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Briefly, we
asked Roland Ott, Show World's founder and Principle, to provide us with
a history of his past, which he happily and generously supplied to us
with the following information: "Mum used to take us religiously every Saturday to Matinee Shows. Be it Opera, Classical Music, Stage and Musical Comedy events or Indoor Circuses, for which I will be forever grateful." "I was told that as a very young child, I used to stand next to Bands and Orchestras for hours and at times shouted out requests. It amazed Band Leaders of my knowledge of their song repertoire . They were always granted and acknowledgment made over the microphone." He migrated with his Mother, Father and Brother Carl to Fremantle, Western Australia. He soon realised that he had a natural talent to make people happy and laugh with his natural flare for producing entertainment related events. "I recall even at Primary School holiday camps we had to present an entertainment item in front of visiting parents. Mine was an imaginary Flea Circus. I remember how good it felt when the audience stood up and applauded. I felt a million dollars"
Listed below a brief summary of some of
Roland's past activities over the years: |
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Cloudland Ballroom,
Brisbane, Qld.
Weekly 60/40 twice weekly dance featuring well
known Australian and overseas Bands and Artists |
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Created
Ad
Campaigns including Press Display Advertising , Electronic Media (Radio Commercial
Productions) TV Ads (Creating Television Commercials) and Print Media (Design Press ads for the Entertainment Ad pages) |
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Francis Durbridge's Smash Hit Thriller "House Guest" with Patrick Macnee shown at the Regal Theatre, Subiaco WA.
His early major credits
include Young Doctors in Love, James Bond's A View To A Kill, Sea Wolves
with David Niven, Gregory Peck and Roger Moore, Rob Reiner's This Is
Spinal Tap, and the television series, The New Avengers. For two years
Macnee also starred in the Broadway production of Sleuth. He then
performed the role in Canada and other U.S. cities.
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Owned and operated a number of Arcade, Amusement,
Pinball and Video Machines. |
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Provided
and Staged various events, Artists, Shows, Comparing and M.C., spruiking at large Metro. Shopping
Centres who provided weekly budgets Inc.: Melville Shopping Centre, Innaloo
Shopping Centre, Midland Shopping Centre, Boan's Morley, Various Gold Coast
Qld. Shopping Centres. |
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Assisted a number of Football
and other Sporting Clubs with Functions, Fund-raising. Carried out
function as Talent House Booker at various Clubs. |
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Owned, operated and worked through a number of agencies through-out
Australia including Perth, Brisbane and Sydney. They included Roland Ott &
Associated, Pine Promotions, NLT Productions, Channel 9 Perth "Tonight
Shows" Artists Agency, Universal Artists, Show Bands Management, Cloudland
Ballroom, June Evans Enterprises, Quill Organisation, Dance Promotions,
Cin-A-Rock, Rock Spectacles |
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As
committee member he assisted with Charity Functions and served on the Advertising
Committee including on the fundraising project: An evening with the stars "Salute
to Sammy Davis Jnr." 14th October, 1982 for Variety and Telethon with live
appearance by Sammy Davis Jnr. at the Sheraton Ball Room. |
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A past group of happy Committee Members |
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Left
to right:
Geoff Parker, Joe
Coci, Colin McEwan, Bob Maher,
John Boucat, Jim Dale, |
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©
copyright Roland Ott 1999 - 2005 world wide reserved 4312 14-04-05 |
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