YOUR HEALTH
Angels shaking it up for Parkinson's Aussie rockers The Angels will Shake it up for Parkinson’s this September 22 at a special concert – part of their ‘No Exit‘ 40 Years On album tour – but with all proceeds going to Shake It Up Australia Foundation, the largest non-government funder of Parkinson's research across multiple institutes in Australia. The Angels, formed in the early ‘70s in Adelaide by brother guitarists John and Rick Brewster with Doc Neeson, are loved for huge hits across three decades: No Exit (79), Dark Room (‘80), Night Attack (81), Two-Minute Warning (‘84), Howling (‘86) and Beyond Salvation (‘90). No Secrets ('80), Into the Heat (1981), We Gotta Get out of This Place (‘87), Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? (’88), Let the Night Roll On (‘90) and Dogs Are Talking (‘90). The Brewsters’ connection to Parkinson’s was a chance meeting in April 1985 when The Angels were flying from Denver to Los Angeles and United Airlines bumped the band up to first class. As John Brewster tells it: “I took my seat and soon this big guy sat next to me. I looked up and it was Muhammad Ali! So, short story, we talked throughout the whole flight, him with that halting speech brought on by his disease. At one stage, he asked me if I had kids. I said yes, I have a son, Sam, who is 2 years old. He asked for a piece of paper and drew this wonderful scene, mountains, ship on the sea, plane in the sky and sun beaming down. He signed it ‘To John and Sam from Muhammad Ali April ’85, with a smiley face’ I enjoyed my time with him immensely and marvelled at how well he was coping with Parkinson’s.” These days, John’s son Sam plays bass guitar with the band.
Australian research institutes to the value of $3.5m. This brings the value of co-funded Australian research projects with MJFF since 2011 to $10.8m – fuelling 38 research projects across 12 institutes. Read more about Shake it Up’s research projects https://bit.ly/2GUeUW5 WHEN: Sunday September22, 2pm-6pm. Special guest Russell Morris from 2pm; The Angels perform till approx. 6 pm WHERE: Star Event Centre, Sydney Level 3, The Star, 80 Pyrmont Street
Shake It Up Australia Foundation is looking forward to funding more research into Parkinson’s, thanks to The Angels’ generosity and musical energy which will certainly shake things up at Star Event Centre in Sydney.
WHY: to fund vital research into Parkinson’s disease via Shake it up Australia Foundation
With its funding partner, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Shake it up has backed 10 new research projects across five
OR you can support research by donating https://shakeitup. org.au/make-donation/
COST / BOOKINGS: https://shakeitup.org.au/theanglesparkinsons-concert/
LaVoce is booming LaVoce, a Lane Cove community choir, has recently increased its number by 25%. There are now 47 registered LaVoce members and around 30 regularly attend weekly rehearsals. Members love coming each week due to the great community atmosphere, how much better singing makes them feel and just to have fun. And, members love the two-part songs we sing, including Ain’t Misbahavin, Bohemian Rhapsody, California Dreaming, Hallelujah, Imagine, Sunrise Sunset, The Rose, Sound of Silence. Our next concert ‘Singing for Fun in Lane Cove’ is in the Lane Cove Library at 6.30 pm on Thursday, September 19, as part of the Lane Cove Festival. Readers are invited to sing in this concert. Come and join us rehearsing in the Lane Cove Living and Learning Centre, and warm up your vocal cords ahead of being part of our performance for the Lane Cove Festival in September.
What: LaVoce community choir, rehearsing weekly Tuesdays during school term, ahead of Lane Cove Festival performance September 19. Where: 180 Longueville Road at 6.15 pm every Tuesday during term time. No auditions needed. Details: contact Adrian Lee on 0424507321, adrianlee2@mac.com or see http://lavocelanecove.com/ TVO AUGUST 2019 23
