Aboriginal Cultural Showcase

2012 Program

Aboriginal Cultural Showcase – January 2012                                                                  Schedule of Shows                

Time

Mon 23rd

Tues 24th

Wed 25th

Thu 26th

Fri 27th

Sat 28th

 

11:00-5:00 : Monday to Friday : Market Stalls – Aboriginal artists, craftspeople, workshops and items for sale – Powerstation Park

 

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11:00-1:00 : WALK-UPS
Heritage Room
MC Gayle Jones

Bonnie Riley

11:00-1:00 : WALK-UPS
Heritage Room
MC Gayle Jones

Ugarem Lea

Loren Ryan

 

 

11:30-1:00 : Masterclass
Britten Room

Mirrii Yanan Workshop
 + Recording Session

11:30-1:00 : Masterclass Britten Room

Kathy Marika, Traditional Weaving Workshop

 

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12:00-2:30
OFFICIAL OPENING
Powerstation Park

Featuring:
Welcome to Country
Smoking Ceremony

Loren Ryan

Kelsey Strasek Barker

Taylor Williams

Goori Knox

Buddy Knox

Gomeroi Dancers

Jack Thompson
Free BBQ

 

 

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1:30-3:00 : Masterclass
Britten Room

Dale Huddleston Workshop
+Recording Session

 

1:30-2:30 : SPECIAL EVENT
Johnny Huckle's
Children’s Concert
Heritage Room

 

 

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2:00-4:30 : WALK-UPS
Heritage Room
MC Gayle Jones

Nainiouman

+surprise special guest appearances

2:00-4:30 : WALK-UPS
Heritage Room
MC Gayle Jones

Medassin Man

 

2:30-5:00
SURVIVAL DAY CONCERT
Heritage Room
MC Gayle Jones
Featuring:
40th Anniversary of the Tent Embassy

Special Guests
Walk-Up Performances

Michael Thompson

Ugarem Lea

Gomeroi Dancers

Medassin Man

Skype Link to Aboriginal activist Michael Anderson at Canberra’s Tent Embassy Anniversary Celebrations

 

 

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3:30-5:00 : Masterclass
Britten Room

Gomeroi Dancers
Culture Workshop
+Recording Session

3:30-5:00 : Masterclass
Britten Room

Mark Atkins
Didgeridoo Workshop
+ Recording Session
(men only)

 

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7:00-8:30 : Mirrii Yanan
Rising Young Stars
Heritage Room : $10

SHOWCASE FINALE
Capitol Theatre
Tickets $25
MC Gayle Jones

Best of the Week:
Emerging and Iconic Artists

 

Tickets on Sale Now Here

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9:00-10:30 : Mark Atkins
Didgeridoo Virtuoso
Heritage Room : $10

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Venues:

The Heritage Room and School Room and Powerstation Park are part of the Tamworth Community Centre, Darling Street (near corner Peel Street). 
The Capitol Theatre is on Level 1 of the Centrepoint Arcade, 374 Peel Street.

2012 Event

Thu, 08/04/2011 - 16:25 — Admin

Join us in 2012...

Monday 23rd January to Saturday 28th January 2012
as part of the Tamworth Country Music Festival

The fifth Aboriginal Cultural Showcase will include a week-long program of Aboriginal music and culture and be held during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.  The Annual Cultural Showcase provides unique opportunities for exposure and performance development to Aboriginal musicians with musicians will be able to perform on a number of stages. The schedule at the main venue will include free master classes and Showcases, and will feature ticketed evening shows as the week heads into the big Festival weekend.  The week will finish with a flourish at the Showcase Finale which exposes the talent of the best performers of the week alongside some of Australia’s most iconic Aboriginal musicians in Tamworth’s premiere venue, the Capitol Theatre.

Performers can hone their skills in a series of free master classes held at the beginning of the week and then show their stuff during the Walk-Up Showcases.  Showcase walk-up slots are available to anyone of any level of talent and provide the opportunity to perform on stage with a professional backing band. 

…and get yourself noticed!

Attend
Discover some of the best new Aboriginal artists from around Australia

Perform
Got some talent? Talk to us about performing in the Showcases, busking down Peel Street or playing on one of many stages throughout the Festival.

Learn
Visitors will have access to participate in culture workshops run by Tamworth’s own Gomeroi Dance Company, and free master classes will be running for musicians and performers

Sell
Aboriginal artists, crafts-people and musicians are invited to exhibit and sell their wares 

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