Music on the Murray musical extravaganze Waikerie's Riverfront South Australia
 

 

 30.12.07

Planning for the 2009 event is well underway with the entire committee from this year's event re-elected at the Annual meeting in November. Currently the committee are looking to engage a guest performer/performers prior to funding applications. The event is planned for March 2009 with a firm date to be confirmed in the new year. The website will be shortly expanded to include a Photo Gallery of the 2007 event.  Stay tuned for further updates as the year progresses.

15.11.07   -Annual Meeting

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - WAIKERIE EVENTS 21 INC - 2007

Firstly, I would like to express my delight at the success of Music on the Murray, River Murray Art Prize and Exhibition and Sunday Fun Day and commend the committee for their hard work and enthusiasm.  With rain forecast several days before the event, the Committee pulled together to change the entire infrastructure of the event just a few days before the performance.  Music on the Murray featured guest performers Pot-Pourri, combining their unique talents with Artistic Director Timothy Sexton and the Adelaide Art Orchestra, Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus together with the combined Riverland Choirs, to bring together a spectacular musical program.  Australia's leading music theatre ensemble Pot-Pourri presented a unique and innovative blend of opera, classical music, musical theatre, cabaret and comedy.  Local artists Desiree Frahn , Darin Trandafil,  Alexa Knight-Betts, Marie Williams also performed, highlighting the tremendous talent right on our doorstep.

The Sunday Fun Day provided an opportunity for families to sample the River Murray culture and produce, while enjoying performances by The Ticklish Allsorts, local band Tossed Salad and local dance groups Tinkerbelle and Waikerie Calisthenics Group.  The Warbles Show was also staged on the Sunday providing an entertaining, interactive and fun show that children and parents thoroughly enjoyed.

I must especially thank the Waikerie Hotel Motel who again supported the event as major sponsors.  I must also acknowledge and thank the following for their financial support of the event:

"The Culture of the River Murray" - River Murray Art Prize and Exhibition commenced on Friday 20th April 2007 with an opening night cocktail function.  The Art Prize and Exhibition attracted over 80 entries in 2D and 3D categories with a total prize pool of $7000 and the engagement of a professional curator, Susan Jenkins (whom I highly commend for her professionalism) and an expert panel of judges.  The result was a first class exhibition that ensures to be a regular event on South Australia's visual arts map.  The exhibition attendance increased from the 2005 Art Show attracting in excess of 800 visitors over the week from across the state.

Thanks to the following sponsors of the event:

The number of volunteers from this community who assisted to make these events a success is humbling and there are too many mention each of them individually.  I would like to sincerely thank them all for their invaluable contribution.     I would especially like to thank the following people who donated significant amounts of time to ensure the success of the events:

It is with optimism and enthusiasm that I look forward to growing the event even further in 2009 and encourage that more of the community become directly involved in this highly rewarding experience.

Stephen Noble  -Chairman

8.11.07 Annual Meeting

Events 21, the management committee of the Music on the Murray Festival, have announced their annual Meeting this week to be held at the Waikerie Hotel, Oscars Lounge on Thursday  15th of November from 7.30pm with and open invitation to the community to attend.The future of the event looking in good hands as the entire committee from this year's event keen to stay on for the 2009 event. Chairman of the committee Mr. Stephen Noble encourages all interested persons in the community to come along to the annual meeting and take the opportunity to examine the success of this year's event and hear a little about the plans for the future. The current committee is keen to see some new injection of personnel and will be making further positions available on the general committee for anyone who is keen to contribute to this world class event. In times of rural financial hardship, the tourism dollar is critical for small communities to survive and the success of such events in our town and region brings incredible benefits to the area.

The Music on the Murray Festival included a very successful Art Show which this year provided artists from around the Riverland and South Australia an opportunity to display and sell their works from an extremely professional exhibition. The committee is encouraging interested persons from the Arts community to join them, particularly on a subcommittee, to forge greater success for this event. The committee this year faced some huge challenges to see the event through, battling extreme weather conditions which threatened to derail the program. The huge marquee on the oval proved a popular alternative and the committee now is looking for guidance from the community as to such arrangements for 2009.

