Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat
Lions Could Be So Lucky Scot Palmer , Herald Sun Sunday 24th March 2002 |
"Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue, who helped save Fitzroy (if only temporary) in 1986, is about to thrust the famous old club back onto the world's centre stage. For all those who think the Lions are dead and buried, don't believe it. On Tuesday night the die hards will hold the club's 117th Annual General Meeting at the historic Brunswick Street Ground. When chairman Dyson Hore-Lacey raises Kylie's latest connection with the club, it is certain the roar among members will be as loud as a locomotive. Fitzroy has been contacted by the BBC, which wants to include Kylie's debut singing appearance - at the 'Save the Lions' benefit 16 years ago - in a documentary that will be partly filmed in Melbourne during her concert in May. The Lions' honorary secretary, Bill Atherton, contacted the international broadcaster after receiving a letter, which read:'The BBC is making a prime-time documentary called There's only one Kylie, due to transmit at the end of the current tour in May. The documentary will focus on the defining moments of her career over the years in Neighbours, the song Locomotion, her involvement with Nick Cave...up to the present day phenomenon that is Kylie Minogue, Queen of Pop. 'The documentary is a fun and indulgent look at all things Kylie and will concentrate on what she means to us in the UK and abroad. 'One of the key defining moments was the transition from acting to music which reputedly took place at a Fitzroy Football Club benefit do.' The broadcaster is asking for any film or photographs that may have been taken that night at a packed Festival Hall. The then Fitzroy President, Leon Wiegard, recalled yesterday more than 2000 people heard Kylie sing Locomotion. 'She was wonderful and so co-operative' Wiegard said." |
