Silly Old Man - Governor Bligh & the Rum Rebellion youtu.be/qOhMNl1lCHM?si… via YouTube

A celebration of the Rum Rebellion on 28 January 1808!youtube.com/watch?v=6ZfjJV…

Our first newsletter for 2024! Dates for special events, regular dances, talks and workshops. Here's the link: mailchi.mp/f8d9bb7afd5d/d… #CulturalHeritage #HistoricalDance #FolkDance

After Valentine's Day!

There's a rich resource Trove of #CulturalHeritage . Illustrations, descriptions, and music of the bush dance tradition from a time when dancing was important! I'm preparing for a Heritage Talk at Bankfoot House and finding remarkable treasures. facebook.com/events/9106507…

Join me at the Australian Folklore Conference for a presentation on the successful national tour of the Dancing in Fetters exhibition. Thursday 28 March prior to @nationalfolkfestival At the Festival I'll be presenting a series of workshops on Dance Calling. #CulturalHeritage

16 March 2024 is the 250th birthday of Matthew Flinders. He’s remembered as the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia. An accomplished musician, his flute is now in the UK National Maritime Museum. He also aware of the benefits of dancing. Read tinyurl.com/34f3769j

The Recruiting Officer was first performed in the colony in 1789. Still a favourite in 1800, as noted in the earliest Australian playbill. We sometimes perform the dance from the play. historicaldance.au/the-recruiting…

MAYPOLE WARNING A warning in 1788 to the 'common people" who might be transported to the colony for taking maypoles for the purpose of dancing. NB. Dancing around maypoles with ribbons was invented in the mid-1800s as an exercise for children. #convictculture #CulturalHeritage

Oh, if only we knew how much practice the Regents put in to make their dancing seem so effortless and elegant... “BOBBIN about to the FIDDLE — a Familly Rehersal of Quadrille Dancing, or Polishing for a trip to Margate.”

Breaking News! Turns out the famous dancer on the 1830s stage, Mr Denis Fitzgerald was a convict! Amusing to see he danced a Hornpipe in Fetters. #CulturalHeritage

Jane Austen Ball - tickets on sale now! 5 October 2024, Dayboro, QLD. historicaldance.au/jane-austen-ba… #Regency #Bridgerton #historical

Jane Austen Ball - Only 3 days for early bird tickets! - mailchi.mp/5fac4a0f8a46/j…

Convict pirates on the Cyprus Brig 1830. In Japan a samuri reported, “a strange pipe and singing could be heard” before the brig sailed away. “The sound was like that made by a child’s pennywhistle, nothing like a real flute. It was eerie,” . #TalkLikeAPirateDay

A Limestone Frolic for the Galvanized Festival. Thanks to Ipswich Libraries for creating this video of our historical dance event. youtu.be/UShQS8RtQRo?si… via YouTube

In Convict Footsteps. A snippet of our performance (a convict dance, Drops of Brandy) at the Royal Historical Society's Commissariat Museum for the Representations of Meanjin and Moreton Bay 1824-2024 Symposium, Griffith University. youtu.be/UIpi5uYY6-w?si… via YouTube

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