Festival Reports - Saplings @ Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, 2023

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Festival Reports - Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival 2023 - Dance & more

Festival Reports - Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, 2023 - BMC Songs & Tunes Workshops

(photos © Sandra Nixon) 

1. Saplings, Saturday - Tristan & Millicent with tutors Helen & Tony 

3. Saplings

4. Saplings 

5. Tristam, Helen & Tony

6. Tristan, tutors Sam & Helen

7. Felicity Dowd & friends

8. Saplings gear

9.  Saplings group, Felicity Dowd

10. Advanced group - concertinas, flutes

11. Advanced group - concertinas, flutes 

12. Percussion group 

13. Lagerphones & shaky eggs

14.  Tutors Emily & Chris

15. George

16. Sam, Helen

17.  flutes

18. Saplings playing together 

19.  Saplings playing together

20.  banjo, guitar, flutes, Tony

21. Percussion 

22.  Concertinas, guitar, banjo, percussion

23. Concertinas, guitar, banjo, flutes

24. Sharyn adds her bones 

25. Sharyn 

26. Saplings 

27. Sharyn 

28. Saplings, Sunday 

29.  Sam, Helen, Tony 

30. Sam, Helen, Tony, Millicent 

31. Helen, Tony, Millicent 

32. Felicity Dowd, winner of Folk Federation Young Artist of the Year, 2020 & Folk Alliance Australia Youth Folk Artist of the year, 2023

33. Chris, Sam, Helen,Tony, Tristran

34. Saplings 

35. Chris, Sam, Helen,Tony, Tristan 

36. Tristan, Millicent, shaky egg, Emily 

37.  Saplings 

38. Saplings 

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Saplings & Folk Federation Young Folk Award winners Tristan & Millicent has spots on the Happy Nest blackboard Saturday & Sunday nights & attracted attention from festival goers. 

39.  Happy Nest blackboard venue. 

40. Tristan & Millicent

41. Audience members leaving the Marquee were attracted by Millicent's voice 

42. Venue Manager booking Millicent & Tristan for Sunday 

43. Relaxing after the gig

43. Relaxing ...

44. Tristan's concertina had belonged to Peter Ellis, & when they met
Keith Potger earlier this year he signed the box  

45. Emily, Helen, & Tony back Tristan & Millicent 

46. BMC friends enjoy the concert 

47. MC enjoying the concert 

48. Mike Martin 

49. Proud mother Annette recording the concert

50.  Annette, Alex & Julie 

51. Annette, Alex

52. Millicent 

53. Millicent, Alex

54. Alex & Julie 

55.  Millicent, Alex, Julie

56.  Millicent, Alex

57. George trying out castanets

58.  still trying ...

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Tritton Hall is now air conditioned!

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(photos 1-22 © Sandra Nixon, photos 23-25 © Sharyn Mattern)

After the system was installed a ceiling panel needed replacing. 

1. compressor unit

2. Engineer on ladder, stonemason looking on 

3. Engineer on ladder, stonemason looking on 

4. Ralph on broom - someone has to hold the new panel steady!

5. Ralph supervising 

6.  Putting the new panel in place.

7.  continued ...

8. Sharyn recording the work

9. Almost ready 

10. Batten almost in place 

11. continued ...

12. Nailing the batten 

13. Preparation of next batten 

14. continued ...

15. Holding panel in place  

16. waiting ...

17. New batten in place

18. Almost done 

19. Ralph vacuuming 

20. continued ...

21. continued ...

22. Almost finished 

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Sharyn's photos

23. © Sharyn Mattern

24. © Sharyn Mattern

25. © Sharyn Mattern

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