JAZZ COMES TO CRUDEN FARM
CRUDEN FARM SAT 18 FEBRUARY 2017 McCLELLAND SCULPTURE PARK FUNDRAISER
Music fo o d , w , in & silen e t auctio n!
This year, McClelland is delighted that Derek Guille the renowned broadcaster, author and musician has agreed to curate and MC what promises to be a very special event featuring two of Melbourne’s finest jazz groups The Pearly Shells and Ultrafox (featuring Julie O’Hara) along with one of our favourites in The Frankston High School Senior Stage Band, directed by Leon de Bruin. Derek Guille presented the statewide Afternoon Program on 774 ABC Melbourne and ABC Local Radio throughout Victoria and Southern New South Wales before taking up the reins of the ABC Evening Program for Victoria in 2003. In September 2011, Derek departed from his top rating evening radio show and the ABC after a career of 25 years at the microphone.
Bring your picnic basket, rug, table & chairs and sit back and enjoy the ambience and surrounds of the beautiful Cruden Farm garden and lakes. Available for purchase: wines, soft drinks, sausage sizzle, tea and coffee and an array of Southern Style Jazz inspired cuisines. For tickets phone 03 9789 1671 or visit www.mcclellandgallery.com
During his time as a broadcaster, Derek has undertaken thousands of interviews. From the world of news and current affairs, arts and culture, science and research, the list is seemingly endless. From interviews with Bryce Courtney, Elvis Costello, Sir Gus Nossal, Malcolm Fraser and Paul Keating, to interviewing David Attenborough and chairing his literary lunch and speaking with kd lang on stage after her gig in the Iwaki Auditorium. In 2007, Derek accompanied the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on its 2007 European tour where he found inspiration in the northern French village of Villers-Bretonneux to write a children’s novel The Promise “A heart-warming tale for children, tracing
the special bond forged nearly a century ago between the French village of VillersBretonneux and Australia……. A gentle introduction to the legacy of one of Australia’s most famous battlefields”. Other performers on the night include The Pearly Shells and Ultrafox. So bring your picnic basket, rug, table & chairs, and sit back, enjoy and dance to the very best of music in the extraordinary ambiance and surrounds of the rose gardens at Cruden Farm. Also available for purchase on the day, wine, beer soft drinks, tea and coffee, the ever popular sausage sizzle and Southern Style jazz cuisine. McClelland’s Twilight Jazz Annual Fundraiser at Cruden Farm. Saturday 18 February 2017. 4pm – 8pm Tickets $25 pre purchased before the day ($30 on the day at the gate) (Children under 12 are free) Sponsored by Elgee Park and Karingal Hub
IT’S TIME TO GET OUT AND DANCE
Caller and leader of the Mornington Peninsula Square Dancers, Jaden Frigo, says the square dancing groups have been unbelievably well received on the peninsula. “I’ve been blown away by the enthusiastic response to our new groups. It’s been so successful that we have added three more groups so you can now dance in Rosebud, Mornington, Hastings, Balnarring or Somerville. There are thousands of people on the peninsula that would love it if they gave it a try and I really do encourage everyone to come along and see why the activity is taking the world by storm,” he said.
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“Come along to any of the groups during the month of February for the introductory month, and if you enjoy it you’ll be able to dance for many years long into the future. You are encouraged to be there from the first week of February so you don’t miss anything but if you can’t make it until later in the month then don’t worry - you’ll be just as welcome. You can come to as many of the groups as you’d like. No need to book ahead - just come along. We reckon once you get hooked you won’t be able to stop.” Visit www.mornpensquaredance.com or ring 0400 878 259 for more information.