THE Voice star and former Newhaven College student Nick Kingswell, who recently performed in Ricky Martin’s team, was a surprise performer today (Friday) at the school’s special Foundation Day Assembly on Phillip Island and the students loved it! See more in The Star on Tuesday.
THEY came, they saw, they danced. And just as quickly the cast of 13 was gone. The Saturday morning flash mob performance outside Leongatha’s Memorial Hall saw a cast of young performers dancing and singing their way through the signature tunes from the musical. Stunned shoppers stood and stared. But few stayed still for [...]
BURSTING onto the Wonthaggi stage last week Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat musical was another brilliant show for Newhaven College with packed houses for all five shows. This feel good musical may well be some 45 years old but it continues its relevance today combining Andrew Lloyd Webber’s incredible musical prowess and the equally [...]
FOSTER is not a town you would normally associate with trams but lately some locals have been getting familiar with the transport icon. A team of artists and engineers have been had at work to construct the next public art piece to hit Melbourne’s CBD – a full size ‘stone’ tram sticking vertically out of [...]
TICKETS are selling fast for a number of events on the Prom Coast Seachange Festival program. Two events have already completely sold out. Deb Bray, chair of the festival’s organising committee, said there is a great feeling of excitement in the build-up to this year’s festival. “We’ve had a great deal of positive feedback about [...]
WASHED and cleaned and with rarely a bark between them, some 10 or more dogs turned up for Leongatha Lyric Theatre auditions on Saturday morning behind Leongatha Memorial Hall. Lyric was on the hunt for a dog to play Toto in the July production of The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy, played by Olivia Winchcombe, [...]
THREE artists unified by their shared experience at university are presenting a shared exhibition at Fish Creek’s Gecko Studio Gallery. Irene Proebsting, Miriam Potts and Anne Lorraine offer Trace Wings, a collection of digital prints, woodblock prints and digital/mixed media paintings, from April 14 to May 11. The exhibition opens this Sunday, April 14 from [...]
THE congregation at Leongatha’s Seventh Day Adventist Church was treated to a moving musical performance at a recent service. The prestigious Melbourne Advent Brass Band played a variety of classics and favourites, joined by six members of the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band: musical director Greg Wright, president Darryl Hunt, Takwai Mak, Neville Drummond, Ralph [...]
ROD Adams, or ‘R’ as he signs his work, has been producing art work for many years now, but was reluctant to release it to the public. Having finally done so, however, his exhibition Follow me as I walk is on display at Mushroom Gallery in Leongatha for the month of March. Having never studied [...]
