Battery World staff member Jared disposes of a used battery in the recycling bin.
Each year 8,000 tonnes of hazardous battery waste ends up in landfill.
In a bid to preserve the environment, Canberra Battery World has launched a recycling program to encourage the community to stop throwing out this hazardous waste in the normal garbage.
A recent Australian Bureau of Statistics report stated that batteries were the most common form of hazardous waste disposed of in Australian households and that 97 per cent disposed of batteries via their usual rubbish collection.
Canberra Battery World franchisee Mark Roberts said as society became more dependent on portable power, batteries were an increasing environmental problem and a long-term plan was needed to limit the amount of battery waste entering landfill.
"The chemicals in batteries are toxic and can contaminate soil and harm wildlife so we don’t want them going into landfill," Mr Roberts said.
"Most batteries can be recycled so we urge the community to be responsible and bring their used batteries to our store so they can be disposed of safely.
“Our store is conveniently located and has parking so it just a matter or quickly popping in and dumping old batteries in the purple-and-yellow Battery World recycling bins, rather than dumping them into the trash which will ultimately harm our environment.”
Canberra Battery World provides this service to consumers free of charge and not only sorts all batteries collected to ensure they go to the correct recycling plants but also arranges delivery of them to the plants.
Battery World is Australia’s largest and most comprehensive retail battery chain which has access to more than 10,000 batteries and accessories. Along with many other items, Battery World can power a range of household, industrial, recreational, marine, technical and cosmetic items and is the most convenient place for customers to obtain all their portable needs.
To locate your local Battery World store please go to www.batteryworld.com.au or call 13 17 60.
One of Australia’s most adored, multi-award winning female entertainers, Rhonda Burchmore takes her beautiful new album “Pure Imagination” on tour for the first time.
With 25 years experience covering the scope of TV, musical theatre, opera, film and cabaret, “Pure Imagination” the album is the closest performance to Rhonda’s heart.
Pure Imagination will take you on a magical journey of songs and stories about love, life, loss and fantasy, which showcases Rhonda’s multi- octave vocal ability, backed by simplistic jazz influenced, touching arrangements and string orchestration.
Classics such as ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, ‘Unchained Melody’, ‘Crying’, ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, ‘If You Go Away’, ‘At Last’, ‘In My Daughters Eyes’, ‘Seventeen’, ‘Send in the Clowns’, and ‘The Way Were’ are just to name a few. Chosen for their importance and relevance at certain times of Rhonda’s career, every song has a meaning and place that will be revealed by Rhonda on stage around the country. This is definitely an up close and personal intimate tour.
We all know she’s got some of THE best legs in the business, but Pure Imagination is about something much deeper than that. It’s about a voice which sparkles, climbs, dips and ultimately has two-and-a-half decades of experience wrapped confidently around it.
The 2 hour show will feature songs from “Pure Imagination” as well as some of Rhonda’s well known performances from musicals and shows such as ‘Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend’, ‘Fever’, ‘Sway’ and ‘To Sir With Love’ and some fabulous tap dancing thrown in, all backed by the amazing Ray Alldridge Orchestra
“from Bette Midler to Burt Bacharach, from Anthony Newley to the inimitable Peggy Lee, Burchmore segued from soul to swing to croon and sensual jazz, backed by the stylish and impeccable accompaniment of the Ray Alldridge Orchestra. Burchmore knew how to vamp and weave and spell, and she fascinated the audience with anecdotes of her childhood, meeting her idol Midler and singing a Bacharach song to the man himself. Whether raising goosebumps with ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ or belting out her Midler version of ‘I’m A Woman’, the effervescent, electrifying Burchmore raised the bar with Pure Imagination and brought world-class entertainment to Canberra’s own world-class Teatro Vivaldi. Diamonds maybe a girl’s best friend, but Pure Imagination is pure gold under Burchmore’s artful alchemy, it doesn’t get better than this” – Peter Wilkins, Canberra Times April 08.
www.rhondaburchmore.com
FRI 8TH AUG CANBERRA THEATRE, www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au
$55 inc B/F, $50 inc B/F for students, seniors, pensioners discount
Hello and welcome again to your Weekly Wot’s Wot in Folkus…
ed.
