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Archived: Big crowds expected at Newcastle Show

February 18, 2013 06:39:16

The President of the Newcastle Show says he is expecting strong crowd numbers at this year’s event with a number of changes made to ensure the event’s success.

This year’s show will take place over the weekend of March 2nd and 3rd with both Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Council’s declaring Friday March 1st a local event day.

President Roger Geary says there are a number of new rides which have not been at the show in previous years, while all outside stall sites have been taken up.

Mr Geary says last year’s show clashed with a number of other events, so this year they have worked to ensure that does not happen.

“The last show was affected by a lot of other rival events on that same weekend and some bad weather,” he said.

“The weather forecast I can’t control that but we’ve brought the show forward a couple of weeks earlier to avoid a clash with the football.

“We are also putting a lot of effort into school excursions on the Friday where we have discounted prices for the children.”

Mr Geary says he is expecting strong crowd numbers.

“The revenues from commercial space are up on last year’s because I think they realise that the crowd should be a lot higher because we’ve now got the rides back and a better list of entertainment,” he said.

“I believe every site outside has been sold and there are only a few sites left in the entertainment centre so our revenues are looking fairly strong.”

Archived from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/big-crowds-expected-at-newcastle-show/4524162/?site=newcastle

ABBA The Concert The Gold Arrival Tour Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

The Seventies will go down in history as the most creative and outrageous era in the history of post 50`s Rock n Roll. The MASSIVE acts that churned out hits ranged from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac… to name a few. Rising from the embers in their native Sweden, a win on the internationally recognised Eurovision song contest in 1974 catapulted ABBA – a group made up of two couples comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – to become a household name.

At the time nobody could predict the impact this band would have on that decade but more so, no one could even imagine how big the band would grow in years to come as generation after generation grew to love their songs. Their popularity is paramount having sold over 370 million albums and singles worldwide and they continue to sell millions of records a year making them one of the best selling music artists of all time.

Blessed with an endless catalogue of perfect pop songs and the ultimate Nordic good-looks, ABBA’s popularity exploded into one of the most remarkable music followings in history. Their songs so instantly recognisable, people from all walks of life and ages succumbed to them.

In Australia, the group’s success was unprecedented, accumulating over twenty top twenty singles, six of which topped the charts including “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”, “S.O.S”, “Mamma Mia”, “Fernando”, “Dancing Queen” and “Money, Money, Money”.

“Australia was the first country that took ABBA to heart and we never forgot about that. We always felt a lot of love from audiences there,’’ Ulvaeus told Sydney Morning Herald.

“Britain and America didn’t take us seriously and it wasn’t until S.O.S became a huge hit in Australia that other countries took notice.”

Was it the girl’s incredible voices that blended so sweetly? Or the boy’s uncanny knack of writing such catchy tunes? While everyone’s ABBA memories are inherently different, the elation of an ABBA song is universally celebrated.

“ABBA The Concert: The Gold Arrival Tour” will give Australian audiences a memorable concert experience! A chance to experience why ABBA means so much to us and why they are undoubtedly one of the single most influential groups of the twentieth century. Their music is timeless, their hits infectious, their cultural omnipresent. Prepare to wind back the clock and experience the magic of ABBA as you remember it in a two-hour show that you cannot miss.

DENI UTE MUSTER SHINES IN 2013!

The 15th Anniversary celebration of the Deniliquin Ute Muster ended last night with country music superstar, Alan Jackson, capping off two days of music, family, fun and country spirit.

The festivities kicked off on Friday morning when gates opened at 6.00am letting the first of the weekend’s 20,000 attendees onto the site.

“This year’s festival was enormously successful with mother nature turning on beautiful sunny days and balmy nights for us” said Kathie Heyman, Deni Ute Muster General Manager.

“It’s been 15 years since the local community banded together for the first Deni Ute Muster and we’ve gone from strength to strength when a lot of other festival events are struggling to find an audience.  It’s a huge honour for community and business to see so many families returning each year to play on the plains”.

“We’d also like to acknowledge our Strategic Partners Destination NSW. Event Partners, Deniliquin Council and Conargo Council. Major sponsors: Holden, Bundaberg Rum, Decentralised Demountables, Country Waste Systems, IGA and our official partners, XXXX Gold, Coates Hire and Viking.  We couldn’t continue growing the event without their support and we tip our hats to them all”. 

Friday night’s opening concert was headlined by Grinspoon with Sunny Cowgirls, Russell Morris, Adam Brand and Corb Lund getting the crowd up dancing into the night.

Saturday night was headlined by international superstar Alan Jackson who had the crowd in raptures throughout his set, particularly as he sang his hit Where I Come From with vision of the Muster and township splashed on the screen behind him. Also on the line up on the balmy spring night was Kaylee Bell, Morgan Evans and Australia’s favourite country songstress, Kasey Chambers.

The Deni Ute Muster once again broke two of its own world records over the weekend.  First up was the World Record Blue Singlet Count with 3,924 musterers donning blue singlets breaking the previous record of 3,500 set in 2010.

And of course it wouldn’t be a ute muster without the utes!  2013 was also a record breaking year with 9,736 utes on sites breaking the previous record set back in 2010.

Alan Hamilton from Townsville (Qld) won Deniliquin Ute Muster Ute of the Year with his Holden Maloo.  Bob Waldner from Lavington (NSW) once again walked away with a win in the Holden Barrel Race and also took out the inaugural Driver’s Choice Award as voted by his fellow contestants. The Narva Go to Wo was won by Blair Achammer with his Nissan Navara.

