CLOSED: winner FIONA GOLDING of W’bool.

Competition is open to all existing and new subscribers. It closes 5pm Friday February 5 and the winner will be notified by email later that night. See details at end of story.

[dropcap style=”font-size: 60px; color: #A02F2F;”] S[/dropcap]ublime chef Christopher Grace is returning to the kitchen for a Chinese banquet extravaganza at Proudfoot’s Boathouse in Warrnambool to celebrate Chinese New Year on Monday February 8 – and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky subscriber.

Christopher – who is a subscriber and supporter of Bluestone Magazine – has generously donated two tickets valued at $88 each for what will be an eight-course meal plus dessert and fruit to celebrate the start of the Chinese Year of the Monkey.

While Christopher is the manager of Proudfoot’s Boathouse restaurant, he is no longer working as a head chef.

[dropcap style=”font-size: 60px; color: #A02F2F;”] H[/dropcap]is return to the kitchen for this special event has been inspired by his extensive travels through South-East Asia and a desire to pay homage to one of the world’s oldest and most influential cuisines.

“I have seen the massive influence of Chinese cuisine in these areas and, of course, the influence the Chinese have had on Australia,” Christopher said.

Bluestone recently wrote about the impact of Asia on Christopher’s photography and painting in a profile that highlighted a lesser-known side of the flamboyant chef. You can read that fascinating story here.

[box]This competition is open to all Bluestone subscribers, including those who subscribe this week. To enter, please EMAIL us at editor@bluestonemagazine.com.au with the words “Chinese banquet” in the subject line. Entries close 5pm Friday Feb 5 and the winner will be notified by email later that night. Please spread the word about this event, which is sure to be a sell out, and bookings are essential on (03) 5561 5055. See the full menu below.[/box]

CLOSED – winners Jacqui Eberbach and Kate Scanlan

Bluestone Magazine is giving away 2 tickets (valued at $90 each) to attend the International Women’s Day Gala Dinner on February 28 at the Quality Suites Deep Blue Hotel, Pertobe Rd.

All current and new subscribers are eligible to enter.

The first 15 current subscribers to email us at editor@bluestonemagazine.com.au and the first 5 new subscribers will go into the draw.

Winners will be announced no later than February 5 and notified via email and our Facebook page.

Tickets to the dinner are $90 ($50 concession) or a table of 10 is $850 and available online via TryBooking here or from reception at Emma House, 131 Kepler St, Warrnambool (cash only).

You can read our story about the event here.

* New subscribers also have chance to win one of the six fantastic gift packs from Glenafton Goat Milk Skincare. See full details here.

[dropcap style=”color: #a02f2f;”] T [/dropcap]he closure of  Warrnambool’s iconic Capricorn Records later this month will not pass without an encore.

A limited-ticket, public tribute to the iconic record shop – which opened 35 years ago when records were still records- is being planned for Saturday night, September 20 at the Ozone Room, Warrnambool Hotel.

The tribute will be hosted by the Warrnambool Spinners, which is a fluid but enthusiastic collection of locals loyal to vinyl records who regularly get together to spin selections from their collections and dance until the early hours.

Capricorn Records owner Mick Fitzgerald is a Spinner, but he had no idea the tribute night was being planned and, to those who know Mick, he is not one for leaping into the limelight – unlike one of the people he physically resembles, Mick Jagger.

But as one Spinner told Bluestone, this tribute is not actually about Mick, it’s about Capricorn Records.

The shop has has been integral to the local live music scene and in broadening the musical tastes of those who grew up buying the “latest Top 40 single” and coming away with, at the very least, subliminal exposure to the Rolling Stones, Dylan, Van Morrison or whoever else was being played on the shop turntable at the time.

[dropcap style=”color: #a02f2f;”] M [/dropcap]y how times have changed, but Mick knew the writing was on the wall.

When Bluestone – before we were Bluestone – visited his shop back in the early 2000s, he spoke about the emergence of mp3 players and digital music. Then along came streaming…

Capricorn eventually moved out of its Liebig St location, which was previously Kris Kerr Records (and is now Kathmandu), into the much smaller Koroit St store.

But even that shop has proven too big for the seismic shift in how we buy and consume music. It is impossible to stop change, but it doesn’t mean we can’t mourn the passing of an era.

Capricorn Records will close on September 26.

[box] There will be only 100 tickets available to the Capricorn tribute night, at $5 per head. As a Bluestone reader, you have early access to tickets before they are offered to the wider public. Simply email royreekie@googlemail.com and say you read it in Bluestone to reserve a place.[/box]

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