Page 3 item in the Sydney Morning Herald today says, "In a move clearly aimed at young women, a new kind of lo-calorie Vodka Cruiser …. is being promoted in Sydney bottle shops with the offer of free condoms and the chance to win a free pole dancing kit." says it all really doesn’t it… the Thugby League driven, Alan Jones adoring, Morris Iemma controlled, cultural centre of the universe……….
INDEX
1. This Week in Folkus
2. Next Week in Folkus
3. Parish Notices
4. The Comics
5. Sport
1.
This Week In Folkus – MORE STUNNING FOLKIE QUALITY!!!
The Folkus Room, (operates out of The Serbian Cultural Centre & Club) 5 Heard St. MAWSON ACT .. eastern side of Southlands Centre and just off Athllon Drive.. CHECK OUT OUR NEW MAPS PAGE…. www.thefolkus.org.au
Friday 23 May – The Transylvaniacs In Concert … Free range, backyard-distilled folk music direct from the villages of Transylvania to the catacombs of Mawson…….. BE THERE!
2. …….
Next Week In Folkus … THREE BIG SHOWS and they’re all BEST quality to the core …BOOK NOW!
Friday 30 May .. King Curly and The Doomsday Piano with some friends of theirs; Jordan Best
Saturday 31 May .. Sat Arvo Jazz – 2pm to 5pm … floor spots plus Judi Pearce & The Arrangement
Sunday 1 June .. The Yearlings; Doctor Stovepipe
3.
Parish Notices……..
3a. The Folkus Room is offering annual subscriptions. … WE NEED YOU!
3b. The Canberra Irish Players are near to finishing rehearsals for another hit out ….Make sure you keep a night free for the Irish Community Players latest production of Bernard Farrell’s "therapeutic" comedy, "I Do Not Like Thee, Dr Fell", which will be on at the Canberra Irish Club, 6 Parkinson St, Weston, from 2nd to 5th June at 8 pm. Tickets cost $20 for Adults and $15 for Concessions, and bookings will be available at the club in a few week’s time on 62887451. Don’t miss the play that helped launch Liam Neeson’s career…
3c. Folkus on Blues is about to get happening. If you are a bluesy performer we would like to meet with you or your representative at The Folkus Room (Serbian Club, Heard St, Mawson) at midday on Saturday 31st May. If you can’t attend, or arrange a representative, and would like to be part of the Folkus initiative, please email me to that effect and I’ll see that your act is included. It would help too if band reps could come armed with a list of available dates – your diaries ladies and gentlemen.
3d. The notice with depth & C21…. Follow The Folkus into winter. The program just keeps getting better. We are also expecting to be able to present more jazz and blues/roots stuff as aficionados of those genres become more aware of the breadth of our charter.
4. … Hello John,
An old man was on his death bed, and wanted to be buried with his money. He called his priest, his doctor and his lawyer to his bedside. "Here’s $300,000 cash to be held by each of you. I trust you to put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me." At the funeral, each man put an envelope in the coffin. Riding away in a limousine, the priest suddenly broke into tears and confessed, "I only put $200,000 into the envelope because I needed $100,000 to repair the roof of the church." "Well, since we’re confiding in each other," said the doctor, "I only put $100,000 in the envelope because we needed a new X-ray machine for the pediatrics ward at the hospital which cost $200,000." The lawyer was aghast. "I’m ashamed of both of you," he exclaimed. "I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin, I enclosed my personal cheque for the full $300,000."