The committee is keen for Waikerie to embrace the successes of the previous events and provide a solid platform for the event to grow and continue its success. This won't happen without community input and enthusiasm. Don't just be proud of this event being right here on our doorstep, get involved and be a part of its future.

 

 

25/4/07

The committee of Music on the Murray have made some pretty tough decisions over the past two days to see that the event goes ahead despite the weather forecast. .
The event will no longer go ahead on the water, as the forecast direct from the Weather Bureau advised us of strong winds and rain , particularly in our set up period.
We have secured a large marquee for the two days of the event which will now be staged on the Waikerie Football oval adjacent to the riverfront .
Parking will now be in the old caravan park and the only entrance gate on Saturday night will be from that car park behind the players change room. Tickets will be available at the gate until 7pm sharp.
The marquee will house all of our expected patrons with room for approximately 400 extras should they now decide to come due to the event being indoors.
We still have a fully professional stage set up inside the marquee including big screen projection.
We look forward to a successful event and further encourage all to attend.
The Sunday Family Fun Day will go ahead as planned also on the Oval under the marquee. All tickets at the gate.

18.4.07

Open Gardens - In association with Music on the Murray, take the time to visit a variety of local Waikerie gardens on Saturday 28th April from 10am to 4pm. Click here for more details.
20.3.07
  • An expert panel of judges has been compiled, made up of independent South Australian visual art professionals and a local judge. The Director of the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Karen Varga and Peter McLachlan an award winning artist based in Port Elliott will judge the prize, along with local renowned artist Gary Duncan who is sponsoring and will judge the youth section.
  • Time is running out to submit entry forms which are due by April 2nd. Works needs to be delivered by April 13th.
  • Entry forms for the River Murray Art Prize can be collected from Country Arts SA, Port Adelaide and Berri offices, Riverland Tourist Offices, or downloaded from Event Information Page on this website. 

 13.3.07   NEW TICKET OUTLETS -  From14.3.07 tickets will be availableat Townsend Travel in Renmark  85 866 333 and from the Barossa Arts & Convention Centre phone 85 614 299 . Time to get your tickets now .

16.2.07           River Murray Art Show -  Entries for the River Muray Art Prize are now being accepted with the release of the 2007 Information Brochure and Entry Form. The Culture of the River Murray Art Show this year has increased prize money to $7,000. The Brochure and Entry Form can now be downloaded using the link on the Event Information Page .

 6.02.07

The Sunday Family Fun Day has received a further boost with the announcement of two further great acts to enhance the day’s entertainment. Adelaide based children’s entertainers “Ticklish Allsorts” have been engaged for two 50 minute shows during the day, bringing their professional expertise to the Riverland to entertain all the children in the audience with their fun filled musical show . Local Band “Tossed Salad” featuring lead singer Darrin Trandafil (Music on the Murray Soloist) Simone Fox and the multi talented Ken Parkinson will be on stage to entertain the adults with great renditions of the classics, to up beat contemporaries, swing and easy rock. With Pot-Pourri also providing a 40 minute children’s program called the “Warbles” , a great opportunity arises for families from around the Riverland and South Australia to enjoy a great day’s entertainment. Celebrate the end of vintage with lunch on the banks of the River Murray with food from local service providers and wines from the Riverland.

 8.11.06
A press release was distributed to media advising of the launch of the website and the Music on the Murray event.

Event Launch Date - 26.11.06  -  4.00pm , Waikerie Hotel Oscars Function Room

Events 21 will launch the very popular 'Music on the Murray" Festival on Sunday November 26th at the Waikerie Hotel. The launch will include an overview of the event to come, a dvd presentation of the guest artisits 'Pot-Pourri' and a musical presentation from Waikerie's own Darrin Trandafil and Michael Betts. An Auction of the no.1 ticket will take place on the day with the winning bid to receive a surprise package for the event. An opportunity for patrons to purchase "Early Bird" tickets for the show will be offered on the day. The first 200 seats in priority position will be available for sale. These will be the only seats to have priority position for the evening performance of Music on the Murray. These seats will only be available at the launch or from McCoy Menswear until all sold.

 

 

 
   
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