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A
fantastic variety of entertainment
will be presentedagain in 2009 almost continuously
over the two days on the centre
stage. The 2009 program is being
finalized and hopefully will be
even better than last year - shown
below
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Sydney Welsh
Choir
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Bands,
dancers, singers and
musicians
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Griego the Magician
will delight
and bewilder
with his fascinating card
tricks
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Children's activities
- plaster painting & pony rides
The
entertainment line-up is
not to be missed. Scroll down for
details... |
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Be sure to
put this entertainment line-up in
your calendar: the Sydney Welsh
Choir will be performing at our
Festival on Sunday 30 March (2008) at 2.00 pm and at
3.30 pm - and it's guaranteed to be
one of the highlights for our
event and an exhilarating performance!
 The
repertoire is broad - from
‘Bach to Bacharach' -oratorio;
hymns, opera, folksongs, stage
musical numbers and quality popular
songs and the choir sings in Welsh,
English and Latin.
Sydney Welsh
Choir began in 1980 as an extension
of the Sydney Welsh Rugby Club, but
over the years it has grown into a
substantial independent choir with
no affiliation to any other Welsh
association or group. Today it is a
mixed voice (SATB) choir of more
than seventy men and women, drawn
from all parts of the Sydney area ,
with approximately 50 to 55
choristers on stage at each concert.
While the choir is the only Welsh
choir in Sydney not all choir
members were born in Wales; some
have Welsh family links while others
simply like being part of a group
which sings with such evident
enjoyment and enthusiasm.
The choir provides a large number of concerts in
NSW in aid of various charities,
performs regularly on radio and
TV and tours regularly to Wales
and other parts of Europe. It
has enjoyed four overseas concert
tours through USA/Canada en route
to England and Wales, Austria,
Switzerland, France, England and
Wales. The choir has made
appearances on TV and performed
on radio both in Australia and
in the UK. It has produced
four cassette tapes and three compact
discs, the most recent of which
are available on sale at their
concerts.
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Organic
and Preservative Free Wine
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Canowindra, nestled
in the Central Ranges Wine Region
of NSW is rapidly developing a reputation as the premium area
for organic and preservative free wine. In the heart of this
region are two boutique wineries, Toms Waterhole and Gardners
Ground.
Australians rarely get to taste
these organic and preservative free wines because almost all
are snapped up by Japanese and German importers but through our
contacts we have been able to persuade the wineries to exhibit
and sell their unique range of wines exclusively at our Garden
Festival and with a little luck we may also have the winemakers
there to answer your questions.
Their wines range from the dry
to the luscious, from low alcohol
to fortified late harvest and will be available in small quantities
for tasting and for sale by the glass. You will also be able to
order cases of the wine for home delivery.
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Sierra Leone dancers |
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With
part of the Festival proceeds
going towards the building
of a Children’s Hospital in
Sierra Leone, we are delighted
to have the Sierra Leone dancers
led by Bondu, perform at the
Festival.
The
most outstanding feature
of Sierra Leone's cultural life is its dancing, and a wide range
of agility, gracefulness and rhythm is displayed.
Drums, wooden
xylophones and various stringed
instruments provide the musical background. |
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Its
Magic! |
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Griego the Great Magician was
so popular last year, we had
to ask him back again.
With huge
black bow tie stretching from
shoulder to shoulder, wide ear-to-ear moustache and intriguing
black eyepatch, Griego the Great will provide roving entertainment
at the Festival.
Griego will
delight and bewilder young
and old with his fascinating
card tricks, adding to the jovial,
fun-filled atmosphere of the event. |
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Sharp Dressed Men |
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Leader Daniel Shepherd.
They play "eclectic music - combination of jazz, blues and
gentleman's rock". The group was formed on the North Shore,
and all three performers are locals.
Welcome to you guys!
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St Ives Park Primary School |
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30 performing in the band and then the flutes and
saxophones will perform a short
individual item. The band pieces
are easy listening - Locomotion,
Accidentally in Love and Rainbow
Connection |
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Harry Hughes |
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Award winning singer/songwriter.
Amongst his accomplishments are writing the 1982 Australian Country
Album of the Year for Jewel and Arthur Blanch, the celebration
song for the 75th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and
producing the CD “Songs to Remember
Sydney” two of which were finalists in the Australian Song
of the Year at the 2007 National Songwriters
Association Awards
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Turramurra High School |
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Band Director Jim Wiseman.
The Concert Band 1 and Stage Band
will include about 40 performers.
Concert band will play a mixture of light popular classics whilst
the Stage Band will play a mixture
of jazz and swing. |
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Panpipes from Peru |
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The Siku (panpipes) is an ancient
indigenous wind instrument that is native to the
highlands surrounding Lake Titicaca,
between Peru and Bolivia. The Siku is made of bamboo and produces
the most characteristic sound of the Andes. The modern Siku is
capable of playing a full scale and is used as a solo instrument.
Oscar
Beltran was born in Bolivia, South
America. He began playing music at the young age of 11 Throughout
Oscar’s travels
around the world, he has been exposed
to many different types of music
and has consequently developed his own unique style of music.
Oscar not only performs traditional Andean music but also performs
modern songs from all over the world while incorporating traditional
Andean sounds and instruments.
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