WEEK 1

Sun 6 Feb
Waitangi Day Sunshine Coast 2011
Stockland Park, Nicklin Way, Bokarina
10am to 6pm
A celebration of Maori & Polynesian culture complete with traditional entertainment, food & craft mixed with lots of fun.
Live entertainment by local, talented bands & DJs, Maori & Polynesian culture groups, Reggae Big Band from Brisbane plus more. There will be a Hangi (traditional Maori cooking) plus food stands of fresh & cooked seafood, traditional Maori as well as Polynesian fast food & snacks, fruits, seafood, door prize & competitions throughout the day.

WEEK 2

Thu 10 Feb 2011
The Searchers
Sunshine Coast Function Centre
7.30pm
Ages: 18+
In 1962 The Searchers were merely four kids making a few extra pounds playing small gigs around their home town of Liverpool, providing the backing for a local C & W singer Johnny Sandon.

One year later, the singer having left to further his own solo career, The Searchers found themselves at number one in the British charts with Sweets for My Sweet.

The Beatles had started the Mersey boom and a host of other combos from the north of England followed, to form what was to become the golden decade of British pop music.

Unlike many of these other groups, The Searchers created their own highly individual sound, which later on influenced a host of performers who were just beginning to make their way into music.  Artists such as Tom Petty, The Byrds, Marshall Crenshaw and even The Boss� Bruce Springsteen, whose version of When You Walk In The Room, was a high spot in his stage show.

The soaring vocal harmonies and rich jangley sound of the twelve string guitar were to be adapted by many who knew when they were on to a good thing.
Tickets: $28
Ph: 5438 5800
www.sunshinecoastfunctioncentre.com.au

WEEK 3

Mon 14 Feb
VALENTINES DAY
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Sat 19 & Sun 20 Feb
Pa & Ma Bendall Surf Contest
Moffat Beach
A long standing surfing contest for boardriders in memory of Caloundra surfing legends Pa & Ma Bendall. Organised by the Wind N Sea Board Riders club this contest has been running for 37 years.
Usually held at Moffat Beach but may vary due to wind and weather conditions.
In 1974 the inaugural 'Pa' Bendall Memorial Contest was organised as a mark of Respect for the Charles Ben (Pa) Bendall.
'Pa' is the grandad of surfing in Queensland. He and his wife Marjory (Ma) settled in Caloundra in the 1950's.There were only a handful of other surfers living locally at the time, and Ma & Pa became the mother & father of surfing on the Sunshine Coast.
Pa formed the invitational 'Moffateers' in 1966 as a club to promote integrity and sportsmanship in the sport of surfing. He encouraged the surfing youth of the sunshine coast to maintain their good character by offering them free membership to the club.
Using the club contests as training and conditioning for more challenging contests ; Pa encouraged the young Moffateers to compete in regional, state and national championships.
In 1973 Pa passed away and his funeral service was conducted overlooking his beloved Moffat waves and his ashes were scattered from a plan over the water.
In August 1973 a memorial plaque was unveiled; in what is know as the Pa Bendall Park, on Moffat Headland over looking the surf.
The contest is a memorial to Pa's enthusiasm for surfing and his efforts in promoting the sport and encouraging the young surfers of Caloundra and surfers worldwide.
The first Pa Bendall Memorial contest was held at Moffat Beach on the 2nd and 3rd Of February 1974 in 3- 4 foot surf. First prize was $1500, the largest prise offered for Any Australian surfing contest at the time. The competition attracted every professional surfer in the country including Wayne (Rabbit) Bartholomew, Simon Anderson and Hawaiian legend Gerry Lopez as well as hot local talent.

Since its inception the contest has been held for 36 consecutive years (8 as the Ma & Pa Bendall) and has been a spring board for many young surfers moving into the professional ranks with past winners including Australian and World champions and legends. It has also made a significant contribution to the community fabric of Caloundra and helped raise the profile of the region through international publicity created by the contest.
More info: Ph: 0417 778 592 or email:
peter@ontimeinternet.com

WEEK 4

Wed 23 Feb
Peter Cousins
Sunshine Melodies
The Events Centre
Caloundra
11am
Enjoy wonderful moments from the great musicals brought to life the man who has lived them all. Les Miserable, Aspects of Love, West Side Story, Chicago, Camelot, Guys and Dolls and The Phantom of the Opera...to name a few!
Tickets: $14
Bookings: Ph: 5491 4240
More info: www.theeventscentre.com.au

Thu 24 Feb
Carbon Dating
Nambour Civic Centre
7.30pm
An Australian Contemporary Comedy by Ron Elisha (winner of four Australian Writers' Guild Awards)
Carbon Dating - an outstanding Australian theatrical experience exploring the quirky, sublime and ridiculous attempts of couples as they fumble their way through the first date.
Carbon Dating is told through the eyes of 4 waiters. Taking the perspective of the onlookers, bizarre and unfortunate circumstances arise as we enjoy the antics of couple on the first date.
The play is co-produced by Gold Coast based theatre company – Mercury’s Wings Theatre Co. With assistance from The Arts Centre, this local company has been given this awesome opportunity to develop their audiences to a more for reaching community. Carbon Dating will tour out to Toowoomba, & reach as far north as Maryborough.

