27th Australian National Folk Festival Program (long)
Simon Kravis
This is the provisional program for the 27th Australian National Folk Festival, to be held at
the National Exhibition Centre in Canberra from the 8th to the 12th of April 1993.
More information is available from the Festival Office on 06 241 6286.
Thursday April 8
Opening Concert Big Stage 8pm
The big start to the Festival with Bernard Carney, Tinkers, Nunukul Kunjeil, Sundiata Mar-
imba Band, Arramaieda
Welcome Dance Dance Hall 9pm
Canberra based band The Perfect Cure with a real Canberra style woolshed dance.
Cabaret Stage 10pm
Late night music from bluegrass band Dead Sticks and Melbourne's Whirling Furphies
Friday April 9
Dance Hall 9.30am
Scottish Country Dancing Workshop - for beginners - with Tony Northey
The Dance Workshop 9.30pm
Playford Dancing Workshop with Kit Clarke
Official Opening Outdoor Stage 10.30 am
Workshop Room 10.30am
Australian Childrens Folklore -a lively and amusing presentation by Australia's leading child-
rens' folklorist June Factor, author of Far Out Brussel Sprout
Singing Room 10.30am
An opportunity to join in Openhearted Singing with Fay White
Cabaret Stage 11am
Fine harmony singing from The Fagans and old time country music with the Porch Band
Marquee Stage 11am
Join Jon Madin for Marimba Mayhem and your chance to make music on the big marimbas
Restaurant 11am
In the Beginning there was the Word, some verbal acrobatics with Two Bloody Poets (from
WA), Komninos, Mark OConnor and Keith McKenry
The Dance Hall 11.15am
English Contra dancing with Patricia Early
The Dance Workshop 11.15am
The famous Appalachian Running Set - the first teaching session with Bryden Allen
Big Stage 11.30am
Queensland songwriter Ruth Apelt, tasty song settings from Huia, Aboriginal dancing from
Nunukul Kunjeil, acoustic delta blues band the Mudsteppers
Workshop Room 12.30pm
Button Accordion Workshop with one of the instrument's leading exponents - Jack Kevans
Singing Room 12.30pm
Learn the fun of Part Singing with Judith Clingan
Outdoor Stage 12.30pm
Dance Display - the colour and splendour of folkloric dances from around the world
The Dance Hall 1.30pm
Schottiches from near and far - John Garden leads you through these
The Dance Workshop 1.30pm
An introduction to Australian Quadrilles and couples dances with the Traditional Social Dance
Association of Victoria
Restaurant 2pm
A multicultural mix - One Straw, Komninos and the Xylouris Ensemble
Cabaret Stage 2pm
Dya Singh combines traditional Sikh music with jazz and blues for a unique blend
Marquee 2pm
Bluegrass from the Dead Sticks, Stories from Martin Pearson, the Le Blanc Bros Cajun Aces
and the fablulous Whrling Furphies from Melbourne
Workshop Room 2.30pm
A fond look back at the Songs of Tom Lehrer with Bernard Carney
Singing Room 2.30 pm
The first of two workshops on Irish Fiddle technique with Maire OKeefe
The Dance Hall 3.15pm
Square dancing with the ACT Square Dance Society
The Dance Workshop 3.15pm
Greek Dancing Workshop with Maria Kouparitsis
Big Stage 3.30pm
A diverse concert of the Festival's fine women performers Ladies Mantle, Fay White and
Family, Malaika(from WA), and Machitun
Dance Barn 3.30pm
Cotswold Morris Workshop
Cabaret Stage 4.30pm
Fine Irish instrumental music from fiddler Maire OKeefe and piper Dicky Deegan and the
magic of the Moving Harps
Workshop Room 4.30pm
Master drummers Utungun Percussion will get everyone involved in this Percussion Work-
shop
Singing Room 4.30pm
Explore the variety of Afro-American singing styles with Arramaeida's Melanie Shanahan
Outdoors 5pm
Morris Dance display
Restaurant 5pm
Real Folk - Rob Willis introduces The Gay Charmers, a dance band from Western Victoria and
