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  • 2011 DANSING HEATS NIGHT 3

    With over 100 entries this year for the DanSing Competition the judges certainly had their work cut out for them. Heat 3 brought about another evening of talented performers. Again all age groups, again all genres of entertainment. The evening commenced with the Junior Dance section with Charlotte Broad’s fun and sweet arrangement of ‘Lollipop”.

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  • 2011 DANSING HEATS NIGHT 2

    ANOTHER EXCITING NIGHT! Heat 2 of the DanSing (A Quest for Talent) didn’t disappoint the judges or the audience. The Goodna RSL Function Room was a buzz with performances from Junior entertainers through to the Mature and Motivated. Ondreena  Kitching from the Adult Dance section  performed her dance routine with style, attack and mesmerised the

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  • 2011 DANSING HEATS NIGHT 1

    A VERY EXCITING FIRST NIGHT DanSing’s (A Quest for Talent) first Heat on Monday proved to be very exciting with many talented performers strutting their stuff for the Judges and tentative and appreciative audience members. The Semi Finals are due to be held on Saturday 29th October at 3pm at the Jacaranda Festival at Evan

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  • JUDGE PROFILE – PETER TAYLOR

    Stage debut at age 8. Performed various music styles including Country, Pop and Musical Comedy, mainly in the R&R / Mersey Beat crossover era of early / mid sixties treading the boards with some greats and not so greats! Migrated to Stand up Comedy, Radio presentation and MC of corporate / community Functions and has

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  • JUDGE PROFILE – RENEE ALLOTTA

    28 years ago was my first dance, music and singing lesson. I have completed many dance and music exams. A career started within many state and national competitions has enabled me to develop my skills which allowed me to move in choreography, working on music, video clips, cheer leading teams and being notices by touring

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  • STORM WRECKS OUR JACARANDA’S

    Last weeks storm has done a great deal of damage to our beloved Jacaranda trees around Evan Marginson park, as reported in the QT. We’re hopeful the trees will recover and bloom in time for the festival in Ocotober. Flowers or no flowers, the show must go on, and we look foward to seeing you at

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  • JUDGE PROFILE – BRAD RUSH

    With formal qualifications in music from QUT, Brad has forged a career in the performing arts as an arts manager, teacher, director, musical director, producer and adjudicator. He has trained hundreds of young musicians, run his own music school and combined that with a diverse performance slate. In addition to vocal groups and solo performance,

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  • 2011 DANSING

    DanSing is on the lookout for all local personalities and shining stars…. DanSing today releases all categories available for this year’s exciting talent quest held in conjunction with the annual Jacaranda Festival.  The DanSing quest for talent is remarkably celebrating it’s 15th year in operation. (Formerly known as the Sing Off).   Attracting all age groups

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  • 2010 SCHOOLS RESULTS

    2010 was another great year for our schools competitions. The judges were very impressed at the standard of performances and we’ll have the same input next year. We’d like to thank everyone who participated this year, and congratulate all the performers on a job well done. Anna Churchill & Paul MorganSchool CoordinatorsGoodna Jacaranda Festival 2010 PRIMARY SCHOOLS

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  • 2010 FUN RUN RESULTS

    It was great to see continued interest in the Jacaranda Festival Fun Run this year. Congratulations to everyone who participated. The full results are; CATEGORY – OPEN 5KM WALK Position Name Time Minutes Seconds 1 Jordan Rhea 29 32 2 Clair Williams 29 55 3 Katie Frause 32 O3 4 David Fowler 32 O7 5

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