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Jazz at its musical best By Jim Fagan
Noosa Chorale and The Australian Jazz Ensemble have the joint jumping at the Noosa Jazz Festival. (Rob Maccoll)
The joint was jumpin’ when Noosa Chorale, the Australian Jazz Ensemble and vocalist June Garber took audiences back to the ‘20s and ‘30s last Thursday and Saturday at the J with All That Jazz. It was jazz at its smokiest, speakeasy best and had both enthusiastic packed houses echoing to calls for more with the singers and musos obliging with two encores. Along with the Tinbeerwah Art Group, the Chorale and Noosa Heads Jazz Club are celebrating their 30th anniversary this month and the two concerts last week were the opening notes for the 11-day Noosa Jazz Festival which continues until August 30 with jazz sessions in Noosa restaurants, hotels, ferries and The Majestic at Pomona. TAG’s art show, The Joy of Music, is also open at the J until the end of the month. MC was Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie who congratulated the three groups saying, “High quality cultural and arts events play an important role in connecting and enriching our community and this is something they have been doing since 1994.” He promised a “heady, entertaining show of fabulous songs made famous by legends like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr, Louis Armstrong, Liza Minelli, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald and other amazing talents” and the entertainers delivered. Continued pages 4-5
Sport stars return By Alison Barry-Jones and Ian Jobling What do sporting greats Dawn Fraser, Clint Robinson, Alyce Wood, and Benny Pike have in common? They are all proud Olympians who call the Sunshine Coast their home and they are getting together with other past champions to welcome back from Paris our Coast Olympians and Paralympians on Monday afternoon, 16 September at Maroochydore Surf Club. This is the 40th year of the ‘Welcome Home” event. It was first held here in 1984 and then followed shortly after by Brisbane. After returning from the 1986 Los Angeles Games, five Sunshine Coast Olympians were also recognised for their achievements in kayaking, water polo, and boxing. Chairman of the Sunshine Coast Region 2032 Sports Legacy Taskforce, Shane Truscott, said the Coast boasted a long and proud history of sporting excellence with almost 40 regional representatives competing at the 2024 Paris Games. “This is the highest number of athletes representing our region to date. We expect to see this number double for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic
Both the international and Australian journalists, and the mostly male IOC members were impressed with Brisbane’s Lord Mayor, Sallyanne Atkinson’s leadership in that city’s bid for the 1992 Olympic Games. and Paralympic Games. “Reasons for this increase are our favourable climate, access to quality sporting facilities and
elite coaches for training, and our expected large population surge. There is also the excitement of the 2032 Games being held in Brisbane. This is a
significant motivator for our next generation of athletes.” Continued page 2