Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

This Friday - October 15th - is International White Cane Day and for the second year in a row, Vision Australia Radio are supporting a virtual music festival to mark the occasion.

And for the second year running Studio 1 has been given exclusive access to the virtual red carpet.

This year it’s a truly global event. There are thirty artists on the bill from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the UK, Ireland, Croatia, Nigeria, South Africa and even Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

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This year, all of Vision Australia Radio’s International White Cane Day coverage and activities are being sponsored by Uber.

We wish their Head of Rider Operations, Rita Peker, a Happy White Cane Day and talk about the company’s new initiative to support passengers with guide dogs (and other service animals).

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[PHOTO CAPTION: A ‘celebrity’ in a black dress arriving on the #WhiteStickFest virtual red carpet, being faced down by a hungry pack of paparazzi. P.S. It’s not a real celebrity, just a photo we got off the internet!]

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Shane Kendall - #WhiteStickFest - https://www.whitestickfest.org/

Rita Peker - Head of Rider Operations, Uber

Tammey Candeloro - Counselling 4 You WA - 0423 93 15 74 - www.tammey.com.au 

#WhiteStickFest 2021 Running Order:

1200 OPENING MESSAGE: Tom Sullivan

1204 Rachael Leahcar

1208 Georgia Crandon

1212 Cobhams Asuquo

1216 Blind Joe

1220 Bernarda

1224 Tate Sheridan

1228 Andrea Begley

1232 Danny Kean

1236 Lachi

1237 Caitlin Smith

1241 Lara Nahkle

1245 Shayy Winn

1249 Connor Wink

1253 Robert Cini

1257 Christian Guardino

1300 SPECIAL GUESTS:  The Wiggles

1304 Eran James

1308 Luan Pommier

1312 Vernon Barnard

1316 Mark Laurent

1320 Kirsten Busby

1324 Mac Potts

1328 Rick Price

1332 Michael Leonardi

1336 Belo

1340 Joan Belgrave

1344 Diane Schuur and the Airmen of Note

1348 Magic Giant

1352 HEADLINE SET: X Ambassadors

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