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Medieval Dance

Posted on 08/04/2024 by Heather

When: Friday 31st May Time: 7:30 – 9:30pm Where: The Hills District Community Centre, 291 Dawson Parade, Arana Hills, Brisbane

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Jane Austen Dance for the Australian Heritage Festival

Posted on 13/03/2024 by Heather

Presented by Samford Community Folk Dancers with awesome live music by Phillip’s Dog. The theme for the 2024 Australian Heritage Festival is Connections: celebrating the rich and diverse stories of our nation, strengthening cultural and historical ties and encouraging the … Continue reading →

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Convict Culture Week Resources

Posted on 15/05/2023 by Heather

Programme Updated 3:00pm 18th May 2023 Norfolk Island Convict Tune Book Norfolk Island – Tasmanian Tune Session Norfolk Island Convict Song Book A selection of songs from the convict concert of 25 May 1840. Basic song melodies A select preview … Continue reading →

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April School Holiday Activity

Posted on 27/03/2023 by Heather

Why was dance so important to the Convicts?What kind of dances did they do? And what did they wear? Come find out during the April school holidays. Dress up and dance like the convicts. At the Rocks Discovery Museum.

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Tekeli

Posted on 15/04/2020 by Heather

Tekeli – a convict tune Tekeli was an influential and highly successful melodrama, one of the first of its genre, full of suspense and intense emotions.  The French play by Rene Charles Guilbert De Pixerécourt was produced in Paris in … Continue reading →

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Off She Goes

Posted on 03/04/2020 by Heather

From a Police Report in the Sydney Herald, 2nd of September 1833 EIizabeth Fisher, Matthew Fisher, and Hamilton Murray, belonging to the Waterloo, were charged with dancing a reel on the King’s Wharf, at the hour of eleven overnight, to … Continue reading →

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Auld Robin Grey

Posted on 03/04/2020 by Heather

From a Police Report in the Sydney Gazette, 28th of January 1837 William Lee, with a vest of plush buttoned over his chest, which blushed at the position both of itself and master, was called upon to account for singing … Continue reading →

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The King of the Cannibal Islands

Posted on 21/02/2020 by Heather

From a Police Report in the Sydney Herald, 10th of June 1832 Ann Roberts, a dab at culinary preparation, was charged by her master with continually annoying him, and quoting extracts from the times of Helfogabalus down to the King … Continue reading →

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Drops of Brandy

Posted on 19/02/2020 by Heather

From a Police Report in the Sydney Herald, 3rd of January 1833 TUESDAY. – Ann Painter was placed at the bar on the following charge, brought against her by her lord and master:- Having retired to bed at an early … Continue reading →

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Michael Wiggins

Posted on 19/02/2020 by Heather

This version transcribed from Fentum’s Annual Collection of Twenty-four Favorite Dances For the Year 1810, down an octave with flattened C in bar 4. From a police report in the Sydney Herald, 22nd of April, 1833 Paddy Cary was charged with … Continue reading →

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