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SUMMARY:Armistice Centenary Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Military History and Heritage Victoria in association with the Athenaeum Club are pleased to host an Armistice Centenary Luncheon where Professor Geoffrey Blainey\, AC will be the guest speaker.\n \nGeoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian\, academic and commentator with a wide international audience. He has been described as a living national treasure. \nProfessor Blainey has been asked to reflect on the impact of the First World War on Australia and the legacy impacts after the Armistice. \n \nScarcely a family was left untouched; the survivors needed both physical and mental care as did the widows and orphans\, all generating a massive repatriation scheme. The shortage of eligible husbands and unemployment interacted with some changed social attitudes\, plus continuing social divisions and suspicions\, to offset the increased confidence about national undertakings. \nGeoffrey Blainey has written authoritative texts on the economic and social history of Australia and published over 35 books\, including wide-ranging histories of the world and of Christianity. \nHe was one of five intellectuals awarded a UN Gold Medal in 1988 for ‚Äòexcellence in the dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of mankind‚Äô. \nGeoffrey Blainey was once described by Professor Graeme Davison as the ‚Äúmost prolific\, wide-ranging\, inventive and most controversial of Australia’s living historians‚Äù. \nAs the most insightful historian of his generation Geoffrey Blainey‚Äôs address promises to be highly considered and encourage deep reflection. He has also agreed to take questions from the audience. \nLunch includes two-courses\, beer and wine in magnificent surrounds.\n Dress: Jacket and tie for gentlemen and equivalent for ladies. Medals.\n Address: 87 Collins Street\, Melbourne.\n Timings: 12.30 for 1.00 pm on Sunday 11 November 2018.\n Cost: MHHV members – $100. Non-MHHV Members – $110. \nNo concessions available. \n¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬†¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬†¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬†
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SUMMARY:Till they all come home: Concert to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne Welsh Male Choir will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice with Till They All Come Home\, a concert expected to pack out Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday 11 November\, 3pm.\n \nThe choir hopes that veterans and their families (and others) will make a day of it and come to the concert after Remembrance Day commemorations. RSL members are eligible for a concession price ticket. \nThe 65-strong choir will be joined by ‚ÄúAustralia‚Äôs leading lady of musical theatre‚Äù\, Marina Prior\, and music legend Mike Brady AM. Much of the accompaniment will be provided by the Australian Youth Band. \nTill They All Come Home is the brain child of Mike Lyons\, who at 86\, is one of the choir‚Äôs oldest members. Lyons was born a Londoner\, and lived through the Blitz and the Battle of Britain. \n‚ÄúTill They All Come Home celebrates the music of both World War I and World War II\,‚Äù Lyons said. \n‚ÄúWorld War Iled inexorably to World War II and\, despite the passage of time\, both wars continue to resonate globally. Both continue to have dramatic and lasting effects on Australia. So much horror\, so much death\, so many lives otherwise destroyed. \n‚ÄúThrough all of this\, music both comforted and inspired. Some songs were not much more than propaganda and were destined to disappear before or soon after the cessation of hostilities. Others became big hits and have endured.‚Äù \nGrowing up during the London Blitz\, Lyons became aware of the power of music through his father\, who served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in World War I\, and was part of a musical concert troupe entertaining servicemen and women in World War II. \n‚ÄúMusic helped us to both survive and appreciate life\, whatever the circumstances. There was no television so music\, especially live music\, was prized. Our family was twice bombed out of home by the Luftwaffe but we could put brave faces to the world thanks to songs such as Vera Lynn‚Äôs ‚ÄòWhite Cliffs of Dover‚Äô and ‚ÄòWe‚Äôll meet again‚Äô.‚Äù \nMarina Prior will perform a Vera Lynn medley with the choir as well as ‚ÄúWe‚Äôll Gather Lilacs‚Äù\, ‚ÄúSally Pride of our Alley‚Äù\, ‚ÄúWish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye)‚Äù and the Edith Piaf standard\, ‚ÄúLa Vie en Rose‚Äù. Prior‚Äôs grandfather was a World War I ANZAC\, as were all his brothers. He was shot three times and sent back to the front three times. He was only 19. She has all his records. \nPrior has performed over thirty lead roles in stage shows throughout Australia\, most memorably as Christine Daae in the original Australian production of The Phantom of the Opera\, a role she performed for three years. \nThe choir‚Äôs program includes a medley of songs from both wars\, a Gershwin showcase\, and some favourites ‚ÄúCwm Rhondda‚Äù and ‚ÄúThe World in Union‚Äù. With Mike Brady\, they will also perform Eric Bogle‚Äôs 1980 hit about World War 1\, ‚ÄúNo Man‚Äôs Land (Willie McBride)‚Äù. \nLyons said the choir was proud to be joined by singer\, songwriter and producer\, Mike Brady. \n‚ÄúOn ANZAC Day at the MCG this year\, 10 of our choristers joined forces with members of the Australian Women‚Äôs Choir to form the backing group for the debut performance of ‚ÄòThis Place is Their Place‚Äô\, Mike Brady‚Äôs song about the RSL. It was a great occasion. \n‚ÄúAt our concert\, Mike will again perform this song with us as well as another song of his\, called ‘Let it Shine’.