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Saturday 14 October Llewellyn Hall, ANU, 2pm Conductor Luke Spicer Featuring Rhonda Burchmore & Andy Seymour MC Dan Bourchier, ABC Radio Canberra Breakfast & ABC News Presenter -----

That's Entertainment Arthur Schwartz (Orchestra) Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio (Andy Seymour) Witchcraft Cy Coleman (Andy Seymour) King of the Road Roger Miller (Andy Seymour) Get Happy Harold Arlen (Rhonda Burchmore) When You wish Upon A Star / Somewhere Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen (Rhonda Burchmore) Moon River Henry Mancini (Rhonda Burchmore) Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend Jule Styne and Leo Robin (Rhonda Burchmore) What a Wonderful World Bob Thiele (Andy Seymour) Sway Luis Demetrio (Andy Seymour) New Combination “Bean” Lorry No.341 commissioned 31st December 1925. I’ve got you Under My Skin Cole Porter (Andy Seymour) Beyond the Sea Jack Lawrence (Andy Seymour)

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All That Jazz John Kander and Fred Ebb (Rhonda Burchmore) Birth Of The Blues Ray Henderson (Rhonda Burchmore) 115 YEARS OF POWERING Send In The Clowns Stephen Sondheim (Rhonda Burchmore) Maybe This Time John Kander and Fred Ebb (Rhonda Burchmore) PROGRESS TOGETHER Baby It’s Cold Outside Frank Loesser (Rhonda Burchmore & Andy Seymour) Love Me Tonight Danielle Pace and Lorenzo Pilat (Andy Seymour) Since 1901, Shell has invested in large projects which have contributed to the prosperity of A Man Without Love Engelbert Humperdinck (Andy Seymour) Don’t Rain On My Parade Bob Merrill and Jule Styne (Rhonda Burchmore) the Australian economy. We value our partnerships with communities, governments and industry. And celebrate our longstanding partnership with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.

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In the 1950s it became clear what the future tourists and $200 million pumped through would hold for the small desert town soon casinos. This was unaffected by the nuclear to be a metropolis built on gambling, vice, fallout from the nuclear testing program and entertainment. Nestled in the Las Vegas operated only 100km outside of the city. Valley of the greater Mojave Desert in In fact many residents and tourists would Nevada, the city of Las Vegas quadrupled in marvel at the mushroom clouds visible from population as numerous lavishly decorated many parts of the city. hotels and casinos popped up, many of It was from this time forward that Las them owned and operated by the mob. Vegas would become the leading financial, What once was a city of military training commercial and cultural centre for the state operations was now the cultural capital of of Nevada, and earn the title of Sin City for wild, late-night, exotic entertainment and its tolerance of adult entertainment and gambling encased in iconic neon signage; an dominant criminal underground. image consolidated by the annual 8 million LUXURY AND PERFORMANCE IN PERFECT HARMONY. THE BMW 7 SERIES. Rolfe Classic BMW is proud to be the Ofﬁ cial Vehicle Partner of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.

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The Vegas Lounge Experience In addition to the ever-present gambling scene, Vegas casinos were renowned for their first-rate lounge entertainment. Each new casino owner sought after the highest quality entertainers and hired the finest local musicians for their in-house orchestras. The casino lounge was the place to be with drinking, gambling, socialising, and live entertainment all packed in to an intimate, casual setting. Lounge acts were famed Artists from for being personal, exhilarating, and often improvised. Such entertainment supported the past Sin City’s reputation as a place where anything could happen. Judy Garland The popularity of live performance and the Singer, actress, and vaudevillian Judy Garland strong competition between venues saw was renowned for her contralto vocals and owners look to Hollywood for the biggest attained international fame that continued stars in the country to be headline acts in their throughout a career spanning more than 40 lounges. years. Well-remembered for her roles in The Star salaries climbed astronomically as Wizard of Oz and Meet Me in St. Louis, Judy competition grew with weekly budgets experienced a career revival through stage exceeding $30,000. Such a cost was little performances centred on reviving vaudevillian trouble for the mob-operated casinos. Many tradition. Many of her performances were stars were pleased with their personal covered by Vegas acts due to their popularity management style and protection, and often and show-biz nature. turned a blind eye to the mob’s more sinister dealings. Such a time was the largest price-war Marilyn Monroe in US entertainment history. Famous for playing ‘dumb blonde’ characters, Marilyn Monroe become one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s. Monroe was one of most marketable Hollywood actresses with most notable performances in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire. She was disappointed at being typecast for future roles and later established her own film production company. This led her to pursue method acting at the Actor’s Studio. Monroe’s performance style and sex-appeal lent itself to the Vegas lounge scene with many acts covering her works. To this day, she continues to be considered a major popular culture icon. LETTERPRESS PRINTING & DESIGN

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