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OrganisationsUpdated 24oct07
Cinema And Theatre Historical Society, Victoria AustraliaThe aims of CATHS are to: Activities and projects of the Society include: cinema and theatre tours, film and theatre nights, archives and regular meetings. CATHS also organises annual events such as The Melbourne Filmbuffs Weekend and the CATHS Swapmeet. CATHS is interested in all aspects of cinema and theatre - past, present and future - from vaudeville to picture palaces and megaplexes! If you love going to the movies or the theatre, are interested in theatre heritage and architecture, or perhaps you have worked in cinema or the performing arts... then why not join CATHS! Click here for CATHS Membership Form The Cinema And Theatre Historical Society - Victoria is proud to have as Patrons Frank Van Straten OAM, Elaine Marriner, Peter Smith OAM and Philip Brady.
Contact CATHS: For further information or to join the Victoria Theatres Trust contact them: The Secretary, Victoria Theatres Trust, c/- PKF, GPO Box 5099BB, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 The main activities revolve around public concerts and club nights for members. Club nights are open to the public for a $2 admittance fee. They are conducted in a warm and friendly atmosphere with an infectious spontaneity reigning as members show off their talents at the organ console. The vibes over supper are terrific as conversation buzzes with enthusiastic discourse on music and the pros and cons of both instruments and performers, and personal experiences.
If you are into theatre organ music you'll learn much and gain from the stimulation of meeting up with other great people who share your love of the instrument.
There are three theatre organs maintained by members - the Crompton at the Malvern Town Hall, and the WurliTzers at the Dendy Cinema, Brighton, and Moorabbin Town Hall. The Compton and the Dendy WurliTzer are in fact owned by the Society. Their third instrument, a Blackett and Howden organ formerly in Cinema North, Reservoir, has been refurbished and reconstructed at the Moreland Town Hall by a team of members. There will also be concerts at this venue.
And most assuredly the theatre organ has come into its own again with a resounding vengeance with concerts at the revitalised Regent Theatre in Collins Street, with the majestic sounds of the largest WurliTzer to come to Australia. It has been assembled and installed by TOSA member, Julien Arnold and his son. A mammoth task. The TOSA public concert series runs from February to November each year and features a wide variety of performers at the theatre organ both from Australia and overseas. Discounts on tickets are available to patrons who are members of TOSA.
CDs of Concert Performers Be part of the excitement and become a member. Members are kept in touch with concerts and news through the monthly magazine 'Vox'.
For details, write to: Theatre Organ Society of Australia, Victorian Division Theatre Organ Society of Australia, South Australia Division Members' interests include 8mm, 16mm and all other film gauges, anamorphic lenses, CinemaScope, Cinerama etc, panoramic photography, stereo panoramic slides, video and 3-D movies. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of February to November.
The official journal of the Australian Widescreen Association is 'Scope', which is published five times a year. As well as including news of the Association's activities, 'Scope' has lots of interesting information about film and video technologies.
To contact the Australian Widescreen Association: The Society concerns itself with all aspects of Art Deco - architecture, furniture, transport, fashion, art, entertainment, jewellery and collectibles etc. It also provides a millieu for people interested in sharing and developing a common interest.
Society Art Deco Victoria is fortunate in attracting the interest of a number of specialists and authorities who are able to contribute information and knowledge to the Society.
The Society produces a quarterly journal Spirit of Progress (named after the famous streamline design Melbourne-Sydney express train) with information on Art Deco news, endangered buildings and info from other Art Deco societies in Australia and around the world. Activities include walks, talks and slide presentations, exhibitions and other social functions.
Contact: Throughout 1996/7, 23 VAPAC members centres were audited as part of a major study undertaken by Arts Victoria to set benchmarks for Performing Arts Centres in this State. This has set a standard for the Arts Industry internationally. VAPAC has been instrumental in bringing this study to fruition As a result of the budget handed down in April 1998 a substantial amount of money has been allocated to upgrading Centres throughout the State. This has come as a direct result of the "Oh What a Beautiful Stage" audit and it is hoped will provide a great boost to the facilities of many regional PACs.
