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festival www.alicedesertfestival.com.au

2010201010-19 Sept

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF FESTIVAL: THE PAST IS THE PRESENT IS THE FUTURE

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Jan Ferguson Chair Red HOT Arts Central

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Scott Large Festival and Events Manager

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Presented by: Introduction Welcome to the 10th Alice Desert Festival! When we have a birthday, we are actually celebrating our past and our future simultaneously. RED

HOT It’s a moment to reflect on how you got to where you are in anticipation of where you’re going. One of local Red HOT Arts Central Australia is proud to present the Alice lensman Mike Gilliam’s photographs illustrates this Desert Festival program for 2010.This festival comes as the

organisation goes from strength to strength with increased perfectly. It shows a crazed mob of moths orbiting community participation in all sectors of our business.ARTS a street light. The rapid beating of wings and 80Hz SPONSORS flickering of the lamp combine to capture a strobe As the Festival marks 10 years, we look back at the rich history central australia effect tracing their flight patterns. Each moth is reflected of the event as it has grown and embrace the momentum to Government Partners: multiple times within the fraction-of-a-second exposure

– past, present and future together in one frame. Likewise 10 years of this fantastic festival have traced the dynamic essence of the Central Australian cultural landscape. While 10 years may seem insignificant to the land and history of this place, the festival has lifetimes of stories woven into it. Stories that you are a part of….or might be this year? The past and future have conspired to give us a present

carry us forward through the next 10 years and beyond. It is a great milestone for a festival to acknowledge and celebrate. This years theme of the past informing the future brings with it the best of our wonderful desert culture. We are blessed to have access to the oldest living culture with all of its depth, beauty and wonder. This year’s festival will be our biggest yet and positions us as a key element of the local calendar as well as gaining profile on the national event circuit. What you experience in this festival would not be possible without the extraordinary

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sFestival & Events Manager: Scott Large Regional Arts Development Officer: Franca Barraclough Marketing Officer: Nicole Sarfati Administration: Alicia Finch Festival Staff Production Coordinator: Donna Halcione Wild Bushfoods: Rita Catoni & Kim Hopper Wearable Arts Coordinator: Anneke Rose Bush Bands Bash Coordinator: Will Kendrew GeNeraTe Coordinator: Melissa Kerl Flair Flags: Alicia Finch & Mimi Leung Program Coordinator: Franca Barraclough Festival ProgramArtwork: Elliat Rich Design/layout: Gray Browne, Colemans Printing Alice Springs Printed on Impress Silk Red HOT Arts Central Australia Board Jan Ferguson (Chair), Karlikamurti Suich (Deputy Chair), Damien Armstrong, Marie Bout, Peter Clarke, Ben Convery, Dan Murphy, Neil McLeod, Alderman Murray Stewart, Matt Mulga, Lisa Perry, With Special ThanksTo the Reference Groups of Alice Desert Festival. Wearable Arts, Wild Bushfoods and Bush Bands Bash. To the staff of our partner organisations who put in many hours of support; especially Alice Springs Town Council, Arts NT, Music NT, Watch This Space ARI, Araluen Art Centre, Desert Knowledge Australia, 783 ABC, Ninti One, Imparja and Colemans Printing.

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commitment of our sponsors, staff, volunteers and Board. With thanks to all our supporters - let the party begin! We hope there is something for all of Alice Springs and

Principal Partner: its communities in this festival. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Alice Desert Festival’s 10th birthday celebrations. The Alice Desert Festival is Central Australia’s premier event celebrating the great Territory lifestyle unique to the people who Key Partners: live in this spectacular desert landscape. The 10th Alice Desert Festival – congratulations on

achieving this great milestone! For 10 days, Central Australian artists will once again inspire locals and visitors as Alice Springs is transformed into a hive of activity drawing people from around Australia and overseas to the red The Alice Springs Town Council has been a strong supporter

MONTE’S of the Festival since its inception and is pleased to see the eat – drink – laugh centre. Festival go from strength to strength each year. Council is I congratulate the Alice Desert Festival on its diverse program proud of the contributions it makes to the Festival, being offering something for everyone to enjoy. soma thirty thousand dollars of funding and a further significant Don’t miss the Festivals’ signature events that celebrate the stories, amount of in-kind support also. This assists in putting on this Partners: songs, humour and land that feature so significantly in lives of all Territorians. impressive local event each year. Get yourself to the Bush Bands Bash, fast becoming an event of national The Festival is a great way to support the arts and celebrate significance as it gives talented Indigenous musicians who live in very remote Alice’s cultural diversity. It also helps grow our fantastic local communities an opportunity to play to a regional audience. And who could pass talent and attract visitors to our beautiful region. up an opportunity to try some of the succulent dishes unique to Central Australia Every year I’m impressed to see so much home-grown talent at Wild Bush Foods? included in the line up and it’s great that the Festival offers local performers the chance Located in the heart of the Central Australia, Alice Springs is the perfect base to to develop. It’s also terrific that Centralians have embraced this festival and continue to explore the surrounding desert region. I encourage all visitors to the Alice Desert give it such strong support each year. Festival to discover the beautiful ranges, the stunning gorges and surprising I’d like to acknowledge the Alice Desert Festival team and the many volunteers for their

Invaluable Support: waterholes. The Alice Desert Festival has grown over its 10 years to be one of the highlights of tireless efforts in putting on such a great show.

