Songs: Deed I Do / Yessir That's My Baby Medley & Gee But I Hate To Go Home Alone
Costume : Aqua ‘20s dress with aqua fringing, aqua shoes & headpiece
Director: Chris Baratini, placing - 7th
Quartet : Betty, Jann, Isla & Chris sang as a quartet at their first convention
Second Comp: Sydney, 1994
Costume : Black cami & pants & gold jackets
Songs : Whatever Happened to the Old Songs & All the World and Its Gold
Director: Betty Nicol – 8th Place
2 quartets competed this time:
Mimosa Magic – Jann, Betty, Megan & Doris and
Sweet Alliance – Elaine, Doreen, Mary & Jill
Repertoire : Sonny Boy, Back In The Ol’ Routine, Hello My Baby, Mood Indigo
Third Comp: Gold Coast, 1996
Songs : Baby Face & You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Costume : Electric Blue sequinned dresses, new pewter jazz shoes
Director : Rose Philipson – 7th Place & Most Improved Chorus Award.
Repertoire : Hernando’s Hideaway, Putting On The Ritz, Sunny Side Of The Street,
Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend, One Voice, A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Fourth Comp: Adelaide, 1998
Songs : Original Dixieland One Step & You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Costume ; Marigold Jackets, purple cami & purple pants, pewter jazz shoes
Director: Rose Philipson, placed 3rd.
2 Quartets competed:
Cool Change : Noni, Karen, Mary & Rose and
Eclipse : Denise, Sue, Robyn & Jill
Repertoire : Rockabye, Climb Every Mountain, Shakin’ The Blues Away, Carolina
Fifth Comp: Perth, 2000
Songs: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie & Only in My Dreams
Costume: purple pants and orange/purple tabard, pewter shoes
Director : Rose Philipson, placed 2nd overall, 1st mid-size chorus, & 5th in world in mid-size chorus category
Special Events : Showcase & ‘Something’s Coming’ - this item was to herald in the next Convention to be held here in Wollongong
Repertoire : Sailing, Love Is In The Air, Paint Your Wagon, Fame, Never, Never
Sixth Comp: Wollongong, 2002
Songs: If You Love Me, Really Love Me & Plenty of Money / High Society Medley Costume: Black tails suits - there were 63 on stage.
Director: Peter Nugus, placed 2nd overall, 1st mid-size chorus.
Peter received the Director’s Award
Repertoire : Dare To Dream, You Are My Sunshine, We’ll Meet Again, Arthur Murray Taught Me To Dance In A Hurry
AND High Society from Showcase .....
Seventh Comp: Adelaide, 2004
Songs: Lulu's Back in Town & You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Costume : Red dresses.
Director: Robert Smith. Placed 5th.
Quartet : 4 for Fun (now Jan & Tonic) competed; (16 out of 25)
They also competed in 2005 in Adelaide as Jan & Tonic
Repertoire : Goodnight Sweetheart, Friends, And All That Jazz
Eighth Comp: Brisbane, 2006
Songs: Red Hot and If You Love Me,
Costume: Red dresses – Mark 2
Director: Jan McCarthy. Placed 5th.
Quartet : Jan & Tonic competed and received the Most Improved National Award; (17 out of 30) Well done girls and in 2007 they competed and came 11th out of 27.
Repertoire : All I Have To Do Is Dream, Candle On The Water, My Country, Sound Celebration, We’ll Meet Again, Mood Indigo, Only In My Dreams
Ninth Comp: Brisbane, 2007
Songs : Original Dixieland One Step and Only In My Dreams
Costume : Purple pants and orange/purple top (Perth costume).
Director : Jan McCarthy. Placed 6th.
Quartet : Jan & Tonic competed (17 out of 35)
Repertoire : I Got Rhythm, Click Go The Shears, I Still Call Australia Home, Waltzing Matilda, California Dreaming, Stepping Out/I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Baby
Tenth Comp: Hobart, 2009
Songs : Original Dixieland One Step and Once Upon a Time
Costume : Lime green and black velvet top & velvet pants & new black jazz shoes
Director : Jan McCarthy. There were 60 members on stage and our 'newbies' were competing for the first time.
Placed 2nd overall and 1st in the midsize chorus.
Quartet : Jan & Tonic competed again - they are getting heaps of experience and getting better all the time.
Go Girls!
Repertoire : Ain’t Misbehavin’, Bandstand, Monday Monday, Jazz Me Blues, Aussie Medley, Footloose
AND NOW THE JOURNEY continues......
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