Report on Music @ Morisset, 26-29th May, 2016

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Members and friends in other groups presented a series of well-thought out workshops which were enjoyed by all attendees.
Members and friends in other groups presented a series of well-thought out workshops which were enjoyed by all attendees. A number of musical dogs also enjoyed the weekend.

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Dave Johnson (Southern Highlands) - Old-and-Not-So-Old Bush Songs
Nancy Nicholls (Sydney) - Singalong of Colonial Songs
Helen Romeo (Illawarra) - Favourite tunesAllen Davis (Sydney) - Old Time Singalong
Blue Mountains Slow Session
Brian Jonathon (Sydney) - Learn Aussie dance tunes by ear/without tears
Blue Mountains Slow Session
Brian Jonathon (Sydney) - Learn Aussie dance tunes by ear/without tears
Carol Helman (North Coast) - Tunes
Chris Poleson (Sydney) - Bush Uke
Tony Stuart (Bathurst) - Tunes of Joe Yates (1895-1987)
Rick Hull (Sydney) - Beginners Five String Banjo
Jeff Lawie (Hunter) - Traditional Australian dance music
Jude Bertolin (Bathurst) - Collected songs of Sally Sloane (1894-1982)
Moir & Gavin Holmes (Canberra) - Australian & Celtic tunes
Tony Romeo (Illawarra) - Old Bush Songs
Ralph Pride (Goulburn) - Waltz-a-thon
Ray Mulligan (Canberra) - Australian dance tunes
Saplings sessions for young musicians & would-be musicians 8-16 years

(Sandra Nixon photo)

(Sandra Nixon photo)

soup!(Sandra Nixon photo)

Big Shed venue

Big Shed venue (Sandra Nixon photo)


(Pete Cahill photo)

(Pete Cahill photo)

The inaugural Bush Music @ Morisset was a great weekend of workshops, sessions, camping, catching up, relaxing ... and we'll be back next year with Music@Morisset-2.

(Pete Cahill photo)

(Sandra Nixon photo)


Display of historic photos (Sandra Nixon photo)
(Sandra Nixon photo)

(Sandra Nixon photo)
The initial idea came from committee member Pete Cahill and the weekend came to fruition with the aid of a sub-committee & the enthusiastic musicians who volunteered to lead workshops & sessions. Thanks to the Peninsular Rural Fire Brigade who assisted with ticketing & also provided excellent sausage sandwiches!

Bush musicians & singers came from Canberra, Queensland, South Australia & Victoria, as well as NSW. The NSW participants came from the North Coast, Southern Tablelands, Illawarra, Bathurst, & the Sydney participants came from suburbs & towns between the Blue Mountains & Campbelltown to Kings Cross. They ranged in age from primary school to 80s, all united in the love of Australian bush music & song.


Allen Davis, Rick Hull, unknown(Margaret Bradford photo)

Glenys from Far North Queensland (Sandra Nixon photo)
 
Gavin & Moir Holmes from Canberra (Sandra Nixon photo)

Helen & Tony Romeo, Gavin Holmes, Gavin Holmes, Polly Clapp (Margaret Bradford photo)

Dave Johnson with Bathurst musicians Jude Bertolin & Tony Stuart (Sandra Nixon photo)

Dave's session (Sandra Nixon photo)

Dave Moir, unknown, unknown, Karen Fong, Doug Richardson (Margaret Bradford photo)

Doug Richardson, Kevin Rennie, Bob Murray & Margaret Bradford (Sandra Nixon photo)

George Bolliger & Rose Pride (Sandra Nixon photo)

Karen Fong, Doug Richardson, Margaret & Kevin Rennie, Bob Murray(Sandra Nixon photo)

Graham Dalgelish & Pete Cahill (Sandra Nixon photo)
Pete enjoying the music (Sandra Nixon photo)
unknown, Sandra Nixon, Dave Moir, unknown (Margaret Bradford photo)
Terry Pybus, Graham Dalgleish, George Bolliger (Margaret Bradford photo)

Saplings with tutors Dave Johnson & Chris Poleson(Sandra Nixon photo)
Saplings (Margaret Bradford photo)

Early members Ann (1960) & Fank Maher (1956) (Sandra Nixon photo)

The program ended with a session on Sunday afternoon & a song from one of our resident songwriters.

Morisset farewell by DJ - to the traditional tune Brisbane Ladies Farewell & adieu to Morisset showground

Farewell & adieu to friends old & new
For we've sung lots of songs and we've played lots of tunes
But we won't say goodbye, it is only adieu.
It's the first time for Peter to take on this new role
What a champion he's proved as no doubt you'll agree
And the whole Club committee made it all flow quite smoothly
With hot soup and sangers on bread for a feed.
There's wristbands to prove we are all quite legitimate
And the leaders of workshops all on the ball
There's the Saplings all playing to delight & entertain us
And bring down the average age of us all.
And now full of tunes our heads are a-buzzing
And hearts are glowing in friendship's kind warmth
Don't be sad as you pack up your camp & get moving
Why don't you come visit at Duke Tritton Hall?



