A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
By On With the Show's Shirley Broun
IT IS Christmas Eve here in Australia and I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful, inspiring, prosperous and exciting 2019 New Year.
Christmas is a very special time of year for many millions of people across the world whether a time of excitement at what Santa might leave under the Christmas tree or in a stocking for the young and young-at-heart or the chance for families to sway from their daily routines and spend quality, happy hours with loved ones.… Members read the rest!
AT 85, AUSTRALIA'S QUEEN OF YODELLING
SWINGS INTO MUSIC OF BIG BAND ERA
AS TIME goes by anniversaries take on more significance.
Having started out in show business with her sister Rita back in 1945, as ‘The Schneider Sisters’, Mary Schneider has had her fair share of anniversaries and achievements.
To coin a grand old phrase, ‘the best is yet to come’.… Members read the rest!
Yodelling great keeps getting better
Venue: Nerang RSL
Date: July 17, 2013
Review by SHIRLEY BROUN
POPPED into Nerang RSL on the Qld Gold Coast today and who should be performing but multi-award winning country and yodelling great Wayne Horsburgh and the Howie Brothers.
As one would expect, the auditorium was packed with only standing room for late-comers like me but I didn’t mind.… Members read the rest!
Spirit of Anzacs sees banner held high
By SHIRLEY BROUN
ENTERTAINERS Dee Donavan, Sylvia Raye, Lorrae Desmond, Dinah Lee, Jacki De Paul, Lynne Fletcher and Little Patti have given Australian performers who entertained the troops in war zones a special place in Sydney’s annual April 25 Anzac Day march.
Until seven years ago, performers who travelled to the war zones in Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Iraq, East Timor, Afghanistan, Solomon Islands, and the United Nations to bolster the spirits of our fighting diggers were relegated to finding a spot with one of the battalions if they wanted to march – never having a `unit’ of their own in which they could all march as a combined `force’.
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Performers help raise $10,000
On With the Show's
Flashback to 1994
ENTERTAINERS came out in force to raise money for the Handicapped Children's Centre of New South Wales when St George Leagues Club hosted the `Stars on Sunday'.
Backed by the terrific sound of Jupiter and The Rocky Thomas Band, some of Australia's top performers took to the stage.
They included Lucky Starr, Jane Scali with `Teamwork', Eddie Youngblood, Marty Morton, Seamus Earley, William Mafi and Paradise, Mark Williams, Frank Newall, Triple Treat, Marjorie Moon, Stairway to the Stars, Bobby Dennis, Igor Cavdarski, Chris Castle and Latin American Dance Co.
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Frank Ifield lends a hand
On With the Show's
Flashback to Variety Today 1991
By ALVA Queen Bee Mary Schneider
WELL, here we are again ... another year over ... boy that was quick! Maybe I fitted too much into it. It has been a good year for ALVA (Australian Ladies Variety Association).
The committee's aim this year was to continue with our fundraising but more importantly, to highlight the comradery of which ALVA is so proud.
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SHOWCALL UK Column
By Frank Ifield
On With the Show's
Flashback to Variety Today 1990
THIS year while recuperating in England I have been busying myself doing lots of radio shows the length and breadth of the UK featuring Australian Country Music
The British listeners have been enchanted by the diverse talents of bush balladeers, Slim Dusty, Smokey Dawson, etc, to the modern country stylists such as Doug Ashdown and Graeme Conners.
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December 24, 2018
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