‚Äù \nBrady‚Äôs father\, Robert\, was a Dubliner who enlisted with the British Army in 1940 and landed in Normandy a month after D-Day\, taking part in the fierce battles around Caen. His tour of duty took him through Belgium and Holland before he was wounded in 1945 and transferred to the Royal Engineers. After the war\, he served in Malaya\, repairing war damage and constructing airfields. Two of Brady‚Äôs great-uncles lost their lives on the Somme during World War I. \nBrady has been a household name since the seventies when his song\, ‚ÄúUp There Cazaly‚Äù\, became the biggest selling Australian single of all time and is now the unofficial anthem of Australian Rules Football. \n‚ÄúThe choir is also thrilled to have the Australian Youth Band (AYB) on board\,‚Äù Lyons said. ‚ÄúThe AYB is Victoria‚Äôs premier youth performance ensemble and has performed all over Australia at popular regional festivals\, major sporting events\, marching band festivals and corporate functions. It‚Äôs also done nine international tours.‚Äù \nTill The Boys Come Home: Songs & Music from World Wars 1 & 2 is the choir‚Äôs best-selling CD. The concert was initially going to be called Till The Boys Come Home but the choir decided that\, given the significant number of women who served\, particularly during World War II\, it was more appropriate to use the more inclusive Till They All Come Home. \nMelbourne Town Hall is the right place for the concert\, Lyons says ‚Äì it was a major recruitment centre during World War I and the Victorian centre for the Australian Comforts Fund (originally the Lady Mayoress‚Äôs Patriotic League) which organised ‚Äòcomforts‚Äô for soldiers on the battlefields. \nDavid Ashton-Smith OAM\, who became the choir‚Äôs director in early 2016\, will direct the concert. \nThe Melbourne Welsh Male Choir\, which formed in 1984\, is the youngest of the three Welsh male choirs in Victoria. Currently\, it has around 65 members\, ranging in age from the mid-40s to 88. Only 10-15 of the singers actually hail from Wales but most claim either Welsh heritage or links to the UK. Four of the choir committee of ten are called David. Choir members wear suits with yellow ties as the daffodil is the national flower of Wales. \nPart of the proceeds will be donated to RSL Victoria\, who look after the service veterans of all conflicts. and the LEGACY organisation\, which cares for the widows and families of those left behind.\nMedia comment: Mike Lyons\, Melbourne Welsh Male Choir: 0415 926 550; michael_j_lyons@hotmail.com \nMedia enquiries: Carmel Shute\, Shute the Messenger\, 0412 569 356; carmel@shute-the-messenger.com \nTill They All Come Home\n3pm Sunday 11 November\nMelbourne Town Hall\, 90 Swanston Street\, Melbourne (accessible)\nTickets: $50/$45 (concession; RSL members)\n03 9800 3889; 0421 391 253 or book through https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=412514& \nMarina Prior Bio\nMarina Prior is known as the leading lady of Australia‚Äôs musical theatre. She has performed over thirty lead roles in stage shows throughout Australia. Possibly her most memorable is her role as Christine Daae in the original Australian production of The Phantom of the Opera\, which she performed for three years. \nMarina has sung with symphony orchestras throughout Australia\, including a critically acclaimed Australasian concert tour with international tenor\, Jos√© Carreras. \nShe is also well known to television audiences through her appearances on such shows as Carols by Candlelight\, as a judge on Channel Seven‚Äôs It Takes Two and as Iris in The ABC series The Divorce. \nMarina has recorded seven CDs. In October\, she will join Il Divo on their national tour.\nhttp://markgogoll.com/marina-prior/ \nMike Brady Bio\nMike Brady was born in England and moved with his family to Australia when he was 11 years old. His recording career began in the mid-60s with the formation of MPD Ltd (Mike\, Pete & Danny). The group toured overseas\, including England\, and when MPD disbanded\, Mike toured extensively throughout Vietnam during the war. \nFrom the 70s onwards\, Mike spent the majority of his time building his career as a record producer and a producer and writer of some of Australia‚Äôs most catchy advertising jingles for television and radio. His promotional song for Channel Seven‚Äôs football program\, ‚ÄúUp There Cazaly‚Äù\, went on to be the biggest selling Australian single of all time\, with sales in excess of 250\,000 and has become the unofficial anthem of all Australian Rules Football fans. \nMike‚Äôs record production company\, Full Moon Records\, was responsible for two hugely successful singles\, Mark Jackson‚Äôs ‚ÄúI‚Äôm An Individual‚Äù and Joe Dolce‚Äôs ‚ÄúShuddap You Face‚Äù. \nIn 2013 Mike was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the community and to music as a composer and performer. In 2017 Mike was named Victorian of the Year in a ceremony in the Melbourne Town Hall.\nhttp://www.mikebrady.net.au/about-mike.html \nDavid Ashton-Smith OAM Bio\nDavid studied singing in Melbourne for 10 years before going to London in 1971 where he sang principal roles with The English National Opera Co. \nSince returning to Australia in late 1979\, has maintained a varied and high-profile music performing career which included setting up his own choir the Ashton Smith Singers\, in addition to teaching singing and being a sought-after vocal adjudicator. \nAs Managing Director of the Australian Pops Orchestra during 2005-9 he was responsible for mounting major concerts at the Sydney Opera House and at Hamer Hall at the Victorian Arts Centre\, as well as major corporate events at Crown Palladium and the Sofitel Collins Street. \nDavid is closely associated with ‚ÄòAustralian Music Events‚Äô and has put together the orchestra for ‚ÄòOpera in the Alps‚Äô and ‚ÄòOpera in the Market‚Äô in recent years. \nHe became Music Director of the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir in May 2016 and enjoys writing arrangements for the choir. \nWith such experience\, David is well equipped to manage an event as significant as the Till They All Come Home concert. \nIn 2016 David‚Äôs musical career hit a high note\, when he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to music.
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