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
if you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!" Thomas Parke D’Invilliers .. (F Scott Fitzgerald)
Stay Well & Truly Silly Gentle Folk
Bill Arnett
The Folkus Room
Canberra’s Acoustic Preference
61-2-62627265
0407 434 469 www.thefolkus.org.au
"No Strangers Come Here – Just Friends We Have Not Yet Met"
All Welcome, suited to beginners and those with some mosaic experience
About this workshop:
Sydney based mosaic artist, Christina Macaulay, will guide participants through some of the traditional laying techniques to create a replica of a segment of a roman mosaic, 25cm square. A choice of 5 roman mosaic templates will be provided. The method we will learn is a traditional laying technique as taught by the Mosaic School in Ravenna, Italy.
The material we work with is unglazed porcelain tile which offers a similar palette to the marble used in roman mosaics of the 2nd and 3rd century. Christina will cover a range of mosaic methods, but the workshop will focus on the laying style that achieves the look of the traditional mosaics of the early Roman period. This course provides a solid foundation in design and techniques which will enable participants to continue on with more ambitious mosaic projects at home.You will also be provided with information about materials used in both traditional and contemporary mosaic works, adhesives suited to specific situations, and some basic rules about mosaic design and laying styles.We will also cover setting up a home workshop and occupational health and safety issues that relate to mosaic practice. Course notes will be provided.
About your Tutor:
Christina Macaulay is a Sydney mosaic artist based at the Lennox St. Studios in Newtown. Christina trained in mosaic at the Ravenna School in Italy and with Emma Biggs in London. She teaches at her Newtown Studio and the Mosman Community College and has taught residential courses at the MacGregor Summer and Winter Schools. In Spring 2008 she will teach at the Grafton Artfest. Christina has completed several commissions for private clients in Sydney and Canberra and exhibits her work locally. She is a skilled tutor who enjoys sharing her extensive knowledge and skills in this ancient art form with her students.
Where: Strathnairn Arts Centre HOLT ACT
When: Sat. 2ND & Sun. 3RD AUGUST
Cost: $275 per person (Includes tuition, all materials, grouts, adhesive, backing board and use of tools)
For enrolment details please contact Christina on
P:02 9557 9550, M: 0403 988 545 or E: [email protected]
Jennifer Hutchison, CEO of Yarra Valley and Dandenongs Marketing
Attracting tourists from India to Victoria
By Rama Gaind
Jennifer Hutchison, as the CEO of Yarra Valley and Dandenongs Marketing, takes pride in selling the many tourism attributes of this Victorian region to the national and overseas market.
In particular, she has been investigating market strategies involved in attracting international tourists.
Speaking of the numerous ways in which this could be done, Ms Hutchison’s eagerness could not be curtailed. A goodwill mission to China and Hong Kong has proved successful, with a trip to India set to reap dividends in the very near future.
Ms Hutchison is quick to point out that tangible inroads are also being made into the Indian market by tourist offices in Sydney, Gold Coast, Port Douglas and Port Stephens.
The Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs region gets around 26% of the international visitors that come to Melbourne.
“We know that the international percentage is higher than we can measure,” she said. “Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs is as big as Switzerland. However, Dandenong is not as sophisticated as the Yarra Valley.”
About an hour’s drive out of Melbourne, venturing into this region is an experience that should not be overlooked.
Statistics show that for the year ending December 2007, there were almost 1.5 million overnight visitors to Victoria, with 325,161 visiting regional Victoria. An estimated 26,718 people visited the Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs, which represents annual average growth of 8%.
Ms Hutchison’s enthusiasm for future tourism growth cannot be contained as she elaborated on her visit to India last year as part of a tourism delegation.
She pointed out that 30 million Indians travelled outside India every year, with visitor expenditure from India being AUD$232 on trips to Australia during 2004.
Official statistics reveal that for the year ended December 2007, tourists from India to Victoria had increased by 13.8%. About 32,375 visitors of Indian origin visited Victoria – an increase of 10.8%. This trend is likely to increase with forecasts of almost 135,000 in 2016, a jump of over 16%.
