Gleny Rae, an Alice Springs-based music teacher and musician, is now questioning why she remains in the town after her car was stolen along with her beloved 1935 German-made Roth violin she's had for decades.
An outback musician and dedicated Northern Territory music school teacher has not only had her 1999 Toyota troop carrier stolen from a popular restaurant overnight, but also her beloved 1935 Roth violin.
Gleny Rae has lived in Alice Springs for two years and is a regular on the music scene in Alice Springs and across Australia, recently appearing in the documentary I'm Wanita. "I've just stopped into Simply Korean on Gap Road for a quick bite to eat with a friend between about 6:45 and 7:30pm," she said.
"When we came out there were three cars with their windows smashed. I was cleaning my friend's car and I was looking at that going 'oh no!'""That's the moment when your heart just about leaps out of your mouth and I can see the smashed glass where it was parked," she said.She is desperate for the instrument to be returned."I very rarely go anywhere without my violin and I left it in the car, in the back, out of sight," she said.
"It was a violin that my mum bought for me when I was still at the [Sydney] Conservatorium High School.""So off we went to the violin shop. And we chose that one," she said."I hear that when vehicles are stolen stuff gets thrown out of them," she said.Crime taking its tollRae's car window was also smashed several weeks ago outside a popular bar where she had been performing."And that's really sad.
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