Greek Festival of Sydney 2006

I will keep this short; I received some good feedback to my last question to all of you who receive the email newsletter and I have taken it on board.

Quickly, the Shifting Ground launch was huge and the artwork very inspiring and cutting edge. Do yourselves a favour and get down there as it is only open for a few days and you do not want to miss these beautiful, thought provoking artworks.

KUDOS GALLERY, 6 Napier Street Paddington, 11am – 6pm Tues – Friday and 11am – 4pm Saturday.

Proudly hosted by Kudos Gallery and Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, this exhibition features the finalists of an art competition put together through Newtown School of performing arts. Visual Arts students in years 8 and 9 from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts were invited to create designs for the Greek Festival of Sydney's poster and program for 2006. The children were asked to create a design that signified their own Experience and impressions of this cultural event.

One of the images created by these children was chosen as the feature image for the front cover of the Greek Festival of Sydney 2006 poster and front cover that we see here today.

To celebrate their work and contribution KUDOS GALLERY will be exhibiting their works for one and all to see between Wednesday the 26th of April and Saturday the 29th of April.

All the energy and love that went into creating these works reveal a truly egalitarian and unbiased youth perception that exists before racial opinions are set, these young individuals of all backgrounds reveal a beautiful and colourful world of racial freedom that the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW has pioneered.

Tuesday is opening night so get along for a beautiful evening of Art, Tasty Mezedes and drinks!

EVENT; Song B12 "Beyond the rolling wave",
Vietnamese and Greek theatre initiative

A Theatre production, that again, involves a number of young backgrounds working together creatively.

Song B12 is the name of the boat that one of the participants came to Australia on. "Beyond the rolling wave" is an extract from the tombstone of the first Greeks buried in Australia. This reads; “In a strange land a stranger finds a grave, far from his home, beyond the rolling wave.”

This is a Vietnamese and Greek theatre initiative. Come and peer beyond the surface and see a sketch of the space where two young women search for their identity amongst multicultural poker machines, girl talk and ceremony.

DATE; Friday 28th of April and Saturday the 29th April
TIME; 8pm - 10pm
VENUE; Sidetrack Theatre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville
COST; $15
CONTACT; 9793 8324

The CLOSING PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Food, wine, beer, music, memories….NO ONE WANTS IT TO END!

The evening will include screen projector featuring the hundreds of amazing pictures taken from one and all throughout the festival, all the events, people and experiences through images…..a perfect way to reminisce such a huge month.

Between 4pm and 6pm all part-goers will receive complimentary delicacies, greek mezedes, wine and beer, whilst sitting back by the ocean and listening to the Sweet sounds of Greek and chill out music capturing the ambiance of summer life.

No official closing could take place without a short ceremony announcing it’s official end, as the Board of Directors and Youth committee representatives get on the microphone after a few drinks to give us one final YAISOU, and the very least it will be an official announcement for everyone to let their hair down and gather in the sweet smells and sounds of this luscious location and it’s taste tingling offerings.

NOTE; Georges Bar and Grill are a huge supporter of the Greek Festival of Sydney and we are honoured for their amazing culinary representation of our culture.

Set aside King street Wharf, Georges Bar and Grill have the most exquisite selection of Greek food, beer, wine, comfort and relaxation all rolled into one.

A kitchen that stay’s open late, like it SHOULD! And makes you gorgeous food is a rarity, and it’s GREEK! God love it.

Amazing Competition

RAFFLE EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE DAY, BUY A RAFFLE TICKET AT DARLING HARBOUR AND YOU GO INTO A COMPETITION TO WIN

The ticket will be drawn on 30th April 2006 at the Closing Party held a Georges Bar & Grill, King St Wharf.

Tickets are $2 each and you could win;

1st Prize - One Return ticket to Greece flying Gulf Airlines (conditions apply)

One Return ticket to Greece flying Gulf Airlines

2nd Prize - 1x 12 month subscription to UBI World TV

3rd Prize - 1 x 6 month subscription to UBI World TV

4th Prize - 1 set of ‘His & Her” Oxette watches for the raffle ticket prize (value around $500) - donated by Eurobelle.