Noosa Longweekend Festival News
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Newsletter Issue 1 - 25th February 2010
Ballet Scholarships Closing - 5th March 2010
Ballet Scholarships. - 5th March 2010
The Noosa Longweekend festival is offering 12 scholarships to dancers 14 years and over to join internationally renowned artistic director, Damian Smith, and world renown choreographer, Parrish Maynard for a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend four, private ballet master classes to be held between 19th-25th June2010.
Applications must be submitted to the Noosa Longweekend Festival office by Friday12th March.
Ballet Scholarships Decided! - 29th March 2010
Noosa Longweekend Festival General Manager, Ian Mackellar and his fellow adjudicators found themselves in a bit of a spin at the festival’s ballet scholarship master class auditions on Saturday 27th March.
The quandary was just how to determine 12 winners from the supremely talented group of 17 finalists who had been selected from a total of 39 dancers after three, gruelling qualifying rounds of auditions. The 17 Sunshine Coast based finalists; all aged between 14 and 17 years, anxiously awaited the judges’ decision.
“The overall standard of applicant was very high and each of the finalists gave of their very best. Ballet Master, John Vye really put them to the test with a 45 minute pointe and barre class, Ian said.
“After considering the intention of the 2010 festival’s ballet scholarship which is to ‘foster, inspire, encourage and nurture developing and aspiring dance students on the Sunshine Coast’, the decision was made to accept all 17 finalists for scholarship positions”.
Newsletter Issue 2 - April 1st 2010
Be a Festival Volunteer! - 21st April 2010
Each year around 80-100 volunteers are needed to ensure that the best regional festival in Australia remains the best. If you would like to join our band of red shirts, please come along to the Noosa Bowls Club, Noosa Junction at 6pm on Thursday 6th May 2010. You will have an opportunity to find out more about being volunteer and meet our team leaders and members of the management committee.
We will have forms at the meeting but if you would like to complete the application form now please click on the two links below. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting and at the festival.
Volunteer Guidelines Volunteer Application Form
The Noosa Longweekend Festival starts spreading the news at official 2010 program launch - 27th April 2010
Australian actor, television personality and singer Tom Burlinson launched the official The Noosa Longweekend Festival program at The J Theatre in style today with a rendition of That’s Life from his highly acclaimed show, Frank – A Life inSong. The show is a tribute to the late, great Frank Sinatra.
Mr Burlinson was revealed as the Noosa opening night act for the annual 10 day, arts and food festival to take place in Noosa and Caloundra from June 18-27, 2010. Mr Burlinson, along with his eight piece band, will stage two performances of his show (one each in Noosa and Caloundra on June 18 and 19 respectively) with tickets for all festival events going on sale from 10am on Tuesday, May 4.
130, free and ticketed literature, theatre, music, dance, film, workshop, forum, food and art events will make up the 2010 festival program. A number of world premieres, Australian exclusive performances and free, community events will be included.
For the first time in the festival’s nine year history, approximately ten percent of the festival’s Noosa based events will be replicated at The Events Centre Caloundra providing more opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy the colour creativity and culture of the festival.
“This year’s Noosa Longweekend Festival program is our most ambitious and prestigious to date. “Audiences are in for a real treat with performances by Tom Burlinson, French chanteuse Caroline Nin, a world premiere preview play by David Williamson, a world premiere of a new children’s play by the Queensland Theatre Company and deBASE Productions, two Australian exclusive ballet performances as performed by members of the San Francisco Ballet, celebrity events featuring names such as Ita Buttrose, Kylie Kwong, Tim Ferguson, Andrew ‘ET’ Ettingshausen, Toni Lamond and Don Burke, a great cast of local Sunshine Coast performers and a range of fantastic film, forum and foodie events with some of Australia’s most respected actors, authors, entertainers, local chefs and journalists participating.
Newsletter Issue 3 - 27th April 20100 - Program Launch
Festival tickets now on sale - 4th May 2010
Special Group Booking for Agatha Christie Radio Mysteries at The Events Centre, Caloundra 24 05 10
The Noosa Longweekend Festival is pleased to announce the availability of a special price for bookings of 10 or more in one transaction of $25 per person, a saving of $13 per person. This special is available for all performances of the Agatha Christie Radio Mysteries at The Events Centre on Saturday 19th June and Sunday 20th June, subject to seat availability. Get your friends and neighbours together for a dangerously entertaining performance and book now online at The Events Centre.
Changes to Forum event panellists - 28 05 2010
For Forum events, the Noosa Longweekend invites the best qualified panellists available. There are risks in doing so. The demands on their time are constant, and despite their best intentions they are not always able to fulfil their commitments to us.
Regrettably three panellists who had accepted invitations to join our discussions are now unable to do so.
They are Geremie Barme and Saul Eslake who were contributing to the discussion “China: Should we be worried?”, and Michael Fullilove, who was contributing to “America: In decline?”.
Four speakers with relevant experience and knowledge have accepted invitations to replace them. For the China forum, they are:
- Professor Hugh White, Head of Strategic and Defence Studies at the ANU and a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute. Hugh has 25 years experience in the field of international strategic relationships. He was previously Senior Adviser to the Defence Minister Kim Beasley, and Senior International Relations Adviser to Prime Minister Bob Hawke. He was a Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defence; Head of Strategic Analysis at the Office of National Assessments; and Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Rowan Callick, Asia-Pacific Editor for The Australian. Rowan has 30 years experience as a journalist and editor, and was previously The Australian’s Beijing correspondent, and the Australian Financial Review’s Hong Kong correspondent.
- Dennis Lin, an accountant with the international firm BDO. Dennis travels regularly to China and is involved in many Chinese investment deals with Australia, and Australian investments in China.
Replacement for the America forum is:
- Dr Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Study Centre at the University of Sydney. Brendon was a Fullbright Fellow at Georgetown University in 2006 and Australian Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington in 2008. He has edited seven books on anti-Americanism.
While we regret these program changes that were beyond our control, we are confident there will be no compromise to the quality of both Forum discussions.
Newsletter Issue 4 -28th May 2010 -Tickets Selling Fast
Newsletter Issue 5 - 11th June 2010 - The Festival begins next week!
Newsletter Issue 6 18th June 2010 - The Festival has begun!
Newsletter Issue 7 - 21st June 2010 - A Fabulous Star!
