A child prodigy who played piano with the Budapest Philharmonic orchestra at the age of 10, Tommy moved to Australia in 1951 and began to build a new life for himself and Hungarian wife Eve doing what he did best - music.

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