THE race is on. Federal Isaacs Labor MP Mark Dreyfus will go head to head with Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny MP for the second year running in the 6km Carrum Coast Guard Around the River Fun Run on Sunday 26 February. “I just pipped Sonya at the post in the 2016 Carrum Coast Guard Fun Run, so I’ll have to train hard to go back to back in 2017,” Mr Dreyfus said. “Win, lose or draw, I’ll just be happy to help raise some funds for the Carrum Coast Guard,” Mr Dreyfus said. Ms Kilkenny will be aiming to…
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AN antiques fair will be held at Monash University’s Frankston campus to raise money to support Life-Gate, a charity that helps disadvantaged, marginalised and disengaged youth. Pastor Ulli Roldan and Reverend Angel Roldan, wife and husband co-founders of Life-Gate, were named Citizens of the Year by Frankston Council for 2017 in recognition of their hard work and commitment to the disadvantaged in Frankston and the surrounding areas. There will be 45 stallholders, all undercover, selling a vast range of antiques and collectables including china, glass, pottery, jewellery, books, dolls, bric a brac and more. The second annual Life-Gate antiques fair…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie THE match of the day in the opening round of the local league season between Rosebud Heart and Baxter has been transferred to Baxter Park. Originally scheduled as a Heart home game the unavailability of Truemans Road Reserve due to cricket and council work has forced the switch of the Saturday 25 March showdown. Heart has the better derby record having won three of the four clashes highlighted by a thumping 7-1 demolition of its arch rival in 2015 with hat-tricks to Dave Greening and Simon O’Donnell. Baxter’s one win came in the same season, a…
Australia’s foremost jazz vocalist, Vince Jones, is heading to the peninsula on March 9, leading a celebration of one of rock’s greatest music performers, Van Morrison. With his reputation as a remarkable interpreter of jazz songs, Jones will lead the specially formed seven-piece Astral Orchestra, spearheaded by musical director, Matt McMahon, as they bring to life two of Van’s most cherished albums, Astral Weeks and Moondance. “The first of Van Morrison’s albums I had access to was Astral Weeks when I was 17, and it intrigued me that he used jazz guys for that album,” said Jones. “I thought he…
Mt Martha will be playing the blues again on February 25th. What could be better than sunshine, the beautiful setting of The Briars homestead, the very best local food and drink, plus awesome fun stuff for the kids for a family day out? World class blues music – that’s what! Back for a fantastic fifth year, Blues At The Briars in Mount Martha on Saturday February 25 will be the biggest and best to date with a jaw-dropping, toe-tapping line-up. Watch out for Owen Campbell who captured the nation’s heart with his run on Australia’s Got Talent and Gail Page…