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Song
O where does the dancer dance-
the invisible centre spin-
whose bright periphery holds
the world we wander in?
For it is he we seek-
the source and death of desire;
we blind as blundering moths
around the heart of fire.
Caught between birth and death
we stand alone in the dark
to watch the blazing wheel
on which the earth is a spark,
crying, Where does the dancer dance-
the terrible centre spin,
whose flower will open at last
to let the wanderer in?
Judith Wright by permission of Meredith McKinney
MUSIC and PERFORMANCE
Community Concert Friday night at St Bedes.
Featuring local performers presenting acoustic songs and music, inspired by the festival themes of identity and environment. An inclusive broad range of performers including schoolchildren, songwriters, choirs and other singers. A range of styles from classical to hip hop. A concert to support and present music making in and by the local community.
Saturday night Concert
After the parade come down to he national theatre for a night of fine music and song writing. The concert will feature Dave Steel and Johnny Huckle.
Dave Steel
Dave Steel
is a veteran of the Australian music scene and a founding member of Weddings
Parties, Anything. He has toured extensively and recorded with Archie
Roach and other Australian musicians. His own songs are strongly influenced
by a sense of place and identity through connection to the land, and stylistically
are blues and roots influenced. He has just released his 8th album, "Blues
and ballads". This is a rare opportunity to see him perform in this
part of the country and one not to be missed
Johnny Huckle
is a Wirradjuri man now living in Canberra who presents an energetic performance
of original songs, traversing themes of love, connection and spirit. He
will be performing songs from his newly released album "Spirit Man".
His live performance is heartfelt moving and spiced with humour.
Singing the themes
On Saturday and Sunday morning start the day with a singing session in the park. Songs will be simple, singable songs, taught by ear and memory with the emphasis on singing together for connection and fun. Local women Mary Appleby who directs the Braidwood Cantors and Merrilyn Simmons who works with Acapalerang will lead these sessions.
Songwriting (Creating the themes)
A concurrent songwriting session featuring Dave Steel, Karuna, and Johhny Huckle. Come and get involved in creating our own words and music as part of a series of group sessions in a range of styles from folk to hip hop to blues. The hope is that some performable songs will be created for the end of festival wind up session on Sunday.
Braidwood Folk Club Open Stage
Once again Braidwood Folk Club will be hosting their popular open stage for performers of all kinds. This will run at the Serrated Tussock Café each day of the festival from 4pm
Sunday Concert:
"On the Edge
of Silence" - A Chorus of Women
On the Edge of Silence is a poetic response to the crisis of climate change. It holds the full emotional realisation of consequences while listening compassionately to silent distress in the Australian community. A CHorus of Women reflects on fear; grief for lost European wisdoms; what happens when political objectives over-ride wise counsel; and our forgetting that science and art twine together to speak deep truths. The performance listens into the fragile possibility that our hearts and minds might find ways to unite in the human consciousness for which the Earth is calling.
Chorus Of Women
The
Wayfarers
Judith Clingan comments on this year's Wayfarers performance at the festival: "Wayfarers is a group which is always keen to try new repertoire, especially by Australian composers. "Kakadu" 1990 (words jointly by my mother, poet Marian Clingan, and myself) deals with the now-vanished ways of life of the indigenous peoples of Kakadu - we have performed it as music theatre all over Europe, always arousing great interest in all things Australian, especially the topic of the coming together of the European and the indigenous cultures. My interest in this topic led to my writing "Spiritus Sanctus Australis", when I was the ACT Creative Artists Fellow 2001-2. It is a plea for an awakening of the conscience of all non-indigenous Australians - we have performed it all over Australia. "Where does the Dancer Dance?" has been written especially for this festival, honouring Judith Wright's prophetic vision."
Wayfarers Australia was originally Waldorf Wayfarers, an Australia-wide
choir of students, teachers and parents connected to Waldorf or Steiner
schools around Australia, which was founded by Judith Clingan A.M. in
1997. It is now open to anyone who loves singing choral music - our repertoire
ranges from early European to contemporary Australian, via folk songs
from many cultures. We often add movement/drama to our presentations,
and tour regularly both inside and outside Australia. New members of all
ages are welcome (there are training groups as well as performing groups).
Please contact Judith on 62874132
or 0410 617 427.
Contact Chris Watson
or Merrilyn Simmons
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