b"The Great Eastern Mail OCTOBER 21, 2022 17sailing, boating and fishing music & theatreMetung represents at SA KAREN KNOWLES HAS Womens Keelboat Regatta ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S A FTER forming ourFAVOURITE SINGERSteam of 6 ladies (Team GeorgiaSarah Clough, Jodie Lukeman, Lisa Domke, Julie Davis, Anastasia Skordos McKeon and Kate Middleton), both novice and more experienced sailors, for the 30th Australian Womens Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) in June, we had so much fun racing together that we decided to head over to Adelaide to compete in their first South Australian Womens Keelboat Regatta. It was held at the Cruising Yacht Club South Australia 1st3rd October on the St Vincent Gulf.We arrived at RSAYS on the Friday to collect our chartered J24, only to find that the boat we were chartering was in fact my mum, Gai Cloughs very first J24 that she owned,KAREN KNOWLESsinger with The Seekers, Cookie Monster (now namedFROM THE HEART starred as the female lead in Wowee). Gai started herthe stage musical Big River womens racing on CookieTHURSDAY 10 October 2022,and has recently released Monster during the early 90s. 11:00am - Daytime Seriesher 7th studio album Solid The weather gods hadShow - Forge Theatre andGround. J oin Karen for a definitely turned it on for us,Arts Hub. wonderful selection of her each day was no more than PERFORMANCE DURATION:hits, standards and your 12 knots of breeze and at least1 hour (No interval)favourite Christmas songs as 24 degrees. TICKET PRICES:her music moves you into the The regatta was such a greatFull: $28, Concessiontrue Spirit of Christmas.learning experience for us as a(Seniors/Pensioners)crew and individually, and we& Groups 8+: $23, This show is presented by the finished with amazing results,Students: $18 Forge Theatre and Arts Hub, 6 Line Honours and 2nd PHS.FORGE FRIENDEast Gippslands Performing Extremely proud of my crew,Adults: $23, Arts Centre. Patrons are could not have achieved any ofConcession: $18 advised that Mask wearing in it without them! indoor and crowded settings is A big thank you to myW ELL knownstrongly recommended. Tickets dad, Les Clough, he was ourfor her Carolscan be purchased online at onshore support crew, helpedand Christmaswww.eastgippsland.vic.with the boat/gear repairs andrepertoire, Karen performsgov.au/forgetheatre, from always made sure the drinksregularly with her musicalthe Forge Theatre Box Office were ready when we finisheddirector accompanyingPH: 5152 1482 or from the racing her on piano. Starting herBairnsdale or Lakes Entrance Our Team Georgia crewperformance career on YoungVisitor Information Centres would like to thank theTalent Time, Karen movedor Shire Service Centres. For Metung Yacht Club for yourinto recording and becamefurther information contact: support, and we look forwardthe highest selling AustralianJanice Haynes, Manager, Forge to seeing more women fromfemale recording artist for twoTheatre and Arts Hub,Metung joining us in the futureconsecutive years.PH: 5153 9641, Email:at these events. She has performed as leadjaniceh@egipps.vic.gov.au.Forge Theatre and Arts Hub presentsKarenKnowles From the HeartThursday 10 November, 11:00am80 McKean StreetBAIRNSDALE"