Hi Craig, I can add a little to this discussion - I did the research on the Globe Theatre in Winchelsea and have the following notes re Marjorie LAWRENCE (her father and brothers built the Globe Theatre for her) .......... Marjorie ... "failed to gain a place in the Ballarat South Street competitions, but at Geelong in 1928 won the Sun Aria contest." Sadly Marjorie was one of our locals who was better known overseas than she was in Australia. But she never forgot her roots - although she appeared in concerts in the major cities in Australia on some of her return visits, she always held her first concert in Australia at the Globe Theatre in Winchelsea. And she insisted that apart from a few seats reserved for members of the press, ONLY locals could attend her Winch concerts. She was VERY popular with the locals and ALWAYS made time to visit the school kids, family and friends, and generally made time to join the choir for Sunday service in the St John's Church of England in Deans Marsh where she was born. It's nice to hear of someone with a world standing who made such an effort with her "home town". Oh - just read more of my notes - the 1928 Sun Aria Contest was held at the Palais Royal in Moorabool Street. Regards .............. Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Cook" <VK3CMC@bigpond.com> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Digest, Vol 4, Issue 129 > Hello Angela and Pam. I was very interested in the enquiry re the > Geelong > Aria/Sun Aria. >