Festival of Performing Arts

The Festival of Performing Arts- 50's and 60's culture by the sea is set to wow crowds again in 2012. Make sure the weekend of Friday 7 September - Sunday 9 September is firmly in the diary and watch this space as the program is released.

The 2011 program is included below to give you a taste of the festival's style and genre.

	Event	Venue	Date	Price	Time	Event Description
	Festival Opening Night Cabaret	Mantra Erskine Beach Resort	Friday 9 Sept 2011	$60 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	8:30pm	The Opening Night Cabaret at Mantra Erskine Beach Resort includes supper and show. Featuring Melbourne Surf Western legends, Mikelangelo and the Tin Star feat. St Clare. The Tin Star’s, The Go Girl Gadget Go Go Dancers, local jazz and burlesque star Jessie Upton, Lilikoi Kaos, Circus Trick Tease and DJ Mr Nicely.

	Event	Venue	Date	Price	Time	Event Description
	Circus Trick Tease Workshop	Lorne Senior Citizens Centre	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	11:30am	An interactive workshop not to be missed! Circus Trick Tease is raucous and wildly entertaining caricature of the circus with all its quirks and foibles. The three stars of the show have all performed extensively around the world.

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	Victoriana Gaye	Babalu Bar	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	Midday	Husband and wife duo Vicki Gaye Philipp and Jeff Raglus (Bachelors from Prague, Black Sorrows, Feeling Groovies, Fogg), have packed a lot into the 3 years since they formed. Whimsical, romantic and rockin'. They describe their sound as a quirky combination of pop, folk and a tiny bit grunge.

	Event	Venue	Date	Price	Time	Event Description
	Swing Patrol’s Harlem Shout Workshop	Lorne Senior Citizens Centre	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	12:30pm	Learn to swing dance on Saturday afternoon (beginners welcome) with Australia's largest swing dance company, Swing Patrol. Featuring old-time dances including Charleston and Lindy-hop. No partner required! Then catch the pros in action demonstrating the best of this fun-filled, fast-paced, high-flying phenomenon that is swing dancing. www.swingpatrol.com

	Event	Venue	Date	Price	Time	Event Description
	Murray Walding Surf & Beach Culture Exhibition and Forum and the Beachniks	Lorne Beach Pavilion	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$20 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	1pm	Join Murray Walding, Lorne-based archivist, and his panel of surfing icons for a 'couch-style' forum exploring the history of Lorne's beach culture as a social phenomenon, charting the key players and stories of each era. Special guests include: Gail Cooper, Don Hirst and Brian Singer. Followed by a laid back session with local 'Nu-Surf' band, the Beachniks.

	Event	Venue	Date	Price	Time	Event Description
	Saturday Swing Spectacular	Mantra Erskine Beach Resort	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$30 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	2pm	Saturday afternoon’s extravaganza is a Swing Spectacular and all are invited to attend. 50’s – 60’s dress code is encouraged so get out those polka dot frocks and polish those shoes, trip the light fantastic and prepare to be laid out by The Shuffle Club, Swing Patrol Dancers, the acrobatic troupe Circus Trick Teasem jazz burlesque songstress, Jesse Upton and your MC for the afternoon the charismatic Mikelangelo.

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	Freeze Frame Exhibition by Lorne VCAL students	Lorne Theatre	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	FREE For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	4:30pm	Come along and check out the Freeze Frame exhibition by the Lorne-Airey’s School VCAL students using Lorne’s Historic Society images. The photographs selected by the students will showcase the festival theme of 1950’s & 60’s Culture by the Sea with a strong local focus.

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	Sunset session- Beachniks Acoustic Jazz Trio	Bistro C, Cumberland Lorne Resort	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	5pm	The Beachniks describe their music as ‘Nu-Surf’ which is a blend (in equal amounts) of Dub reggae, 60’s garage surf-rock, folk and jazz. With Simon Dawe on drums, Jeff Raglus on trumpet, guitar and vocals, Randall Forsythe on guitar and Evan Jones on bass. The Beachniks have traveled and played the length of the Surf Coast.