the Baulch Bros, who have been singing their Music Hall songs for sixty years
Dance Hall 5.30
Playford Ball with music from Death By Dancing - Dances from seventeenth and eighteenth
century England. Great music too
Workshop Room 7pm
Dya Singh in their second festival show
Marquee Stage 7.30pm
The Fire Next Time, TRASH and Kev Carmody - the voices of social concience
Big Stage 8pm
Special Festival guest John Williamson with his full show, along with Two Bloody Poets from
WA
Restaurant 8pm
Fine singing and instrumental music with Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney, Sharon Doro &
friends, Tinkers, Taliesin and Skedaddle
Workshop Room 8pm
Storytellers Brian Hungarford and Bob Mazza An ABC-FM Songs and Stories of Australia
Concert
Cabaret Stage 8.30pm
Bluegrass with the Dead Sticks, Songs from Bernard Carney and the Le Blanc Bros Cajun
Aces
Dance Hall 9pm
An Old Empire Band dance - a good time guaranteed for all the bush meets old Engish
Marquee Stage 11.30pm
Boogie into the night with the Celtic City Sons
Cabaret Stage 11.30pm
Drum on into the night with Utungun Percussion
Saturday April 10
Restaurant 9.30am
The Poets Breakfast hosted by Ron Brown and Colin Newsome
The Dance Hall 9.30am
Irish Set Dancing with Margaret Winnett - turbocharged dancing shoes are advised for this one
The Dance Workshop 9.30am
The elegance of Renaissance Dancing with Estelle Canning
Big Stage 10am
From Zimbabwe the Sundiata Marimba Band
Cabaret Stage 10am
Songs ancient and new from Ladies Mantle and the African influenced harmonies of Arra-
maieda (below)
Workshop Room 10am
Listening Awareness - how to tune your ear with Blair Greenburg
Singing Room 10am
Harmony Singing - learn how to put harmonies to songs and sing them with the fabulous
Fagans
Dance Barn 10am
Morris Workshop - dances from the Welsh Border regions
Restaurant 10.30am
Internationally recognized poet Mark OConnor leads you through some of his Techniques of
Writing - how to get your ideas down on paper
Marquee Stage 10.30am
Australian songs, new and old from Jenny Simpson Bruce Watson and Dave de Hugard
The Dance Hall 11.15am
Aboriginal dance workshop with Dorathea Randall
The Dance Workshop 11.15am
American Contra Dances for beginners - Gary King shows you how
Restaurant 12pm
Bushranging Days a look in songs and readings at the days of Frank Gardiner and Ben Hall A
radio program adapted for live performance by Graham McDonald and friends
Singing Room 12pm
Cretan music explained and demonstrated by the Xylouris Ensemble
Outdoor Stage 12.30pm
Dance Display - The colour and splendour of folkloric dances from around the world
Cabaret Stage 12.30pm
A selection of some of the finest songwriters - Enda Kenny Philip Day Bruce Watson
Big Stage 1pm
Good time music from Kangaroo Court, Skedaddle and the irrepressible Jugularity
The Dance Hall 1.30pm
A beginners session on Hungarian Dances with the renowned expertise of Gary Dawson
The Dance Workshop 1.30pm
The famous Appalachian Running Set - the second teaching session with Bryden Allen
Marquee Stage 2pm
A special Young Songwriters concert - Peter Hicks, Jenny Cargill, Sue Chalmers, Simon
Perry, Willie & Fleur sponsored by the Folk Federation of NSW
Workshop Room 2pm
The outback stories of Kev Carmody An ABC-FM Songs and Stories of Australia concert
Singing Room 2pm
New Links in an Old Chain Maureen Watson presents an Aboriginal perspective on storytell-
ing
Restaurant 2pm
The Cretan music of the Xylouris Ensemble from Victoria and Malaika from WA
The Dance Hall 3.15pm
Israeli Dancing with Kaye Laurendet
The Dance Workshop 3.15pm
English Country Dancing with Chris Green All up for the Sir Roger de Coverly!
Cabaret Stage 3.30pm
Dynamic Murri dance group Nunukul Kunjeil and Mara!
