18 DECEMBER
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CHRISTMAS VARIETY CONCERT
Australian Variety Entertainer of the Year, Danny Elliott, together with his wife, Sharna Le-Grand present a wonderful Christmas concert not to be missed at the Camden Civic Centre.
Be enchanted by Sharna’s sweet voice and amazed
at the musicianship of the multi-instrumental performance of Danny as they bring to you the spirit of Christmas in song. This concert will be a treat for young and old!
Date: Thursday,
18th December
Venue:
Camden
Civic Centre
Time:
Concert begins at 11.00am
Tickets:
$15.00 per person
For ticket sales and futher information Ph. 4655 8681
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20 DECEMBER
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BRIDAL OPEN HOUSE
Appointments essentials. Phone our wedding coordinator on 4655 8681 to make a time.
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- 2009 - |
14 MARCH
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SPEAKER: MAGGIE CAMPBELL PEDERSON, FGA ABIPP - NADFAS
Originally a photographer specialising in jewellery, Maggie became intrigued by the gemstones with which she was working to the extent that she subsequently qualified as a gemmologist. She is also interested in, and has worked in, animal conservation. Maggie is the author of ‘Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin’ – the only book devoted to the subject of organics, covering all of the well-known materials and many lesser known ones. She is also the editor of ‘Organic Gems’ – the online information centre and periodical similarly devoted entirely to this subject.
Lecture: Organic Gems as Adornment – Amber, Coral, Pearls & others
Her lecture will introduce us to the different organic materials, their origins and their various uses. Mention will also be made of current trade bans and how to identify some fakes.
Admisson fee applies
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18 MARCH
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SENIORS CONCERT
Details coming soon!
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21 MARCH
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THE CAVALCADE OF FASHION INC.
Not just a Fashion Parade, but a facinating, entertaining and memorable glimpse to our wonderful past.
Saturday 21st March 2009
From 2pm
Tickets: TBA
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2 APRIL
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WOLLONGONG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT - HEROICS
Your favourite arias and overtures from the World of Opera featuring the heroes and heroines (or villains) of Rossini, Bernstein, Lloyd Webber and other giants of the genre.
THURSDAY 2ND APRIL 7.30PM
Tickets available from Camden Civic Centre Ph. 4655 8681
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3 APRIL
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ECOBEAT
A band night to celebrate National Youth Week 2009 for young people aged 12-25years.
Date: Friday 3rd April 2009
Time: 6pm-10pm
Venue: Camden Civic Centre, Auditorium
Entry: FREE
No alcohol or drugs will be permitted and bag searches will be conducted.
Food can be purchased from inside the venue. No pass outs after 8:30pm.
For more information contact 46455021 or email jodie.grundy@camden.nsw.gov.au
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18 APRIL
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SPEAKER: TRISHA DIXON – ADFAS
Trisha is a photographer-writer with a passion for gardens and history. She has written, co-authored, photographed and edited a number of books including: The Vision of Edna Walling, Australia’s Timeless Gardens, Gardens in Time, In the Footsteps of Edna Walling, The Country Garden, Garden Design and Style: The Essence of the Garden, Monaro Country and Banjo Patterson’s High Country. Trisha edited Australian Garden History for six years and has been a columnist and contributor for various publications. She has held a number of exhibitions, including a touring one for the National Trust.
Lecture: Where Runs the River
This is the last line of the last poem by Banjo Patterson to his friends, the Osbornes at Bolaro Station at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. The lecture weaves together literature, social history and architecture.
Admisson fee applies
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8-15 MAY
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THE 35TH CAMDEN ART PRIZE - 2009
The
Camden Art Prize will celebrate its 35th birthday this year.
Since
the prestigious local competition first began in 1974 it has grown in
size,
interest and acclaim. The annual
Exhibition and
Sale
of works is now a
major event on the cultural calendar and attracts both local and
national
artists.
The
official opening of the 34th Camden Art Prize will be held
on Friday
8 May at Camden Civic Centre, corner of Oxley and Mitchell Streets,
Camden
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Free entry from 7.30pm, with the proceedings starting at 8pm.
