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Breakfast With the Stars Tony Worsley and Roland Storm

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On Friday Morning June 10th I went to the Greenmount Surf Club for the breakfast with the stars which had Tony Worsley and Roland Storm and it was my 5th time attending the Breakfast with the Stars which my first on Sunday June 12th 2006 @ the coolangatta Bowls CLub with Johnny Rebb,Alan Dale(Aussie rocker),vicki Forrest and Catfish purser (the dee jays) and 3 times in 2009 on june 4th,5th and 6th with Catfish Purser,Alan Dale,Little pattie and Lucky starr at the greenmount surf Club. this day (Friday) was the first one for the festival but the day before(thursday)there was an muck up as the breakfast was supposed to be on the day and those of us who went to the surf club showed the tickets to the people but they did'nt know about the prepaid tickets and we were supposed to pay $15.00 and even tony Worsley who was there did'nt know what was going on but we did chat with tony which i ask about the Go Show concerts and the Long Way to the top tour as well as telling us about ref...

Johnny O'Keefe Celebration concert @ Twin Towns

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On the same night June 9th I went to the Johnny O'Keeffe celebration Concert @ twin Towns which it was 4th time. I left Bella Mare at around 7.15pm, walk to twin Towns and saw Bob,Ruth and Wayne Edwards who i knew from ten Pin bowling when we did Harmony league at cannon Hill from Saturday march 29th 2003 until Saturday June 27th 2009 as i had not seen them from that time which they are well and Wayne is still doing ten pin bowling at capalaba. Went inside the showroom and spoke with an man who was sitting next to me which there were clips of johnny O'Keefe while we were waiting. the show started around 8pm which the Rockhounds doing 1 song and Tony Worsley came on stage as he was the compare which Steve Allison was supposed to do it but didn't turned up so Tony sang 3 songs. Legendary Australian singer Lee Conway came on next which he did an set of country and rock with an acoustic guitar and Tony Worsley came back on stage which an few more songs including 2 of his hits....

The Chevrolets @ Twin Towns

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On Thursday June 9th I went to twin Towns to see the group the Chevrolets whom I had not seen live since November 2009 but I saw Bernie last year @ Kedron-Wavell for the Rock'n'Roll Spectacular show for the endeavour Foundation. I had bought the ticket on Monday as I planning to see them anyway and on the day of the show I got there around 10.30am which i went to the 5th floor and bought an CD by the Chevrolets called "The Way It Was" where I saw Ruth(Bernie's wife) and told me that the guys would come out to sign after the show. Went inside the showroom which i sat at the front and the Chevrolets with Bernie Hutton,martin Hope,Ricky Wilson and Allan Kershaw came on stage at about 11am which they were on for an hour and a half which it was an FANTASTIC show doing the British Invasion stuff of the 60's from the likes of the Beatles, Rolling Stones,the Hollies, Hermans Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers and others as well as good humor which Bernie attempted an ...

just the Ticket @ Twin Towns

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the first show I attended for Cooly Rocks On was on Wednesday June 8th and it was the group Just the Ticket @ Twin towns. i had not planned to see them but it only happended as the show I was supposed to go which was the Traders Ball which included Darren J ray and the Love Bugs at the Civic Center was cancelled and i was only told this after dad dropped me off when an man told me and i had to tell 2 other ladies about it which they could'nt believe it and also told 2 other people about it as well. i was surprised about the cancellation because i thought Darren would never cancel an show like that but I saw an message from kaitlyn who is one of the Love Bugs saying it was cancelled as well as the Cooly Rocks On page on Facebook page and it was only the next day when I went to the internet cafe at showcase shopping center to check my email which there was one from cooly rocks on about the shows cancellation because of low ticket sales. i had to decide about what other shows to see...