Workshop Room 3.30pm
What do I do when Ive learnt the tune? ideas for arranging songs and tunes from Ian Blake
Singing Room 3.30pm
Another chance to sing in this workshop Rounds and Part Singing with Fay White
Big Stage 4pm
Sydney blues band the Mudsteppers, veteran singing trio the Baulch Bros from Mystic Park
Vic and John Williamson (above) and his band
Outdoor Stage 4pm
Dance Display - a massed Morris Knees-Up Can you afford to miss this?
Restaurant 4.30pm
Australian Folk - Its Jazz Roots Jazz masters Ade Monsborough & Graham Coyle explore the
links between folk and jazz
Marquee Stage 5pm
Bagpipes, drums and rabblerousing Irish from Dvamata, Utungun Percussion and the Celtic
City Sons
Workshop Room 5pm
Record Launch Caledonia Dreaming the new CD from Kate Delaney & Gordon McIntyre and
friends A Songs and Stories of Australia concert
Singing Room 5pm
Australia's master scottish fiddler Chris Duncan presents a Scottish Fiddle workshop
Cabaret Stage 5.30pm
Tell us a story storytellers Martin Pearson Bob Maza and Brian Hungerford
Dance Hall 5.30pm
Old Time Dance with The Gay Charmers from Lake Kerang in Victoria who have been play-
ing for dances for 40 yearsbarn dances, two steps, dances everyone can do.
Dance Workshop 5.30pm
Sung Dances - Fay White
Workshop Room 6.30pm
Hands on Hammered Dulcimer - a chance to be hammer away with Gillian Alcock Jackie
Luke Gill Rees and Tim Meyen
Restaurant 7pm
The Songs and Stories of Australia concert- hosted by ABC-FM's David Mulhallen and the
Australian Folk Trust inaugural Folklife Awards
Singing Room 7pm
Growing up, Growing old with Gael and Danny Spooner, Mary Traynor, Jeanette Gillespie
and more
Big Stage 7.30pm
The Amnesty Concert Fay White & family, Ruth Apelt, The Fagans, Arramaieda and Voices
from the Vacant Lot
Marquee Stage 8pm
The Nunukul Kunjeil dance group from Stradbroke Island, One Straw and the Whirling Fur-
phies
Dance Workshop 8pm
Morris Ale
Lincoln Inn Motel 8pm
Poets Dinner - 60 tickets available only. This must be booked separately A cheque for $25,
made payable to The National Folk Festival, should be sent to Keith McKenry, 5 Bonney St
Ainslie 2602 ph 06 247 9656
Cabaret Stage 8.30pm
Paranormal Music Society - music, theatre, silliness
Workshop Room 8.30pm
Book Launch - The launch of The Shonky Songbook, a book of parodies by Paul Mortimer
and Greg Snook
Restaurant 9pm
The finest Celtic music around from Drop of Scotch Dicky Deegan (pictured right) Billy
Moran and Maire OKeefe
Dance Hall 9pm
International Dance with Shenanigans - your chance to turbocharge your feet and have a good
time
Workshop Room 9.30pm
Ideologically Unsound - How to be politically incorrect with Gordon McIntyre & Kate Dela-
ney
Cabaret Stage 11pm
Marimba music from Zimbabwe and beyond with the Sundiata Marimba Band
Sunday April 11
Cabaret Stage 9.30am
Ecumenical Easter Service
Restaurant 9.30am
The Poet's Breakfast - hosted by Ron Brown and Colin Newsome
The Dance Hall 9.30am
American Contra Dancing with John Garden A session for dancers with some experience
The Dance Workshop 9.30am
Scottish Country Dancing with the Canberra Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance
Society - A class for those with some familiarity with Scottish Dancing
Cabaret Stage 10am
Circle Dancing with One Straw and the unrestrained voices of the Voices from the Vacant Lot
Marquee Stage 10am
Four fine solo performers - storyteller Martin Pearson, hammered dulcimer player and singer
Jackie Luke and Canberra songwriter Steve Carter
Workshop Room 10am
Book Launch McKenrys Curse Keith McKenry presents his new book of poems with the
