Friday, October 13, 2017

A SPECIAL DAY FOR BLACKBUTT AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART

The Sweethearts of Song at the Re-opening of the  Blackbutt Memorial Hall 2017




Though the Choir’s presentations are many and varied, often as diverse as the venues at which they are staged, there are some occasions when their singing is not of their own instigation and one of those was on Saturday October 7th when a small representation from the Esk Community Choir in the form of The Sweethearts of Song gave a performance to thrill an audience at The Blackbutt Singers’ celebratory concert for the re-opening of the Blackbutt Memorial Hall.
Samantha Kassulke
Before an audience of dignitaries including (for a short time) Queensland MP Deb Frecklington, South Burnett’s very proud Mayor, Keith Campbell and, with an abundance of joie de vivre, emceed by Councillor Gavin Jones, performers delivered a wonderful mosaic of music and artform…a little something for everyone.  With relevance to the occasion, beautiful Choral pieces by the Blackbutt Singers including a Dream Sequence in solo and duet by two of their talented own; entertaining excerpts from a One Act Play delivered by Jocelynn Richardson and Peter Ainslie; Samantha Kassulke, a young flautist who left the audience in little doubt of her obvious musical future and an outstanding performance by Operatic Soprano, Calista Walters…and somewhere in between, with their own fabulous fan base from Esk beaming from amid the audience and the ever capable Tom at the controls, Kathleen Watts, Maree Lansdown, Carolyn King and Susie Walker lit up the stage with their sparkling costumes, upbeat movements and harmonies, the Sweethearts of Song winning over more followers and leaving an audience hoping for more.

Sweethearts - Kathleen, Carolyn, Susan and Maree


With many marvellous raffle prizes won, an afternoon tea to completely satisfy and a host of gracious hosts in the form of the delightful group called the Blackbutt Singers led by Judy Lawrence, it was an honour for this little piece of the Esk Community Choir to have been invited to be a part of this celebrated occasion and a privilege for ‘The Sweethearts’ to have created a line on the first page of the new chapter in the life of this historical piece of Blackbutt’s story.
By:  Sue Walker 

Blackbutt Singers under the baton of  Judy Lawrence

Queensland MP Deb Frecklington


Soprano, Calista Walters

Peter Ainslie and Jocelynn Richardson

Linda Hall

Sue Walker - topping up the lippy in her comic adaptation of 
'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"



For more photos and a new report from the South Burnett follow the link below. 

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