Photos from the 11th Annual John Dengate Memorial Get Together, August 2024 (updated July 2025)

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*Photo featured is John’s Stage Plan that he filled out for the year 2000 Jamberoo Illawarra Folk Festival. Supplied by Jason Roweth.

Unfortunately some performers couldn't be wth us, & Doug's video was unable to be shown. 

July 2025 - email from Leyne

SURPRISE VIDEOS FROM LAST YEAR!

Those of you who joined us online last year for the 11th Annual Get Together (or in person at the Gaelic Club) would know of the horrendous tech problems that resulted in - shall we say - not much of a concert!

I did some filming on the day, the files of which I thought I had lost in a computer storage mishap BUT I found them a few weeks back. I have done some editing and there are now 20 videos from the event on YouTube.

Here is the link to the videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLjTxh8iaPeEatAOeNYP60Lt2Un5KVzh0&si=CAmO0MQKXKNDDxnK/

List of videos:
Lachlan Dengate & Stephanie original song 'Balmain'
Sean Dengate original song ‘Dutton dressed up as Lamb’
Sean Dengate original song ‘Make America Great Debate Again’
Russell Hannah original poem 'I'd Like to Have a Beer with Dengate'
Russell Hannah 'King Named Ned' by Blue the Shearer & original poem 'The Cub'
Jenny Watson ‘Catastrophe in South London’ by John Dengate
John Tubridy original song ‘Banking Royal Commission Song’
John Tubridy original song 'Where Have All The Folkies Gone?'
Margaret Bradford 'Liberate from the Net' poem by Brian Jonathon (Ex-Pres. NSW Folk Federation)
Peter Grislis 'The Canonisation of Peteris Grislis' by John Dengate
Chris Maltby 'Song of Childhood' by John Dengate
Chris Maltby & Margaret Walters 'Song of the Sheet Metal Worker' by John Dengate
Margaret Walters 'Pine Gap' by John Dengate
Di Clifford ‘The Last Train to Guildford’ by John Dengate
Seamus Gill ‘The Queensland Policeman’ & ‘The Queensland Medley’ by John Dengate
David Iverach story about John Dengate
David Iverach stories & 'The Lanes of Wooloomooloo' by John Dengate
Max & Leyne Elbourne 'Bare Legged Kate' by John Dengate
Max & Leyne Elbourne, Russell Carey 'The Trifecta Song' by John Dengate
Max & Leyne Elbourne, Gae Maidment 'Marrickville Tennis Club' by John Dengate

Photos © Sandra Nixon 

1. MC Max 

2. Doug 

3. Helen, Margaret Bradford, Frank & Anne Maher 

4. Sean, Dale, David

5. audience

6. audience 

7. Leyne setting up camera

8. BigRuss & Dale

9. David & Sean

10. Anne Maher with daughter Helen

11. toast

12. Introduction by Dale 

13. Baton twirling by Mandy 

14. Baton twirling by Mandy  

15. Baton twirling by Mandy  

16.  Dale & Max

17. a special song 

17. Sean 

18. Sean 

19. ComradeSirBigRuss

20. Jenny 

21. Lachlan 

22. audience 

23. audience

24.  Sally

25. audience 

26. Lachlan 

27. Lachlan & Stephanie 

28.  sound check for Stephanie

29.  Margaret Bradford 

30. John Tubridy, winner of the 2019 Illawarra Folk Festival Dengate Parody competition

31. Chris Maltby 

32. Margaret Walters & Chris Maltby 

33. Margaret 

34. Di Clifford from Dubbo

35. Seamus Gill

36. David Iverach 

37. Dale, David Iverach

38. David Iverach

39. Max & Leyne 

40. Max, Leyne & Russel Carey

41.  Leyne & her parents, Gae & Max

42.   Gae, Leyne & Max

43.  Gae, Leyne, Max

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