Special theme concert
THE SOUTHERN
CROSS IS
CALLING
With over 70 performers from the:
Wongawilli Band
Wongawilli Colonial
Dancers
BHP Youth Orchestra
Singers 2000 Australia
SBS Radio &
Television Choir
This concert forms
part of 1999 Carnivale
To
Illawarra
Folk Club main page
To Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club main page
Further details contact:
David De Santi
ph 02 4257 1788.
compiled August 1999
.... So goodbye sunny Naples, my loving family too.
The Southern Cross is calling me to build a life that's new.
I'm off to see Australia, the work is plenty there
My bag is packed, I won't look back, I'll make a pile, I swear....
from The Southern is Calling by Joe Paolacci
A unique and dynamic concert of traditional and contemporary folk songs, dances and music from the experiences of the many peoples in Australia.
Performances -
8pm, Saturday, 11 September 1999
IMB Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre,
Burelli Street, Wollongong
Tickets
on sale - Adults $15, Concession $10, Friend of IPAC $12
phone IPAC 02 4226 3366
See IPAC Web-Site for
further details.
CONCERT CONTENT
1. Around the Boree Log (words John O'Brien aka Father Patrick Hartigan, music trad apadted by Wongawilli.) - The great Australian tradition of sitting around a campfire 'boree log' and telling stories. Performed by Wongawilli Band.
2. The New Land (Austin Durack) - A story typical of the many adventurous settlers last century to Australia. This story is about the Durack family from Ireland who ended up in the Kimberleys, Western Australia. Their story is related in Kings in Grass Castles, by Mary Durack. Performed by Wongawilli Band and SBS Choir.
3. The Drover's Boy (Ted Egan) - The fascinating story of one of the original inhabitants of Australia soon to be a feature film. Performed by Wongawilli Band.
4. ITEM FROM THE BHP YOUTH ORCHESTRA
5. Sign-On Day (traditional) - There has been a huge influx of itinerant migrants to the canefields of Queensland. This song is about 'signing on' for the season. The instrumental tune used is from German settlers in the south-east of Queensland. Performed by Wongawilli Band, Colonial Dancers, Orchestra and Choir.
6. The Ballad of Yick Yung (Dennis O'Keeffe) - A story of the many people to be part of Australia's first large assembling of many cultures, the Victorian gold rush. Yick Yung was one of 16,000 Chinamen to land at Robe, South Australia, seeking his fortune. Performed by Wongawilli Band, Orchestra and Choir.
7. Pickers Train (Neil Adam) - A train full of itinerant workers from all over the world heading off to the Riverina for the pciking season. Performed by Wongawilli Band and SBS Choir.
8. DANCE DEMONSTRATION - The Polka Cotillion / Berlin Schottische / Adelaide Race Day. Performed by Colonial Dancers, Wongawilli Band and Orchestra.
INTERVAL
9. The Southern Cross is Calling (Joe Paolacci) - A story of hard work and assimilation into Australian society for an Italian immigrant in Melbourne. Performed by Wongawilli Band, Orchestra and Choir.
10. May Your Tinnies Always be Cold (Greg Champion). A nostalgic song about the joys of living in Australia. Performed by the Choir and Wongawilli Band.
11. DANCE DEMONSTRATION - Sandhurst Diggers / Kruez Polka / Blackwattle Reel. Performed by Colonial Dancers, Wongawilli Band and Orchestra.
12. Ciao Billabong (words N. McCann/D. De Santi, music N. McCann/D.De Santi/G. Murray) - A typical story of an Illawarra Italian migrant landing in Australia in the 1950s and trying his hand at all sorts of work and setting his family up. Performed by Wongawilli Band and Choir.
13. ITEM FROM THE BHP YOUTH ORCHESTRA
14. Giovanna's Deli (Kavisha Mazzella) - Many of Australia's latest culinary delights are to be found in the deli. Performed by Wongawilli Band and Choir.
15. And When They Dance (Roy Abbott) - A song celebrating the universal joy of social dancing. Performed by Colonial Dancers, Wongawilli Band, Choir and Orchestra.
16. Waltzing Matilda (Banjo Paterson/Christina McPherson) - Australia's unofficial anthem taken up all the migrants to Australia. Performed by Orchestra, Choir and Wongawilli Band.