Kims Beach Hideaway - Luxury Accommodation, Beachfront Resort, Central Coast, Australia

Entertainment

Please find following a sample of the entertainment you may expect to hear during your stay at Kims

In 2007 Dorian won an ABC Radio Music Award for Best Instrumental and in 2006 recorded a new jazz trio CD winning the Best Jazz Composition Award. He was also recently awarded a prestigious Varuna Writing Fellowship. He currently heads the jazz department at the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music and lectures in creative writing at Newcastle University. Dorian has just released his fifth and latest CD Memoir.

Graham Jackson has played saxophone in jazz and dance bands during the rock and roll era of the 50s. He played with small jazz groups in clubs and pubs in Sydney for many years before he moved to the Central Coast to work towards developing his unique sound further. He is lead tenor with the Central Coast Big Band and his style of playing has been compared with Ben Webster and Lester Young.

Ian Esplin is an experienced musician who has been playing the double bass since his teenage years. Whilst his first love has always been jazz music he spent many years at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney studying classical bass. Ian has backed many international performers over the years in clubs, concerts, television and radio performances.

Oliver Thrope was born in 1992 into a family of artists. His mother a dancer and his father, Dorian Mode, a multi-award winning jazz musician. His parents have been an influence on his creative life, buying him an acoustic guitar for his sixth birthday. It was then decided to arrange formal lessons at the Central Coast Conservatourium of Music. Oliver proved to have much musical talent. At ten yeas of age he was awarded the prestigious Ted Albert Guitar Scholarship, the youngest ever recipient. It was the Conservatourium, under the tutelage and mentorship of octogenarian guitar virtuoso Don Andrews, he won a further two scholarships, for both guitar and jazz.

LATEST NEWS

	Toowoon Bay Ocean Swim
	Recipe of the Month - August 2010 - Rawalpindi Curry
	Receipe of the Month - July 2010 - Split Pea and Ham Soup
	Champagne Breakfast
	Whale Watching
	Kims in Style
	Kims Pillow Top Beds... The Ultimate in Luxury!
	The Entrance Markets
	HMAS Adelaide
	Kims - Winner of THE KUROSAWA COLLECTION
	Christmas at Kims - Sample 2009
	Norah Head Lighthouse
	Pelican Feeding

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