Happy 10th Birthday Alice Desert Festival! As always, looking forward to this year’s the Territory’s Festivals Calendar. The Territory Government is proud to support this festival. event so please enjoy this wonderful celebration.

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Everyone is invited to come to our 10th Alice Desert Festival StrExperience our unique past and in turn, create some beautiful memories for our futuras Alice dresses up and swaggers, prances, struts, marches and winds her way upTodd Mall. Grab a table at one of the many outdoor cafes and watch the whirlof community colour jive and weave up Todd Mall to Anzac Oval.This tide of enthusiasm waits for no one.

Spend three days exploring the exhilarating program of music and performance, diverse market stalls and arts workshops. Bring the family to the Kids Day where you can jump onboard a time machine and travel through amazing adventures and stories. Discover and taste your way through wild bushfood at the Harvest Fare and soak in the best of local and interstate acts.

Sunset Street Carnivale10-12 Sept The Pod, Anzac Oval,

Wills Tce

Gold Coin Donation

The Alice Desert Festival bursts into life with

THE POD

6pm 6.45pm 7pm 8.30pm 9.30pm

Sunset Street Carnivale

10am-4pm 10am-4pm 4pm 5pm 7pm

FRIDAY 10 SEPT

SUNDAY 12 SEPT

Feedback on Five West African Drumming Workshop Japanese Print Workshop Juggling Workshop Desert Diva’s Mask Making Workshop Sound Sculpture & Body Percussion Workshop Bollywood Dance Workshop Bush Bands Bash

Kids Day Wild Bushfoods Harvest Fare Youth Dance Off Desert Voice Dan Sultan (Ticketed event)

Sunset Street Carnivale Opening Ceremony GeNeraTe Triple J Unearthed Feature Colourfide

10am 10am 10am 12pm 12.30pm 2pm 2.30pm 4pm 6pm

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A Central Australian Youth Arts Showcase Red HOT Arts Central Australia is very excited to present a showcase of youth arts from remote communities and Alice Springs. Central Australia is a power house of young talent bursting at its seams. GeNeraTe celebrates the unique and evolutionary qualities of youth culture through a large scale stage presentation of multi media/dance, music , visual arts and more.

GeNeraTe SATURDAY 11 SEPT

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TimetableTimetable Alice Desert Festival Opening Ceremony is not to be missed! Bringing together a truly magical mix of music and sculpture that will start the Festival with a bang. Imagine if a drum kit, a Finke-race buggy and plumber had a head-on collision! The result would look like these sound sculptures. Local metal magician Dan Murphy and Queensland sound art-ist Steve Langton have combined forces to create these strange and wonderful contraptions featured on this night and across the Festival. Bring your family and discover the heart of the Alice Desert Festival! Directed by percussive maestro Greg Sheehan and local musical chameleon Matt Hill.

Opening Ceremony 6pm Fri 10 Sept Counc

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6.45pm Fri 10 Sept, The Pod, Anzac Oval

7pm Fri 10 Sept,Main Stage The Pod,

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Enjoy the sounds of Desert Divas, the festival’s showcase of emerging contemporary Indigenous female musicians and singers from Central Australia. With artists hailing from both remote communities and Alice Springs, Desert Divas represents the strength and diversity in the voices of local Indigenous women.

DIVAS Come and watch six local bands play their best 5 minutes of music to a panel of music industry experts who will give them critical feedback and suggest directions in which they could move forward in their work.

10am-12pm Sat 11 Sept,

Play Stage, The Pod,

Anzac Oval

This is Indigenous music from the heart – one of the biggest and most vibrant Indigenous music events in Australia. Amplifying the desert, the Bush Bands Bash celebrates Indigenous culture and language through melody and rhythm. Now in its 7th year, Bush Bands Bash develops and promotes music for a healthy life.

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From the Gold Coast via Tennant Ck, Colourfide are an instrument-swapping ball of creative energy who share a rare chemistry on stage. Complete with three lead singers, they’re one of those bands as interesting to watch as to listen to. The music is highly accessible, good time party songs with catchy hooks incorporating reggae, funk, hip-hop and world music influences.

