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Subscriber only In a nod to the year that killed live music and large crowds, Aussie rock star Jon Stevens leaned down from the stage in Mackay to bump elbows with a bloke in the front row while belting out the lyrics reach out and touch somebody . Full of raw energy after not playing a gig since March 3, soon after which COVID shut live music down, the now silver fox told the audience how musicians like himself were ecstatic to be back on tour. Â Jon Stevens â The Noiseworks and INXS Collection performing at the MECC on Friday night. Picture: Rae Wilson
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Ben Scott has been playing the strings on his cello since he was in Year 3 at Andergrove State School.
“I remember my mum asking me what I was thinking, because it was so big and fragile,” Ben said.
“But I fell in love with the cello and my love has not faltered.”
Mr Scott is now all grown up with plans to study a Bachelor of Music at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music this year.
To help him on his way, he was presented with the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre’s $1000 Jack Sturgeon Bursary on Wednesday.
Australia Day at Sarina Beach (free) Enjoy a barbecue, water slide and heaps of fun competitions like fastest man on the sand and wheelbarrow races. Cash prizes are also up for grabs. BYO picnic blanket and chair. Time: From noon Â
Aussie Family Barbecue at Quota Park Activities on the day will include a free barbecue and plenty of beach game activities for the kids and family like tug of war, thong throwing and sand castle building competition. Time: From 11am Place: Quota Park - Southern end of Binnington Esplanade, Mackay (Hosted by Mackay & District Australian South Sea Islander Association Inc)
Australia Day at Sarina Beach (free) Enjoy a barbecue, water slide and heaps of fun competitions like fastest man on the sand and wheelbarrow races. Cash prizes are also up for grabs. BYO picnic blanket and chair. Time: From noon Â
Aussie Family Barbecue at Quota Park Activities on the day will include a free barbecue and plenty of beach game activities for the kids and family like tug of war, thong throwing and sand castle building competition. Time: From 11am Place: Quota Park - Southern end of Binnington Esplanade, Mackay (Hosted by Mackay & District Australian South Sea Islander Association Inc)