Youth Folk > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   It is with great pleasure that the Festival will present a focus on youth and folk music at the 21stth Illawarra Folk Festival. The Festival since its inception has encouraged involvement from youth. Folk music by its very nature is music of the people, whether young or old. For the last couple of years a Young Traditions Concert has been held with performances by choirs, orchestras and smaller groups and individuals. This year we have again committed a whole venue for a number of hours to make the concert even more attractive to younger folk. There two main aims - 1.      The first to encourage younger performers with alternative music with a broad folk brush to perform in public and to a folk festival audience. 2.      And secondly to provide the performers a chance to see other like-minded performers and to see other folk performers in action. The Folk Festival Committee is fully behind this project in the hope that more young folk become involved. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 17 DECEMBER 2005   The award: The ‘Young Traditions Award’ will be presented to the best folk youth group /performer. The winner will get to perform at the National Folk Festival in Canberra, Easter April 2006. Wanted: Youth performers who want their music and songs heard. Essential Performance Criteria: Folk style, folk influence (Singer / songwriter / bands) Age: 9 to 21 Years Unplugged performance. Acoustic instruments only Cut down drum kit, acoustic guitar, electric bass are acceptable. Bring out the instruments outside the rock tradition e.g. violins, mandolins, didgeridoo, accordion, whistles, banjos, autoharps, harmonicas Desirable: The performance set is to contain either/or  an original song (reflecting historic content - time/place/person) a version of a traditional folk tune (i.e. Irish/Australian ballad, Greek/ Macedonian dance tune etc) The Performance: The special concert is planned for Friday evening 27th January. The performance will be for around 15 to 20 minutes dependent on the number of performers. The venue is to be advised within the Bulli Showground Festival site. All performers will receive 2 Festival Season Passes allowing them access to all venues on the 4 days of the festival. These passes are for adults/parents for the younger performers. To apply: Go to the Festival Performers Application on-line page at http://www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/2006performerapplication.php DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 10 DECEMBER 2005. Please send photographs for the programme booklet as well to desanti@illawarrafolkclub.org.au Contact: Ann Lehmann annlehmann@idx.com.au tel. 02 42680723 Youth Tickets: There is a special Youth ticket price of $10 for the Friday Evening. Click Here to book tickets. The pictures on right are from the 2003 Youth Folk Concert at the Illawarra Folk Festival at Jamberoo which included 21 acts: Spoot o'Skerry, Nae Keich, James and Jamie, Locklin's Wake, Inertia, Myriad, Aether, Gyrate, Jay Hall, Xanthe Waite, Tinkershuffle, Doubled, Green Spork, Chrissy Howe, Citrus Box, Tempest, Lisa Wilson Whatley, Tarasa, The Forrs, The Hellands and The Counterfeit Gypsies. Back to Illawarra Folk Club home page   Last revised: 1 December 2006 by David De Santi