stringmansassy are a unique talent. Originally playing cafe venues around their home town of Brisbane (Australia), Kacey Patrick and Aaron Hopper have literally taken the German jazz world by storm. After a 10-day tour of Singapore, they became the main musical performers in the Australian Pavilion at the World Expo in Hannover in 2000. Kacey and Aaron soon built up a large and dedicated legion of fans. They won the award for the most popular entertainment at the Expo, which ran for 5 months and included pavilions from almost 50 countries. Their gruelling schedule consisted of playing up to 5 nights a week for the entire 5 months. Embarking on a tour of Germany, their concerts were met with spectacular success. After the German tour, which ended around the middle of 2001, they came back to Australia to play in the many jazz festivals and other music venues that Australia has to offer. For more information about this remarkably talented duo, visit their web site:

A little bit about Expo2000

More than 170 nations and international organisations have presented their ideas for the future - a record number in the history of the World Expositions. 49 countries have built their own pavilion, and with as many as 80 concerts, shows, theatre plays and performances in one location each day, was host to far in excess of 20,000 events within five months.

More than three million visitors have been to see the pavilions of Thailand, Hungary, France and Australia. In all, the total number of visitors to all the pavilions through until the middle of October totalled more than 40 million.