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Goodna’s 48-year-old Jacaranda Festival has had its online presence and digital infrastructure revamped by Brisbane-based digital agency, Web Ignite.  As a Digital Partner to the Jacaranda Festival, Web Ignite have provided a complete pro bono website re-design to help raise the profile and online reach of the annual event.  Commercially valued at $8,000, the new…

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Join in the Fun with St Ives Shopping Centre and the Goodna Jacaranda Festival! Spring is a wonderful time of year in Goodna. The sun is shining, Jacaranda trees are flowering and the local community comes to life in a sense of celebration. All of this culminates in the Goodna Jacaranda Festival, which has been…

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This year we are very happy to have Tyara Galuvao from Redbank Plains State High School singing the Australian National Anthem at the Jacaranda Festival Opening Ceremony. Tyara has been singing since a young age and is not nervous about performing in front of the huge Friday night crowd, as she has performed regularly at…

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30 years ago was my first dance, music and singing lesson. I have completed many dance and music exams and have been trained extensively in jazz, tap , ballet, hip hop and many more styles. My career started within many state and national esitedfords and competitions through these enabled me to develop my skills which…

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Geoff Secomb graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Instrumental Performance) and in 1981 with a Graduate Diploma in Music (Instrumental Performance.) After 5 years in the Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra, four of those years as Principal Clarinet, and performing as soloist with the orchestra in…

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Sherryl-Lee Secomb has worked constantly in community theatre for over 30 years in everything from farce, concert performances, plays and large scale musical theatre, with directorial credits including the recent sell out Ipswich premiere of The Phantom of the Opera. A trained singer, author of the blog, Make Your Entrance, and a businesswoman for over…

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2014 QUEST FOR TALENT IS WELL UNDERWAY…. 3rd Night of Heats (Wednesday) and Wow!  Just Amazing! Congratulations to the dancers for their immaculate grooming…well done. The audience enjoyed all styles of dance with Charlotte performing a lyrical to ‘Power of Love’ showing nice expression, followed by Sophie with ‘Knock on Wood’ and Kristin dancing to ‘Circus’…

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Congratulations to the Quest for Talent Finalists: Junior Dance: Lily Paige, Chloe De Los Santos, Samantha Lane and the winner is Lily Paige. Adult Dance:  Tara Biddle, Jasmine Organ, Alannah Caneris and the winner is Tara Biddle.  Junior Variety:  Ella Macrokanis, Indigo Macrokanis, Lennon Bosschieter and the winner is Indigo Macrokanis. Intermediate Variety: Ben Bradley, Saintz, Hannah Jones…

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CONGRATULATIONS 2014 CHAMPION SCHOOLS! Choir Champions 2014 1st – St Augustines College Junior Choir2nd – Springfield Anglican College Mezzo Fortes3rd – Calamvale Community College Upper Junior Choir – The Cannons Band Champions 2014 – Primary School 1st – Silkstone State School2nd – Amberley District State School3rd – Kruger State School Ban Champions 2014 – High School 1st – The…

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Check out these highlights of the great time the 2013 Quest for Talent finalists had!

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