WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, at the Newport Folk Festival

4 July, the Newport Bowling CLub was the venue for WORDS, WORDS, WORDS. THis open mic event was organised by the Storytelling Guild, (Vic) for the Newport FOlk Festival. Throwing caution to the wind, I MC'd the show with the help of Michael Reynolds and SImon Kerr - poet and teh man behind Passionate TOngues at the Bruncwick Hotel (who is also a photographer). For this I am thankful as I accidentally deleted all my pics from the day.
THe enthusiasm for events like this is overwhelming and I am in no doubt that we have WORDS again in 2010.
Our guests recited and sang - Lawson, original works, invited us to join the John SHaw Neilson Society, they tolk fairytales and chanted Aussie bush verse - we had it all!.
Special thanks to Stephen Whiteside for rearrangin his life to take a spot at the mic, JJ, Imelda, Claudette, Josie, Jim, Wnedy and Helen and Kala. SImon Kerr for his songs and Viv WIles, Mary Jane Wylie, James Howard, Matteo, Anthony Carey, Dave Davies and Lish

Jackie Kerin