WILD MARMALADE Featuring Si Fixion & Special Guests + DJ Andrew Booth
Coorabell Hall
Friday 9the March

 Tickets: $17 Pre / $20 Door Available: http://www.kupromotions.com.au/

Doors: 7.30pm / Show: 8pm Food By Open Table

Non stop Organic Dance Session

Wild Marmalade, Byron Bay’s favourite drum ‘n’ didgeridoo dance band have recently completed a tour in New Zealand and featured at Queensland’s Earth Frequency festival and will be returning to their favourite local venue, Coorabell Hall, on Friday March 9 with their non stop organic dance session featuring keyboard player Si Fixion.

Wild Marmalade celebrated a decade of playing shows internationally and throughout Australia with the release their fourth album, “Thermic Lift ” featuring and produced by Si Fixion. Having completed eight tours of Japan and nine of Europe, as well as concerts in USA and Canada, Wild Marmalade have been spreading their unique didgeridoo and drum dance sound to a global audience. Didg player Si Mullumby explains how the collaboration with Si Fixion has its roots set deeply in the Australian dance music scene.

“One of the greatest inspirations behind the creation of Wild Marmalade was seeing The Bird play back in 1999. The way they could win an audience through playing instruments totally live had an energy far greater than what I experienced from listening to pre-recorded dance music. The result is a hybrid between organic and electronic sounds, seamlessly melded to create true Australian groove music. The band is playing totally live, without programming, thus maintaining the essential power of the Wild Marmalade sound”.

The night will also feature long-time local D.J. / producer Andrew Booth playing his mix of organic and electronic grooves.

Expect a night of high energy, organic dance music with ferocious intensity, from Australia’s ambassadors of groove !

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An Evening of Kirtan with … DAVE STRINGER
Saturday 17th March Coorabell Hall

Doors: 6.45pm / Start 7:30pm

Tickets: Pre $30 / Door $35 Available: http://www.trybooking.com/ULZ

Food By Veet’s Cuisine

 The call and response form of mantra chanting known as Kirtan is a consciousness-transforming practice, directing the singers to vanish into the song as drops merge into the ocean. The form is simple: a lead group calls out the melodies. The crowd responds, clapping and dancing as the rhythms of tablas, finger cymbals, harmonium, tamboura, electric bass, guitar and trumpet build and accelerate into an ecstatic atmosphere of blissful chanting and dancing.

International kirtan artist Dave Stringer marries the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove-oriented sensibility of American gospel, and he is regarded as one of the most gifted singers in the genre. Stringer, who is also an accomplished composer and multi-instrumentalist, has a special ability to bring people together and inspire them to sing. His work intends to create a modern and participatory theatrical experience out of the ancient traditions of kirtan and yoga, open to a multiplicity of interpretations, and accessible to all.

Stringer has been widely profiled as one of the most innovative artists of the new American kirtan movement. The Los Angeles Times has declared the experience of chanting with Dave Stringer to be a departure from ancient kirtan. Stringers performance shaped the experience into a far more compelling musical encounter.Ó

Initially trained as a visual artist, filmmaker and jazz musician, Stringer had his formative experiences with chanting when film editing work brought him to an ashram in Ganeshpuri, India in 1990. An articulate and engaging public speaker, he probes the dilemmas of the spirit with a wry and unorthodox sense of humor.

Bring your friends and family for an enchanting evening of Kirtan at Coorabell Hall, for Dave Stringer’s only Byron Bay Concert. At the very least you will leave full of inspiration and Bhakti bliss !!

Official Website: http://www.davestringeraustralia.com/

Kat Cobley
Director – Ku Promotions
1/6 Beachside Dve, Suffolk Park, NSW 2481
Phone: 026619 0494 / Mobile: 0421 705 145

Nominations close Monday 5th March 5pm (AEST)| Notifications by Friday 9th March

Ausdance NSW invites dance teachers from the education sector or private studios, to nominate their most talented students for an Australian Youth Dance Festival 2012 dance scholarship.