assistance of a few friends
Singing Room 10am
Part Singing part 2 Judith Clingan takes up where she left off on Friday
Dance Barn 10am
Morris Workshop - North-West Morris - dances from Lancashire and Derbyshire
Big Stage 10.30am
TRASH from Canberra Murri songwriter Kev Carmody dancers Nunukul Kunjeil and the
stunning harmonies of Arramaieda
Restaurant 11am
Jazz Music - its theory and structure Ade Monsbourgh & Graham Coyle demonstrate how jazz
works
The Dance Hall 11.15am
Irish Step Dancing with Margaret Winnett
The Dance Workshop 11.15am
English Clog dancing - a festival favourite with Diane Cross
Workshop Room 12pm
Heres to people of all trades Margaret Walters & John Warner celebrate songs of workers of
all sorts
Singing Room 12pm
Highlights of Collecting Dave de Hugard, Alan Scott and Rob Willis tell of the fun and games
collecting songs and dance music in rural Australia
Outdoor Stage 12.30pm
Dance Display - the colour and splendour of folkloric dances from around the world
Outdoors 12.30
Morris display
Cabaret Stage 1pm
Jugularity (pictured right) and Sirocco
Restaurant 1pm
What is the collective term for Hammered Dulcimers? - find out from Jackie Luke Gill Rees
Gillian Alcock and Tim Meyen
The Dance Hall 1.30pm
Ragtime Dances - dances from the turn of the century with Val Wilson
The Dance Workshop 1.30pm
The famous Appalachian Running Set - the first dance through
Big Stage 2pm
The Victorian Concert featuring John McAuslan, Moving Harps, Kangaroo Court and the
Xylouris Ensemble Sponsored by the Victorian Folklife Association, Multicultural Arts Victo-
ria and the Folk Song and Dance Society of Victoria
Marquee Stage 2pm
Jazz/Bluegrass band Staight Ahead and the Whirling Furphies
Workshop Room 2pm
Turbulent Times in the Great North West Two Bloody Poets tales and poems from the NW of
Australia. (first heard on ABC-FM's Songs and Stories of Australia )
Singing Room 2pm
Voice with the Vacant Lot - make a big choir even bigger
The Dance Hall 3.15pm
Hungarian Dancing Gary Dawson takes you through more complex dances in this second ses-
sion
The Dance Workshop 3.15pm
Belly Dancing with the Veils of Baghdad
The Dance Barn 3.15pm
Australian Set and Couples dances with the Traditional Social Association of Victoria This is a
leadup for the Festival Ball tonight
Restaurant 4pm
Malaika
Cabaret Stage 4pm
Small pipes and harp from Drop of Scotch, harmonies from the Fagans, old time country from
the Porch Band and more harmonies and fine musicianship with Taliesin
Workshop Room 4pm
Making a Record Ian Blake - turning your dream into a piece of plastic
Singing Room 4pm
The Irish Accordion - a hands on session with Irish button box master Billy Moran
Marquee Stage 4.30pm
Jazz/Bluegrass from Straight Ahead and the loud end of folk from the Whirling Furphies
Workshop Room 5.30pm
How a bluegrass band works with bluegrass band Dead Sticks - why do mandolin players sing
the high harmonies?
Dance Hall 5.30pm
North American Dance The Porch Band and John Garden Canberra's dancing master leads
you through contra, square and circle dances and lots more
Dance Workshop 5.30pm
The Wongawilli band from Wollongong present a workshop on collected dances and dance
tunes. All welcome to join in
Restaurant 6pm
Declan Affley Memorial Songwriting Award Showcase Concert presented by the Australian
Folk Trust and the Construction Forestry and Mining Employees Union
Singing Room 6pm
The Inanna Myth Jenni Cargill (pictured right)
Big Stage 7pm
The 30 member Martinitsa Choir premier a major new Bulgarian work and jazz meets the Bal-
kans and the renaissance with Mara!
