8th Australian Folk Music and Dance Gathering Programme
at Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia
Wed 4th - Mon 9th June 2003 (long weekend)
Full 2003 programme  in matrix format, Acrobat PDF format

CODE: Hall = Albion Park Centenary Hall, HAC = HAC Centre behind Centenary Hall, Loft = upstairs in the Centenary Hall

Season Ticket, entry to all events = $50, Full Day Ticket (Sat or Sun) = $25, Daytime or evening ticket = $15, Children U16 free with paying parent, Aged Pensioners $5 to any single event during daytime (till 6pm), Camping $10 per site. Bookings and further information: 02 4236 0701

WEDNESDAY, 4^th June  – 8pm, Bush Dance at Wongawilli Community

THURSDAY, 5^th June  – Dinner & Concert – Coopers, Culture & Colonial Cuisine – 7 Coopers beers with gourmet colonial food and lots of bush songs! Tickets $35 or $30 with a Gathering ticket. Hosted by Russell Hannah. Bookings 02 4236 701.

The menu: Course 1 - Queensland Bush Nuts, roasted and salted. (otherwise known as Macadamias) | Course 2 - Mutton and Barley Broth served with damper  | Course 3 - Marsupial Pie served with a Colonial Relish | Course 4 - Corned Beef seved with white sauce, boiled potato, and damper | Course 5 - Baked Lamb served with brown sauce, Boiled Queensland Blue Pumpkin, and peas | Course 6 - Bullocky’s Joy served with custard and cream | Course 7 - Selection of Colonial cheeses served with damper and billy tea | All courses served with a different Coopers ale, beer or stout. Light Beer available all night.

FRIDAY, 6^th June - 7:30 PM | Opening Concert, all performers 3 items each | Hall

SATURDAY, 7^th June

8:30 AM | Poets Breakfast - BYO poem, host Geoffrey Graham | Hall

10:00 AM | Undiscovered Tunes, Jane Brownlee | Loft

10:30 AM | Band Mix-Up Draw | Hall

11:00 AM | Dance Workshop, Queensland Quadrilles - Jan & Vic Orloff | Hall

11:00 AM | Share a Tune with No Such Thing | Loft

12:00 PM | CONCERT - Sing Us A Song - Us Not Them, Dave Johnson, Shiny Bum Singers | HAC

12:00 PM | The Magic Pudding told by Dave de Hugard | Loft

12:30 PM | Lunch with Lawson, host Len Neary | Hall

1:00 PM | Tunes for the Manly Quarantine Station - Jane Brownlee, Scott Bradburn | Loft

2:00 PM | Our Land, Our People, Bruce Watson | Loft

2:00 PM | Old Time Dance with Tilly Bea | Hall

2:10 PM | Australian Fiddle Fest - Eileen McCoy and others | HAC

3:00 PM | CONCERT - Stories of Australia - waltzing Dennis O'Keeffe, aborginal songwriter Glenn Skuthorpe & Band, Alan Musgrove & Bob McInnes | HAC

3:00 PM | Singabout Australian Songs with Dave Johnson | Loft

4:00 PM | Parodying Song - Shiny Bum Singers | Loft

4:30 PM | Australian Singing Session | Hall

5:00 PM | Fiddlers Session - Eileen McCoy & friends | Loft

5:10 PM | Stan Treacy's Limerick Competition | HAC

6:00 PM | Poets Corner - Blue the Shearer, Geoffrey Graham, Vic Jefferies, Vivienne Sawyer, David Meyers | Hall

6:00 PM | Happy Hour in the Brumby's Tavern with Wongawilli | HAC

6:40 PM | CONCERT - Oz Deli - Secret Party, Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Brownlee & Scott Bradburn, Glen Skuthopre & Band, Dave de Hugard, Bruce Watson, Collector | HAC

8:00 PM | MAJOR DANCE - Dancing Through the Years | Hall

8:20 PM | Jane Brownlee & Scott Bradburn | HAC

TRUE BLUE SUNDAY - Prizes for blue theme dress and creativity, 8^th June

8:30 AM | Poets Breakfast - BYO poem, host Vic Jefferies | Hall

10:00 AM | Cross Row Button Accordion - Dave de Hugard | Loft

11:00 AM | CONCERT - Early Country - Alan Musgrove, Us Not Them | HAC

11:00 AM | Dance Workshop - Colonial Dances to the music of Bert Jamieson | Hall

11:00 AM |  Share a Tune with Bush Music Club Concert Party | Loft

11:45 AM | Dave de Hugard in concert | Loft

12:00 PM | CONCERT - Two Up - Secret Party, Collector | HAC

12:30 PM | Lunch with Paterson, host Geoffrey Graham | Hall

12:30 PM | Bruce Watson in concert | Loft

1:15 PM | ABC Poet - True Blue the Shearer in Concert | Loft

1:50 PM | Special Labour History Presenation - The Original Waltzing Matilda, songs and story with Dennis O'Keeffe  & Dave de Hugard | HAC

2:00 PM | Old Time Dance & Marshall Mount CD Launch with Arthur Bowley | Hall

2:10 PM | Australian Fiddle Fest - Eileen McCoy and others | Loft

3:00 PM | Old Time Dance, Tilly Bea | Hall

3:00 PM | Secret Party in Concert | Loft

3:10 PM | CONCERT - Trad&Now National Folk Magazine - Jodi Martin from Ceduna SA, Shiny Bum Singers, Bruce Watson, Wongawilli | HAC

3:45 PM | Folklore of the Australian Railways, songs, stories, poems with Russell Hannah | Loft

4:30 PM | Australian Singing Session | Hall

4:45 PM | Mike Martin in concert | Loft

6:00 PM | Rhyme and No Reason - poetry concert with Blue the Shearer, Geoffrey Graham, Vic Jefferies, David Meyers  | Hall

6:10 PM | Variety Australian Style Cabaret Concert hosted by Jumping Calamity Jane | HAC

7:00 PM | CONCERT, CD LAUNCH - As Good as New, Us Not Them | HAC

7:40 PM | CONCERT - Australian Combo - young songwriter Jodi Martin, Australian balladeer Dave de Hugard, Jane Brownlee & Scott Bradburn, Alan Musgrove & Bob McInnes, Dennis O'Keeffe, Australian trad big band Collector | HAC

8:00 PM | MAJOR DANCE - Masked Ball, formal dress and mask | Hall

MONDAY - All Events at the Albion Park RSL Memorial Club, 9^th June

8:30 AM | Poets Breakfast - BYO poem, host Geoffrey Graham

10:30 AM | Band Mix-Up Concert, lots of fun and creativity

12:30 PM | Bushrangers Country Dance Concert, Wongawlli & Dancers

1:30 PM | Finale Concert

Further information on the Gathering is available at http://www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au/Festival_2003.htm.

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