Ms Hutchison recalled fond memories of her short stay in India when crucial meetings were held with tourism representatives in Mumbai, New Delhi and Jaipur.
“First stop was in Mumbai where we met with 90 travel agents and told them about Dandenong, penguins on Phillip Island and the Yarra Valley,” Ms Hutchison said.
“After a little hesitancy in grasping the geographical standing of the Dandenongs, it was referred to as Melbourne’s hill station,” she said. “I am confident that it will lead to a good yield with the honeymoon and incentive market. “
In the capital of New Delhi, it was a day of presentations with Thomas Cook and Cox and Kings, a company which celebrates 250 years in 2008.
“Then it was on to Jaipur for six days for a trade show in which 40 different Australian tour operators and 100 agents from all over Australia. I was very happy with the trade mission. There was excellent input by representatives of the trade industry, who worked sincerely and were enthusiastic about learning more.
“I’m excited about the possibilities for Australia and have high aspirations … I was amazed at the burgeoning wine industry in India, cool climate wines that are soft on the palate.”
While in India, she didn’t let the opportunity go by without visiting Udaipur with her husband. She stayed at Fateh Prakash Palace which is classified as a Grand Heritage Palace. It was a soothing break from the rigours of city life with picturesque views of Lake Pichola, Jagmandir Island Palace, Lake Palace and the Sajjangarh Fort.
Away from the hectic work schedule, Ms Hutchison got caught up with the cricketmania sweeping the country as she backed the winners when India won the 20-20 cricket and it was a “fascinating experience” to be in the crowd when India won against Pakistan.
“The crowd was happy to learn that we were Australian.“
As the Australian Men’s Team steps up its Towards Croatia 2009 Program in preparation for its participation in the 2009 Men’s Handball World Championship, I wish to share this video taken at the 2007 World Championship. The World Championship will be held in Croatia in January 2009.
The fantastic goal by Bevan Calvert in the game versus France was selected as ‘Play of Day’ and was shown before the Denmark vs Norway game which was watched by millions of people.
Go Aussies!
P.S. Rough Translation of commentary:
"If there was a question regarding Australia’s participation in the World Championship, there was no question as to the determination of Bevan Calvert. It was such a close shave that the Goalie should shave off his moustache."
The Lions Club of Canberra Lake Tuggeranong are holding a charity ball and auction at the Erindale Vikings club auditorium on June 21, 2008, starting at 6 p.m.
The band Little Rock will be performing and all proceeds from the night will be used for projects to assist the community.
Major auction items include signed memorabilia from U2, the Rolling Stones and Peter Brock and more items would be most welcome. To donate items please contact Heath on 0400190622.
Tickets are on sale at the auditorium or you can call 6121 2131. It should be a great night and your support would be greatly appreciated.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) also known as, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), affects 140,000 Australians. This poorly understood illness, not only by the general public but unfortunately by some within the medical community as well, places severe limitations on the daily lives of those affected by it. It is estimated that 25% of people affected by it are permanently bed or house-bound. Currently there is no known cause for ME/CFS and no cure.
May is International ME/CFS Awareness Month. The ACT ME/CFS Society is encouraging the ACT community to break the isolation of those affected by ME/CFS through an awareness campaign and fundraising for support and research. This year we are promoting the Canadian medical treatment guidelines (the Canadian consensus document) in the ACT. These guidelines provide a clinical case definition and guidelines for medical practitioners that are regarded as a benchmark for best practice treatment of the illness.
“Everyone knows, directly or indirectly, someone who has ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It is important that we, as their friends, family and community, reach out to these people and break the isolation and disability of their disease” said Ms Mary Campbell, President of the ACT ME/CFS Society.
People with ME/CFS have symptoms such as profound exhaustion, memory and concentration impairment, muscle pain, sleep disturbance headaches and other flu-like symptoms. In some cases the illness causes persistent disability while others it follows a relapse and remitting course.
“Many sufferers of ME/CFS not only face months of tests for diagnosis and a life of daily limitations but a world of stigma and misunderstanding.” Ms Campbell said.
