Monday, August 18, 2008

Sunday night Darwin Festival

I decided to volunteer this year for the Darwin Festival, having not been involved before(other than one year in which I attended the Dya Singh performances twice)
See a short video here to see why I went twice!!!


I attended a couple of sessions to learn about my role and then OHSW training. On Sunday it was down to the Botanic Gardens Star Shell where I acted as an usher and general hand which included 'bumping" seats into the venue between performance. I got to see the indigenous dance companies up close and as a volunteer blogger and photographer got some great shots. The staff and other volunteers are a great friendly bunch and we seemed to work well together.
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Dancers from the Kenbi Dance Company from the Belyuen community across Darwin Harbour
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Pukatja Dancers from the Central Australian community of Ernabella
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Checking out the progam
Waiting for Crossing  the Roper
Volunteers
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