Bush Music Club www.bushmusic.org.au
Tritton Hall, Hut 44
Addison Road Centre
142 Addison Road
Marrickville
Mondays 7.30 to 10pm
Song & Tunes Session (aka Concert Party)

Musicians & singers welcome

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Report on Music @ Morisset by Pete Cahill

Music @ Morisset report & photos by Pete Cahill    



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From the Friday night's welcoming cup of the now famous Graham Dalgleish's roadkill vegetable soup to the singing of Charlie Mopps at our farewell concert, Music @ Morisset for the BMC has been a resounding success.

 

We had friends from Far North Queensland to South Australia and all over NSW come to this event ... musicians and families enjoying the weekend with the weather cool but fine.

 

The many workshops presented by the best of musicians from our tradition were well supported and friendship and laughter was the order of the day.

 

To our organising sub-committee, our Workshop presenters, the Morisset Showground Trust, the local Rural Fire Service and the helpers who jumped in to make this a memorable weekend, THANK YOU all.

I feel confident that approval for a M@M (2) will be given by BMC so keep a lookout for news of this. To those who were unable to be with us this time, I hope the next will fit in your calendar for 2017.

   

  

In conclusion I would like to mention just one name in this report.

Graham Dalgliesh is a friend of the folk community and of mine and from us all I would like to thank him for pulling this together logistically. He was made an honourable member of the BMC for the weekend and for those who met Graham and saw his quiet presence assisting the smooth running of our event I would like to thank him, it would not have been the same.

For myself, a memorable and enlightening experience. THANK You

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Duke's Place - Australian songs in concert & session with Ten Quid Poms, Friday 8th July, 2016 + report

7.30 for 8pm start

Ten Quid Poms are Robin Connaughton & John Warner, performers and songwriters of contemporary and traditional music. Witty incisive commentators on industrial, political and social issues. Ten Quid migrants


Robin is an engaging, witty and enthusiastic (and modest) musician, folk singer, songwriter, teller of appalling jokes and raconteur. Add to this having been an Australian debating champion and you can see why Dermott Ryder once said "Robin is something of a wordsmith.” He is also a skilled instrument maker and repairer. Robin has written a number of political and industrial songs.

John has developed an extensive wide ranging repertoire, both personally and in conjunction with other singers, especially Margaret Walters and The Roaring Forties. He has a powerful singing style, with fine harmonies, and sings both acapella and accompanying himself on a dazzling array of instruments. John writes incisive, biting and wicked songs about life, social change, politics and pirates. Major works include the story of Yarri of Wiradjuri, the indigenous hero of the 1852 Gundagai flood, and songs about Coal Creek in Victoria. 

John and Robin Connaughton collaborated in the song cycle We Made the Steel based on Robin’s first-hand experience of working in the Wollongong and Newcastle steel industry in the 1960s & 70s. Both Yarri of Wirradjuri and We Made the Steel have been recorded by The Roaring Forties.

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

Map of Addison Road Centre     http://www.arcco.org.au/contact/
Door opens 7.30 for 8pm start. Session 10.00-11.30pm
BYO songs
Cost - $10
Bring something to drink & a plate for supper
Enquiries - Sandra 9358 4886

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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Unfortunately Robin could not join us

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Duke's Place - Australian songs in concert & session with Jim Low, Friday 10th June, 2016 + report

7.30 for 8pm start
Jim will be singing songs from his latest CD Journey's End

About Jim 

I live in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia and have done so for thirty years. From childhood I have maintained a deep interest in, and love of, Australian history. I have written books and articles, and developed school learning materials on Australian themes.

My interest in Australia has also been expressed in many of the songs I have written. My song writing has been combined with many and varied performing opportunities.

I have performed at restaurants, concerts and festivals and my music has been played on ABC radio. Each year I continue to enjoy the opportunities of travelling to Australian places and listening to, and documenting, the stories of the people who live there.

About the CD



I always appreciate having somewhere to return to at the end of a journey. That place is called 'home' and for me that happens to be in the Blue Mountains NSW. The memories gathered from the places visited, the people met and the new things discovered sooner or later start to inhabit my mind, inspiring thoughts and ideas that sometimes then develop into songs. And the songs on this new CD have travelled these various pathways. Some began on the journey, some were finished before the journey ended and some were ideas that needed more time to develop when the journey was long over.

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

 

Map of Addison Road Centre     http://www.arcco.org.au/contact/
Door opens 7.30 for 8pm start. Session 10.00-11.30pm
BYO songs
Cost - $10
Bring something to drink & a plate for supper
Enquiries - Sandra 9358 4886

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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