Help us show support for those affected by ME/CFS. Donate by calling 6290 1984 or put someone you know in touch with the ACT ME/CFS Society.
ACT ME/CFS Society provides support, information and advocacy for people affected by the illness. It provides support services to its members such as self-help courses and support groups as well as access to a support worker and telephone information support service. The Society also provides information to patients, medical practitioners and the public; and promotes research.
For more information visit the website at www.mecfscanberra.org.au or email the centre at [email protected].
Mogo Zoo’s chimpanzee exhibit is in its final stages of completion. Our dream is almost a reality. Holly and Luis would love you to join us for this special occasion.
When: Sunday, 1st June, 2008 – 9am to 4pm
Where: Mogo Zoo, 222 Tomakin Road, Mogo, NSW
Entry: Normal admission prices apply – adults $20, children $10, families $54 (2 adults & 2 children 3-15 yrs)
The day will be fun-packed filled with activities including a jumping castle, cartoon characters handing out treats for the kids, show bags, animal dress-up parade and special keeper talks.
Holly’s 20th Birthday Party Raffle
The first 20 tickets drawn will help celebrate Holly’s 20th birthday with a private party to be held on the Chimp Family Fun Day on 1st June, 2008
Raffle tickets are $2 each and can be pre-purchased from the Zoo’s reception.
Live in Canberra Executive Director Jeremy Lasek speaks with potential new Canberrans following a seminar in Pretoria.
The Live in Canberra and Skilled and Business Migration Program team returned from South Africa last week with many strong leads for future skilled and business migration as a result of the Live in Canberra seminar series held in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria.
Over 300 highly qualified South Africans attended the seminars that included presentations from several Brumbies players who promoted the opportunities in Canberra for skilled and business migrants. Live in Canberra supporter Premium Placements Director, Jandy Godfrey was also on hand to inform people of the many job opportunities in Canberra.
Several South Africans who have already chosen Canberra as their destination to live and work attended the seminars. New ACT Darters Netball coach, Bronwyn Bock-Jonathan brought her family along to the Cape Town seminar to learn more about life in our capital before their arrival in June.
The presence of the Brumbies players at the seminars sparked plenty of interest, with the players having high profiles in South Africa. Brumby and Wallaby, Guy Sherperdson was raised in Canberra and spoke very highly of Canberra as a place to live and work.
The team liaised with several South African based migration agents leading up to the visit and invited their clients to attend the seminars. As a result the team was able to speak directly to people already committed to moving to Australia who possessed the skills needed in Canberra. The association with the migration agents has proven very successful, with some committing to visit Canberra to be better able to promote the city to their clients.
New enquiries from South Africa are still being received daily with the visit accounting for a significant spike in website visits and requests for Live in Canberra information packs.
With the ACT Government committing further funding to address the skills shortage in Canberra the Live in Canberra and Skilled and Business Migration team will continue to work together to target overseas markets.
Media contact: Jeremy Lasek, Executive Director, Live in Canberra
Mobile: 0417 652 771
Press Release: The year the world changed: May 1968 in France and Italy.
1968 was the year that changed the world. From the Tet offensive, to the Russian invasion of Czechoslovkia, to the riots outside the Chicago Democatic convention to May 68 in France, the old order shook in fear of a new world and radical change.
Socialist Alternative presents two key speakers on the exciting events that unfolded in Europe and elsewhere and challenged the very rule of capital.
Australian Marxist Mick Armstrong will talk about May 1968 in France, when ten million workers went on strike for weeks and shook French capitalism to its core.
Yuri Colombo, an Italian socialist, will talk of the slow burn in Italy over the period 1967 to 1969, a period that arguably threatened the very existence of Italian capitalism.
