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Michelle Rounds and William Hatch during one of their performances. Picture: MICHELLE ROUNDS/SUPPLIED
LAST week we featured the first part of a talanoa with music diva Michelle Rounds.
Today, we delve deeper into the music scene in Suva in the 1990s and what life was like for artists back then.
At a time when Fiji most needed support for live music and the musicians who relied on it for a living, the live music scene was dying a long, slow and agonising death.
Musicians who witnessed the unfortunate trend at the time said there were a number of contributing factors to the decline.
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February 23, 2021 by dmartignetti
We speak with Ken Janson, longtime Mary’s Walk committee member, talking about this years Virtual Event. Mary’s Walk remembers Mary Kerry Libby who passed away from Burkett’s Lymphoma on March 7, 1997. Her memory keeps our hope alive. Ken Janson is on the planning committee for Mary’s Walk and the Kerrymen 5K, a cancer fundraising organization based in Saco, Maine. He was at the first event in 1999 and started volunteering on the committee in 2001.
All proceeds raised by Mary’s Walk benefit the Maine Cancer Foundation to fund research grants, early detection screening, patient advocacy programs, and many other Maine-based efforts.
“Mana Voyage in Darkness” concert receives great response, an initiative to help visually impaired children
“Mana Voyage in Darkness” concert receives great response, an initiative to help visually impaired children Sunday 13/12/2020
The “Mana Voyage in Darkness” concert held at the Civic Auditorium in Suva last night has received great response and funds raised though the event will be directed to inspire visually impaired children to enhance their creativity, communication and coordination skills.
The event was organised by ISLIYE Creative Committee.
According to the Committee, the funds will be used to purchase art supplies and musical instruments and pay professional teachers and musicians to mentor the children at the Fiji Society for the Blind.