In the driving competitions, The Australian National Circle Work Championships, sponsored by GME, was won by Jason Stanley from Cairns (Qld) who impressed the judges with his Holden VE SS-V and driving performance.  Second was Michael Bekins from Emerald (Vic), and third placed was Luke Campbell from Parkes (NSW).

This year’s Holden Grunt Off male team winners, with a time of 9:63, were team Slootz and the female team winners were Can Rouse with a time of 11:97 seconds.

High Speed Rail Information Session

NSW Trade and Investment and Regional Development Australia Hunter  invite you to attend a

High Speed Rail Information Session

Gen Okajima, General Manager of Central Japan Railway Co will explain the benefits that the world-renowned Shinkansen (Bullet Train) high speed rail system brought to Japan and its regions and how these benefits could translate to the Hunter region.

  Thursday 10th October 2013 3.30pm—5pm Hunter Trade and Investment Centre Level 3, 251 Wharf Road, Newcastle
RSVP Tuesday 8th October admin@rdahunter.org.au or 02 4908 7300

Lethal Bizzle teams up with Ruby Goe for his massive new single 'Party Right'

After his recent top 20 success the UK’s hottest grime artist & MOBO award-winner Lethal Bizzle is on a mission to make us ‘Party Right’ with his latest summer smash.
 
‘Party Right’ is an energising summer anthem featuring the alt-pop vocals of rising East London star Ruby Goe who broke out in 2012 with her single ‘Get On It’ via her own Goe Music label including a hot video funded by PUMA. On ‘Party Right’ we hear Ruby deliver a killer chorus in her own very distinct style.
 
With top 20 hit, Stylo G – Soundbwoy producer, man of the moment Diztortion on studio duty, ‘Party Right’ is guaranteed a fresh sound. An uplifting house melody with a strong bass line and slamming edm drums forms the basis of the track as Ruby advises you to “come rain or shine, never let the sun go down, without the party right”. Lethal then slaps on the Dench lyrics and picks up the pace with bars that reassure us that  “Everything is gravy” and  “Life is a Party”.
 
Lethal Bizzle’s last single ‘They Got It Wrong’ with Wiley was an underground club & radio hit and previous crossover track ‘Not A Saint’ with Donae’o and Vato Gonzalez made the UK top 20 plus was a finalist to find the Budweiser FA Cup Anthem 2013.

Newcastle Jazz Broadcast Weekend

A great weekend of jazz at the Newcastle Jockey Club! It has been fantastic in an amazing venue, Podcasts are now available under the “JAZZ FESTIVALS” folder. The trick to listening is to first install VLC media player on your PC then save the file you want to listen to onto your computer. If you have a MAC with iTunes your fine. Then any time you want to listen just click the file wherever you saved it and you’ll be listening in no time!

Bondi: Did You Know…?

– In the 2011 Census the population of Bondi Beach was 10,748 and was comprised of 51.5% males and 48.5% females.

– The median/average age of the Bondi Beach population is 33 years of age, 4 years below the Australian average.

– 47.3% of people living in Bondi Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 9%, New Zealand 4.3%, Ireland 2.5%,South Africa 2.2%, United States of America 1.5%.

– 68.7% of people speak English as their first language 2.2% Russian, 2% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.5% German, 1.4% Italian.

– The religious make up of Bondi Beach is 31.1% No Religion, 22% Catholic, 11% Anglican, 8% Judaism, 2.4% Eastern Orthodox.

– 25.2% of people are married, 62.7% have never married and 7.5% are separated or divorced. There are 247 widowed people living in Bondi Beach.

– 70.3% of the people living in Bondi Beach are employed full time, 20.8% are working on a part time basis. Bondi Beach has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

– The main occupations of people from Bondi Beach are Professionals 39.2%, Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Labourers 3.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

– The median individual income is $1050.00 per week and the median household income is $1856.00 per week.

– 17.2% of homes are fully owned, and 19% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 60.1% of homes are rented.

– The median rent in Bondi Beach is $490 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2687 per month.

Review: Disconnect (2012)

Disconnect is a very good film, despite being American and despite having some big namedisconnect stars in it (yes I think Hollywood should stay away from Canne!). In a lot of ways Disconnect talks about the disconnection between human beings that has occurred because of Internet communication.

Told through three stories whose characters interact at the edges at times; We experience an interview that becomes a romance of sorts between a reporter and an Internet sex room performer, the bullying of a socially inept teenager by his peers and the theft of identity and money from a young struggling couple.

A common theme running through the film also seems to be loss: each of the main characters seem to have suffered the death of a significant person in their lives. The main characters cope with this in different ways, variously disconnected either from reality or each other by technology. This film is full of people spending their lives on phones (texting at the dinner table!) and other Internet technology rather than relating to each other. This of courses changes through experience (be no point in the film otherwise), but I won’t spoil the ending for you.

 

Review: The Curse of Chucky (2013)

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Chucky is the one on the right..

Yes Chucky is back for his usual revenge against anyone and everyone, transported from the 1980’s into 2013. He’s certainly very durable after being burned and chopped many times before, but just like Freddy Krueger we can’t let a good sequel get spoiled by a little thing like continuity!

All in all just the standard Chucky fare, nothing quite as insane as say The Bride of Chucky where we were treated to Chucky trying to reproduce or anything, just lots of blood splattering murders. Chucky turns up one day in the post and sets about his business.

I will be very curious to see if Chucky can connect with a new generation of fans, the films, dolls and hype were certainly a big thing 20 years ago.