Caption Competition

The Limelight Caption Competition returns later in 2023.

Past Winners

“I say Ralphy darling, is that a Lark Ascending? No Urs, watch out, it’s The Wasps again.”
A Donovan, NSW

“What’s happened to Tim Rice?”
Alan Dew, VIC

RUNNERS-UP

“Next!”
Martyn Sommerville, NSW

“I have found my music of the night”
Marie Lee-Conway, VIC

Nannerl: “Use the topiary guy, they said. He’ll be great, they said!”
Catherine Tabi, WA

One day we’ll earn enough to buy a third instrument. Then the band will really take off!
Richard Harrison, VIC

Still another 60 years before photographs – sigh!
Jennifer Van Den Hoek, WA

“Dad! He’s on my side of the piano again!”
Roberto Colombi, NSW

“What a pity Mama died recently. We really need her drumming skills, Dad.”
Vik Sarakula, NSW

“Yes, it’s called the noodle theremin. Perfect combination of food and music!”
Keith Harkin, VIC

“And if I just twist it here… it will be a treble clef…”
Kris Durran, NSW

“When you said you can play Chopsticks, I thought you meant on the piano!”
Emma Lunn NSW

A moment later, the noodles plopped onto the manuscript,and Xenakis’s new composition for amplified harpsichord three hand was born.
Benjamin Chee, NSW

“This is how high I want the notes to reach.”
Jodie Kasatchkow, WA

“You want a musical revolution? I’ll show you a musical revolution.”
Benjamin Chee, NSW

Stravinsks: “They told me to become a well-rounded composer, so I did.”
Jack Qu, NSW

“Charlie, we’ll call our movie The Great Gyrator”
John Davies, NSW

Igor Stravinsky is yelling: “The underlying theme of our film is the Circle of 5ths not the Circle of Death!”
Kellie Cowling, WA

“Keep the cameras rolling Charlie! I’ll run rings around You!”
Sharon Robinson, SA

“Can’t wait for colour photography…. then I can have Neapolitan!”
Sandi McMenamin, VIC

“I’m skipping dinner and getting straight to the pint.”
Keith Harkin, VIC

“Ain’t Misbehavin, but I’m sure in the mood.”
John Mercer, WA

“Aging gracefully, one spoonful at a time.”
Ange Hogan, VIC

“I’ve got four cartons of ice cream here, but I could TAKE FIVE.”
James Moule, NSW

“And I get my dollar back when I return it to the trolly rank too!”
Roberto Colombi, NSW

“I’m just nipping off to IKEA before Act 3!”
Catherine Tabi, WA

“Anything you can do, I can do better!”
Mary Hill, SA

“The new Ring Cycle will be ultra-modern.”
John Mercer, WA

“Wow, almost as good as the Ride of the Valkyries.”
Dubravka Martin-Hanson, VIC

“You’ve had a lot on your plate, but I’ll tell you who stole your steak if you promise to explain how international diplomacy works.”
Peter Helmstedt, QLD

“Dialogue of the Canine-ites”
Ange Hogan, VIC

“When he said let’s do Jetski, I thought it was a Russian opera.”
Alan Dew, VIC

“Your left-hand technique is purr-fect!”
Peter Helmstedt, QLD

“I hear you’re an excellent fiddler – can you look at the Vatican accounts for me?!”
Roberto Colombi, NSW

“Sheku leg Paul! Otherwise they’ll be cutting the cake by the time I get there.”
Roberto Colombi, NSW

“Oh! It’s a Molotov Cocktail!”
Ralph Powell, VIC

“You push this little valve down the music goes round and round and it comes out here.”
James Moule, NSW

“Have you got any tips for the 4th at Randwick?”
Karen Darcy, VIC

“See this? This is all I need to conduct an orchestra, or a country come to that.”
Janice Samson, NSW

“Please be careful, my ear is my career!”
Jodie Kasatchkow, WA

“With legs like these, The Nose should be in for a long run.”
Carl Jackson, ACT

“Grey, furry ears… you and me both!”
Christopher King, VIC

“I don’t mind being her lockdown muse but I don’t like being Meredith’s Zoom meme.”
Carolyn Newmann, NSW

“In the evenings, the French composer prefers Camille “sans socks”.
Ben Farrand, VIC

“His fingers can play the notes alright, but the real music is in the paws.”
Peter Helmstedt, QLD

“Not having much faun this afternoon”
Helen Doig, VIC