title
 

Goulburn Gathering 2009

Labour Day Long Weekend October 2nd - 5th 2009

Planning is underway already for this year's Gathering with some interesting workshops already on offer. Onsite camping will be provided again. There are limited spaces so you might want to email to reserve a spot.

Bundanoon Bush Dancing Weekend

Queen's Birthday Long Weekend June 5th - 8th 2009

It's all over! And what a fantastic weekend! Those who participated might like to The overwhelming feeling of the Monday feedback session was "Do it again next year." What do you think?

For those who missed this first Bundanoon weekend, the programme featured Bush Dancing from Colonial time to the Present and there was a wide variety of other dance styles including Irish, Scottish, English, Contra, European, Ballroom, and Morris. With two concurrent workshops (three on Saturday afternoon) there was ample variety and challenge for all comers. The evening dances in the Bundanoon Hall featured dances from the workshops.

Volunteer musicians from Canberra, Sydney, Illawarra, and Goulburn made the "totally live music" objective possible. Their contribution to the success of the weekend is appreciated.

The Programme, the information about the Callers and the Music Sets are still available.

The Feedback

  • What a great weekend – comfortable in the workshops and buzzing for the big dances. Hopefully the books all balance, I know the big dividend has already been a great weekend of fun, great music, terrific dances, and meeting new & old friends. Beryl Pedvin
  • CONGRATULATIONS on putting on a first class dance weekend. Colin Fong
  • Thanks so much for organizing such an excellent weekend of dancing. Paul Carr
  • Overall - I thought you did a fantastic job to run the festival and everything worked really well. The focus of the weekend on callers (and not on Musos) was excellent. Getting live music at every venue was superb. Rob Mahony
  • I think the weekend was excellent. The music was wonderful (and so many musicians). Great variety in workshops. Coral Eden
  • Great weekend Dave. Mont
  • Thanks again for a most enjoyable dance festival, my legs are still recovering!!! Norm Ellis
  • Atmosphere was warm and friendly (even if the weather wasn't so warm!) with everyone working well as a team. Ros Young
  • Over all – bloody well done. Colin Towns
  • Great weekend and, yes, do it again! Denis McKay

 

The 2008 Gathering

What a weekend! It actually rained in Goulburn! But spirits were not dampened, and with onsite camping and forty hardy campers, the Gathering had a convivial community atmosphere. Music, song and dance were celebrated with gusto and finesse.

A huge thanks to:
Dave de Hugard, Peter Ellis, Carole Helman, Alan Musgrove, Gary Lovejoy, Sue and Pete McMahon, Martin Chatfield, Harry Gardiner, Richard Ayling, Denise Hibbs, Margaret Walters, Chris Woodland, Ross West, Sally and Stuart Leslie, Helen and Tony Romeo, Sandra Nixon, Alan Johnson, as well as organisers Ray Mulligan, Dave Johnson, Don Brian and Bill Arnett.

Some Feedback:

  • Many thanks to your good selves and all others who put in the hard yards to make a great weekend. The sense of community - no 'celebrities'  - no egos - plenty of sharing - all made it a unique 'gathering'. Well done ! Rob Willis
  • Thanks for a great weekend. Stuart and Sally Leslie
  • Just a short note to say thank you to you and the other organisers of the "Bush Traditions Gathering", it was great. Bob Murray 
  • Hi, another good festival. Thought it might even have been a bit better than last one. Bill Montgomery
  • A great time was had by all here.  Many thanks for including us.  Would love to do it all again. Yvonne O’Grady
  • Had a fantastic time at Goulburn, well done to all the organizers. Martin Chatfield
  • What a great weekend of friendship and wonderful music, thanks so much for
    the organising such a " little gem" of a Festival. We will be back again next
    year.     Barbara and Lance Court
  • I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the bush gathering at Goulburn.  Thanks so much for inviting me to do the workshops. It’s definitely a special experience sharing music, song and dance like that. I know you did huge amounts of work to make it all happen, and I very much appreciate your efforts.  It was especially good to be able to camp on site. Carole Helman.  
  • Linda and I both enjoyed the weekend. The on-site camping was much better than being off-site. We both felt more part of things than last year - coming back may have contributed but being on site was a big part of it. Alan and Linda Swift

 

Information Needed
Make sure your regular local music session is listed on the free listing under Resources. Send details to Dave Johnson.
NB: Any email addresses shown on this site are protected from spam harvesters.

  

Music for Bundanoon
The dots for some of the Workshops and Dances are up. Click here!

Acceptance MarkTickets Available Online
In response to demand, we now have a secure online payment system for ticket sales.

Music for the NFF Tea Dance
The music sets for those who want to join in at the National are available now. The tunes are mostly derived from the booklets from the NFF Australian Music Sessions.
Click here.

Music for the NFF Fiddle Orchestra
The draft sets for those who want to join National Fiddle Orchestra are available here.

concAnglo Concertina Tutor
A set of bush tunes arranged with fingering and all for Anglo Concertina players.
Click here to see it

folkusFolkus
For community, live performance & folk music in the ACT.
Check it out.

kellyKelly Homestead
Ray and Dave recently visited the Kelly Homestead at Greta.

Website
This website is maintained and developed by David Johnson.
Suggestions for inclusion welcome