Wednesday 21 June 2017

Eye theme on A Mixed Bag with Chris B on 93.7 Edge FM

Last night on A Mixed Bag with Chris B, our theme was "Eyes", and we talked about how the eyes work, and touched on eye health.
Andrew Kordas from Sapphire vision kindly granted us a station ID grab, and shed some light on Macular Degeneration.
Jodie Bourke, a local Feldenkrais practitioner provided us with some information about the eyes and related it to Feldenkrais.  Click below to listen to both interviews.

Andrew Kordas from Sapphire Vision and Violins talking about Macular Degeneration

Local Feldenkrais practitioner Jodie Bourke chatting with Chris B


If you want to find out more about Feldenkrais, have a look at the website below:-

https://www.feldenkrais.org.au/

I will add our playlist to this blog later tonight.  Sometimes we simply run out of time!

Saturday 17 June 2017

Daniel Champagne gig at Mumbulla Hall 17 June 2017

Tonight, Daniel Champagne graced the stage of Mumbulla School Hall in Bega on the far south coast of New South Wales.  Daniel wowed the audience with his percussive guitar technique, his heartfelt song writing, and put every bit of energy into his performance.
Daniel grew up in the Bega Valley, and attended Mumbulla School, and he was obviously touched by the enthusiastic and supportive home crowd who came out to see him. 
Before Daniel's performance he lent his voice to Mumbulla School's year 5 choir, and the young students served tea and scones to raise money for UNHCR in the break. 
Songs on Daniel's playlist included "The Coast of New South Wales", "Heart Shaped Tattoo" and "Super Nova" from the new Fault Lines album, "Same Enemy", "Gypsy Moon", and my personal favourite, "Nightingale".  Daniel threw in a few cover versions - "Spoonful", "Come As You Are", and "Vincent (Starry, starry night).  After the gig, Daniel was kind enough to chat with the audience, sign autographs and pose for photos.
Daniel was supported by another locally produced talent, Tim Winterflood. 
It was a great show, enjoyed by all, and we can't wait for Daniel to return next year for another show.  I'm off to listen to my new CD - Fault Lines by Daniel Champagne.  I highly recommend you do the same.  It's fantastic!
                             Daniel Champagne posing for a photo with Chris B from A Mixed Bag
                                        (see previous post to hear an interview with Daniel)

Tuesday 13 June 2017

Stars theme

Our theme tonight on A Mixed Bag with Chris B (on 93.7 Edge FM in the Bega Valley) was "Stars".  I was very inspired by a beautiful starry sky on a recent morning walk.

This Saturday night at Mumbulla Hall in Bega, Daniel Champagne will be performing, as part of his "Fault Lines" tour.  Daniel generously granted me a telephone interview, and we played some of his wonderful songs with the word "Stars" in the title, and other songs relating to the night sky.

On Saturday, I paid a visit to Merimbula to check out the 37th Merimbula Jazz Festival.  The weather was perfect and I particularly enjoyed some of the big bands at Club Sapphire.  Congratulations to the Merimbula Jazz Festival Committee for all their hard work towards bringing us another great festival.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see photos from the jazz festival .

Click on the link below to listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of our interview with Daniel Champagne (click on the Youtube link (the song Atlas Heart) after Part 1 before listening to Part 2.

Part 1 interview with Daniel Champagne-on-93.7-edge-fm-in-the-bega-valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPGXrAzAh4c

Daniel Champagne interview Part 2

Daniel will be performing at the Mumbulla Hall in Bega on Saturday 17 June.  Here is a link if you need to buy tickets.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daniel-champagne-live-mumbulla-hall-bega-tickets-32252381742

Some of the songs included on the playlist tonight were:-

  • Vincent (Don McLean)
  • I Grew Up Where I Could See The Stars (Daniel Champagne)
  • Star of Bethlehem (Neil Young)
  • Shining Star (Earth, Wind and Fire)
  • Under the Milky Way Tonight (The Church)
  • All of My Stars (Daniel Champagne)
  • Atlas Heart (Daniel Champagne)
  • Supernova (Daniel Champagne)
  • Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
  • Good Morning Sunshine (from the musical HAIR)
  • Starman (David Bowie)
  • Stardust (Willie Nelson)
  • When You Wish Upon a Star (Louis Armstrong)
  • All Star (Smashmouth)
  • Fault Lines (Daniel Champagne)
  • Nightingale (Daniel Champagne)
Here are some pics from the 2017 Merimbula Jazz Festival, held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June.