9.30pm Fri 10 Sept, Main Stage, The Pod, Anzac Oval

The winners of the Alice Springs region Triple J Unearthed competition show off their sound & style as a special feature on the Festival Main Stage. Bands have been judged through the Triple J Unearthed website and winners will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival. www.triplejunearthed.com.

12.30pm-2pm Sat 11 Sept, Play Stage,

The Pod, Anzac Oval

8.30pm Fri Sept 10, Main Stage, The Pod

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6pm Sat 11 Sept, Main Stage, The Pod, Anza

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West African DrummingPODworkshops

5pm Sun 12 Sept,

The Pod anzac oval

Gold Coin Donation


Workshop with Ba-Boom!

10am-12am Sat 11 Sept, Riverside

near Totem Theatre Cost:$40

Learn ensemble drumming and engage and discover the thrill of West African poly rhythmic trance music! Bookings: [email protected]

Juggling and Contact jugglingwith Mr Om

12-2pm Sat 11 Sept, Little Top Tent,

Pod Space Cost:$10

Come and learn contact juggling and ball manipulation with one of the world’s foremost contact-juggler. Internationally recognized for his stunning and skillful routines and visually captivating performances. Bookings: [email protected], 8952 2392

Sound Sculpture and BodyPercussion Workshop

2.30pm - 4pm Sat 11 Sept, Play Stage

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The Pod, Anzac Oval Cost:$5

Percussive workshop with Mathew Hill and guests Bookings: [email protected], 8952 2392

Bollywood Dance Workshop

4-6pm Sat 11 Sept, The Pod,

Anzac Oval Cost:$10

The best thing about Bollywood dance is you do not need to be trained in any form of dance. It has all the flavours and spice that enthralls the viewers and as well as the performers. Bookings: [email protected], 8952 2392

Imagery of Edo JapanesePrint Workshop

10am-12am Sat 11 Sept,

Little Top Tent, The Pod

anzac ovalGold Coin Donation

A workshop exploring the process of Japanese Hand Coloured Prints. Bookings: [email protected], 8952 2392

Mask Making Workshop

2pm-4pm Sat 11 Sept.

Little Top Tent, The Pod,

Anzac OvalGold Coin Donation

In preparation for the most exciting event in Alice Springs History to date the Melting Moments Masquerade Ball. divine your own personal creations. Bookings: [email protected], 8952 2392

YOUTHDANCEOFF

4pm sun 12 sept, play stage, the pod,anzac

oval

Step up, face up, and get down. Come and see these forces of nature, super rappers,cold crush breakers, jazz, modern and tap step into the arena! This is strictly business and only the wickedest crew will get the booty at the ultimate dance off!

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Experience Central Australia’s rich choral groups as stories are woven into an afternoon of musical delight

a range of vocal from across the

region. Asante Sana creative choirmaster Morris Stuart is the powerhouse behind this

event. Featuring Asante Sana, Areyonga Choir, Tnantjama Ngkatja Ntjarrala (Harmony in Many Voices)

Titjikala Community Choir and NT Music School


DanSultanAlice Desert festival is excited to welcome one

of Australias most exciting live performers on the circuit Dan Sultan. Fresh from headline slots at Big Day Out, Splendour in the Grass, Bluesfest and Womad, and starring in box office cinema smash “Bran Nu Dae”, Dan will bring his electrifying romp through rockabilly, blues, soul, country and swing to The Pod. Dan will be supported by a full 7-piece band and bring with him a swag of material from his new album “Get out While you Can.” Having spent time in Yuendemu as a child, Dan is keen to return to Central Australia and share his music.

7pm Sun 12 Sept, Main Stage, The Pod, Anza

c Oval

Cost $30 on the door. No BYO alcohol.

“Dan s one of our great soul singers. He s got the danger and the dance. If you’re on stage with him you better step up . Paul Kelly

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MACHINECardboard Castles Counting on the Universe: a Journey on a Library Beanbag Clay Workshops Costume Making –pirate patches, space crowns, top hats and bonnets Katapillar Kids Productions School Choirs Mini Tardis making Bush foods for kid’s. Balloon Twisting with Miss Milly the Silly Billy Juggling Performance and workshop with Ludo Kids Can Dance Performances! Schools & Dusty Feet Youth Dance Hip-Hop-A-Roo-La! Prizes and awards

Kids 10am-4pm sun 12 sept,

the pod,anzac oval,

gold coin donation

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Counting on the Universe:A Journey on a Library Beanba

A girl falls asleep in the Library’s magic after the library closes and it takes journey through time. This will be a collaborative storytelling experience for readers, and philosophising children of all ages. Presented by Alice Springs Public Librar

Baloon Twisting with Miss Millthe Silly Billy

Come and learn how to make your very own and crazy balloon creatures with the queen balloon twisting, the delightful Miss Milly.

