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Involved Samford Live Brings Local Music Full Circle

Saturday 25 March will see Samford Live kick off a community based, locally produced, music series. A committed team has galvanised local support over months of planning for this artist driven venture. Interestingly, it is not the first such series.

In 1999 Samford Performers Café commenced at the Mt Glorious Rd Church Hall. Local musician Dale Jones picks up the story:

“The Performers Café was created in 1999 by the Samford Songwriters, a local group formed to give a forum and support for local songwriters. We would meet in the Old Catholic Church Hall every week and the Performers Cafe was held on the first Friday of every month.”

This Café provided a platform for all manner of local artist and choirs, including Mt Nebo’s Peace ‘n’ Choir led by Ann Birmingham, still going strong today.

Many challenges were encountered along the way including exorbitant public liability insurance costs which threatened to end the series. A yearly Farmers Hall Gala Café raised money for this expense. The series continued for almost a decade.

New Traditions Begin

Today we come full circle and Dale Jones and Wayne Hinton, who both performed at the Performers Café, will return to open Samford Live with their folk harmony group

Feed Lucy. Dale concludes: “the Performers Café was the last community based live music series in Samford, so it’s great to see Samford Live, with the monthly format, getting off the ground, and it’s particularly gratifying to be part of the inaugural event.”

Samford Live proudly takes up where the Performers Café left off – please join us!

Samford Live: Sat 25 March, doors open from 6pm, music from 7pm. Little Tree Bake & Brewhouse.

Featuring:

Singer/songwriter Toni Janke with Samford guitarist John Hogan. Cedar Creek retro folk/pop fourpiece Feed Lucy.

Special opening ticket price: $15+bf. Book your tickets now as this event will sell out! Information and bookings at: www. samfordlive.au.

Samford Live is a project of the SDPPA.

Dayboro Community Singers

Come and join the Dayboro Community Singers. We meet every Tuesday 1.30pm3.30pm under the direction of local singer, guitarist, choir mistress Wendy Murray. You can expect fun and vocal tips, harmonies and laughs with a friendly group of people who love singing together just for the joy of it. We sing a wonderful variety of songs from folk, jazz, pop and multicultural repertoire and we do sometimes perform if that is something you’d like to do.

Wendy believes if you can talk, you can sing! If you can walk you can dance! Wendy looks forward to welcoming everyone. No auditions are necessary, just a love of good music and making new friends.

For more information, please call Wendy 0417 830 340.

Did you know that you can now find an extensive list of Community Contacts on the SDPPA website? Check them out at: www.samfordprogress.org. au/community-contacts/

EDIBLE GARDENS OPEN WEEKEND 20TH & 21ST MAY 2023

Once a year, over one inspiring weekend, our most inspiring edible gardens in Samford and surrounding areas open their gates to the public. And it’s on again!

This year we are pleased to announce we have 14 open edible gardens - 8 of them open for the first time to the public! So whether you’ve been on the Trail before or this will be your first time, you will be sure to love it.

Each garden has been selected to showcase something unique about edible gardening. From swales to raised beds; from chicken mansions to chicken domes; annuals to perennials - you can find it all, learn so much and have fun while you are at it.

Volunteers Needed

We need volunteers each day to help on a garden Welcome Desk. We get feedback every year that it is a lot of fun, plus you get a limited edition purple trail t-shirt, a free ticket to the Trail (so you don’t miss out on seeing the gardens) and best of all, we give you a morning tea treat made by the lovely team at Samford CWA. Register your interest in being a volunteer via the website, or email samfordegt@gmail.com.

When: Saturday 20th May - Sunday 21st May 2023.

Tickets: Adult weekend ticket $20. Adult weekend concession ticket $15. Kids under 16 are free.

Tickets on sale NOW at samfordediblegardentrail.com.au.

Don’t Delay! - the last two years have been sold out events.

Keep following us on Facebook and Instagram for updates: Search for samfordediblegardentrail

SEGT Organising Crew 2023

- Susanne Engelhard, MaryAnn Shapcott, Ceri Benson, Vanessa Spotswood, Rachael Wicks and Christine King.

The Samford Edible Garden Trail is a project of the SDPPA.