Didgfest will present a series practical and simple to understand Workshops from beginners to advanced. There will be hands on Didgeridoo making workshops for kids (pvc didges supplied), followed by introductory Didge playing for the young ones. We will have indigenous story telling and a specialist one off not to be missed women's only workshop all covered by the overall workshop ticket. Adults will have the opportunity to begin the first day with introductory workshops and progress through the weekend. Workshops will run at the same time and be attended on a rotating basis to allow an exchange of knowledge from all facilitators to all participants. The weekends aim is to be family friendly and as such will offer a range of kids activities in conjunction with the adult workshops. The first day will culminate in an enriching and ecstatic performers audio and visual filled concert.
There will be information exchange segments, workshops for young didgeridoo enthusiasts under 13 and well identified information assistants on hand at all hours of the Festival to help with queries of any kind. There will be high quality instrument making demonstrations and the opportunity for anyone to participate.
There will be a Saturday and Sunday open market with Didgeridoo and related items and artifacts. Where possible we will ensure that all items displayed will be of an Australian made nature only and labeled with certificates of authenticity or indicated otherwise. Community partners such as the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group and the Down to Earth Store will have stalls for the exchange of information and ideas. Didgfest is a non-smoking, drug free environment.
There will be a major 3 hour evening concert presentation beginning again with a welcome to country by Ron Murray and Auntie Carmel and featuring quality Didgeridoo players and complimentary performers. 2007 saw the cross cultural exchange of indigenous performer Ron Murray and Celtic Sarah James who together are Kinja. Didgfest aims to bring more of this cultural exchange to the stage and broaden its scope and community interest with Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky’s storytelling theatre, internationally renowned Australian performer Charlie MacMahon and three piece ensemble Gondwanaland, Andrew Langford from the Sounds of Starlight Theatre in Alice Springs, Germany's GöG and Doris Neff and other performers who offer an enormous diversity and extreme proficiency in Didgeridoo related performance. Performers include Bruce Rogers, and Didgeman Stax
The festival on Sunday will culminate in large single gathering of all participants to undertake a Didgeridoo enhanced meditation.
Charlie MacMahon | Andrew Langford | Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky | GöG and Doris | Kinja | Bruce Rogers | Didgeman | Lynn McShanag
Program
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| Saturday 15 March 2008 |
From 9.30am |
Market in the courtyard of the Theatre |
Vendors |
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11am – 12.30pm |
Kids 7 - 13 y/o Didge Making and playing |
Stax |
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11am - 12.00 |
Kids 4-6 y/o Kookaburra Calling |
Lynn McShanag |
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12.30 – 1.30 |
Lunch break /Market exchange |
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1.30 – 2.45pm |
Workshops/ and kids storytelling
(short break between each segment) |
Various Indigenous and non indigenous facilitators |
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2.45 – 4pm |
Workshops and kids craft |
Various Indigenous and non indigenous facilitators |
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4 – 5.15pm |
Workshops and kids craft |
Various Indigenous and non indigenous facilitators |
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5.30-7pm |
Dinner break / Market exchange |
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7.30-10.30 |
Concert Program – Family friendly early start and early finish |
Artists |
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7- 7.30 |
Didge drone followed by welcome to country |
Artist and local indigenous Performers |
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7.30 -10.30pm |
Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky, Didgeman, Bruce Rogers, Kinja, GöG and Doris Neff |
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Andrew Langford |
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Charlie MacMahon and Gondwanaland |
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| Sunday 16 March 2008 |
11-3pm |
Ancient Voice Didge Choir creation |
Lynn McShanag and participants |
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1-2pm |
Market Exchange |
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Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky storytelling |
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Impromptu Workshops Jams |
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2-3pm |
Ancient Voice Concert |
Participants of all ages and abilities |
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3-3.30pm |
All in Meditation /Didge Jam |
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3.30pm |
Close |
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Sorry
Following the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's formal apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples, Didgfest Australia will take the opportunity to encourage it's participants and the general public to sign a 'Sorry' banner in their own personal words. The banner will hang in the entrance to the Didgfest market and you do not have to pay to enter other Didgfest events to participate in this activity.
The banner will then be forwarded to the elders of the Dja Dja Warrung people as acknowledgement of their traditional lands.
Would you like a Market stall at Didgfest 2008? Contact us here
Your product must be Australian made and didgeridoos sould be certified as sustainably harvested or manufactured in any non log material (plastic, glass metals etc).
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