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Everyone is Welcome

18/10/2023

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PictureThe Living Circle Concert is free but tickets are precious, so you need to
book to be part of this historic occasion. The flyer contains a QR code where
you can book tickets.
By Laura Brearley
 
LIKE the Earth, our community is a living circle - diverse, dynamic and interconnected. We change and evolve. We encompass difference. Our experiences of loss and disappointment are intertwined with our cycles of recovery and restoration. All have their place in the life of a community.
 
Next month is an opportunity for the Bass Coast community to celebrate with the opening of Berninneit, the new cultural centre and gathering place in Cowes. On Sunday afternoon, 1-3.30pm on November 5, we will come together for the first community event to take place in this new space, a community activation event called The Living Circle Concert.

The concert weaves together song, dance, story, poetry, film and a parade into an intercultural and intergenerational celebration of community spirit featuring local children as well as musicians, artists, conservationists and First Nation Elders.
 

It brings together community members and resources developed in Bass Coast projects over many years, including the Shearwater Festival, Island Whale Festival, Coastal Connections and, most recently, Phillip Island Conservation Society’s Eco Arts project ‘For Our Future’. The natural world connects us as a community and to the ancient lineage of the people who have cared for this Country for thousands of years. Cultural and ecological themes are woven through the concert to reflect these aspects of our community.
PictureThe Living Circle Concert Full program and overview
A highlight will be the activation of various spaces in the new centre, with a song called “Everyone is Welcome” written for the occasion. Audience members will be taught the simple vocal parts of the song and the accompanying samba reggae rhythm that underpins it, known as the Boogie. Led by the Boogie Band, the audience will proceed through the new cultural centre, singing the song in three different places, the library, the great hall and the eastern courtyard.
 
If you want to listen, and maybe sing and dance too, you can hear a demo recording of Everyone is Welcome.
 
Local artist Camille Monet is currently working in the community, helping make banners and headbands of shearwaters, whales and other marine animals to carry as we parade through the building. The artworks of John Adam, Josephine Allen, Susan Hall and Yodha Scholes from across Bass Coast will also be featured within the parade.
 
The Living Circle Concert will be colourful, creative and memorable. It’s for the community, by the community and with the community. Everyone is welcome.

2 Comments
Phil Wright
22/10/2023 05:31:41 pm

Also, include Irene Wright - both of us are available if required. We use the same email.

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Laura Brearley
23/10/2023 12:28:01 pm

Thanks for your kind offer dear Phil (and Irene).
You are warmly welcome to join the Volunteer Team for the Concert. It’s much appreciated.
I’ll give you a call.
Laura

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