Saturday 5th June

8.15am

Doors open - tea/coffee available

8.30am

Registration

8.45am

Warm up

9.00am

Guest Tutor 1

10.30am

Morning Tea

10.45am

Guest Tutor 2

12.15pm

Lunch - Includes Blanket Bazaar - your chance to clean out those cupboards and sell or trade at the festival. Spread out your treasures on a blanket (or similar) for everyone to peruse your wares and hopefully buy / trade.

1.30pm

Guest Tutor 1

3.15pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30pm

Option 1: Folk Voice Choir (Sue Burchell) - a ‘Folk Voice Chorale’ workshop, teaching a few popular traditional songs that all can enjoy singing together. The emphasis is on fun and no experience is required. Sue will lend her expertise and provide some useful tips to participants.

Option 2: Folk Drum Beats - Larry Jacobsen from A Trifle Bazaar - drum those Balkan rhythms with Larry Jacobsen from ‘A Trifle Bazaar’. This session will explore the rhythms common in the Mediterranean, Balkan and Middle Eastern dances. You will need your own drum (any sort will do) and some basic drumming skills. This is not a workshop for those who have never picked up a drum before – observers are welcome.

5.00pm

Free for own arrangements - venue closed

7.00pm

Doors open

7.30pm - 11.00pm

Dance Party - dance the night away to the Mediterranian music of A Trifle Bazaar - music from Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Armenia and much more, including performances and prizes! - click for flyer:   A5 (98k)   A4 (800k)

Sunday 6th June

8.15am

Doors open - tea/coffee available

8.30am

Registration

8.45am

Warm up

9.00 am

Guest Tutor 2

10.30am

Morning Tea

10.45am

Guest Tutor 1

12.15pm

Lunch - includes Blanket Bazaar (see above)

1.30pm

Guest Tutor 2

3.15pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30pm

Option 1: Tutor Development Workshop - using Orff education principles and practices Christoph Maubach will lead a dance and music session with a focus on pulse, metre, and dance rhythms. This session provides activities to improve rhythm abilities, natural flow in dance and musicality.

Option 2: Folk Dance Classics - Let your feet and brain relax with a workshop of popular folk dance classics from Hamilton to Haifa and everywhere in between.

5.00pm

Free for own arrangements - venue closed

7.00pm

Doors open

7.30pm - 11.00pm

Cabaret / Dance Party - includes performances & prizes, with Goulash Archipelago - a.k.a. the Ukestani Ukulele Ensemble, these local notorious and diverse musicians play a mean folk dance tune for dancing and are accompanied at times by a tea-chest bass, a tuba, piano, cello, brass and burping. Click for flyer:  A5 (122k)  A4 (349k)

Monday 7th June

8.30am

Doors open

FDNZ AGM

10.15am

Morning Tea & Costume Display People’s Choice Award

10.30am - 12.30pm

Revision with Guest Tutors

1.00pm

Festival Closes