THERE must be something in the water.
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What wonderful talent we grow here in the Eurobodalla.
It was announced yesterday that Batemans Bay’s own Brandon McClelland has been nominated for the best new talent in the TV Week Logie Awards for his role as Pat Dooley in ABC mini series Anzac Girls.
The Batemans Bay High School HSC graduate and Eurobodalla Dream and Achieve 2010 scholarship recipient got his big break in 2009 when he was accepted to the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA).
He was also a popular character in the series Love Child as Robert Barstoy.
Broulee’s Abby Earl, who rose to fame as Anna Bligh in Channel Seven’s drama A Place to Call Home, is also up for a Logie – most popular actress.
Ms Earl was nominated for most popular new talent at last year’s Logie Awards.
Then there is the stars of the stage. The talented Kirby Burgess is working hard at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre as Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman in the stage production of Dirty Dancing, and a fine job she is doing too.
The Bay Theatre Players, where a younger Kirby first took the stage, has also been nominated for no less than eight Canberra Area Theatre Awards for its hit production of Annie.
Annie director Candy Burgess is nominated for best director of a musical or variety show and the show itself was nominated for best production of a musical.
Matt Burgess is up for best set designer for a musical and also best actor in a leading role.
Sam Lloyd was nominated for best costume designer for a musical or variety show; Jay Post as best actor in a featured role in a musical; Narrell Murdoch as best actress in a featured role in a musical; and Meg McCallum as best youth actress in a leading role in a musical in the title role of Annie.
The nominations are proof that more young stars are rising through the ranks, set on the path to success.
Quick, pass me a glass of Bay water, please.