DOROTHY BARRY, THIS IS YOUR LIFE!

ON MONDAY NIGHT WE ATTENDED A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND DOROTHY BARRY. DOT IS AN AUSTRALIAN SHOW BIZ LEGEND AND WAS HONOURED BY HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SHOW BIZ ASSOCIATES IN A "THIS IS YOUR LIFE " TRIBUTE ARRANGED BY HER LONG TIME FRIEND TONI STEVENS, AND M.C.'ED BY LUCKY STARR.
"THE BOSS" BILL GOBBE TELLS A FEW STORIES. (BELOW)
(BELOW) FRANK IFIELD HAS A CHAT WITH COL JOY. A YOUNG LADY ON MY TABLE ASKED WHO FRANK IFIELD WAS. WELL, FRANK WAS AN AUSTRALIAN IN ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 60'S, AND WAS A HUGE STAR, AT LEAST AS BIG AS CLIFF RICHARD. THE BEATLES WERE HIS OPENING ACT!




DOT WITH DAME VERA LYNN (BELOW) DOT TELLS ME SHE ALSO SANG WITH HOLLYWOOD STAR HOWARD KEEL.

COL JOY (BELOW) SAYING SOME NICE WORDS. COL WAS AUSTRALIA'S FIRST BIG COUNTRY/ROCKABILLY/ ROLL'N'ROLL STAR.

BELOW, TONI INTRODUCES FRANK IFIELD FOR HIS STORY TELLING.



(BELOW) DOROTHY AND LORNA AS THE BARRY SISTERS, (THEY'RE NOT REALLY SISTERS), WITH THE ALLEN BROTHERS (NOT REAL BROTHERS EITHER) PETER ALLEN WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MEGA STAR IN THE 70'S, BUT, SADLY DIED.




DOT WAS A MODEL FOR JANZEN SWIMWEAR, NO WONDER!
AMONG THOSE TO ATTEND THAT I COULD RECOGNISE, APART FROM COL JOY, FRANK IFIELD, TONI STEVENS AND LUCKY STARR, WERE ALAN DALE, WARREN WILLIAMS, SANDY SCOTT, FRANKIE DAVIDSON, AND WAYNE HORSBURGH.