Winners receive full registration tuition to take part in a 7-day intensive training and performance experience with ten leading Australian choreographers.

Ten scholarships will be awarded nationwide, bringing together the best of Australia’s future professional dancers.

To nominate your student all you need to do is send us a link to a Youtube video, telling us why you think your student should come to AYDF 2012.

Visit http://www.ausdancensw.com.au/Aydf2012DanceScholarship/1451/n/3/0/0/ for more information

Successful organisation’s grants will be applied as a credit to Glasshouse fees & charges. This amount will be applied to the final Glasshouse settlement following the completion of the event at the Glasshouse.

The Glasshouse Community Support Program will support Not for Profit Organisations who are based in the Port Macquarie-Hastings Local Government Area (LGA) or who are delivering events directly benefiting the Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA.

Applications are now open for Glasshouse Community Support Program for events occurring between 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

Applications open on 1 February 2012 and close on 30 March 2012. Successful applications will be announced at the end of May 2012.

Apply for a Glasshouse Community Support Program Grant
Applicants will be required to complete the Glasshouse Community Support Program application form online. All applications must address the eligibility and selection criteria and must include an event summary highlighting the relevance to the Glasshouse Community Support Program. Applications must include an accurate budget forecast.

Only 1 application may be submitted per organisation, per round.

Information on how the grant will be applied
Successful applicants can receive up to a maximum of 40% of the total Glasshouse Venue Hire costs as per the budget forecast supplied at the time of application.

Grants will be applied to the Venue Hire charges only and cannot be applied to charges for services supplied by third party suppliers, i.e. catering, equipment hire, audio visual services etc.

The grant will be applied as a credit towards the final account. If the total of the grant exceeds the total of the final account, the unused amount will be returned to the Glasshouse Community Support Program Fund.

Further information
For assistance relating to an application or the application process, contact the Glasshouse directly on (02) 6581 8551 or email: grants@glasshouse.org.au

Website http://www.hastings.nsw.gov.au/www/html/6145-glasshouse-community-support-program.asp

Guest curator and artist Glen Wilkinson has conceived the innovative initiative for the collective, with the exhibition featuring works from the new collective of inter-regional, local established and emerging artists.

Artworks include drawing, ceramics, drawing, fibre art, jewellery, painting, print making,photography, textiles and sculpture and all are for sale. Come and enjoy the exhibition opening with the artists on Saturday February 18th at 6.00pm.

Matilda Street Gallery
& Nambucca Valley Art & Framing
(02) 6568 4433

The Grafton Regional Gallery is proud to present Tracey Moffatt: narratives on display from Wednesday 8 February to Sunday 25 March 2012.

Tracey Moffatt: narratives is a Monash Gallery of Art travelling exhibition and features three important photographic series by one of Australia’s best loved artists. The three series in the exhibition are titled Up in the sky (1997), Invocations (2000) and Scarred for life (1994).

Tracey Moffatt is an internationally recognised indigenous artist who uses story telling as a vital part of her work. Her photographs use images to build open-ended stories that are confronting and thought provoking.

Scarred for life launched Moffatt’s career. It presents nine photographs based on true stories about traumatic childhood experiences. The photographs resemble snapshots from a family album to emphasis the everyday nature of the situations they depict.

Up in the sky suggests a story of epic proportions. Using as inspiration Italian cinema and the myths of the Australian outback the work makes a compelling commentary on race and religion.

With Invocations, Moffatt recreates a dream as three disjointed stories. The photographs draw on the psychological landscapes of Francisco Goya, Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney.

Also on display Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, Catherine O’Donnell: Venetian Visions, Flora from the Collection. Visit the gallery’s website for more details at www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au.

