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'''Marlene Galea''' (1969) is a Radio producer and broadcaster with [[SBS Radio]] in Melbourne, Australia.
I am a Radio producer and broadcaster with [[SBS Radio]] in Melbourne, Australia.
 
Marlene was born in Sydney in 1969 of an Aboriginal mother and American father and adopted by a Maltese couple.  At the age of 3 years, Marlene was taken to Malta, where she was brought up in the village of Xagħra in Gozo.
 
==Stage Productions and Song Festivals==
Marlene was very active in Performing Arts.  At the young age of 6 she started singing in local Song Contests and won a number of festivals.  She also performed in numerous stage productions in Xagħra directed by [[Chevalier Julian Refalo Rapa]].
 
Marlene was the Physical Education teacher and Choreographer at '''St Francis School''' in Victoria Gozo (1992-1998), Choreographer for Xagħra based stage productions and at the [[Don Bosco Oratory]] in Victoria. Marlene was the costume designer & choreographer at the [[Xagħra Youth Centre]] for Carnival dance competitions in Gozo and won a number of awards for costume design and dance.  In Melbourne Australia, Marlene was the Choreographer of the [[Young Maltese Australian Dancers]] (1998-2003).
 
==Radio career==
In 1989, Marlene was introduced to broadcasting by [[Joe Borg Ghigo]] in the weekly PBS Radio magazine from Gozo - [[Mill-Gzira ta' Calypso]] - formerly known as [[Mit-Tokk t'Għawdex]].  She was the presenter for 10 years, till 1998.  In her years as a presenter she has worked with [[Vincent Theuma Xerri]] and [[Alvin Scicluna]].  In 1998, upon her return to Australia, Marlene settled in Victoria. She started off as a contributor for Maltese Language Programs on [[SBS Radio]] and in 2001 became a permanent Broadcast Journalist.  For 10 years she was the Senior Producer with Maltese Language Programs; a position she held until the rescheduling of programs on SBS Radio in 2013.  She is now a Broadcast Journalist. 
 
==Involvement in Maltese community==
Marlene was the Administration Assistant for the Executive Committee of the [[Maltese Community Council of Victoria]] (MCCV) from 1999 to 2001.  In 2010 Marlene was a keynote speaker about Maltese Youth in Melbourne at the Convention for Maltese Living Abroad held in Valletta.  She was one of the founding members of community group Maussies (2007) and a founding member for community group [[nisġa]].  She has presented numerous community events in Gozo and Melbourne.
 
Marlene has 2 sons - Terence and Kenneth.
 
[[Category:Maltese broadcasters in Australia]]
[[Category:Born in 1969]]

Revision as of 18:45, 3 June 2013

I am a Radio producer and broadcaster with SBS Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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