Prize-winning
entries are acquired each year by the Art Committee Inc to become part
of the
impressive and ever expanding Camden Community Art Collection. Works
from this
significant collection are currently on show in Council’s buildings.
Entry
for works to be exhibited in the 2009 competition will take place on
Saturday
2 May. Entry forms will be available from Camden Civic Centre, Camden
Council,
the Exhibition Secretary or from this site.
All
artists are encouraged to consider entering the Art Prize. The
exhibition is
open 8 to 15 May 2009. For more information contact Camden
Civic
Centre on 4655 8681. |
23 MAY
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SPEAKER: SUSANNAH FULLERTON BA MSc (Arts) – ADFAS
Susannah is well known to Camden ADFAS. Her MSc (Arts) (Edinburgh) was in English Literature and Victorian fiction. She has taught at WEA College, Sydney and in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Sydney. She has been a guest speaker at meetings of the Jane Austen Society and the Bronte Society and has spoken at various clubs and societies, including the Library Society of NSW. Susannah is president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia and a member of the Bronte Society, the Trollope Society and the Byron Society.
Lecture: Vita Sackville West – Novelist, Poet, and Creator of Sissinghurst
Admisson fee applies
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12 JUNE
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WOLLONGONG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT - LEGENDS
Listen to the legends – Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Piazzolla.
FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 7.30PM
Tickets available from Camden Civic Centre Ph. 4655 8681
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27 JUNE
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SENIORS LEISURE & LIFESTYLE EXPO
Details coming soon! |
27 JUNE
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SPEAKER: DAVID COKE – NADFAS
David is an art historian and curator. He has been appointed Governor of Coram Family, the current incarnation of Capt. Coram’s eighteenth century Foundling Hospital, which still does wonderful and innovative work with the most vulnerable of London’s children. David is most at home with artists and other creative people and his greatest pleasure is to be able, occasionally, to buy their work.
Lecture: Making Faces – A Personal View of Portraiture
A personal view of why artists paint portraits, what they are used for, and what they convey to us today. The many images include everything from the Egyptian mummy portrait to the Identikit, from the caricature to the death mask.
Admisson fee applies
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18 JULY
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SPEAKER: DR SCOTT ANDERSON MA PhD FSA (Scot) – NADFAS
Scott is a trained archaeologist but his interests shifted to the world of art, antiques and auctioneering. He has worked in education since 1972, lecturing to a wide range of adult audiences from WEA to BA and MA level and led study tours abroad for BA students and for Tour NADFAS. In 1994 Scott joined the team at Southampton Solent University as a lecturer in Fine Arts Valuation.
Lecture: Upstairs & Downstairs: Life in the Victorian & Edwardian Country House
The imposing Victorian and Edwardian great houses and vast estates seem to encapsulate the very spirit of ‘Englishness. Yet life in the great country mansions was not necessarily always idyllic, even for the rich.
Admisson fee applies |
31 JULY- 2 AUGUST
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23rd ANNAUAL CAMDEN ANTIQUE
FAIR presented by Quota International of Camden Inc
Quality selection of antique furniture, collectibles,
jewellery, linen, china and precious objects. All items for sale
The Camden ANTIQUE Fair is run each year to raise money for
various community projects and much needed equipment.
The fair generally attracts over 2000 guests who support their
community.
Dates, times & cost:
FRIDAY,
31 JULY 2009: 6.30pm
– 9pm
Cost: TBA incl. light supper
SATURDAY,
1
AUGUST 2008: 10am
– 5pm
SUNDAY,
2
AUGUST 2008: 10am
– 4.30pm
Admission: TBA
Verbal
valuations of treasured items
Saturday
& Sunday 10am – 3pm
Cost:
TBA (in addition to admission)
Limit
2 items
per person
Proceeds
to
local charities
For further information please contact the Civic Centre on
4655 8681.
A
Fundraising
initiative of Quota International of Camden Inc.
ABN
31 891
371 409 Reg. No. Y024 5202 |
4 AUGUST
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WATOTO CHILDRENS CHOIR
The
Watoto Children's Choir is made up of children
from
Uganda
who have been left as orphans because of the HIV/Aids and war crisis.
