Monday, 8 May 2023

Festival Reports - 2023 National Folk Festival - Members & friends gigs

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Photos © Sandra Nixon

Festival Reports - 2023 National Folk Festival - BMC & friends

Festival reports - 2023 National Folk Festival  - Dance


Concert & Singing Session Memorials to John Thompson - The Greenman

1.  Concert finale - Nicole & cast

2.  Singing session - Nicole with guitar

3.  Cathy, Miguel, Chris, Tom

4.  Singers

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Singing sessions 

5.  Paul, Cath, Chris, Prue


6.  Visiting English singers Hazel Richings and Christine Connolly


7.  Ruby, Miguel, Chris, Anthony


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Thursday night Bohemia Bar session

8. Dallas, ?, Don, Jude, Patrick,  ?, Cathy, Margaret, ?, Chris, Miguel

9. Dallas, Don, ?, Jude, Patrick,  ?, Cathy, Margaret, ChrisC, ChrisM, Miguel

10.  Dallas, Don, ?, Jude, Patrick,  ?, Cathy, Margaret, ChrisC, ChrisM, Miguel

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Margaret Walters - Five decades of singing

11. Margaret & friends

12. Margaret had too many friends, so continued outside

13.  Margaret's Granddaughters Grace & Leni, both singers

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15. Martyn Wyndham-Read, one of Margaret's friends

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 Canberra Shanty Club

16.  Don Brian - Canberra Shanty Club 

17.  Shanty t-shirt

18. Captain & parrot

19.  Jen Brian

20. After the group photo

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Street Choirs - Ecopella & Solidarity


21.  Ecopella salute

22. Ecopella portrait

23. Solidarity

24.  Solidarity

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Community Hymn singing with Roger Holmes & his Beautiful Assistants - Anne, Jennie & Sandra


25.  ?, Roger, Anne, Chris

26.  Roby, Tom 

27. Congregation

28. Meredith, Roger, Anne

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Bruce Watson

29.  Bruce Watson in concert

30-32.  Bruce dancing with Shirley Andrews

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33. Bruce is also a Zamponista, a Bolivian Panpiper!

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34. Music tattoo

35. Steve & his jigdoll

36.  The Parade



37. The Parade 

38. Artist at work 

39. Unusual instrument  - bass banjo (identified by Ann Palumbo, 24/06/23)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_banjo

40.  folkie cat 

41. Easter was early this year, so the famous red trees were very green

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Festival reports - 2023 National Folk Festival - Dance

Click images for larger size.

Photos © Sandra Nixon

Festival Reports - 2023 National Folk Festival - Members & friends gigs

Festival Reports - 2023 National Folk Festival - BMC & friends




Heritage Ball presented by the Victorian Heritage Dance Band & friends, Melbourne Colonial Dancers 

1. Two Belles on their way to the Ball

2. Norm Ellis & Jane Bullock (left) led the Grand March

3.  Showing the way

4.  Beautiful gowns

5. Group doing a (sedate) basket

6. New fashion for display of crinolines & corsets!

7.  Dancers

8.  Dancers  

9. Queen Victoria aka Kathy Potter 

 

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Dividing Range Dancers with music from Short Dented Potts 

10. Band  & dancers

11.  Dancers

12.  Dancers

13.  Coordinator Antonella Salpietro, (left), & Alex & Julie Bishop

14.  Dancers & band

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Dancers without Borders present Balkan Dance

15. Rehearsal

16.  Rehearsal


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Heather Clarke, Philips Dog & Short Dented Potts present English Country Dance

17.  Heather (left) wearing sash

18.  Caller David Potter 

19. Philip's Dog & Short Dented Potts 

20.  Dancers

21.  Dancers

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Massed Morris 

22. Massed Morris

23. Young fans

24.  Morris

25.  Smock
26.  Morris

27.  Morris

28.  Sophie from Black Joak

29.  Massed Morris

30.  Hobby Horse



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Old Time Tea Dance with Norm Ellis & the Melbourne Colonial Dance Band

31.  Band & set

32.  Jane Bullock

33.  Dance Board, Norm calling 

34.  Dancers

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