Jacaranda Films Media Australia: Jacaranda Festival 2006 Highlights

Friday, December 1, 2006

Jacaranda Festival 2006 Highlights

Here are some photos of the crowd's attending the Jacaranda Festival for this year celebration of the day. Look at all the crazy costumes at some of the shows at downtown at market square in the Clarence Valley.

In the year 1935, Grafton first Jacaranda Festival made its debut before 4000 enthusiastics fans in brightly illuminated Jacaranda Avenue (in pound street). Children by the hundred danced and presented a floral pageant before Myrtle Gentle's name was drawn from a golden casket as the first Jacaranda princess by the Festival King, Jim Orr.

The Jacaranda Queen was Mavis Schwinghammer and they were attended by 20 maid of honour, 11pages, flower girls, jesters and princess.

Hang Gliding Celebration for John Dickenson, Rod Fuller, Pat Crowe discovery of the Dickenson Wing which took place on the Clarence River back in September 1963. The celebration lunch was attended by many high profile pilots including Dick Smith adventure explorer,enterpernur and famous for his world trip in his helicopter and microlghts.

Here below are the three men who have made it into the history books in the world of aviation flying machines there creation of the Hang Glider with the weight-shift design controls.

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I am have been making a series of documentaries over the past few years. Recently just being filming the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

I met up with two great filmmakers from France and we have become great friends in this cool world of Documentary Film Making.

I have been producing documentaries for the past few years completed a series of short films.

I have recently produced a documentary on the Glenreagh Mountain Railway volunteers who have transformed an steam engine called Betty 1919 which was produced in 1878 now running down the line as a tourist railway.

I am currently now working on producing a Independent music show working title Live Launch TV launching Australian Music Blues and Rock Bands and Festivals scene onto the Big Screen across Australia.

The Show will be screening on the Aurora Television Foxtell Cable Channel 183 Saturday Night in October T.B.C. The Crew are now filming more live content with loads of surprises coming soon from Down Under.

I have worked in radio broadcasting industry and as a entertainment DJ and been a filmmaker since the early 90s.

I have recently completed producing a documentary on the invention of free flight Hang-gliders and various Hang-gliding and paragliding competitions staged in various locations around Australia over the coming months.

I love flying and this year have currently been in the pre-production stages, planning a avaition documentary. Setting out to travel in 2008 to various locations events around Australia. Filming locations on Ultralights,Hang Gliders and Paragliders to the modern day Aircraft of famous Pilots inside view to flying.

I have had many life experiences serving time in the Royal Australian Air Force were my passion for flying was put into pratice taking the controls of CT4 Trainers,Blackhawk Helicopter rides in many miltary aircraft.

Tamworth Comes Alive in this upcoming documentary to be released in the coming few months to be broadcasted world-wide.

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