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Hi r--- XJ 3 The Program All today's events and performers 5 The Hosts Audiences love easygoing John and Noni 6 Oasis network A haven for our kids 11 Domain Details How to get there, what to bring 13 Song Book 'All your favourite, Christmas songs j. it A. Jf V-' JL. RAMS HOME LOANS' mi i.i "A message from BAMS Editor Susan Bredow Writer Kerrie Kerans Designer Mark Elder Sub-editors Colirv Menzies Paul Childs COVER our first year as the naming rights sponsor of Carols in the Domain, RAMS Home Loans has felt privileged to be part of the team that fitting way to end a year that has brought with it some terrible tragedies. There is a growing demand in Australia for good value CAROLS IN TNI OMtK wilt bring the carols spectacular to around 2 million people.

RAMS Home Loans has secured the future of Australia's largest celebratiorr-and is fully committed to ensuring it Photography Patrick Cummins Styiist Nicole Morgan Costumes The Fairy Store, Bondi Junction will grow year after year. An impressive line-up of talent and new and exciting special events will make the first RAMS Home Loans Carols in the Domain a concert to remember. The theme for this year's concert, Celebrating Life, is a again family entertainment and RAMS Home Loans Carols in the Domain provides the very highest standard entertainment absolutely free. The night will be hosted by Noni Hazlehurst and husband John Jarratt and feature popular performers who will entertain a capacity crowd of more than 100,000 and a television audience of more than 1.8 million. The line-up features, among others, Australian opera stars Ghillian Sullivan and Roger Lemke, Hugh Jackman, Monica Trapaga, Home Away stars and, especially for the children, The Wiggles and Disney Channel characters such as Mickey and Goofy.

As always, Santa will be the guest of honour on a magical night that brings the wonder of Christmas to life for children and adults alike. Catering to people of all ages, the event will be accessible to everyone through Channel Seven's telecast and on Radio 2UE from 8.30 pm. International viewers will enjoy the. concert throughout New 1 here are few things in life as important to is as ritual. When we take time to consider 71 rituals such as the singing of Christmas carols, we realise these are the occasions that bring us together as families, as and for us this evening is a time to reflect upon the close connection that our newspaper, other publications and Internet services give us to the people of Sydney.

We have produced this Carols songbook to give you a better understanding 1 I 1 VA friends, as communities and as colleagues. Rituals help us celebrate life and its seasons. They give us cohesion and help us value and appreciate our roles as members of society. While Carols in the Domain is part of a celebration of Christmas, it is also a chance for more than 100,000 of us to gather in the heart of Sydney to enjoy an evening together with quality entertainment from some of Australia's best performers. Thousands of others across Australia are able to share the wonderful spirit created by this event by watching it on television.

This is the second consecutive year The Sydney Morning Herald has been part of Carols in the Domain Zealand and South-East Asia. In the spirit of Christmas giving, all funds from the sale of candle bags will go to homeless children through the Salvation Army's OASIS Youth Support Network. Over the years the event has raised more than $1 million for the program. This year, organisers are hoping to better last year's $80,000. GREG JONES Director of Marketing and Public Relations RAMS Home Loans of what Christmas and its music means.

The Sydney Morning Herald is delighted this year to be joined by RAMS Home Loans, which has become the major sponsor of this important event. It is with their help that this wonderful ritual, an evening of carol singing, is kept alive. JOHN ALEXANDER Publisher and Editor in Chief The Sydney Morning Herald THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS RAMS HOME LOANS CAROLS IN THE DOMAIN RgHug Moreton TELEVISION fa Hire RAQiOACTlVE 954 AM ESJOKIA "mm? SHERATON ON THE PARK AnsettAustralia ampler. A Connecting Pkoih.e 2 Carols in the Domain SMH December 20, 1997.