Two big awards for StarJam; Queen of Hearts climbs the charts; StarJam AGM on Thursday 26 July
Two awards - Living Legend & US International Film and Documentary Award Queen of Hearts Climbs the Charts Annual General Meeting - Thursday 26 JulySupport from the Top
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Mayor’s Living Legend Award and Hollywood Glamour for StarJam Documentary Award
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Sheryl, StarJam Programmes Manager, writes:
StarJam has been recognized with two fantastic awards this month.
The StarJam team were lucky enough to be at Auckland City Council last Thursday night to see Julie Bartlett receive a ‘Living Legend’ award from Mayor Dick Hubbard, recognizing the outstanding work she has done in creating StarJam and the impact StarJam has had on the community. Previous winners of the award have included Don McGlashan, Sir James Fletcher and Bob Kerridge .
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The guys, Daniel Gourlay , Roy Bartlett , and Jono Heaps with Julie and Sheryl Takayama (me)
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Of course we wanted to acknowledge the award in our own special StarJam way, so at the monthly meeting on Saturday a group of singers from the CoolJam singing workshops surprised Julie with a performance of their own version of ‘Wind Beneath Our Wings’, especially re-written for Julie by Jono Heaps. It was a touching moment and there were certainly a few tears flowing! Congratulations Roy and Julie for all the hard work you have put into StarJam and congratulations Julie on this awesome award – you thoroughly deserve it.
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Earlier in June, Roy and Julie travelled to Hollywood to receive an award for The StarJam Stage Show Documentary at the annual U.S. International Film and Video Festival competition. Here you can see Julie and Roy looking very glam at the ceremony. They were blown away by the calibre of the other entrants and met some amazing, creative people during their trip. Apparently there was no celebrity spotting this time, although they just missed the premiere of Oceans Thirteen and the chance to see George and Brad in action! Congratulations to all the Jammers and families who featured in the StarJam Stage Show Documentary and especially to Graham Elliot of Picture Talk Productions who produced and directed the documentary.
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Lee Gluckman Jnr presenting award to Julie and Roy Bartlett in Hollywood
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Queen of Hearts Song
Since the Queen of Hearts song was launched five weeks ago, it has captured the attention of several radio stations and hundreds of CD buyers. It’s reached No 2 on Telecom’s Caller Tunes. If you haven’t got a copy of the song yet, you can purchase it all major music shops including The Warehouse or download it on DigiRama, www.digirama.co.nz iTunes www.itunes.com and Vodafone www.vodafone.co.nz You will help fulfil the Jammers’ dream of their song reaching Number One on the charts.
CoolJam Spreads Further
It’s just over a year since CoolJam started in Central Auckland with four series of workshops. Now there are eleven workshops happening all over Auckland and the number of Jammers keeps growing. Enrolments are now open for term three of CoolJam, which starts at the end of July.
Dancers who jam at Western Springs, The Groovy Guitarists and a bunch of CoolJammers from South Auckland
Annual General Meeting
StarJam’s AGM will be held on Thursday July 26 th July at the Western Springs Garden Community Hall starting at 7pm. Some of our newest and very talented Jammers will be performing on the evening. Everyone is welcome to attend – more details available by phoning the StarJam office on 0800 478275 or (09) 624 4555.
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In the last few editions of the StarJam News, we’ve provided a little background on some of the people and organizations who are very generously supporting StarJam. This month we introduce Jeff Jackson of Solution Matrix Pacific who is undertaking an evaluation of the benefits of the CoolJam programme. DLA Philips Fox, who are providing legal services, introduce themselves:
Solution Matrix Pacific Ltd. Jeff Jackson, CA, CMA, FNIZM, AMP 86. Jeff is the Managing Director of Solution Matrix Pacific Ltd a consulting firm specialising in strategic performance management. Jeff has many years of business and industry experience at director and senior management level as Chief Executive and Director of a number of New Zealand companies involved in: agribusiness, textiles, energy, biotechnology and human capital. Jeff is a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management, and a Harvard Business School - Advanced Management Programme alumni. Jeff is a Strategy Coach for the Institute of Strategic Leadership .
DLA Phillips Fox is one of Australasia’s largest law firms with offices in Auckland , Wellington , Adelaide , Brisbane , Canberra , Melbourne , Sydney and Perth . We have over 1400 employees, including 173 partners. Pro bono work is undertaken as part of Reach, our community investment program, which includes pro-bono, financial assistance, in-kind assistance, and volunteer support. Our commitment to this program is illustrated by the A$ 3.1 million in pro-bono work the firm undertook across the region in the last financial year.
In New Zealand we’re privileged to assist StarJam with its legal issues which, among other things, include how to grow the organisation while minimizing complexity and costs and protecting StarJam’s fantastic new logo.
DLA Phillips Fox is also part of the global DLA Piper Group, one of the largest legal service organisations in the world. Through DLA and our Australian offices, we’re delighted to assist StarJam to empower people in Australia , the United Kingdom and the United States who have been ‘jammed’ and who wish to replicate StarJams in their own countries. DLA Piper in both the US and the UK has agreed to advise StarJam on a pro bono basis and we’ve been pleased to provide access to specialist lawyers overseas with the minimum of delay and hassle.
We are consistently amazed by the achievements of StarJam and the Jammers and are excited about working with Julie, Roy and the team into the future.
For more information about DLA Phillips Fox or DLA Piper, please visit our website www.dlaphillipsfox.com or phone Senior Associate, Mark Williamson on 09 300 3857.
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FreeJams at June Monthly Gathering
We sign out this month with fresh inspiration from some wondering Jamming on Saturday at the monthly gathering of the StarJam community. So many new Jammers took to the stage like they were born to it and provided a great afternoon’s entertainment.
Nathan and Paul ‘FreeJamming” on Saturday 30th
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