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	Sunset stories and poetry	Lorne Pier	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	FREE For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	6pm	Meet Christos Raskatos, an old fashioned romantic. Meet him as a poet who has a love affair with words, as a local in love with Lorne and as a guy who catches a crayfish now and then in paradise. Christos, the poet and fish merchant, is such an important part of Lorne. Come and enjoy some sunset poetry.

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	Jessamae St James	QDOS Arts	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	7:30pm	Originally hailing from Lorne, international jazz chanteuse Jessamae St. James burst onto the Melbourne burlesque scene with her debut at the prestigious Victorian Arts Centre for JoyFM. . Jesse creates is a pinch of vaudeville, a dash of old school class and a shake of something a little bit sinister.

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	Mikelangelo and the Tin Star	Mantra Erskine Beach Resort	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	7:45pm	Mikelangelo and the Tin Star forge their own original, irresistible Surf ’n’ Western sound. Their blistering instrumental tunes are awash with tremolo twang are guaranteed to set the dance floor alight and the songs that feature Mikelangelo’s rumbling baritone leave audiences in rapture.

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	Hi Ball Burlesque	Mantra Erskine Beach Resort	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	9:15pm	Hi Ball Burlesque is Australia's premier troupe, captivating audiences around the country with their classic, glamorous brand of tease. As the first troupe in Australia, Hi Ball has been at the forefront of the burlesque revival since 2002. They are renowned for their exquisite costumes, authentic vintage style and dazzling stage shows, which include a combination of elaborate group routines and sultry solo numbers. Not to be missed.

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	Ghost Mutt	Lorne Beach Pavilion	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	10pm	Ghost Mutt never lived at home like other guys... they were raised by wolves in a cave above Sunnymead Beach. Venturing out steadily further and further, until sure of their sound base. Playing at everything from major festivals like Apollo Bay Music Festival and Queenscliff Music Festival or dirty city nightclubs or local pubs Ghost Mutt bring their love vibe.

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	Flap!	Mantra Erskine Beach Resort	Saturday 10 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	10:30pm	Flap! play their own unique style of cranking fun dancey music, from a genre best described as 'wonderfully exuberant'. The Melbourne 5 piece made up of banjo ukulele, trumpet, double bass, drums and trombone (and some real, pretty singing) deliver original songs that have influences from 1920's jazz, Gypsy brass, English Folk to Calypso.

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	Kissing Harriet French Brunch by the Sea	Grand Pacific Hotel	Sunday 11 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	Midday	Geelong based Kissing Harriet perform a combination of old-school retro and fun jazz with some left of centre numbers for the eccentric types. They perform arrangements of the jazz standards - songs made famous by such legends as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Julie London. Even if you don't know their tunes, you'll find your foot tapping and your lips humming to these fabulous songs.

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	Family Fun with Circus Trick Tease	Mantra Erskine Beach Resort	Sunday 11 Sept 2011	$15 adults $10 kids $40 for family (2 adults/ 2 children) For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	2pm	For adults and kids alike, watch and marvel as this tight-knit, professional unit comes undone and backstage antics erupt into recrimination & full-blown fisticuffs.

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	Mikelangelo and St Clare in The Mysteries of Love	Qdos Arts	Sunday 11 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	2pm	The Mysteries of Love debuted at The Butterfly Club in Melbourne in January, selling out the season. The show features original songs and duets written by Mikelangelo and Saint Clare. These enchanting lullabies will transport you into a world of wonderful things, where melancholy gives rise to an enduring sense of hope and optimism.

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	Jesse Upton Jazz	Babalu Bar	Sunday 11 Sept 2011	$15 For bookings visit www.foxtix.com.au	3pm	As a solo performer Jesse’s original music has been featured alongside Australian music greats such as Deborah Conway, Claire Bowditch and The Little Stevies. Her velvet vocals glide over a mixture of well known and original jazz songs reminiscent of a melancholy jazz crooner from days long ago.