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Chamber in tune for the classics
MEMBERS of the Peninsula Chamber Musicians start their From Baroque to Beethoven series of concerts at All Saints Anglican Church, Rosebud on Saturday 3 March. The group will repeat the concert featuring Vivaldi’s Double Cello Concerto, Bach’s 5th Brandenburg Concerto and Beethoven’s 4th Symphony the next day (Sunday 4 March) at the Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington. The group will be joined by soloist David Macfarlane on harpsichord for what is generally recognised as the first keyboard concerto written. The group’s winter concert will include internationally acclaimed pianist Caroline Almonte playing Mozart’s 22nd Piano Concerto. The performance will also include Borodin’s Nocturne from his 2nd String Quartet and Mozart’s 29th Symphony. The full orchestra will end the year on the weekend of 10 and 11 November with a concert that includes Vivaldi’s Spring, Puccini’s Chrysanthemum, Weber’s Concerto for Clarinet and Schubert’s Fifth Symphony. Details at peninsulachambermusicians.com.au. Tickets for the 3 March concert can be pre-ordered at trybooking.com/329997 and trybooking. com/329999 for 4 March.
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Triathlon a roadblock for volunteers Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A TRIATHLON based at Mt Martha aiming to attract up to 1000 athletes plus their supporters this weekend will clash with the long-established CleanUp Australia Day effort along the foreshore. Organisers of the four-year-old Sufferfest triathlon – previously held in November – have applied for a permit from Mornington Peninsula Shire to
stage the event on 3-4 March, with the new date allowing them to take advantage of more stable weather patterns in autumn. But, in a late development on Friday – and despite planning for the event being well advanced with courses mapped, dates locked in, entries received and contractors engaged – the shire dropped a bombshell saying it was “waiting on further documentation from the event organiser before a permit can be issued”.
Triathlon owner Scott Hollow, who lives in Mt Martha and also runs seven other triathlons across the country, could not be contacted on Friday to ask about the permit issue. If a permit is granted the Esplanade would be closed between Mornington and Mt Martha, 6am-12 noon, Sunday 4 March, with half of Watson Road, Mt Martha closed from the Esplanade to Langrigg Avenue, 2.30-4.30pm, Saturday 3 March. The Sufferfest website says there
will be 400 bike riders on the course while the road is closed to the public, which is likely to impede Clean-up Australia Day volunteers’ access to the beach and foreshore. Mr Hollow told The News the twoday swim-run-ride event for both juniors and seniors would “bring hundreds of competitors and visitors to the town and generate thousands for the local economy”. But former mayor Cr Bev Colomb, whose Briars ward covers the course,
said she was “hugely disappointed with the unfortunate clash of dates”. “The council totally supports CleanUp Australia Day and I have worked with these people for years,” she said. “I think that big events should come through the council now that we have so many [rather than going to shire officers for approval]. “I have requested that members of the events team sit down with cleanup volunteers and map out what can be done.” Continued Page 14
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