The choir has been touring
internationally since 1994,
presenting music which is a soulful blend of African rhythm,
contemporary
gospel and ethnic dance.
Tickets: TBA
All enquiries to
agapemusic@camdenuniting.org.au or
phone 4655 9303 or 0412 400 394
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15 AUGUST
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SPEAKER: LINDA SMITH BA (Hons) MA – NADFAS
Linda is an art historian with a broad range of knowledge and a special interest in British art, and the art of the twentieth century. She delivers illustrated talks, presentations and study days on a variety of art history topics and has taken on various types of assignment at a wide range of venues, including cruise liners, public galleries, secondary schools, and private art societies in the UK and overseas. She is an accredited NADFAS lecturer and an experienced gallery guide, especially at the Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London, where she works as a Guide and Lecturer.
Lecture: Great Tarts in Art: High Culture & the Oldest Profession
A mixture of art history analysis and scandalous anecdote, this lecture takes a generally light-hearted look at changing attitudes to sexual morality down the ages. This lecture is very much a social history: carefully placing the works of art in their proper historical context, which reveals many little nuances and meanings in well-known works which might not be immediately apparent to the modern eye.
Admisson fee applies |
19 SEPTEMBER
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SPEAKER: TERRY PEARSON BA (Hons) MA Dip Ed – NADFAS
Terry retired from the Open University when the Sixteenth Century course came to the end of its ten-year life in 1999 and since then has been making her own agenda, following interests in all sorts of curious aspects of mediaeval life, thought and art.
Lecture: Myths, Monsters & Misericords
Misericords, the ‘secret’ carvings beneath the seats in the choirs of medieval cathedrals and some major churches, offer a fascinating glimpse into the ways of life and thought of our ancestors. This talk considers some popular old myths about familiar animals as well as the weirder creatures described in the medieval bestiaries and carved on the misericords.
Admisson fee applies |
10 OCTOBER
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SPEAKER: ELIZABETH GORDON – NADFAS
Elizabeth is both art historian and musician. She has lectured on art and music tours for Serenissima, NADFAS, Martin Randall Travel, and on cruises for Swan Hellenic and Noble Caledonia. Elizabeth’s hobby is singing, and for many years she sang in the Bach Choir. She will be sharing her love and knowledge of Sicily, Assisi, Venice, Vivaldi and Kings College Cambridge. Elizabeth is also the tour leader of the 2009 ADFAS Tour to Venice.
Lecture: Vivaldi & Canaletto
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) spent most of his life writing bubbling concertos for a girl’s orphanage in Venice. Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) was a mere 19 years younger than Vivaldi, and spent his career painting topographical views of his native city for the delectation of the tourists who wished to have a personal record of Venice to take back home. In Elizabeth’s view Vivaldi and Canaletto are pretty good bedfellows!
Admisson fee applies |
18 OCTOBER
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CAMDEN WEDDING EXPO
10am-2pm
Free entry & parking!
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23 OCTOBER
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WOLLONGONG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT- CHAMPIONS
Hear the champion of the Southern Highlands Piano Competition playing the winning piano concerto followed by the classical champion, Beethoven, and his masterpiece, the unforgettable 5th Symphony.
FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER 7.30PM
Tickets available from Camden Civic Centre Ph. 4655 8681
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27 NOVEMBER
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WOLLONGONG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT - FANTASTICAL CLASSICAL
The concert for everyone. This program of well loved works will include Peter and the Wolf, and of course the 1812 Overture.
FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 7.30PM
Tickets available from Camden Civic Centre Ph. 4655 8681 |
DATE TBA
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SPASTIC COUNCIL CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Featuring a massed choir made up of local primary school children, the Amazing Grace Singers, and the Camden/Campbelltown Municipal Band.
Starting at 7.30pm. Free Admission.
Date: TBA
Venue:
Camden
Civic Centre
Time:
7.30pm
Free Admission: opportunity during the evening to make a donation to Spastic Centre, NSW.
For further information please conatct: Camden Uniting Church, phone 46559303 or 0412400394 , or email info@agapemusic.org.au. |
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