The VAPAC Web Site gives you access to a wide range of information about the Association and its member venues, including venue details and current tour schedules.
Contact VAPAC: Public Venue Management School
The School aims to provide an educational program through which venue managers learn new skills to better market and manage their venues. It also provides an opportunity for students to enhance their network of professional contacts within the venue industry. The School is designed to be an intensive education experience and takes place over two consecutive years with a 5 day school conducted in November each year.
Middle and senior management associated with an entertainment centre, arena, stadium, convention centre, theatre, concert hall, performing arts centre, showground, racecourse, zoo, theme park or sport and recreation centre, will benefit from the wide range of subjects covered in the course.
Sport and recreation, entertainment and the arts, conventions, exhibitions and tourism are among the most rapidly growing industries in the Asia/Pacific region. Venues are big business, and getting bigger. If you are a venue manager, or you provide products and services to venues, you should become a member of the VMA.
Contact VMA: The aim of the Association is to celebrate, encourage and reward excellence within the performing arts in Melbourne across the disciplines of drama, opera, dance, music theatre, cabaret and fringe theatre.
Mail: PO Box 1437, St Kilda South, Victoria 3182 Their website is at: www.alliance.aust.com
The Victorian Drama League are located on the third floor, Ross House community resource centre, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Their hours are Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm. Phone 03 9629 4059.
http://www.theatrecraft.org.au/ Contact: The Performing Arts Museum is a member of the Performing Arts Special Interest Group (PASIG) of Museums Australia. Melbourne Office: Sydney Office:
84 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065. Canberra Office: Check out the ScreenSound Australia website at
www.screensound.gov.au
There are also ScreenSound Australia Access Centres in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth.
In Canberra, visit ScreenSound Australia's exhibition centre which includes live presentations in a theatre, and SAMI - Sound And Moving Image. SAMI introduces many of the rare films and sound recordings from their archives, with interactive touch screen displays and infra-red headphones which guide you through exhibits.
[Cinemedia Changes: On 1 January 2002 the Victorian State Government's Cinemedia Corporation ceased to exist and two new entities were formed: the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), and Film Victoria]
"Producers, directors, cameramen, studio and laboratory technicians joined hands with metropolitan circuits and independent and country cinema owners, managers and staffs. Membership automatically conferred equal status. Proprietors and top administrative executives meet on common level with employees, whether permanent or freelance."*
Today, qualification for membership of the Cinema Pioneers is based on 20 years service to the cinema industry.
*From an article 'Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers' by Herbert G Howard MBE, a Past President of the Society. The article was published in The Australasian Cinema - Forum of the Motion Picture Industry of Australia, Volume 12 No. 21, 11-18 November 1983, a special edition celebrating 50 years of the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers.
The magazine features articles about NSW's great movie houses and has information on movie-related stationery, books about movie stars and films, private film collection sales, and programs for the Cumnock Movie Club.
Contact Ross Adams, Tel: 02 6367 7468 Mail: Cumnock Information Centre - Dress Circle, PO Box 25, Cumnock NSW 2867.
Organises The Australian International Movie Convention which is held each year on the Gold Coast. The convention is attended by people from the Australian and New Zealand cinema exhibition and distribution industry, and allied traders.
The Society has published many books relating to the history of cinema buildings including: 'For All The Kings Men' - about the Kings Sydney suburban cinema circuit; 'The Minerva' - the Kings Cross Metro; 'Gauferred Velour' - cinemas of the NSW South Coast; and 'Paddocks, Palaces and Picture Shows' - an illustrated book about NSW's Central Coast cinemas.
The Society produces a quarterly magazine 'Kino' which includes video reviews, histories of cinemas and theatres, and articles of general interest.
ACTS has also produced an excellent 60 minute video documentary, 'Once upon A Dream', hosted by TV and Stage Star, Lorrae Desmond. The video tells the story of Sydney's Capitol Theatre site, from 1893 through to its restoration in 1995.
The Society has an extensive Archive which is accessible by appointment. Activities of the Society include social meetings and theatre tours.
Contact: The Secretary, ACTS Inc, PO Box 447, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia. Friends Groups
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