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What’s on FRIDAY, MAY 18 ■ Thurgoona Bioblitz community wildlife event at CSU and areas around Thurgoona. Enquiries 6051 9924 0448 806 256. ■ Bring Back the Showgirl performance at the Albury Entertainment Centre. Tickets $53.10 adults. Enquiries 6043 5610. ■ International Museum Day at the Albury LibraryMuseum from 11am to 12.30pm. Enquiries 6023 8333. ■ Albury’s Biggest Ever Tupperware Fundraising Party at the Commercial Club from 7pm, bookings essential. Enquiries 6025 7955. ■ Arabesk live at the Jazz Basement from 8pm. Enquiries 0438 623 462. SATURDAY, MAY 19 ■ NSW Justice of the Peace volunteer available every Saturday from 11am to noon at the Albury LibraryMuseum. ■ Design Tech and Texstyle at the Albury Art Gallery, free entry. Enquiries 6043 5800. ■ Albury Wodonga ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group meets at Glenecho Neighbourhood House, Burrows Road, Glenroy, from 2-4pm. Meetings held third Saturday each month. Enquiries 6025 9258. ■ Albury Amateur Fight Night at the Commercial Club from 7pm, tickets $30 entry, $70 VIP. Enquiries 6021 1133. ■ Hi-5 live at the Albury Entertainment Centre. Enquiries 6051 3051. ■ Indoor projects DIY workshops at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm at Bunnings in Albury and Wodonga, same times on Sunday. ■ Fellowship of First Fleeters Albury Wodonga Chapter
By BLAIR THOMSON A SHOW which mixes old-school glamour with the burlesque revival comes to the Albury Entertainment Centre tonight. Bring Back the Showgirl, described as a “glamorous and sexy” performance, features award-winning Australian performers including current Miss Burlesque World Cassandra Jane. Jane has performed since 1999 and said the show was similar to the traditional performances held in Parisian and Hollywood burlesque venues. “When I first started in 1999 we would be working in up to 15 venues a week and would perform with big-name adult entertainers such as Cassie Tyler and Gorgie Girl,” she said. “Yes, they were adult entertainers or ‘strippers’, but their style was all about elaborate costumes, presentation, glamour, choreography and class. “This craft has been lost over the past 10 years, as the showgirl has gone from being sexy to sexual. “Bring Back the Showgirl is bringing the ‘show’ back into the girl.” Albury is the only regional city the show will visit during this tour and a tour of the US is expected to
BURLESQUE… Bring Back the Showgirl comes to the Albury Entertainment Centre tonight. be announced shortly. Bring Back the Showgirl features back-up dancers, big costumers and big props – including a giant champagne glass large enough to fit a performer. Tickets to the two-hour performance cost $53.10 for adults. For more information call 6043 5610.
meets third Saturday of each month at Albury LibraryMuseum from 10am for 10.3am start. All welcome. SUNDAY, MAY 20 ■ Little Me Markets at Sumsion Gardens from 10am to 2pm. Enquiries 0421 082 388. ■ Greg Riley’s show Afterlife at Albury Entertainment Centre. Tickets $45 adults, $75 VIP. Enquiries 6043 5610. ■ Community Woodfired Oven open at Hovell Tree Park from 3-8pm. Enquiries 6023 8753. MONDAY, MAY 21 ■ Library Week at Wodonga Library. Enquiries 6022 9330. TUESDAY, MAY 22 ■ Australian Plants Society Albury-Wodonga monthly meeting from 7.30pm at Age Concern Offices, Townsend Street, Albury. Enquiries 6023 1493. ■ Wodonga Toy Library open every Tuesday from 12pm to 1.30pm at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Beech Street, Wodonga. New members welcome. Enquiries 0404 936 208. ■ The Australian Shareholders’ Association meets at the Commercial Club from 10am for its quarterly meeting. Free entry. Enquiries 6021 8035 or 0402 586 450. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 ■ Albury Toy Library open 4pm to 5.30pm every Wednesday during school term. Enquiries alburytoys@gmail.com THURSDAY, MAY 24 ■ Mad Hatter’s Tea Party as part of Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea at the Albury LibraryMuseum from 10.30am to 11.30am, and at Lavington from 10am to noon. Enquiries 6023 8333.
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Brainteaser CROSSWORD
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