Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Festival reports - Folk School & Tunes (Saturday) plus Concert Party & Scottish Fiddlers @ Illawarra Folk Festival, 2025

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Festival reports - Dale & John Dengate Parody Cup, Illawarra Folk Festival 2025 

Festival Reports - Saplings @ Illawarra Folk Festival, 2025

Festival reports - Bush Dance, Illawarra Folk Festival 2025

Festival reports - Illawarra Folk Festival 2025

(photos 1-4 © Chris Poleson) 

1.  Folk School, Saturday 

2. Folk School, Sharyn & George 

3. Tunes 

4.  Tunes 


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(photos 5-43, © Sandra Nixon)  

5.  Leaders - Chris, Rick, George (hidden) 

6.  Tony, Sam 

7. grin from the back row! 

8.  Schottische 

9.  Whistle 

10.  Leaders Rick, George, 

11. session

12.  Concertina 

13. Greg Adams & Bob Smith, ex-No Such Thing  

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56.  Leaders Chris, Rick, George 

16.  Greg singing, Bob on whistle

17.   Pete on guitar

18. audience - ComradeSirBigRuss, Ros

19.  audience 

20.  Chris

21.  fiddler

22. box of harmonicas 

23.  audience 

24.  audience 

25.   audience

26. George, Sean (fiddle) Doug, Brian

27.  Margaret 

28.  session

29.  Brad Tate's polkas 

30.  Margaret 

31.  session 

32.  Helen, Tony, Sean Doug, Brian, with Pete at the back 

33.   George 

354  session

35.  session

36.  The Sydney Scottish Fiddlers arrive & join in 

37. (cont) 

38.  Miguel & fiddlers 

39.  Concert Party winds down 

40.  (cont) 

41. Sydney Scottish Fiddlers & friends 

42.  (cont)

43. Fiddlers & friends 

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Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Festival Reports - Saplings @ Illawarra Folk Festival, 2025

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Festival reports - Dale & John Dengate Parody Cup, Illawarra Folk Festival 2025 

Festival reports - Bush Dance, Illawarra Folk Festival 2025

Festival reports - Folk School & Tunes (Saturday) & Concert Party & Scottish Fiddlers @ Illawarra Folk Festival, 2025

Festival Reports -Illawarra Folk Festival 2025


(Photos 1 - 3 © Chris Poleson) 

1.  Saplings Saturday 

2. Saplings Saturday 

3.  Saplings Saturday 

(Photos 4 - 45  © Sandra Nixon)

4. Sunday - Helen addressing Saplings
5.  parents

 
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8.  Venue Manager 

9.  Tutors Sam, Helen,Tony

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11.  Sam with fiddlers

12. Sam & fiddlers

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15. Tony's Percussion group 

16.  Tony's Percussion group 

17. Sam, Helen & Vanessa's group

18. Fiddler 

19.  Fiddlers 

20. Percussion group - spoons 

21. Percussion group - wooden bones

22.  Percussion group - (cattle) bones 

23.   Percussion group - (cattle) bones 

24. Percussion group back with the session



25.  Tutors Emily, Jack 


26.  Emily, Jack 



27. Parents, guitarist, Vanessa 

28. Emily, Jack 

29. Sam, Helen

30.  Fiddlers 

31.  Fiddler, Sam

32. Venessa & fiddlers 

33. Fiddler, Sam, Helen 



34.  Emily, Jack 



35. Vanessa & fiddler 

36. Guitarist, Vanessa 

37.  Fiddlers, lagerphonist, Sam, Helen  

38. Percussion - lagerphone & spoons 

39. Tony on bodhran

40.  Helen, Chris

41.  Helen

42.  Greg, Bob 

43.  Sam

44.  Tony, Helen, Ros 

45.  Tony, Helen 

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