"Playing traditional acoustic music
in and around Darwin Australia
for more than thirty years."

Top End Folk Club Incorporated
PO Box 41551
Casuarina Northern Territory Australia 0811
secretary@topendfolkclub.org
www.topendfolkclub.org
ABN 20 835 317 702

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The 29^th Top Half Folk Festival

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Queen's Birthday Weekend 1999

Proudly presented by the Top Half Folk Federation

Kitty O'Shea's Hotel - Mitchell St Darwin

And here is a big thank you!

Without whom...

Apologies

to anyone inadvertently left off this list...

Bar

Rick, Jacqui, John, Roscoe, Gus

Book-keeping

Anna

Caravans

Rick, John, Lenny, Di, Caravan County

Catering

Di, Lynne, Karen, Helen B, Martin, Cecilia & a dozen or so volunteer 'chefs'

Cleaning

Meri, Di, Rick, Chris, Kay

Committee

Lenny, Martin, Di, Rick,Tony

Dance Calling

Jayne, Sue

Dance Music

Unreel Mystery Players, Peter, Mike

Furniture

Rick, John, Gus

Guest Artists

Helen Rowe, Ros Roche

Grants

Dept. of Arts and Museums, Central Australian Folk Society, Isa Folk Club, Top End Folk Club

Hosts

Rick, Meri, Liam

Humorous Gem

the number of blokes who decided the people behind them couldn't see and thought they should sit on the floor when Daniella the delightful Dutch-Scottish piper danced a hornpipe in her short dress at the Kitty O'Shea's session

Landscaping

Gerry, Lenny

Lighting

Pugsley, Tel, Rick

Logo Design

Guy

MC

Gus, Jim

Musical Gems

Helen and Ros singing & the kids' moggy song

Offers of Help

Beryl, Richard

Publicity

Brown¹s Mart Community Arts, Your Weekender, Mike Prenzler at ABC Radio, Darwin Regional Tourism Assoc., 8TOP-FM Folk Show

Reception

Di, Jenny A, Helen B, Jim, Kay, Michelle

Runner/Driver

Martin, Lynne, Pugsley

Sad Moment

Alan reciting for the first time a poem he'd written 15 years before

Secretarial

Lenny, Tony

Setup/Staging

Rick, Tel, Lenny, Grant, Peter, John, Martin

Signwriting

Lynne, Pugsley, Rick, Liam

Sound

Tel, Lenny, John

Souvenir Tickets

Eric, Mal, Di

Spoken Gem

Annette¹s monologue at the Spoken Word concert

Sponsors

Mapsnt, The Rock, Top Half Folk Federation, Top End Folk Club, NT Dept. of Arts and Museums

Vehicle loan

The Environment Centre NT

Volunteers

Kay, Karen, John, Pugsley, Lynne, Gus & others too numerous...

Workshops

Playford Plus, Peter, Tony, Jim, Ian, Dance Co-op, Paul