Saturday, April 26, 2014

Bring on the Colour .....

 Doesn't the colour look great?
 Telling the story ...
 Rock n' Rollers - Lorraine and Alison
 
Front row babes ....
 
 
 
 
 Lots of 'ooo' vowels ...

  
 
Everyone in the moment...
 

A costume change ...

Bring on the colour ... Wendy and Gwenda
 
 Nice one girls - great shot! Mates Nerida and Barbara
 Frances, Kat and Robyn
 Lesley
 Terri, Karen and Sam
 Sandi is like a boy scout - prepared for anything!
 Debs - looking great
 Elise and Denise - hamming it up ...
 Lorraine and Alison
 Evelyn and Louise  - in the foreground
 Sue, Stephanie and Luigi
 Gabriella, Fran and Colleen
 Judith and Marianne
 Sue P handing out the sustenance - nice Eli!
 Isla, Michele and Gabriella descending ...
Next to take that colour - ONSTAGE ...

Back Stage Faces ...


                                                      Frances, Louise and Stephanie
                                                         Debra, Beth Bint and Kat
                                                   
Robyn and Judith with Wendy and Marianne at the rear
Here they are! A likely pair.
Pamela, Barbara and Jan
Louise and Sue P
Alison
Nerida and Katrina
Sam, Gabriella, Louise and Barbara.
 The 'Upstairs Crew'
Here's Ali with little Granddaughter ... part of the audience!
Get 'em young eh? - maybe a future candidate for YWIH?


First Half ....

Everyone 'in the moment'...
Barb and Lori
                                                     Beth, Ellyse, Judith and Helen

Sailing with Karen ...



Getting ready for the Show


 After all our preparations, the day has come at last for our Show 
at the Regent Theatre in Wollongong. Time for a warm up - what a great venue eh?
Last minute discussion with our Stage Manager Steph Sheehan who organised
the smooth running of the show - well done and thank you from all of us!
 Time to test the mikes .....
And the lighting ....
Looking good, now to get dressed for the show!

Supporting artists ...


 
Liam Marino Year Eleven student– classical guitarist played
Prelude, from Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998 by J. S. Bach
and Lamentos do Morro - by Garoto
 Bazinga getting ready for convention sang ...
Come Fly With Me – James van Heusen/Jimmy Cahn; arr Kevin Keller
Once Upon a Time – Lee Adams/Charles Strouse: arr June Dale
Paper Moon – Harold Arlen/Billy Rose/E.Y. Harburg: arr Clay Hine
Presbyterian Pukapuka Cook Island Singers enjoying singing
a selection of their traditional songs.
The Cast of Legally Blonde, the Musical.
MoonGlow productions, a local musical theatre company, is staging 
Legally Blonde, the Musical, at the WIN Entertainment Centre in July.
We even had a belly dancer!
Jasmine Langton
Evokings the magic and mystery of the Arabian Nights through
her traditional female form of dance ...

Photo Exhibition in conjunction with Concert


                             Illawarra Mercury Article by Justin Huntsdale                                   24 April, 2014

Harmony and photography combine to highlight 

Illawarra women

 The Wollongong Harmony Chorus has been a staple of the Illawarra live music scene for the last 23 years, performing beautiful a cappella singing at community events and their own concerts.
Nina Kourea is a Wollongong photographer who is slowly creating an impressive suite of exhibitions documenting female community groups in the Illawarra.
Together they make a great match, and this weekend Nina will show a special one-day exhibition of the Wollongong Harmony Chorus as part of their concert at the Regent Theatre.
"I've always thought about singing and learning how to sing, and it's been interesting to see how it comes together," she says. "Visually, it's been challenging at times to display what these women do, but after three months some great images have come together of the women and their passion has come through."
Harmony Chorus musical director Jan McCarthy says she enlisted Nina's help to showcase their chorus group to a new and younger audience. "I've felt very comfortable with Nina, and when she walks in it's like she's another person who fits in. "Everyone keeps saying she needs to join the chorus now. "I understand the difficulty of taking photos of people when they're singing because we always have our eyes open or our mouths shut - if you freeze frame someone singing it's so hard to get them looking attractive."
Nina's exhibition will be part of the Wollongong Harmony Chorus concert at the Regent Theatre in Wollongong at 3pm, Saturday 26th April.
And here it is .....



Wollongong Harmony Chorus – An exhibition by Nina Kourea, follows the sights, sounds and friendships behind the Wollongong Harmony Chorus.
Following on from her successful Port Kembla Mermaids book and exhibition, Nina continues her celebration of amazing women by spending 3 months documenting the female-led Wollongong Harmony Chorus. She will be sharing this journey with the public in a ONE DAY ONLY exhibition to be held in the foyer of Wollongong’s iconic Regent Theatre.
Saturday 26th April 2014
The exhibtion is on show from 2pm-4pm with the performance by Wollongong Harmony Chorus starting at 3pm.
Entry to exhibition is free.