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FINALIST IN THE 2005 AND 2006 QUEENSLAND ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Updated 22.11.08

Dear fans, friends, and colleagues,

Firstly I am very excited to announce that from 2009 DANCING QUEEN - Australia's Ultimate ABBA Show will be known as ABBALIVE. This is an exciting new season for DANCING QUEEN and a more universal name seems appropriate with the anticipation of things to come.

The highlight of 2008 so far would have to be the Mamma Mia Movie Premiere. We were invited to do a meet and greet with the guests including quite a few Brisbane celebs, and stayed to see the very first and exclusive showing of this great movie. ABBA have done it again and have proven their music appeals to any generation, in any country on this earth. I wouldn't be surprised if they were playing ABBA right now on a planet in the next galaxy!!!

DANCING QUEEN has gone through some major changes over 2008. We have an almost completely new lineup with the replacement of the parts of Bjorn, Benny, and Frida. This has been a very difficult time finding members who can fill such large shoes, and we will miss Matt, Renato, and Astin very much.

I would like to pay special tribute to Matt who played Benny. Matt has been with DANCING QUEEN from the very beginning and was also a teacher at my music school for quite a few years prior to that. This past month without him has been very hard and we miss him desperately. His final show in Hervey Bay was to say the very least a "tear-fest" and I have worked alongside him for 8 years. He has left an enormous hole and we hope that his new ventures are as fulfilling as his time with DANCING QUEEN

And now to our lovely new members. James as Bjorn is the true rock God and is already getting fan mail saying "Who is this new hunk of spunk!" Jaqueline who is our lovely new Frida has been describe as having a beautiful natural vocal so rich and close to the sound of Frida it is frightening, and it has been said her hair is more like Frida than Frida's hair herself! And to our lovely new Benny, the youngest member of the group. We hunted through about 30 applicants of Australia's finest and are happy to announce Luke Adeney is meeting our expectations filling the shoes of our irreplaceable Matt. Welcome to you all.

Myself and our dear devoted drummer Tim who has been promoted to Assistant Manager will be staying for another season. "Timmy" is very happy to have a new playmate in the rhythm section of Dancing Queen, our new bass player, Nick, who is equally tall and gorgeous as Tim but with tanned skin and dark hair. I personally think they like a pair of salt and pepper shakers!

We are still constantly adding new items to our costumes in the quest for authenticity. We have JUST added our fourth costume - the goreous gold and white outfits that ABBA wore for the encore in ABBA The Movie (as well as numerous European appearances). We do feel rather naked in them as they are very short, but once again they are exactly like the real thing! I am also eyeing off a very striking black outfit I found on youtube.

Finally and always thanks to ABBA for the music. Without the music from these four amazing people we wouldn't get to perform these incredible pieces of artwork, and would be undertaking employment that would be no doubt far less satisfying!

 

With love,

Jaqueline, Luke, Tim, Lynelle, and James. (Cairns, 2008)

DANCING QUEEN...Australia's Ultimate ABBA Show is based in Brisbane, Australia.

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