Duke's Place - Australian Songs in Concert & Session with Christina Mimmocchi, Friday 9th December, 2016, 7.30 for 8pm + report.

Christina's interest in bush music was awakened when she met Rob Willis at a folk festival who said to her I have a recording you might be interested in and she has never looked back. You can expect an evening of Australian music and poems, collected, found or imagined. There will be songs from the fringes, working songs, migrants' songs, the odd sea shanty as sung by her lovely assistant young Tomas, and all this will be tastefully interrupted by some spoken work comedy of the bearded kind provided by PP Cranney with whom Christina collaborated on the musical play Lola’s Keg Night and more recently 1917:STRIKE! a show developed as a tribute to the late Brian Dunnet.   

1917:STRIKE! will be premiered in full at the Illawarra Folk Festival and performed by Christina, Pat, Catherine Golden and Chloe and Jason Roweth.



Christina has been a community choir leader for close to 20 years and is a composer, sound artist and performer. As a community choir leader she has worked with grass-roots choirs all over the state and has organised special place-specific weekends (Sing Cockatoo, Sing Canowindra, Sing Dubbo, Forbes Festival) which combine community harmony singing and exploring place and culture through song. 

She performs as a soloist and has sung with various vocal ensembles including Blindman’s Holiday. She recently completed a soundscape project with seniors’ groups for Hurstville and Rockdale Councils and has produced numerous of her own and other people’s recordings including John Warner’s Yarri song-cycle. Her debut solo cd is Rumours of Summer (2011)

In 2009 she was granted the annual Folk Fellowship from the National Library of Australia to unearth songs from the Oral History archives and arrange them for a massed choir.

In 2014 she produced and was musical director for a full-length play Lola's Keg Night with music, (Merrigong Theatre) created in conjunction with playwright PP Cranney. 

In 2015 she created Amulet, a project for Hurstville Council combining singing, storytelling and photography

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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(Photos ©Sandra Nixon)

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Concert Party, February 2016

I needed a photo of our "band" for a festival application, so I took my camera along & started snapping -


Mrs Mopps


Rick Hull


Cliff Grant, retired opera singer with Rick Hull


Cliff singing opera to Rick's banjo


Pete Cahill


John Burch (ex-Reedy River Bushmen), who recently returned to BMC after an absence of several decades talking to fellow Reedy River Bushman Ralph Pride.


Sharyn & Rick pondering on the ramp


John Poleson's piano accordion case, repository of some very interesting posters & set lists - c.1990!



Moira Cowie & her flute



An excellent picture, but they wanted a square one!

back - Mark Poleson, John Burch, Terry Pybus, Rick Hull, Pete Cahill, Sharyn Mattern, Eric Eisler, Kerry Doherty, Dave Moir, Ralph Pride.
front - John Poleson, Ann Maher with 50+ year old family lagerphone, Karen Fong, Gail Copley, Moira Cowie, Mariamma Mitchell, Frank Maher.


another good one ...


... this one lacked the gravity of an official portrait!



The picture sent with our application.

back - Terry Pybus, Rick Hull, Pete Cahill, Sharyn Mattern, Eric Eisler, Kerry Doherty, Dave Moir, Ralph Pride.
front - Ann Maher with 50+ year old family lagerphone, Karen Fong, Gail Copley, Moira Cowie, Mariamma Mitchell, Frank Maher.

(photos Sandra Nixon)


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Don Richmond - musician

For those who have only seen Don as a dancer & dance caller -



2013 Heritage Ball



2012 Heritage Ball
 
Session at Penrose & Family Bush Dance, July 2013, Bundanoon. 






























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Post ball picnic, Australian Pioneer Village, 2014



photos - Sandra Nixon

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Mike Young's photos  - we are awaiting photos of Don playing his other instruments ...



Parramatta, post-ball picnic - 2015


Maitland - post-ball picnic, 2009


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Gone Bush to Sofala - Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November, 2016

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The Bush Music Club goes to Sofala from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November, for a weekend with Bathurst area musicians and singers .


 (BMC archives)

 
 Joe Yates by John Meredith  (BMC archives)






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Bush Music Club Singalong: Join Allen for a good old Singalong. Playing and/or singing the ‘pot boilers’ of Bush Music. Those old favourites we have enjoyed for many years.

Camping: Camping is available at the Sofala Showground and it is free. Gates open at 2.00 pm Friday. All welcome.

Central West Tunes: Dave Johnson has prepared a selection of dances tunes sourced from the Central West. Join Rick for a musical tour of the Central West.

Concert in the Round: We play, sing and if you want to dance we will make room for that as well. If you want to be on the blackboard contact Kerry.

Concert Party Session; Monday night at the hut transferred to Sofala Memorial Hall.

Dinner/Welcoming Session; Come and say hello. Bring something to throw on the BBQ.

Music around the town: Sessions in the pub, the park or the hall. Get together with some friends and play some music.

Sally Sloane Song Book: Jude will lead you through the songs of Sally Sloane.

Sessions: Get a group together and start a session. You are very welcome to play at the pub and in the park.

Slow Session: It's back. Bring a cup of tea, your toast and start the day slowly with collected Australian tunes played at a leisurely pace.

Tunes of Joe Yates: We are in Joe’s town. Tony will lead you through some of the iconic tunes of Joe Yates.

Waltzathon: Can there ever be too many waltzes? The ever popular Bush Music Club Waltzathon will be lead by Mariamma.

Books will be available for all Workshop Sessions

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Meet local members and explore the goldfields!

There is also a limited amount of accommodation available in the area. 
http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/bathurst-area/sofala

enquiries - Sandra 9358 4886
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