Outdoors 7pm
Massed Morris Foot-up
Marquee Stage 7.30pm
Bagstavaganza Bagpipes galore with Kim Sanders and friends
Cabaret Stage 8pm
The Festival's Aboriginal perfromers join forces for a festival highlight Nunukul Kunjeil, Kev
Carmody and Tiddas
Restaurant 8pm
Margret RoadKnight recorded with Ade Monsbourgh 20 years ago. They have a chance to
renew their musical aquaintance. along with goodtime band Jugularity
Workshop Room 8pm
Songwriter John Warner our South-American performers Machitun and Cantolibre
Singing Room 8pm
A shanty singing session with the Roaring Forties
Dance Hall 9pm
The Festival Ball with the Eureka Dance Band from Victoria - Quadrilles waltzes polkas and
much more
Big Stage 10pm
The rhythms of Africa from the Sundiata Marimba Band and Sirocco with their own unique
sounds
Marquee Stage 10pm
Rock and Roll out the Barrel Relive your favouite hits of the fifties and sixties with Bernard
Carney and friends
Restaurant 10.30pm
Stories from Brian Hungerford and Jenny Cargill
Monday April 12
The Dance Hall 9.30am
South American Dancing with Machitun - Ol
The Dance Workshop 9.30
Spanish Dancing for beginners with Jackie Romero
Cabaret Stage 10am
The Art of Parody John Dengate and Bruce Watson
Marquee Stage 10am
An early get-the-blood-moving concert with the Mudsteppers, Le Blanc Bros Cajun Aces,
Straight Ahead and Cantolibre
Restaurant 10am
A real Australian concert with Sharon Doro & friends, Dave de Hugard and Jack Kevans
Workshop Room 10 am
Another chance for a hammer-in with Gillian Alcock and the massed hammered dulcimers
Singing Room 10am
Irish Fiddle part 2 A session for some more experienced players with fiddle master Maire
OKeefe
Big Stage 10.30am
Sirocco The Digital Dig - folk meets electronics in the 90s
The Dance Hall 11.15am
Irish Ceili Dancing with Margaret Winnett
The Dance Workshop 11.15am
Capital Waltzes Old and New Waltzes led through by Laurie Brown
Workshop Room 12pm
Word Sports refereed by Komninos - match wits with one of Australia's best known poets
Singing Room 12pm
Open Throat singing Mara Kiek will show you some of the techniques of Balkan singing
Big Stage 12.30
Koori performers from the Monaro district and elsewhere in this special presentation
Cabaret Stage 1pm
Cajun culture, music and instruments The Le Blanc Bros Cajun Aces introduce the sounds of
Louisiana
Restaurant 1pm
Songwriter John Warner, New Zealand expatriates Huia, the South American rthymns of
Machitun
The Dance Hall 1.30
Rumanian Dancing with Kaye Laurendet
The Dance Workshop 1.30pm
An introductory session on Morris Dancing with Kit Clarke Knees up!
Marquee Stage 2pm
A songwriters concert with Ruth Apelt Phil Day Enda Kenny John Warner
Singing Room 2pm
The Art of Accompaniment with two of the best: Brent Miller and John Monroe
Big Stage 2.30pm
The Power of the Unions Hosted by Colin McJannett with The Fire Next Time Seamus Gill
Danny Spooner Fagans John Dengate and more This concert is proudly sponsored by the Con-
struction Forestry and Mining Employees Union
The Dance Hall 3.15pm
Balkan Dance workshop led by Gary Dawson
The Dance Workshop 3.15pm
The second dance through of the Appalachian Running Set - led by Bryden Allen
Cabaret Stage 3.30pm
The final concert on the Cabaret Stage with Jenny Simpson Martin Pearson Mike Jackson &
Ian Blake and Wongawilli
Workshop Room 4pm
The Folk Traditions of Slovakia a whole swag of strange and wonderful instruments demon-
strated by Vladimir Hatala and Marian Budos
Singing Room 4pm
Rounds and Canons - a last chance for a singing session with Bernard & Eleanor Carney
Marquee Stage 5pm
The Two Bloody Poets from WA
Restaurant 5pm
Moving Harps some music to start to wind down by
Outdoor 6.30pm
Fire Spectacular Sirocco (pictured right) Sundiata and lots lots more
Big Stage 7.30pm
The Final Concert - Sundiata Marimba Band Tiddas , Margret RoadKnight and Voices from
the Vacant Lot
Dance Hall 7.30pm
The Festival Farewell Dance with Ragamuffin
Friday
9am Circus Workshop - Learn some real circus skills, jug gling, clowningwith Martin Jongleur
10am Singing - Judith Clingan, The director of Canberra's Gaudeamus will have everyone
singing in no time at all
11am Puppets - Dennis Murphy and his friend Lady Hortense will have both the kids and their
parents rolling about with laughter
12pm Percussion - Untungan Percussion will drum up a storm with percussion of all shapes
and sizes for everyone to bang on