The All Stars
First formed in 2005 The Mid North Coast All Star Stage Band is a dynamic and exciting ensemble comprising of members aged 12-25 from across the Hastings/Macleay area.
One of the finest youth ensembles on the Mid North Coast, the All Stars have given many performances throughout the region receiving great reviews from audience
members.
In addition to their community performances, members have also used the band as an ensemble for their HSC. Many have achieved marks in the 90’s with several
nominations for encore.
In 2012 the Mid North Coast All Star Stage Band is expanding to include members from the entire Mid North Coast Region.
This is an opportunity for advanced players to extend themselves, improve their sight-reading, develop improvisational skills and play exciting, challenging repertoire in an ensemble with other musicians of a high caliber.
There will also be workshops with visiting musicians and members may have the opportunity to use the band as and ensemble for their HSC performances.

Places exist for Saxes, Trombone, Trumpet, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Drums/Percussion and Vocalists Min 6th grade AMEB or equivalent required Ages: 12 – 25

Vivace
The Mid North Coast Youth Orchestra The orchestra was formed in 2011, with the aim of supporting and encouraging young musicians in orchestral music.
In it’s first year, the youth orchestra received amazing reviews from young members, parents and the audience.
Young players are joined by mentors to experience the thrill of playing orchestral music. This is the ideal group for the advancing orchestral instrument player, including oboe, bassoon, French horn and Strings

Orchestra; Strings, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion – Min 5th grade AMEB or equivalent required Ages: 12 upwards

There will be two concert series in 2012 with monthly rehearsals.
Series one dates. February 26th, March 25th, April 29th, Mayy 27
Concert TBA

Series two dates. TBA
Time: All Stars: 12.30pm – 2.30pm, Orchestra: 2.00pm – 4pm

Cost;  $100 per concert series for one or both ensembles

Venue – TBA – Alternating monthly between Kempsey and Port Macquarie

For More Information contact: Mandy Lee 0428 626 162 demandying@iinet.net.au

Entries close 18th July

First Prize $2,500.00

Two highly commended prizes of $250.00 each

The online information has been updated. http://www.sculptureinthegaol.com.au/

Set your eyes and ears on our art prize!

The Tenterfield Art Prize – A Brush With Verse – bounces back in 2012 with $4,000 worth of cash in the prize pool!

It’s an opportunity for artists and poets to team up. All art must be accompanied by a matching verse – either a classic, a song lyric or an (unpublished) original. All styles welcome and quality original poems will be rewarded with prize categories totalling $700!

Entries close Saturday, 10 March 2012 with competition launched at the Forest to Furniture Gallery on Friday, 30 March 2012 and winners announced on that night.

For competition guidelines and entry form  Visit the ‘Brush with Verse’ webpage

Friday 30th March – Sunday 8th April 2012

to be held in Uralla memorial Hall Salisbury Street Urall NSW

The Rotary Club of Urall is pleased to invite you to participate in their 35th Annual Arts Exhibition. Over the years many Artists have had great success in selling their works through the exhibition.

For further information and an entry form contact
Linda Bell 02 67784005 lindabell525@hotmail.com
Peter Phillips 02 6778 4245 helenphillipsart@bigpond.com

Curator Cherie Treharne says that the idea of the gallery space is to capture the interest of theatre audiences and expose them to local art.

“Our Art Space at the Jetty Theatre is the fusion of visual art with the performing arts. Throughout the year many local artists will have the opportunity to exhibit and sell their works here,” Treharne says.

Treharne has previously been hanging team leader at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery and independently exhibited local artists at the Professional Centre and Ocean Noir.

“The Jetty Theatre foyer is a fantastic area in which to exhibit and anyone whose work is ready for show should contact me to discuss the possibilities. We are also interested in presenting joint and group shows.”

Each of the exhibitions is celebrated with an official opening and the next, to unveil Helena Tournier’s collection of works entitled Colour My World, will take place on Saturday 18 February at 6.00 pm.

The gallery space is open Tuesday to Friday from 12.00 pm – 4.00 pm and during performances.

Cherie Treharne is also interested to hear from any potential sponsors to help cover the costs of promoting the exhibitions and staging openings.

For further information, contact Cherie on 0438 296 399.