Stan performing @ Cockle Bay, Sydney

Taichimisty wrote:Wot!!!! ...is Oz day celebration not going to be televised?.....how come....why not....wat happened?

That
being the case....Linda and Renee....we are so relying on you
guys...lol...with glee:)....got my fingers, toes and whatever else
crossed.

Taichi

LASERAsmiles wrote:

Taichimisty wrote:Wot!!!! ...is Oz day celebration not going to be televised?.....how come....why not....wat happened?

That
being the case....Linda and Renee....we are so relying on you
guys...lol...with glee:)....got my fingers, toes and whatever else
crossed.

Taichi

omgg, why why whyyyy isn't it gona be televised :(
haha.. so yeah, Linda and Renee....we are so relying on you
guys!

Don't worry Taichi & Lasera, I will have my video & camera & linda will have her camera. So we will get plenty of photos & videos.

I posted this ages ago but don't know where my post went, I heard he is signing autographs & singing 2 songs..Going to be a awesome day...
we then going to go to get some lindt choc...
hahah..

QueenTiger wrote: like i don't care. Anything stan sings is worth listening 2..hehehe.

KrystaBel wrote:Renee.. that is sooo exciting ...a special message for the Forum!!

How can u sit still?? You must be buzzing!! Just omg WOW!!

i'm more than buzzing Krysta, It is soooo exciting not only 4 me but for the WHOLE of SS fans, i am here for every one don't care how short or long the msge is as long as we get something for everyone. OMG i have nuffin more to say. All i can say is hehe.
I will have a copy of that part of the transcript in my bag sarah just to show him..

KrystaBel wrote:..bwahahahah u hightlighted it Renee...awsum gf - Stan better watch out for u, hehehe u mean business!! (just like his mama - and I mean it in a GOOD way..thats a compliment!!!)

Mirth of a nation January 21, 2010

What a month. Sydneysiders have been spoilt for choice when it comes to going out this January. From its buzzing first night, Sydney Festival has continued to fill venues with top acts, while the calendar of music and arts festivals has never looked so crowded.

Determined not to be swallowed up and forgotten in a madcap month of events, Australia Day event organisers are set to deliver an impressive line-up of entertainment, too.
Simultaneously reflecting, representing and entertaining the masses is no easy feat but organisers managed to move beyond the daggy and the dowdy to present a program catering to a diverse nation. Best of all, most of it is free.

Bertie Blackman, who confesses she's not a ''particularly flag-waving sort of person'', joins the party in The Rocks alongside 40 other bands and artists. In a nod to the city's attempt to enliven laneways and outdoor spaces, they will perform in little-known corners of the precinct, on small laneway stages and on the big festival stage in the Overseas Passenger Terminal forecourt.
''Everyone's always in a good mood because of the public holiday, so I'm expecting everyone to party with me,'' Blackman says. ''It's a couple of days before my birthday so it's always a good way to get the celebrations going.''

The Rocks' Festival of the Voice also includes ARIA-nominated electronic act Dappled Cities, blues and roots favourite Ash Grunwald, guitar great Jeff Lang, funk-jazz group the Bakery and even a Samoan gospel choir.

''When we try to tie it down to a belief that Australian entertainment has to be bush poetry and a particular style of music, we just come up short,'' says Michael Cohen, the event manager for The Rocks. ''So we've got many different and diverse voices performing and each is a representation of Australia.
''We wanted to create an event that is all about excellent-quality music so that people who live in Sydney can come and hang out in the wonderful and quirky areas of The Rocks.''

While the message of the day - celebration, diversity and cultural awareness - pervades all events in and around the city, comedian Matthew Hardy says it's good to see fun and ''a bit of piss-taking'' injected into Australia Day more and more each year.

He performs his show I'm So Australian in Hyde Park before rock legends Mental As Anything take to the main stage. His show is a constantly updated ''commentary on Australian culture and lifestyles'' that targets everything from Ricky Ponting's captaincy to the axing of Australian Idol .
''It's a collection of one-liners which describe how Australian I am and, by proxy, how Australian we all are,'' he says, tongue firmly in cheek.

''We're such a friendly and happy nation, we can definitely have a laugh at ourselves so I'm hoping for a big crowd who will be enjoying the sunshine and the day.''

In Darling Harbour, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority has planned a family friendly program drawing on music and dance from all corners of the globe.

There are indigenous dancers, Latin American big bands, Indian music featuring a Bollywood performance, West African bands, South American dancers covering samba, capoeira and salsa, Chinese dance groups and a repertoire of European music from jazz group Monsieur Camembert.

Australian Idol winner Stan Walker and Leo Sayer perform before the fireworks spectacular.
''Everybody used to think typical Australian music was bush bands. We've moved on from that,'' says the event manager for Darling Harbour, Sal Sharah, who has worked on Australia Day events for 15 years.

''I think we do strongly and proudly embrace our culture and the diversity that defines us, so the challenge is always how to effectively, and with a degree of integrity, represent that cultural diversity,'' Sharah says.

Traditional events still hold a special place in the Australia Day program such as the Ferrython, the Premier's address and the Aboriginal welcoming ceremony (see events, page 2).
''It's much more inclusive than ever,'' Sharah says. ''But, above all, people are just out to have a good time. They just go out to be involved and to experience what's going on and to just celebrate who we are.

''There's a certain euphoria on Australia Day.''
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS
Tuesday , events in and around Sydney. For more information, see australiaday.com.au.