The Legends of Las Vegas - Issi Dye

Veteran performer Issi Dye will join with Queensland awardwinning cabaret artist Susie Jay to bring to life the voices of Las Vegas. The show pays tribute to the amazing superstar entertainers Dolly Parton, Liza Minelli, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.

Audience members will hear all their classic hit songs including 9 to 5, Islands In The Stream, Dreamlover, Things, Splish Splash, New York New York, Cabaret and Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend. Issi Dye has been a household name in Australian entertainment for more than 35 years. He has performed thousands of concerts and cabaret shows, and appeared on countless television programs.

He toured with Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers, The Platters, Ray Charles and The Supremes during the 1970s and also shared the stage with Australian music legends John Farnham, Lonnie Lee, Johnny O’Keefe, Russell Morris and Masters Apprentice. Susie Jay has charmed audiences with her bubbly personality, warm witty patter and exuberant energy since entering the music industry at the age of 14.

Learning her craft in cabaret, vaudeville and theatre productions across Adelaide, Susie has raised her profile to be Adelaide’s number one female performer. The talented singer recently starred in Tom Jones and the Divas as one of the divas. Susie has also performed with Matt Munroe, the Drifters and The Platters, and starred in Susie Jay and the Sensational Swing Sisters.

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Mayor Paul Pisasales's Help Ipswich Recover Golf Day

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Queensland Tourism News: Tourism Floodgates open - Tourism Queensland

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Metro Hotel Ipswich offers special package for The Prom Song

Metro Hotel Ipswich International is inviting Ipswich locals and visitors to the city to spend the night with them on the first weekend of the Ipswich Festival, when the Ipswich City Orchestra holds their inaugural Prom Song event.

As part of the Ipswich Festival, the Ipswich City Orchestra is presenting The Prom Song on May 21 - an event where the people of Ipswich and visitors to the city are invited to bring a cushion or book a seat as the city's orchestra brings the music of the ages to the Ipswich Civic Hall.

In the tradition of the great Proms of Albert Hall in London but with a true provincial Australian flavour, the orchestra will play everything from the music of Johann Strauss to Waltzing Matilda, with plenty of opportunities for the audience to clap and sing along to their favourite tunes.

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Ipswich Festival to Lift Flooded Spirits

THE event-popping Ipswich Festival could become a permanent fixture in May.

Deputy Mayor Victor Attwood made the announcement during the launch of the festival at the Ipswich Civic Centre last Wednesday.

The festival was moved from April to May 18-29 this year after the floods that hit the region in January.

``The new time would be better to take it further away from Easter,’’ he said.

``(The festival) is a great circuit breaker with what we’ve had to put up with.’‘

The floods will remain a focus of the festival with volunteers, SES teams, emergency services and defence personnel being thanked in the street parade on Saturday, May 21.

But the 12-day festival, which will also coincide with Italian Week celebrations, will also focus on the city letting its hair down and moving on.

Riverside fireworks, a circus in the mall, the Prom Song, a street party, global fiesta, the opening of Kids Kingdom at Springfield, art exhibitions, an eisteddfod, a quilt exhibition, horse races, and a jazz, wine and blues show are among the numerous events endeavouring to lift morale and give the city an economic boost.

Ipswich Events Corporation chairman Paul Casos said the festival had attracted 50 sponsors.

``The festival would not be possible without the community embracing it and the community has certainly got behind it,’’ he said.

Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said it’s time to `kick our heals up and celebrate’.