This photo absolutely blows me away.
I’ve done many corporate entertainment shows at Crown Casino (Perth, Melbourne), The Star (Sydney), Jupiters, Hyatt’s, Sofitel’s, all the convention centres in Australia and even Parliament House (Canberra) – but something was VERY special about performing in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra underneath “G for George”.
“G for George” flew ninety operational missions over Germany and occupied Europe during the height of the bomber offensive in World War 2.
The photo is kind of deceiving – that canvas of mine stands over two metres tall. It’s kind of ironic then that I opened the show with an upsidedown painting of “John Lennon” who was an advocate for peace.
It’s definitely an experience I won’t forget.
Thanks to Peter Funnell for the event and for passing on a lovely testimonial from the client too:
“Brad literally ‘Blaze’s’ across the stage to entertain and delight. His act is beyond compare – his engagement with our audience, his infectious enthusiasm and ultimately utterly brilliant paintings are hard to articulate or sufficiently praise with words – you really have to see his act to believe it. Brad was generous enough to donate his paintings to our charity auction – so in terms of ‘bang for your buck’ – Brad is brilliant value. He not only gave us a performance which inspired many of our attendees to send e-mails and call in praise of the evening in general – and Brad in particular – he is also such a genuine, down-to-earth gentlemen – he generously offered the audience the chance to not only engage in Q & A sessions – he also stayed on to pose for photos with individuals and his paintings by request.
We would unequivocally recommend Brad Blaze for any event – it’s hard to imagine he could disappoint.
Australian Security Medals Foundation Inc“