DayHave you ever wondered what it would be like to walk with the dinosaurs, ride in a horse carriage instead of a car, fight like a gladiator or live like a queen in a pyramid Egypt style? All kids and their families are invited to step into the time machine and enter the land behind the world

where pirates wrestle crocodiles that tick like clocks and princesses build cardboard castles to the sky..... Costume making, mini putt putt golf, old school games, activities and workshops. Prizes galore and stage performances all day!!!

DayJuggling Performance andWorkshop with Ludo

One of the world’s foremost contact jugglers, internationally recognized for his stunning and skilfull routines and visually captivating performances.

Hip-Hop-A-Roo-La! Want to beatbox like a kangaroo? Tap dance like a koala? Strut your stuff like a frilled neck lizard? Then join Miss Milly and her friend Lilly Pilly as they dance-jam their way through the Outback, discovering through sound and movement all the wonderful things there are to see along the way.

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10am sun 12 sept, the pod, anzac ova

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12.40pm sun 12 sept, the pod, anzac

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1pm sun 12 sept, the pod, anzac oval

3pm sun 12 sept, the pod, anzac oval

MC -Tick and Tock 10am-4pm 10am 10am-12pm 10am – 12 11am 12pm 12pm-4pm 12.30pm 12.40pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 3.30 More info: Kids day info board at The Pod

Cardboard Castles (Art in transit)

Come and build your own time machine labyrinth with card board installation sculpture

artists Ross Byers!

sun 12 sept, the pod, anzac oval

SOUNDSEDUCTIONCOMEDY


TheClock-Off Club 15-19

Sept

This night is dedicated to our working class heroes, shonky sales people, crooked politicians, and domesticgod/goddess’s with their noses to the Mon to Fri, 9-5 grindstone, living the great Australian dream. Like sandsthrough the hour glass these are the days of our lives so come down to the Clock-Off Club and laugh off theshackles of your routine.

2 shows: 6-8.30pm and 9-11pm, doors

open at

5.30pm, montes, cost$15

Emerging Comedians

Jackie Loeb Washing cars, babysitting and handing out tinned peaches at Woolworths, eventually led to a career as a stand-up comic! Jackie Loeb has worked extensively as a comedian, vocalist, actor and musician. Since 1991, Jackie has performed her unique brand of musical comedy at leading venues across Australia and internationally.

Kate Burbeck, Leon Tripp, Damien Armstrong

Ooh La La A comedy sketch about two French nurses who have just arrived for their first shift in Australia – 9pm show

The Brolesque Brothers proudly presentedby Brohemian Lifestyle Productions

Recently voted Australia’s premier male performance group by someone in the know. The Brolesque Brothers pack punchs to entertain the whole audience...not just the mothers! 6pm show

Coolier than Julia

Wed 15 Sept Thur 16 SeptAn evening of sultry sound seduction where stories and music weave myth and magic till time stands still.


Jess RibeiroAND THE BONE COLLECTORS

“Jess Ribeiro is going to be famous.”Tim Ritchie, Radio National, Darwin festival 2009

Let the raw energy of notebending nu-folk artists Jess Ribeiro and The Bone Collectors whisk you awayon a spooky journey through dust and country, twinkling ballads and rowdy roadhouse grooves. The band reveal their bittersweet musical roots in a celebration performance of songs from their upcoming debut album. “My music senses were set alight with the kind of magic I have only witnessed a couple of times in my life. I’m not going to usecomparisons to other vocalists; you’ll just have to trust me that “Special” doesn’t cover it.

www.myspace.com/jessribeirobonecollectors

Courtenay Stickels The Girl with the Briefcase

Courtenay will deliver her raw and enigmatic sound with the help of the shruti and soulful slide guitarist, Daniel MacKenzie.

A Brief history of Time- The Musical

The prophecy returns! Saturn, the great devourer, will be overthrown by one of his offspring and unless Rhea, goddess of necessity, can stop him he will consume them one by one, time after time. Let an all-local, all-superstar cast of time lords and rhyme ladies eat up your time with a mythical rock around the clock of timeless wonder. Produced by Matt Hill & Beth Sometimes, featuring: Kerzlake, Max McHenry, Karina Menday, Kristelle Sherwood, Dan Murphy, Elisa Pernu and many more.

Minority Sun Minority Sun plays mellow rock, reggae, R’n’B and hip hop with a lyrical content based on a deepconnection to Arrente country and references issues around modern day Indigenous life.

MONTE’SCnr Todd Street & Stott Terreace

TheClock-Off Club 15-19

Sept

Cnr Todd Street & Stott TerreaceMONTE’S

doors open at 6pm, montes, cost$15

MC Ev the Rev Donna O’Brien.. she’s back

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