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MTA Entertainment Showcase – Meetings Mart
2005 
 Meetings Mart 2005 featured a wonderful range of roving
performers throughout the exhibition and a stunning finale showcase of feature
acts courtesy of Music Theatre Australia One Stop Entertainment. Roving
performers included the acrobatic balancing act DUO who stripped off to their
Union Jack undies to much appreciation from female delegates, Azura the sexy
belly dancer, The Woman of Deception (Australia’s leading female magician),
Geisha on stilts, caricaturists and the unbelievable flexibility of Kat the
Contortionist.
The
evening showcase featured some of Australia’s newest and most talented musical,
theatrical, illusion and circus artists and was a brilliant Grand Finale to
Meetings Mart. Highlights included the stunning illusions of Magic 2, the
bass-baritone suaveness of MC David Gould and MTA’s newest act, Acrodiva
featuring three sensual sopranos and two amazing acrobats.
Feedback included:
“Meetings Mart was very beneficial and the
entertainment showcase was a real highlight!” Penny Graydon, Australian
Scholarships Group
“I was very impressed by the diversity and
quality of the acts at the entertainment showcase and the entire organization
and professionalism of the event.”
Pamela
Lee, Variety
Music Theatre
Australia in association with The Song Room presented 
An Enchanted
Evening
May 20 at 8pm, Hamer Hall - The Arts Centre, Melbourne
Melbourne concert debut for Australia's most popular tenor Peter
Brocklehurst, sensational songsters Pot-Pourri (www.pot-pourri.com.au)
and the acclaimed 50 piece
Melbourne Opera Orchestra conducted by Greg Hocking combine to bring you
this magical concert featuring highlights from Broadway, opera and song
including Turandot, The Pearl Fishers, Lakme, Pagliacci, The Student Prince,
Carmen, Tosca, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Les Miserables, The Prayer, Ave
Maria, Time to Say Goodbye and many more favourites to leave you singing out for
more!
Venue: Hamer Hall (formerly Melbourne Concert Hall)
100 St
Kilda Rd, Melbourne
Proceeds in aid of The Song Room - helping
Australia to sing by ensuring all children have access to music and the
arts. www.songroom.org.au
Opera Circus at The Futures Summit
This spectacular new MTA concept combining live opera singers with circus
artists has not been seen anywhere in the world before. This production
gave its debut performance for the Future Summit 2005 at the Regent Plazza
Ballroom in early May showcases Australia’s diversity and sophistication and
promises to leave the audience calling out for more!
"The feature performance of OperaCircus was simply spectacular -
outstanding and unique!" Future Summit
2005
MTA is the
Major Entertainment Partner for AIME 2005
The Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) is the largest
Meetings Expo in the Southern Hemisphere. MTA is supplying all the performers
for a range of events for national and international delegates and the
Exhibition at MECC. The Opening Function for international delegates at Howie
Place in the City featured some wonderful entertainment including roving
performers and the daring circus duo Acrobatica. Pictured are MTA's "Fallen
Angels" with Lord Mayor John So and CEO of the Melbourne Convention and Visitors
Bureau Garry Kingshott.
 A Giant Beach Party at Sea World
The PANPA Welcome Event
sponsored by Goss was once again created by MTA.
450 delegates were welcomed by giant sea creatures and comical
lifesavers and then thrilled by the spectacular Dolphin Show. Bikini clad roving
performers, mermaids, pirates and fish puppets seduced everyone onto the dance
floor to the fabulous beach tunes of The Sublimes. The Rats Pack's Back had the
audience calling out for more and artists from Pot-Pourri sang a spine-tingling
farewell song!
“Positive feedback keeps coming in and our business is
going from strength to strength as a result of the positive impression of Goss
you helped us to create! Thank you again for you innovation, talent and
professionalism.” Goss Graphics
 Olympic Parade
Welcome Victorian Olympians!
Green & Gold dominated the scene to welcome back our
medal winning all-stars! Wacky led the entertainment which also included
our acts Frenzi, On the Spot and Melody Maniacs.
 Going for Gold with Tradelink
“The night was an absolutely
incredible success that we can only attribute to the outstanding performance of
Pot-Pourri and Olympic gold medallist Kerrie Pottharst. Pot-Pourri had it
all, blissfully taking us and our most valued customers through an enthralling
emotional journey that will be remembered for a very long
time."
Tradelink Projects
 Iveco Eurocargo Launched in True Italian Style
MTA was thrilled to collaborate with The Entertaining Event
Company to present an Italian themed truck launch. Roving commedia
dell'arte characters welcomed guests and, as the doors opened (to gasps from the
audience), the 40 piece Melbourne Opera Orchestra appeared playing Italian
symphonic music in front of a stunning backdrop of an Italian piazza. Guests
were truly transported to Italy and to top things off, Pot-Pourri appeared on
stage in full flight to sing some stunning Italian
operatic hits.
Bravissimo!
 20th Anniversary of Lakehouse
Who would have thought of dressing musicians up as ducks in
tuxedos!? Well that's exactly what The Lake House Daylesford did for their 20th
Anniversary dinner. Lounge, one of MTA's hottest new acts roved around
entertaining guests with their crazy antics and musical prowess. Lounge showed
the crowd how to really shake their tail feather!
 Hong Kong Jockey Club
"The Audemars Piguet QE II Cup Welcome Dinner is one of Hong
Kong's premiere events and attracts socialites, international horse connections,
VIPs and executives. We were fortunate to hire Pot-Pourri, a group
of extremely talented performers and they were a very important element to the
success of our event. Pot-Pourri was able to tailor the performances to
the event theme and entertain a wide variety of people. The group are natural
crowd pleasers whose charm brought the atmosphere of the evening to its climax
whenever they appeared!"
Events Manager HKJC |
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