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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180109T210000
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SUMMARY:Mud and Blood - WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop - Special Performance
DESCRIPTION:Mud and Blood\, Meg McNena’s compelling 80-minute\, six-actor play\, is about distinguished Australian general\, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott\, who led the Essendon Rifles and took most of them to WWI. \n \nThe tenacity of Australian men and women is shown in battle and at home. Timing in 2018 with Anzac and Armistice centenaries adds impact. Set 1914-1921\, it shows how Pompey Elliott and a soldier’s mother deal with his vow to look after ‘his boys’ in war as if they were his own. This vow\, driving the play’s drama\, was made at a farewell to troops a century ago at Essendon Town Hall\, now the Clocktower Centre\, where Mud and Blood will be centre-stage on Fri 31 August. Women’s efforts and struggles are also pivotal . Please share in your networks and newsletter this opportunity to see a story about local heroes by a Moonee Ponds writer. \nA brilliant cast and skilled production team is powerfully directed by Alice Bishop\, who has been nominated for a Green Room Award for best director. Writer and producer\, Meg McNena\, has an Amnesty International Award and others for writing; this is her sixth play staged. Darren Mort\, a lawyer like Pompey\,plays his complex character masterfully. Humour and songs intone the era. \nMud and Blood‚Äôs Melbourne premiere is at the Clocktower Centre\, Moonee Ponds at 12 noon on Friday 31 August with a Q&A and talk by Ross McMullin\, awarded historian\, biographer and author of two books on Pompey Elliott (included in the matinee price) and opening night is 8pm 31 August. \nElliott trained youth in the Essendon Rifles militia; three units of his 7th Battalion came from the Northern suburbs and one from the Western suburbs; they trained at Broadmeadows and went with him to Gallipoli\, Lone Pine\, Fromelles and trenches of The Somme\, where Elliott turned the outcome of WWI in the Allies favour. Pompey inspires as husband\, father\, brother\, friend\, leader\, veteran and senator – the soldier before and after war; the stalwart wife keeps the family going; the cost for Pompey in making this heartfelt but impossible promise and returning to unveil honour boards and memorials. \nWe want to share this significant history of world-changing times for the newly declared nation of Australia and to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder. \nHere is the vox pop from our successful preview in Charlton\, where Pompey was born. \nClick here for more information
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SUMMARY:Caribou 231
DESCRIPTION:Announcing the official unveiling of Caribou 231.\nThis events marks the successful delivery and re-assembly of Caribou 231 and commemorates the first flight of Caribou into Vung Tau\, Vietnam on the 8th August 1964\, by RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam which later became 35 Squadron. \nHands up every Vietnam veteran who had the pleasure of riding with “Wallaby Airlines”. \nDo you remember the comfortable adjustable seats\, the whisper quiet engines\, the attentive cabin crew and the in-flight service? \nFor all of us who experienced a flight or two in the back of a Caribou in country\, here is an opportunity for a walk down memory lane not to be missed\, and an opportunity to support YOUR Museum. \nCome see the old bird formally launched and let the memories flow! Why not make a day of it at Phillip Island and hit the museum in time to have a bbq snag and a drink prior to the time of the official launch? \nWhile you are there\, why not take the opportunity to join FRIENDS of the Museum and enjoy the benefits that membership attracts? \nFor FRIENDS members\, identify yourself at the Merchandise Sales counter and receive a 20% discount on purchases on the day; spend $100 and the discount has almost paid for a year of Friends membership-bargain! \nI’ll be there with bells on\, come bend my ear with your stories of your rides in the Caribou-best yarn will win a merchandise voucher. \nFor those of you who love getting your head on\, there will be plenty pics taken for the website and FSB Vic.
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