Duke's Place with Shortis & Simpson, Sat 21st December 2019, 7.30 for 8pm start

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How Good Is 2019?

A satirical look at the events and characters of the year we’ve almost survived

In a year when the Prime Minister is writing their titles for them, Canberra’s leading musical satirists, Shortis and Simpson, confirm what a stunning year this has been as they take you on a roller coaster ride through the stories and characters that have made 2019 so memorable.

2019 - the year when the unwinnable election was won, Abbott fell off his bike, the polls were up the pole, and Shorten fell short. When Greenland was almost sold, journalists were raided by the AFP, a cardinal lost his appeal, and Aldi shopping bags became the new method of making political donations.

Yes, in the year when the election gave us ScoMo, the ALP gave us Albo, and Brexit gave us BoJo, John Shortis and Moya Simpson (JoSho and Simmo) reckon that all you can do is laugh. So join them as they go Morrison dancing, and prove, in the words of The Titanium Man himself- How Good Is 2019?

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Aims of the Bush Music Club, as given in the Editorial in Singabout 1(1) January 1956 - to popularise Australian folk song and to encourage the composition of a new kind of song - one that is traditional in style but contemporary in theme.

Duke's Place, usually 2nd Fridays February to December, 7.30 for 8pm start - concert is often followed by a session.

Bush Music Club  
Tritton Hall, Hut 44
Addison Road Centre
142 Addison Road, Marrickville

$10, BYOG and a contribution for supper  

enquiries Sandra 9358 4886 

www.bushmusic.org.au         http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/

Map of Addison Road Centre   https://addiroad.org.au/visit-us/  Park in the carpark and follow the path on the right side of the big hall - the Hut is across the grass, decorated with dancers & musicians.

Duke's Place, named after our honoured early member Harold 'Duke' Tritton (1886-1965), is the place to go once a month for a great night of Australian songs in concert and session. Duke was a powerful singer who supplied BMC with many songs he had learnt in his younger days while working as a shearer and at other bush jobs. He was also a songwriter and poet giving us songs that have entered the tradition such as Sandy Hollow Line and Shearing in the Bar.

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