Carbon Dating is an outstanding Australian comedy written by Ron Elisha, and has received 4 Australian Writers Guild Awards. The play explores themes of social acceptance, isolation and first impressions. The desire to find a suitable mate is an inherent urge of mankind. This play is fresh and hilarious, and provides audiences with a great night at the theatre
Tickets: Adults $26, Conc. $21, Student $15, Groups $21
Bookings Ph: 5475 7777
www.nambourciviccentre.com.au

Fri 25 Feb 2011
Nambour’s Moonlight Market
PERMANENT LOCATION
Nambour’s vibrant new Town Square
Lowe St, Nambour
5pm to 9pm
Food | Wine | Arts | Music | Live Entertainment

Enjoy a groovy night out in Nambour ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, eat, drink, shop & browse & be entertained! It’s got a really great vibe. Come & try the new Nambour…you’ll love our new magic outdoor gathering place under the moonlight.

Fri 25 Feb
Jally Productions present
Ladies Night
Lake Kawana Centre
7.30pm
The story of five unemployed blokes, motivated by The Chippendales to form a male stripping act, in order to get some quick money.
Written in 1987 by New Zealander's Anthony McCarten and Stephen Sinclair,Ladies Night has been translated into twelve languages and is New Zealand’s most commercially successful play with eight sell-out tours of Britain & the UK
In 2001 it won France’s premiere theatre award for comedy - The Moliere Prize. Watch the men attempt to strip to tunes that you are familiar with such asYou can leave your hat on, Wild Thing and Smooth Operator.
Will these men go the complete Monty? You will have to see for yourself!
Starring: Michael Morgan, Stephen Hamacek, Michael Healy, Mark McCarthy, Bobby Taylor,Wayne Neuendorf, Peter Reynolds and Carly Partridge.
Bookings: Ph: 5437 1170
or www.thej.com.au

Sat 26 Feb
Sara Storer with special guest Greg Storer
Sunshine Coast Function Centre
Caloundra
2pm
Seated Show - All ages
From the Carters to the Cashes and the Chambers and many others whose surname don’t begin with a C - it’s a roots music tradition to keep things in the family. While it’s been a long time coming, Greg Storer has finally, quietly joined his award-winning sister Sara in the singer/songwriter spotlight.

And talk to people about Sara Storer and the same words keep being used: real, unaffected, authentic. It’s partly a way of acknowledging that she’s lived the life she sings about. And the same is already being said about Greg who will join his sister on tour to coincide with the release of their respective albums Calling Me Home: The Best Of Sara Storer€� and Backwater€�, Greg’s debut.

In a review of Backwater, Kim Cheshire, from Country Update Magazine, opines...
With an accent that’s one part Texas and two parts Townsville, Storer regales us with the hard earned wit and wisdom that comes from a life on the land, He’s obviously no novice when it comes to expressing himself lyrically and musically.
While respected journalist and ABC broadcaster, Richard Glover, observes that Sara has a hungry writer’s eye, her songs full of vivid, telling moments and narratives that seem to drop the listener into a freshly minted world. The voice that tells these tales is open and unguarded; the music seductive yet energised. Her songs speak with great directness and immediacy, as if we had found ourselves on the road, or round the campfire, with the characters of
the song.

Paul Kelly, Australia’s master-songwriter, may have best captured her unique talent: You know she’s paid attention, he says, heard the bush waking up in the morning, listened to the worries thrashed out at the kitchen table, smelt dry summer wheat up close, dreamed of far away places in a bedroom with a window on a big sky, driven miles on dirt and bitumen and fallen in and out of love. She’s found her own way to sing the stories that are all around her and then inside her bubbling out. She doesn’t copy over-emotive, fake sincere twangy country singers from overseas. She’s found her own restraint and steel and lets her songs do their sweet, sly work.
Tickets: Adults $28, Children $18
Ph: 5438 5800
www.sunshinecoastfunctioncentre.com.au

Sun 27 Feb
Queensland Flood Relief Concert
Flood Benefit Concert
Nambour Civic Centre
2pm
Washed off, but not brassed off Coast musicians perform Queensland Flood Benefit Concert.
An exciting concert featuring a select group of Sunshine Coast musicians performing a Sunday afternoon with all proceeds donated to the Salvation Army Queensland Flood Appeal the concert will include performances by Sunshine Brass, Nambour Salvation Army Band, Noosa Chorale and vocal performances by Anne Jackson and State MP for Maroochydore and vocalist, Fiona Simpson.

Featuring Anne Jackson as the vocal soloist, the concert will open with Sunshine Brass performing toe taping music from Broadway musicals including All the Jazz and Big Spender. This is followed by big band numbers and well known favourites.  Noosa Chorale, fresh from their successful 2010 concert season, will present songs of nostalgia and a good dose of Mozart. The Nambour Salvation Army Band include in their program the virtuoso duet led by Imre Szabo.

The afternoon will also include an auction of some exciting prizes donated by local businesses, with all proceeds from the concert and auction going to the Salvation Army Queensland Flood Appeal.
Tickets: $15 ea or $50 family (2 adults, 2 kids)
Bookings Ph: 5475 7777
www.nambourciviccentre.com.au
Tickets avail on the day at the box office from 1pm