A BRIEF JOURNEY THROUGH JUDITH`S LIFE

• Judith was Australia`s very first international pop princess and pin-up girl who caused millions of men to fall in love with her - and many have remained that way!

• Last year Judith undertook her "Diamond Tour 2003", beginning in May and finishing on July 13th at the Bristol Hippodrome. There was a Gala concert at London's Royal Festival Hall on July 3rd, the day of her 60th birthday.

• "Judith's 40th Anniversary Celebration Tour" in 2001 was a triumph, with the last concert filling the Sydney Opera House.

• She holds the Associate In Music, Australia [A.Mus.A.] for classical piano - and studied with the renowned teacher, Ronald Farren Price.

• Judith is also a serious ragtime pianist and ragtime composer.

• As a teenager, she dreamed of starring in opera or musicals, but started in traditional jazz, gospel and blues.

• She is a prolific composer and lyricist of more than 200 inspirational and philosophical songs and has composed a full-scale musical 'Gotta Be Rainbows'.

• Her career highlights encompass international TV specials, international solo concert tours and nine solo albums.

• Judith co-wrote the classic Seekers song "Colours Of My Life" with David Reilly.

• The healing power of Judith's composition "It's Hard To Leave" was internationally recognised in a paper at the 10th World Congress of Music Therapy in Oxford UK in 2002.

• Many fans travel halfway round the world to hear that one in a million 'golden voice'.

• So many men fell secretly in love with Judith that mentioning her to almost any male over 50 elicits the same response: "Ah, Judith Durham. I`ve always been in love with her ...", and they all think they`re the only ones! It isn`t just restricted to the over 50s either. Yet Judith never ever knew, thinking all those early years that she wasn't pretty enough to attract the opposite sex.

• Judith was married for 25 years to London-born brilliant pianist Ron Edgeworth who died in 1994 of Motor Neurone Disease [MND].

• She was awarded the Order Of Australia Medal [OAM] for services to music, particularly as an entertainer and composer.

• With the Seekers, Judith is the only female singer with a 60s hit in the top 100 selling UK records of all time: "The Carnival Is Over".

• She is a committed vegetarian and has eaten no meat, chicken, fish, seafood or eggs since 1968.

• Judith advocates a non-smoking, environmentally-friendly, alcohol-free and cruelty-free lifestyle.

JUDITH IS PATRON OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS

• Motor Neurone Disease Association of Australia [MNDAA]
  To help raise funds and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease. MND is a deadly creeping paralysis known worldwide.

• Injured Nurses Support Group [INSG]
  To help raise the alarm that the nursing profession has the highest rate of injuries in the female workforce; and to spread the word about the implementation of the "no lifting policy" and special equipment that improves safety for nurses, and care of patients.

• Bonnie Babes Foundation
  To provide support in situations of unrecognised, misunderstood and unresolved grief suffered by those who have lost babies from miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth; and to help raise funds for research to prevent such tragedy.

JUDITH WITH THE SEEKERS - SOME FACTS

• She was lead singer with Australia's first-ever legendary icons, with international No.1 hits including:

  I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU
  A WORLD OF OUR OWN
  THE CARNIVAL IS OVER
  MORNINGTOWN RIDE
  GEORGY GIRL

• They were Australian record-holders: 'Biggest concert crowd in Southern Hemisphere' + 'most-watched Australian TV show` (67 rating).

• The Seekers were jointly awarded 'Australian Of The Year` in 1967'.

• In 1995 they were inducted into the ARIA 'Hall Of Fame' .

• Their 'Live In Concert' 1993 video knocked Michael Jackson`s 'Dangerous' video from the No.1 spot.

• The Seekers were the first group in the UK at No.1 with their first 3 singles…not even Michael Jackson or Madonna achieved that!

• They were the first group in the UK at No.1 with a debut record…not even The Rolling Stones or The Beatles achieved that!

• They were the first Australian group at No.1 internationally…not even The Easybeats or INXS could claim that!

• And they were the first Australian group at No.1 in the USA…not even Little River Band or AC/DC can claim that!

• There are 12 Seekers top selling albums and over 50,000,000 albums have sold worldwide.

• They have been honoured with a commemorative set of stamps -The Seekers Australia Post Stamp Sheet: 'Australia's first-ever international pop icons - 1962-2002'

• 'The Carnival Is Over' ranks at No.30 in the UK Top 100 Highest-Selling Singles Of All Time.