Another Country Diary
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February '06 |
 What
strange ritual is this? 'Mature aged' people in western hats standing
mid-morning facing towards the west. |
 It's
Country Muster time again in Bungendore and there's a few new venues for
the buskers on the Saturday morning. Like Bardy's Cafe, where Slim is
singing in the shadow of the verandah. |
 A
young
future performer or just a fan?
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 Felicity
Green was a new face (at least to me). I looked for more about her on
the web but couldn't find her. |
 John,
like a lot of others around town on that sunny Saturday after rain, had to
mow. We said hello and headed up the 'back road' to Goulburn and Sydney.
We were meeting Mark for lunch. |
 We
did a lastminute.com surprise booking and got a modern hotel that was
marked down because they were renovating. That was ok by us. Right in
the heart of town, it was just a stroll to meet Jan's friend Jane on the
Sunday. |
 Although
we knew it was Chinese New year, we hadn't realized that this was the
last weekend of the celebrations. |
 These
young girls looked lovely as the stepped from the lift at the Marigold. |
 And
these flashed past later in the street in traditional costumes, perched
on the back of a utility. |
 There
were noisy fireworks of course to scare of the bad spirits for another
year. I hope it works.
We stayed for a bit and then headed back to home Bungendore. |
 Where
three hours later, it was calm, quiet and green. And this feather was
floating in space, almost ethereally on a cobweb. |
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March 06 |
 These
next two images were from John Shortis (and Moya Simpson's) HOM, the
Hall of Memory performance that John wrote and they performed at the War
Memorial in Canberra. Jan has been singing with the Worldly Goods choir
and they combined with the Can Belto for performances. |
 It's
a stunning location, full of echoes, overlapping bounces off walls. The
sound track on the video I took is almost unlistenable with its stereo
mic. Cellist Charlotte Winslade found she had to play slower so
that there was some clarity.
John and Moya's website has some details. |
 We've had a great crop of apples. Even after the cockatoos
and possoms we got a few. I made a few dried batches, but we've had
stewed apples on the breakfast cereal for a couple of weeks. |
 Peter
Garret is the 'patron' of the Werriwa Arts Festival. These pictures are
from the formal launch at the Canberra Gallery. |
 There
were some dance pieces and lots of speeches. We're launched. I donated
a website to the festival
and some time to get it up, I hope it's ok.
There's some more photos on the website.
(I think I'll do a video for the Film Festival if I get time) |
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