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Thursday
18th
8.00-10.00
BUSH
POETS BREKKY
AT THE TENNIS CLUB ….. A
Great morning at this new venue with around 300 in the
audience
Thursday 18th
BUSH
VERSE WORKSHOPS
Melanie
Hall and Susan Carcary conducted
two great workshops to a small but very appreciative group
Friday 19th
11.00-1.00
POETS IN THE PARK
Bush poetry at rear of the Tourist Centre.
This event was again very popular with a large audience. Following
the show, many audience members took the opportunity to meet the
poets
Saturday 20th.
8-11am
BUSH POETS BREKKY
AT THE CLUB
The Bowling Club saw a full house enjoy a range of poetry -
including an impromptu performance of "A Bush Christening" by
the 3 visiting Eastern States "Professionals" -
Definitely not for the "traditionalists", but a great laugh
Sunday 21st.
7-10am
BIG SUNDAY
BUSH POETS BREAKFAST
The biggest Bush Poetry event in WA.
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With an audience of well over 2000, almost half of whom arrived
before the start time of 7am, this was again a great mixture of
local and imported talent. The audience were treated to
almost 3 hours of a mixture of classical and contemporary
poetry, both humorous and serious, some delightful stories and a
lot of patriotism, which was very well received.
Written
Poetry Competition
Both Novice and Open Sections
had a quite large number of entries.
The Open section was of a very standard and
the judge had considerable difficulty deciding on a winner.
The Novice section however included only a few poems that were
of a sufficiently high standard to achieve recognition.
The main problem was, as always, an inability on the part of the
poets to achieve consistency of metre. There were also
several entries in blank or free verse. Entrants
submitting such poems should read the terms and conditions.
It is clearly stated that the poem MUST have very good and
consistent rhyme and rhythm.
We all look forward to another great weekend
next year
Thanks to Bill and his helpers for a great programme |
