Category Archives: September

Australian Springtime Flora Festival – September 9, 2010

Come to Australia in September! Celebrate the Australian Spring with the 24th Australian Springtime Flora Festival, running September 9th until September 12th.

The Spring Time Flora Festival is a premier event in New South Wales that draws enormous garden lovers. Averagely 50,000 people visit the event that holds for four days. Not to be outdone, arts and crafts enthusiasts from all over Australia will present their original displays with over 30 exhibitors involved.

Visitors will be able to enjoy stage entertainment or watch minstrels and other entertainers mixing with the crowd to create a unique atmosphere of fun and relaxation. At the nearby children’s activity area, children will be entertained while providing a break for parents.

Visitors of the festival will experience the enjoyment of stage entertainments and more other presentations. Minstrels and all entertainments blend together to create a truly Australian floral atmosphere for fun and relaxation.

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Brisbane Writers Festival September 1-5

The Brisbane Writer’s Festival is occurring on September 1 till 5 this 2010. This is a big cause for writers and literature enthusiasts alike to meet their favorite writers in personal.

The Brisbane Writer’s Festival is a great stage to talk and learn new stories and emerging talent. If you are a writer whether amateur or professional traveling in Brisbane a spot to this event would be perfect to match your holiday.

The festival has even a program for little students, typically aging from 4 to 10. This type of program is ideally designed it for kids to be able to engage creatively and academically with various writers and illustrators.

But what else do we know about Brisbane Writer’s Festival? Perhaps a bit of history can make it livelier.

“The Brisbane Writers Festival first began in the 1960s as Warana Writers Weekend, an event aimed at writers held as a part of the Warana Festival. In 1985 the event was expanded to include public events and became Warana Writers Week. With the focus on attracting the general public, it shifted to South Bank and also utilized a number of city venues. Laurie Muller from the University of Queensland Press (UQP) chaired the voluntary committee for about nine years and was followed by notable Queensland writers and academics including Ross Clarke, Sue Gough, and Philip Neilsen.”

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Featured Events of Brisbane Festival September 2010

A Brisbane festival is kicking off on September 4th until the 25th. If you happen to travel Brisbane during this period make sure to sprinkle it with one of Brisbane festivals featured events.

The Ballet Nacional De Cuba

International sensation, Ballet Nacional de Cuba brings its exuberant and sensual style to Australia for the performance of the great three-act classic Don Quixote.

Audiences can enjoy a showcase of dazzling technique, passion and unique Latin fire in this Australian premiere of the company’s work. Read more at Brisbane festival

The Baroque Tarantella

Take two of the world’s most eclectic musical groups; add a pinch of baroque, a dash of folk and jazz, a whole bunch of energy and the result is a tour de force that has audiences spellbound from start to finish.

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the Paris-based L’Arpeggiata bring their spirited interpretation of traditional songs, beats and vocal and instrumental improvisations from the renaissance and baroque eras to this year’s Brisbane Festival. Read more at Brisbane Festival

The Happy As Larry

Happy as Larry is the newest work from much-lauded and awarded choreographer Shaun Parker. Along with long time collaborators Nick Wales and Bree van Reyk, who provide the electro-acoustic score, he delivers a fun, contemporary dance performance that explores the concept and elusiveness of happiness.

Parker’s companies of talented dancers explore different personality types and how they respond to happiness. Using ballet, hard-hitting contemporary dance, locking and popping and even roller-skating, they express their characters’ individual ways of interacting, viewing the world and pursuing happiness. Read more at Brisbane Festival

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