Jason Sandy

Jason Sandy is an Aboriginal performer from the Mununjali tribe from the Beaudesert in Queensland near Logan Valley. His Totem is the Wedge Tail Eagle or (Mibin), most of the Mununjali tradition was lost, but Jason and his family went to great lengths to research the stories and legends about his clan, and today the flame of the ”Mununjali” is alive & well.

Jason is a Dancer, Didgeridoo Player, and Song man, he begun dancing with his brother and their cousins in 1990 with the Mununjali Yugambeh Dance Troupe. That group performed for two years before Jason danced with other groups including Imbala, Wakka Wakka, Mornington Island & K’gari Gownga to name a few. He then joined Descendance in Alice Springs in 2002, by 2003 he had taken over as the operations manager of the daily shows.

Jason has worked with Australian international superstar Xavier Rudd and was instrumental in developing a musical called “Dreamtime People” at Sanctuary Cove Queensland with Ku Ku Yalangi tribal elder Graham Brady.

His credits include:

• 2009 Tours South Italy with Descendance for Ghironda Festival
• 2009 Tours Abu Dhabi for a seven week residency with Descendance at World fair.
• 2009 Tours London with Descendance for Toast Festival and performances in Lords
• 2009 Tour of Trinidad Red Earth Festival
• 2009 Tour of Rome with Descendance to promote the film Australia by Baz Lurhman.
• 2008 Bulgarian and Netherlands tour, 7 weeks in Europe Descendance
• 2008 New Zealand tour through tourism Australia Descendance.
• 2008 Flames In the Forest Port Douglas Cairns, Spectacular Indigenous performance in rainforest with Pyrotechnics, Laser lighting, and stage reveal. Descendance
• 2008 Hawaii Tour, Honolulu Festival, Pearl Harbour, Hilo, Media performances Descendance.
• 2007 International Touring with Descendance to South Africa, Ghana, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
• 2004-2007 Hervey Bay, Fraser Coast Queensland nightly aboriginal performances
• 2006 Tours the North Coast of Australia with Descendance
• 2005-2009 Working on & off with Australian International Superstar Xavier Rudd
• 2002-2004 Manager performer Alice Springs, Red Centre Dreaming Descendance
• 1999-2002 Opening of Brisbane Southbank, Manchester Unity Festival (Melbourne)
  Opening of Bonville International Golf Club (Coffs Harbour), Opening Of Indigenous War Monument (Burleigh Heads) Royal Brisbane Show, NAIDOC Week (NSW & QLD) schools tours, Mak Sho Native American Indians & Mununjali Dancers (Brisbane), Sanctuary Cove (Show Dreamtime People).

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