The Adelaide Fringe is over but the songs from Celtic Sounds still linger in my head. Angela and Casey’s ‘Black is the Colour’ remains a daily ear-worm that often finds me softly humming to myself in my day job. And that’s absolutely fine by me.
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The Whistle Master
I once thought the Irish tin whistle was nothing more than a child’s toy. I really could not take seriously that a simple metal tube and mouthpiece, costing less than $10 from a store could produce such a magical sound. Over the last few years I have been spending more and more time with and […]
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On AVCon’s opening night the performers danced us the story of ‘Ayvee and Switch’. In this scene Ayvee, performed by Alice Willamsen, spins a gift of silk cloth for her rescuer Switch. Ayvee, in the form of a beautiful magical crane been caught in a trap set by the people of Switch’s village. Despite the […]
Read MoreHeralding AVcon
The opening night of AVCon at the Adelaide Convention Center was a spectacle I’d been waiting for several months now and finally it arrived. I’m not really a big anime fan or gaming enthusiast. In fact I felt just a little bit fraudulent waiting in the long snaking queue surrounded by excited individuals and groups […]
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