When? Wednesday 21 May at 6 pm
Where? Room G008 Moran Building ANU
For further information or to interview Mick and Yuri please contact John on 0401 141 345 or email [email protected]
15 May 2008 Travelling alone to another country can be a pretty daunting thing for a teenager. Even more so when moving in with a new family, starting at a new school, and basically trying to make a life on the other side of the world are a part of the package. But with this thought in mind, eight high school students from around the world will pack their bags for the ACT this August to embark on a student exchange through AFS Intercultural Programs. Now, AFS is offering residents in and around Canberra the chance to experience a different culture in their own home as a volunteer host family!
This year has been declared as the International Year of Languages by the United Nations General Assembly, promoting the idea that “genuine multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international understanding”. Learning a new language is paramount to the AFS mission. The ability to speak another language helps to better facilitate an understanding of another culture, a notion which is at the very core of what AFS stands for.
This is something that Florence Hiernaux from Belgium is a big believer in. The 17 year old is due to spend one year in the ACT learning about Australia and broadening her cultural horizons. “I really want to discover a new country, another way of life and of thinking, to learn a lot of things and, of course, to meet a new family… I think it is very positive for both the host family and the student because we both can learn from each other!”
Florence has big plans for her future, and sees her AFS experience as an invaluable stepping stone to fulfilling her goals. “I really love languages, meeting new people and travelling around the world,” she says, hoping to one day become a translator. “Five people from my family have participated on an exchange program and they all encouraged me to do the same because it was a very positive experience for them. I’m really excited, now that my turn has come, to go and live a wonderful and different experience in your country!”
The benefits of hosting an exchange student affect the whole family. It is a wonderful way to learn about a different culture first-hand, and when exchange students return home they take with them a memorable part of Australian culture.
AFS Australia has been arranging exchanges since 1959, with network partners operating in more than 50 countries. They aim to promote tolerance and respect through greater intercultural understanding and learning. Anyone interested in hosting Florence, or any other AFS exchange student, should go to www.afs.org.au and submit an online application. Please contact Laura Frot on 0424 504 612 or email [email protected] with any questions.
AFS Intercultural Programs is one of the world’s largest not-for-profit community-based volunteer organisations and is dedicated to building a more just and peaceful world through intercultural exchange. A network of 52 AFS partner organisations run programs involving over 11,000 students, young adults and teachers each year. AFS Australia has sent over 15,000 Australian teenagers overseas and hosted more than 25,000 exchange students and community service volunteers since 1959. For more information about AFS, visit www.afs.org.au or email [email protected].
Hello and welcome again to your Weekly Wot’s Wot in Folkus…
ed.
a restful and reflective weekend, one year on… it’s been a remarkable time!
I need to thank everyone associated with the Folkus Room and the journey we’ve had since I took the step off the cliff a year ago today…. >From the steely inspiration of those few very close friends (you know who you are!) who helped me decide to take that step to Cliff and Seamus (who wouldn’t let me stop at all at all) and to those marvellous people who came on board with money and in-kind support I say thank you. The Folkus Room is growing steadily and is proving to be something that the Canberra live music scene has needed for some time. I’m very proud to have been a part of the process that has got it going. To Kevin Austin our sound wizard, the team of volunteers who do the hard yards of putting the room together each week and to the staff at the Serbian Club I express deep, heartfelt gratitude.
To ALL of you – it could not have happened without the contribution of every one of you – THANK YOU!
2008/9 looks like being a year of consolidation and steady growth. Be assured, the accent will always be on quality in everything we do so as to provide value for money and real, live entertainment that is second to none in our beautiful city.
This operation does not come without cost so we are seeking help from several quarters. One such that all of you could consider would be the annual subscription offer and I invite you to examine detail about that at your leisure Click HERE for details… several people have taken up the offer but we need many more to give the project a credible basis.
Thank you once again …
INDEX
1. This Week in Folkus
2. Next Week in Folkus
3. Parish Notices
4. The Comics
5. Sport
1.
