The program [Final Draft - 30/3/07]
N.B. The program will vary slightly from venue to venue to accommodate local contributions. |
Brand New Day |
A rousing song of reconciliation written & sung by Chris Wheeler |
The Wollemi Pine |
Very popular Denis Kevans/Sonia Bennett song |
Salutations to the Red River Gums |
Celebration of the Australian environment |
Ain't Gonna Marry |
Sonia lets her hair down in this one! |
Sonny |
Irish song with great harmonies |
Miss Marple Dance |
Featuring 'Little Pat' |
Erev Shel Shoshanim |
Beautiful Jewish song |
Migildi Magildi |
Welsh Folk Song (Dungog only) |
Confitemini Domino |
A bit of 'hard hitting' (?) Latin Church music! |
Four Strong Winds |
More great harmonies by Tom Bridges with this well known folk song |
The Kangaroo Sat |
Another silly Keith Murray song! |
The Water is Wide |
Beautiful English Folk Song (Dungog only) |
Highland Cathedral |
Bagpipes, would you believe! |
Travelin' Soldier |
Dixie Chicks song about Vietnam war |
June Apple |
Rousing Appalachian folk song |
The Last Tree on Rapa Nui |
Beautiful & powerful Kevin Murray song |
Sydney Rose |
Sonia Bennett/Denis Kevans song with a bluesy feel |
Oscar's Song |
Gorgeous tune written by Maria for her son, Oscar |
Gendarmes' Duet |
Offenbach's famous bass/baritone duet featuring Ian and Wayne |
Stand by the shore |
Great 'singalong' a capella harmonies in this one! |
Sydney |
A celebration (?) of our wonderful city |
Ashokan Farewell |
Fiona's arrangement of this beautiful tune |
I ain't afraid |
Powerful Holly Near song |
Break o' Day |
Another Henry Lawson/Ian Hamilton song. |
I like Iluka |
Light-hearted song about the town of Iluka by Kevin's stepfather, Clyde Collins |
Somas el barco |
Spanish/English song of peace beautifully arranged by Jill |
I hold your hand in mine |
Beautiful love song by Tom Lehrer ;-) |
Murray River |
A 'good old country' song by Sonia Bennett |
The Poison Train |
Michael O'Rourke song about Australian country towns and the railway. |
Fiona's shakin' the barley for tuppence |
A 'get up and dance' tune set compiled by Fiona |
Masithi Amen/Senzenina |
A couple of short African songs |
The Barnyard Song |
Fun, audience participation song |
The Valley of the Waters |
Another beautiful song by Sonia Bennett & Denis Kevans |
Johnson Boys |
Another rousing knee slapper! |
The love you leave behind |
Powerful song of toleration by Fred Small |
City of New Orleans |
Rousing song with more Tom Bridges' harmonies (encore) |
The Last Thing on My Mind |
Tom Paxton's much loved song (possible alternate encore for Tamworth performance) |