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OPERA AT SUNSET Christine Deacon

The hills came alive with the sound of music last weekend as Opera Eagle’s Nest and the Tamborine Mountain Combined Choir put on a magnificent performance at Cedar Creek Winery. The backdrop of autumn colours, the sunshine and the sounds of beautiful singing made for a superb day for the large audience.

The event was organized by the Tamborine Mountain Residents Association to raise funds for Careflight which provides life saving support to residents of Tamborine Mountain and much of South East Queensland. A number of other charities also benefited.

The Governor of Queensland Ms Quentin Bryce opened the event as part of Queensland Week and said she loved coming up to Tamborine Mountain and the happy memories she associated with the mountain.

The soprano Sarah Crane, comes from singing the lead in Romeo and Juliet for Opera Queensland.Together with Glenn Lorimer Tenor, Lionel Theunissen, Baritone and Soprano Tania Edmonds they performed a 4 hour program of pieces from popular opera and operetta including many of the ABC’s Top 100 Opera Favorites from a recent polling.

Christine Deacon is a writer, artist and healer. In Australia Down Under she wrote about Australia underwater. She has written a film script about the bushranger Thunderbolt and his Aboriginal wife Mary Ann. She may even be related to him!

Christine A Deacon may be contacted at http://www.geocities.com/christinedeacon/index.html or christinedeacon@dodo.com.au