Cooly rocks On 2011- Elvis Collectors Display

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My first outing for Cooly Rocks on was going to the Elvis Collectors Display at the Tweed Ultima which it's on Stuart Street on Tuesday June 7th. I paid $2.00 to get in there and had an look around at the memorabilia of Elvis which has been collected by an guy called Rusty Roberts. Rusty has been collecting Elvis stuff for as long he could remember and it's just amazing all the stuff he has collected like CD's,books,Dvd's records, toys,posters and many others as well there was photos of Rusty with people who worked with Elvis like Jerry Schilling, Joe Eposito,Dj Fontana, Sam Phillips, Scotty moore, Sonny West, Red West and many others. it was just AMAZING & FANTASTIC and to look at all that stuff was just AWESOME. You could only at the stuff and the only thing you could touch was at the scrapbooks which had paper clippings,letters and magazine clippings as well. i met Rusty which he told me about the impact that Elvis has made on the culture and it's great to se...

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oranges and Sunshine

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Last Thursday I went to the Balmoral cinema to see the movie "Oranges and Sunshine". it's 1986 in Nottingham,England and social worker Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson) meets an Australian lady name Charlotte (Federay Holmes) and another lady named Nicky (Lorraine Ashbourne) wanting to know who they really are and what happened as they were put away on an boat to Australia with many other children as they were told their parents had died and were put in institutions where they went through hard labour. Margaret goes to Australia where she meets Nicky's Brother jack(Hugo Weaving) as well as Len(David Wenham) and many others who went through similar experiences and Margaret starts to uncover an lot of stuff that happened to those children. It's sad,touching and an BRILLIANT movie with Brilliant acting by Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Lorraine Ashbourne, Federay Holmes as well as Tara Morice, Geoff Morrell, Marg Downey and others. it was filmed in Ade...

source Code

On Saturday June 4th I went to the Balmoral cinema to see the movie "Source Code". Jake gyllenhaal plays an man who wakes up on an train ride that is going to Chicago and the woman sitting opposite him is Christina(Michelle Monaghan) who calls him sean but he does not know her or where and who he is. the train is blown apart by a bomb after leaving the train station and the man is in another reality which he is Colter Stevens an Army Officer who is taking part in an experimental project called the Source Code. Sean/Colter keep reliving the 8 minutes of his life which things change every time there's an rewind and is able to influence the events that is happening. He is controlled by Dr Rutledge(Jeffrey Wright) and Colleen Goodwin(Vera Farmiga) want him to identify the person who is putting the bomb on the train and to prevent an attack on chicago. it's an interesting and an excellent film with excellent acting by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan as well as Jeffe...

Buddy the Concert @ Kedron Wavell

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On Friday July 15th Scott Cameron is Doing Buddy the Concert along with James Nation Ingle and Simon Bentley @ kedron Wavell Services Club. the show will be touring around Australia from July-December which also include another Queensland show @ Twin towns On December 17th. the show @ Kedron Wavell cost $35.00 and will have 2 sets which will include the classic Buddy holly hits like that'll be the Day, Peggy Sue, Oh boy, maybe Baby, it Doesn't Matter Anymore,Rave On, Heartbeat and many others as well as classic rock songs which should be great. Scott Cameron has been doing Buddy Holly for 6 years with the Memories Of Buddy Holly show as well as the Buddy musical back in 2009 and just 2 months ago the Class of 59 show with Aussie rock legend Lonnie Lee. It will be my 4th time seeing Scott and he does an excellent job doing Buddy Holly which it's great to see him doing an tribute as keeping the music alive. If you want to see him live CHECK It OUT and you will enjoy the show ...

Mental As Anything Queensland shows

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In july Legendary Australian 80's pop/rock group Mental As Anything known for hits like Live it Up,Too many Times, Come Around, the Nips Are Getting Bigger, If You Leave Me Can I come Too, He's No Good For You and many others are playing 2 Queensland Shows Kedron Wavell Services Club on Friday July 8th and Club helensvale on Saturday July 9th . The group are still touring after nearly 35 years when they were formed with original founding members Greedy Smith and Martin Plaza and they put on an great show doing those all classic hits which still endured after 32 years when they made their first hit. It will be my 5th time seeing them as I first saw them 8 years ago at the Hotel Carindale on Friday july 18th 2003 and I always enjoy their show which it's FANTASTIC. If you want to go see them CHECK THEM OUT and you will enjoy the show. Dates- Kedron Wavell Services Club July 8th CLub Helensvale July 9th