1pm The Pied Piper and Son - a folk panto mime with Brian Hungerford and Martin Jongleur
2pm Aboriginal Stories - Tales from the Dreamtime with storyteller Maureen Watson
3pm Punch and Judy - the traditional puppet show with all the old characters from Gypsy
Smith
4pm Dance - especially for the under 12s taught by Eliza beth Cameron-Wilson
Saturday
9am Games - energetic entertainer Sean Kenan will have them playing lots of the old kid's
games
10am Punch and Judy - this perennial entertainment pre sented by Gypsy Smith
11am The Pied Piper and Son - a folk pantomime with Brian Hungerford and Martin Jongleur
12pm Dance - Australia's best known children's entertainers Mike Jackson & Ian Blake play
for this dance
1pm Jon Madin's Marimba Mayhem - more marimba's than you can shake a mallet at
3pm Landcare Concert - Fay White writes songs for all ages on the themes of the environment
and peace
4pm kids madness with Jugularity
Sunday
9am Circus Workshop - another chance to learn some circus skills with Martin Jongleur
10am Bang it with a fork - music from houshold objects with Lindsay Pollak - ever seen a car-
rot made into a flute
11am Flea Circus - a scratching good time (not really) from Dennis Murphy
12pm What's that you're playing - Drop of Scotch and a hands on opportunity to play some
rare and wonderful musical instruments
1pm The Pied Piper and Son - a folk pantomime with Brian Hungerford and Martin Jongleur
2pm Aboriginal Stories - stories from the Dreamtime and beyond from Maureen Watson
4pm Stories - more stories from Janice Edwards
Monday
9am Magic Show - slight-of-hand and prestidigitation
10am Music & Games - Australia's favourite children's enter tainers, Mike Jackson & Ian
Blake, with their own brand of musical silliness
11am Marimba Mayhem - Jon Madin's family of marimbas for all the family to make music
on.
12pm Puppets - Gypsy Smith's puppets are guaranteed to have the little ones enthralled
2pm Far Out Brussel Sprout! - June Factor (another big kid) will lead the kids through games
and rhymes from this generation and our parents'
3pm Songs for Kids - John Warner writes songs that will have them laughing and singing along
Festival Information
This program is subject to change!
Tickets
Festival tickets may be ordered on the form on this program or they may be purchased directly
from any Branch of the Commonwealth Bank in the ACT region. In either case a ticket receipt
will be issued which will be exchanged for Festival identification at the Festival itself
Ticket prices:
Season
Adult $75 ($60 if purchased before 25 March)
Youth $35 ($25 if purchased before 25 March)
Child $20 ($15 if purchased before 25 March)
Day and Evening Tickets also available - call the Festival Office on 06 241 6286 for more
details
We take Bankcard!.
How to get there
The Festival site is the National Exhibition Centre in North Canberra. The entrance is in Flem-
ington Rd Mitchell, which is just off Northbourne Ave, to the north of the Barton Hwy turnoff.
Camping
The National Exhibition Centre has almost unlimited camping space, along with lots of toilets
and showers. Freedom from Hunger will be catering for breakfasts each morning right next to
the camp site.
Food and Drink
The Festival will have a range of food outlets, ranging from sit down restaurants to take-away
snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. All tastes and requirements will be catered for. In addition
the Festival will be running two bars at the Festival, with draft Guinness as well as a variety of
beers, wines and spirits.
Craft Festival
Another feature of the National Folk Festival are the crafts of Australians of all backgrounds.
The Festival will have a wide variety of stalls selling and demonstrating crafts of all types.
Contact the Festival Office if you are interested in displaying and selling handcraft.
In addition a separate building has been set aside for the makers of handmade musical instru-
ments. The makers will be there to talk to and the instruments will be available to try out every
day during the Festival
Volunteers
This Festival, like most, depends on volunteers to keep everything working. We would be
more than pleased if Festival participants could give a couple of hours of their time to helping
at the Festival. Contact the Volunteer Desk at Festival Reception and you can put your name
down.
PLEASE NO PETS
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