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Great honour presented to Sir Barry Gibb on October 16. 2022
Great honour presented to Bee Gees' Sir Barry Gibb on October 16. 2022. in Miami Beach:
an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia
On Twitter, Australian Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos AO: “A great honour to present Bee Gees' Sir @GibbBarry CBE AC with an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia for his longstanding support & development of the Australian music industry in which he helped bring to an international audience, & for his philanthropic work.”
Barry has also been recognized for his philanthropy and charity work, including his involvement in a 2009 charity concert benefiting Victorian bushfire and Queensland flood victims, where he performed with Olivia Newton-John. In addition to his honorary companion award, five other non-citizens were awarded honorary medals in the Order of Australia.
Mr Gibb is a US citizen and the honorary award he has received is designed to honour non-citizens "where their service has benefited Australia and Australians" in "Australia's pre-eminent means of recognising service and achievement", Governor-General David Hurley said.
Unlike citizen appointments that are considered by the Council of the Order of Australia, honorary award recipients are recommended by the prime minister before being approved by the governor-general.
This is what the list mentions about Barry:
-Barry Gibb, United States of America: For eminent service to the performing arts as a musician, songwriter and record producer, to the advancement of Australian music artists, and to philanthropy.-
The small official (AC) INVESTITURE CEREMONY took place at Barry’s house in Miami on Sunday afternoon 16th October 2022 with some Gibb family members and close friends Steve and Noeleen Stewart present along with other Australian Embassy and Consulate personal.
Photos taken by Ms Alexas McLeod. EA to the Ambassador Embassy of Australia.
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Interview Peter Foldy about the Bee Gees
Mr. Peter Foldy. Peter is a multi-talented award nominated Musician, a Producer/Writer/Director/Actor in the Film Industry, as well as a talented Photographer. A quick scan of Peter‘s iMDB page produces an impressive list of credits.
With having an interest in music at a young age, how much did your relationship with the Gibb brothers affect you towards realizing it would be possible to pursue music yourself?
A lot. Seeing talent like that up close and in person was mind blowing and inspiring. Not only were they talented as musicians, but I had never met kids like that before. They were precocious with a wicked sense of humor. Pretty mature for their age. My bed time was probably around the same time they were about to do their first set at some nightclub. The Bee Gees were little breadwinners, supporting a family of eight, and that definitely makes you grow up fast.
Anything you might feel free to share about your relationship with the Gibb brothers?
Not only did they influence me musically, they also inspired me to make films. We used to shoot these little 8mm shorts on weekends which were a lot of fun and that is how my interest in being a Director began. I recently found out that a photo from a film we made was used in the brilliant HBO Documentary, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. It flashes by in a second, but it’s there and I’m in the shot.
I can also share a little short film I made with Maurice, Robin, Trevor Gordon, (my best friend in Australia), and a friend of the Gibbs, Colin Stead. Sadly the film got double
When we were young, the Bee Gees had no idea I wanted to do what they did. I never told them. They thought I was a kid who did TV commercials. I had been in a few and was the poster boy for Nestle’s Crunch in Australia.
Years later I was backstage at a Bee Gees concert in Toronto, around the time Bondi Junction was climbing the charts, and Barry walked by and said, Hey Peter. Congrats. I heard you on the radio. That felt good.
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