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Meeting Mart 2010
The Hosted Lunch: MTA Entertainment and Events are delighted to be providing the entertainment showcase for this year's Meeting Mart 2010 Hosted Luncheon. This VIP event will be a Vegas themed showcase of the hottest entertainment acts available to event and meeting planners! Guests will be treated to a full line-up of spectacular event entertainment including stunning singers, sizzling performances and a few surprises. The luncheon event will commence around the trade exhibition with a host of roving performers and will continue in the Conference Hall with a plated lunch and dynamic showcase. Click here for more information on Meeting Mart 2010.
Acts on show include:
Acrobatica: with their popular corporate duo routine 2 Times, Acrobatica’s stunning routine incorporates adagio and hand balancing to showcase the human body at its finest. These two artists create remarkable shapes and images and leave the audience questioning what is really possible.
Brad Blaze: Brad combines impressive speed painting with humour and illusions. With lightning fast brush strokes on a spinning canvas, he keeps the audience guessing as to who or what he is painting, only revealing the subject in the final breathtaking moments.
David Gould: The man described by John Farnham as ‘The Voice’ can sing and swing up a storm with big band sounds, witty dialogue and silky smooth vocals to make every event a night to remember.
Diva and Divo: Soprano Tania de Jong and Baritone Jonathan Morton have performed with Australia's major companies and given performances all over the world and are the founders of sensational singing group Pot-Pourri.
Greta Bradman: Described as one of “Australia’s finest young singers” and as an “exceedingly intelligent and perceptive musician”, ARIA Award nominated Adelaide- born soprano Greta Bradman is a recitalist, concert and stage performer and recording artist with Sony Music.
Michael Pope (MC): Whether it’s being a black tie MC, conference facilitator, ice-breaker or after dinner entertainment, Michael Pope has done it all. A master of improvisation, Michael has entertained audiences for over 25 years.
Three Feet of Beat: This fresh and talented cast matches a funky, class leading percussionist with 2 of Australia's most impressive tap dance professionals. With infectious energy and an over-riding sense of fun, 3 Feet of Beat offer a unique performance of toe-tapping excitement and plenty of laughs!
Roving Entertainment: Pre lunch drinks will be complemented by colourful roving performers who will help bring Vegas to life inside the exhibition hall. Stunning showgirls, a living table statue and a touch of magic will all be on hand to whisk guests away to the sparkle and shine of Vegas.
Meeting Mart: The trade show takes place on Tuesday October 26, with the exhibition hall being open between 9.30am and 5.30pm. The tradeshow features all of Victoria's leading event and conference venues and events industry suppliers from Melbourne CBD, the metropolitan area along with the biggest representation of regional Victorian venues and suppliers seen at Meeting Mart yet! Click here to register for Meeting Mart 2010.
Morning Star Estate, Mt Eliza
Featuring sensational Australian performers, Pot-Pourri and pre-show guest performers.;
Be enchanted and entertained by the greatest hits of Pavarotti and The Three Tenors, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Carmen, Edith Piaf, Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra, IL DIVO, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Ennio Morricone, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more.
Songs will include: Nessun Dorma, The Prayer, You Raise Me Up, Cabaret, All that Jazz, New York New York, My Way, Time to Say Goodbye, Memory, La Vie en Rose, Nella Fantasia, Amigos para siempre, The Flower Duet, Tonight, Maria, The Pearl Fishers Duet, Madam Butterfly...
This is a show for the whole family, proudly supporting The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.
Pot-Pourri’s line-up is founders Tania de Jong AM and Jonathan Morton, husband and wife team Rebecca and Jon Bode, and talented pianist Rebecca Chambers.
Recently named BT Publishing’s Australian Event Entertainer of the Year for 2007, fabulous Melbourne group Pot-Pourri have enchanted audiences around the world on over 40 international tours with their inspiring and unique sound, much-loved repertoire of opera, music theatre and song and their inimitable warmth and wit. Just returned from international success in Asia, New Zealand and Europe, these talented artists hit those high C’s in Opera, belt out Broadway, seduce with song, dance up a storm, create magic and stir your soul with haunting didgeridoo and ballads!
"The voices are inspired, the music is sublime and the production all you could wish for…a standing ovation!" Herald Sun
"unmissable entertainment…they are superbly talented." The Press, Christchurch
Do not miss a very special night to remember under the stars in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula!
Pot-Pourri has recently released its sixth album Nella Fantasia. Copies of all their CDs will be available.
BYO picnic, chair or blanket (No glass bottles or alcohol) or catering options available.
Wine, coffee and a wide range of hot food stalls will be available on the day.
Sunday March 7th 2010
General Admission - $59.30
Concession Ticket - $43.30
Student/Child - $33.30
Group Bookings - $50.00 (Minimum 10 people)
VIP Ticket - $130.00& (Includes 3 course meal, wine and reserved area – BOOK EARLY as limited places)
Hamper Ticket - $95.00 (Includes 3 course hamper - must be pre-ordered at least 48 hours prior)
Bookings through Ticketmaster soon. Call 136 100 or go to: www.ticketmaster.com.au
Diva and Divo a Street Festival crowd pleaser! - ASHBURTON FESTIVAL 2010
"Tania de Jong and Jonathon Morton and pianist Rosa Scaffidi captured the hearts of both children and adults at Ashburton Community Festival. The huge crowd was moved by music from well known operatic arias and the kids rushed the stage to become pirate kings. The highlight of the performance was Tania and Jonathon’s haunting version of “We are One” - they were joined by eighty young voices from three local school choirs, proudly singing their joy of ‘being Australian’. A truly uplifting and joyful experience." Ashburton Community Festival Coordinator
From Opera to Broadway under the Stars
With pre-show entertainment by Carnevale Duo, help from our MLC volunteers and a wonderful performance by outstanding young pianist Stefan Cassomenos the night started well. Unfortunately the rain started coming down during Pot-Pourri's performance but despite two power outages the group continued entertaining the many people who stayed on to enjoy the songs, theatre and "the elements"!
"A big "thank you to all" & Congratulations on a wonderful concert!! In spite of the storm, my parents & I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, & actually managed to stay relatively dry under our umbrellas, jackets & partial shelter under the (?cypress) trees. The music was just divine, & our 3 course meal beforehand was superb - the VIP package was great value! I had bought the tickets as my Dad's 80th birthday gift, & it proved a real treat for us all!"
"We stayed until the very end and enjoyed every minute. People were commenting about the quality of your voices and the high standard of singing. It was superb. I loved the new Hallelujah song too and I joined in when you sang We are Australian."
"Brilliant voices and inspiring performance! Some other performers would have spat the dummy under such difficult conditions - but not you and your team !!! And it was so much appreciated by all of us including the people I didnt know but were sitting around me. Very professional!!!"