Tuesday 26 February 2013

Relay for Life in the Bega Valley

I had a lovely time tonight presenting A Mixed Bag with Chris B on 93.7 Edge FM in the Bega Valley.

Our theme was "LIFE" so we heard lots of songs with the word life in the title.  Here is the playlist for this evening:-

Life (Desree), Life for Rent (Dido), You are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder), Live your Life be Free (Belinda Carlisle), Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads), Breath of Live (Florence and the Machine), Back in the High Life Again (Stevie Windwood), Delta Goodrem (In my Life), It's my Life (Talk Talk), David Bowie (Life on Mars), Life (Sherbert), Simple Life (Cameron Cusack), I had the time of my Life from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, and Walk of Life (Dire Straits).

Greg Whitby, committee chair from Bega Valley Relay for Life was kind enough to talk to us by phone.  To hear the interview, click on the link below:-
http://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/greg-whitby-from-bega-valley

This afternoon I dropped into the Cancer Council office Bega to pick up a couple of information pamphlets for tonight's show.  It's wonderful to have a Cancer Council in Bega - they do great work providing valuable information to people who are dealing with Cancer.

The Bega Cancer Council details are as follows:-

Bega Community Centre
(PO Box 772, Bega 2550)
Shop 8 Auckland Plaza
Bega   NSW 2550
Ph (02) 6492 1805
If you want to register for Relay for Life, the website is www.relayforlife.org.au or you can call
1300 65 65 85.  The actual event takes place on Saturday 6th April at 9.30am, and on Sunday the 7th April, 2013 at the Pambula Sports Complex.

Why is the Relay for Life happening?  To Celebrate cancer survivors, to Remember loved ones we have lost and to Fight Back! against the disease with education, information and support.

Check out the website:-

www.relayforlife.org.au

Next week on a Mixed Bag with Chris B in the Bega Valley our theme will be "WOMEN".  If you live in the Bega Valley hope you can tune in between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm.

Thursday 21 February 2013

Cats theme, and Relay for Life

It was great to move back to Tuesday nights with A Mixed Bag with Chris B.  Last Tuesday night our theme was "cats".  We heard music from Cat Stevens, The Stray Cats, The Cat Empire and even country singer Kitty Wells.  We also heard songs with the word "cat" in the title - Al Stewart's "The Year of the Cat", The Stray Cats with their "Stray Cat Strut", David Bowie's "Cat People (Putting Out the Fire with Gasoline)", Tom Jones and "What's New Pussycat?" and one I hadn't heard for a while, "Cool for Cats" by Squeeze.
Greg Whitby from Spectrum Theatre Group in Merimbula filled us in on how Spectrum fared after their five nominations for the Canberra Area Theatre awards (the CAT awards).
Here is the link to the interview:-

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/interview-with-greg-whitby

Congratulations to Spectrum for their CAT award nominations (all for Spectrum's production of "Travelling North"):-


  1. Best Costume Designer for a Play: Robyn Whitby
  2. Technical Achievement: Bruce Waddell and Greg Whitby for Design and Construction of the revolving stage.
  3. Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: John Fraser
  4. Best Director of a Play: Bill Deveril
  5. Best Production of a Play: Spectrum Theatre Group of Merimbula 


Winners were announced at the Canberra Area Theatre (CAT) Awards Gala Evening on 16th February 2013.  Unfortunately Spectrum were not on the winners list this year.

Here is a link from CityNews.com.au about the 2013 winners
http://citynews.com.au/2013/romko-wins-top-cat-award/

Next Tuesday night between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm, our theme on A Mixed Bag will be "Life" and once again I will be speaking with Greg Whitby who will be wearing one of his many other hats, this time as Committee Chair for Relay for Life.
If you live in the Bega Valley hope you can join me then on 93.7 Edge FM!

Sunday 17 February 2013

"A Mixed Bag with Chris B" moving to Tuesday nights

This week "A Mixed Bag with Chris B" on 93.7 Edge FM in the Bega Valley moves to Tuesdays from 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm and our first theme for the new time will be "cats".

We'll hear some Cat Stevens, The Cat Empire, The Stray Cats, Kitty Wells, and songs with the word cat in the title.

Had a lovely time on the weekend visiting the Bega Show.  I always enjoy looking at the giant pumpkins, although I think there was only one this year, an 80 kilogram cattle pumpkin.  Locals entered home made jams, cakes and home brewed beer; beautifully crafted quilts, decorative displays of flowers and  wood crafted pens, boxes for nick nacks and lots of other local products. The oyster judging and the wood chop competition were also fun to watch.

Last week on a Mixed Bag we heard from author Annette Stephens who has written "The Good Little Girl", available through Big Sky Publishing. She spoke with us about her experience of freeing herself from what she describes as a cult.

Here is a link to last week's interview.

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/interview-with-annette

On Tuesday we'll hear from Greg Whitby from Spectrum Theatre.  He will be telling us how Spectrum Theatre fared at the Canberra Area Theatre awards (also known as the CAT awards).
Spectrum received five well-deserved nominations for technical achievement, best actor in a leading role, best director, best production, and best costume designer, all for last year's production of Travelling North.

Can't wait to hear about the results!



Wednesday 13 February 2013

Freedom

Tonight, Wednesday 13th February, 2013, our theme on A Mixed Bag was "Freedom", and we explored our five fundamental freedoms in Australia including freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom of movement.
Songs we heard this evening were:-

  • I'm Free from the Rolling Stones album "Shine a Light"
  • Free Nelson Mandela
  • I'm Free by the Who (from the Rock Musical "Tommy")
  • Free the People by the Rascals,
  • Free Me by Uriah Heap
  • Freedom by Pete Murray
  • I'm Free by Christine Anu
  • Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John
  • The Waifs Give Me Some
  • and of course.... Devo's Freedom of Choice, and Queen's I Wanna Break Free
  • We finished up with Chimes of Freedom by The Byrds
We had two short interviews tonight, one with Annette Stephens who has written a book called "The Good Little Girl" which is available through Big Sky Publishing and she spoke about her experience of freeing herself from what she describes as a cult. http://www.bigskypublishing.com.au/Books/General-Interest/The-Good-Little-Girl/980/productview.aspx

We also had a chat with Mary Barker from Bega Valley Sanctuary about a photographic art exhibition coming up at the Spiral Gallery in Bega called Faces of Asylum http://spiralgallery.org.au/2012/12/12/the-faces-of-asylum/

The two interviews will be uploaded to the website in the next day or two.
Next week "A Mixed Bag with Chris B" will move to Tuesday nights from 6pm-8pm, so if you live in the Bega Valley really hope you can listen in.

Friday 8 February 2013

A little bit behind

Hi there

Sometimes life just gets very busy, and we don't seem to be able to catch up on the things we want to do.  After a busy couple of weeks, I'm a little behind with my blog at the moment, but hope to catch up soon.

For now, here's a short interview with Chris Taylor, Telstra Country Wide Area General Manager for Southern NSW and ACT.  He he talks about how seniors are soon to benefit from a major digital literacy program to become more tech savvy!  Our theme on Wednesday night was ""Methods of Communication".

Stay tuned for more details, and also for more details about the previous week's show, "Travelling with a twist", where I had a chat with my visually impaired friend, Nastasia, and how she manages to get around new cities and "see" the sights!!

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/interview-with-chris-taylor-re

Next week, our theme on a Mixed Bag with Chris B will be "Freedom".