This Week In Folkus –
The Folkus Room, (operates out of The Serbian Cultural Centre & Club) 5 Heard St. MAWSON ACT .. eastern side of Southlands Centre and just off Athllon Drive.. CHECK OUT OUR NEW MAPS PAGE….
Saturday 17 May from 2.00pm to 5(ish) … $12/$10 … and just $5 student concession…
but kids with mums &/or dads are Freeeeee!
Saturday Arvo Jazz with The Black Mountain Jazz Band
Among the first people to come on board with assistance in this Folkus Room project was the Canberra Jazz Club. Their "in house" band TBMJB has been playing around the traps for centuries and I personally will be extremely disappointed if they don’t do their FAMOUS rendition of "The Codfish Ball" (which used to get people VERY excited in the 1980s at the Yacht Club)….. They’re the feature act PLUS we’ll have open mic & jam opportunities… You never know who might turn up here BUT, …. I have it on good authority that our resident talents DJ and the Karismakatz AND Kooky Fandango will probably contribute something……. If you can imagine the voices of DJ Gosper AND Courtney Stark-Smith on the same bill then you won’t want to miss it will you!
2.
Next Week In Folkus …
Friday 23 May – The Transylvaniacs In Concert … Free range, backyard-distilled folk music direct from the villages of Transylvania to the catacombs of Mawson
3.
Parish Notices……..
3a. The Folkus Room is offering annual subscriptions.
3b. The Canberra Irish Players are near to finishing rehearsals for another hit out ….Make sure you keep a night free for the Irish Community Players latest production of Bernard Farrell’s "therapeutic" comedy, "I Do Not Like Thee, Dr Fell", which will be on at the Canberra Irish Club, 6 Parkinson St, Weston, from 2nd to 5th June at 8 pm. Tickets cost $20 for Adults and $15 for Concessions, and bookings will be available at the club in a few week’s time on 62887451. Don’t miss the play that helped launch Liam Neeson’s career…
3c. THE ROMANTICS….
GUNNING CONCERT: 2.00pm SUNDAY 18 MAY 2008
CANBERRA CONCERT: 8.00pm SATURDAY 24 MAY 2008
The Oriana Chorale, through the power of the voice, will explore this important part of our heritage from the Romantic period.
"We are delighted once again to be directed by Tobias Cole, one of Australia’s most distinguished countertenors and who performs regularly as soloist with Opera Australia. Toby made his Canberra conducting debut to great acclaim last year in Oriana’s performance of Rautavaara’s Vigilia, following this with Oriana’s equally-acclaimed interpretation of An Australian Summer." The music spans a wide range of styles and emotions: the ecstatic reverence and penitence of Verdi and Rossini; the confident affirmation of faith by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Bruckner; the enigmatic reflections of Max Reger; and the sonorous expression of piety in the Russian Orthodox tradition by Glinka and Tchaikovsky. Underpinning many of these works is the debt owed to the musical foundations provided by JS Bach – in particular his use of the chorale. The concert too acknowledges this debt to Bach: the program starts with a famous song in its original secular form – a love song, you will recognise the tune – and ends with one of Bach’s well-known arrangements of it in chorale form….. Tickets are $25 (concessions available) at the door or from members. Oriana Chorale Inc is grateful for the support of the ACT Government…. Coming up in August, the Oriana Chorale has invited two other important Canberra Choirs – The Resonants and Igitur Nos – to join us in offering to Canberra audiences a feast of music from the Renaissance, to be conducted by Andrew Carwood, director of music at St Paul’s Cathedral in London…. Further information is available from Liz McKenzie, 0417 44 22 32; or Richard Brabin-Smith, 6249 6459 and 0404 461 450.
3d. The notice with depth & C21…. Follow The Folkus into winter. The program just keeps getting better. We are also expecting to be able to present more jazz and blues/roots stuff as aficionados of those genres become more aware of the breadth of our charter.
Stay Well & Truly Silly Gentle Folk
Bill Arnett
The Folkus Room
Canberra’s Acoustic Preference
61-2-62627265
0407 434 469
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