Perth Poetry Club

Had a great time at Perth Poetry Club on Saturday, trying out some of my new material!

Gig this Saturday

Saturday 19th May
Perth Poetry Club
Moon Cafe, 323 William St Northbridge
2-4pm

I'll be performing for 10 minutes. New material!

Ken Hudson also featuring.

Jump up at the open mic if you're feeling audacious!

Would love to see you. Come and have some green cheese with me at the Moon. Or just a pizza!

Love Love Love, Love the Festival!

Fairbridge Festival 2012

What a wonderful celebration we had at Fairbridge Festival on the weekend! It was absolutely amazing to team up with such talented and passionate musicians for the Festival's 20th anniversary and speak the poetry I wrote about the festival based on reflections sent in by long-time Fairbridge lovers. I am so grateful to the gorgeous, gifted and inspiring Parissa Bouas for having the foresight to see what this collaboration could become and inviting me on board. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, to my friends (old and new) for supporting me and to God for giving me creativity!

I will always remember this night!

I thought I might do something a bit different and post the words for the poetry I spoke over the choir! Here goes:

we're going to Fairbridge

how do we get there?

no need for maps any more

coz they're drawn on our palms

and we just drive to the drumbeats

in time with our hearts

and when we feel we're near the crescendo

we then know we're only a stone's throw

from the growth of hope and open arms of harmony

so we approach Fairbridge from all over the globe

we don't need to plot the course or coordinates

we're just going home

children pitch their tents here as soon as they can walk

and they're taught to sing and celebrate as soon as they can talk

young musicians are encouraged and nourished

in an atmosphere where even the deaf can hear the flourish

of flutes and tambourines as the tunes of jamboree

dance across the landscape and music climbs the trees

that's why come flood or fire

the old and young raise their voices and join the choir

for twenty years we've come as followers and fans

to hear our heroes and beloved bands

for twenty years we've been weaving a community

with threads of melody wound tightly into a symphony

a twenty year synergy of instruments and energy

will forever be living in everyone's memory

Fairbridge, you've given us twenty years of love and laughter

and your echoes will be heard for many years hereafter

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Denmark Festival of Voice - get in on it!

Looking for an entertaining, inspiring weekend away on the June long weekend? Look no further!

Denmark Festival of Voice is a unique and exciting experience, complete with choirs, singer song writers, spoken word artists (including yours truly), workshops, singalongs and more!


Early bird ticket prices finish April 13th so book now.

Fairbridge Festival Finale (alliteration and awesomeness)

The Festival finale choir

MARCH 11, 2012 BY TADGRAPHICS

Join a star studded cast onstage to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fairbridge Festival.

Dear singers and festivalights,

Many thanks to all the people who wrote in and shared their fond memories of times at Fairbridge Festival. Kate Wilson, poet, and I thouroughly enjoyed the process of reading your stories and transforming them into poetry and song. We hope you will also enjoy hearing the fun little ditty we’ve come up with for the Festival Choir to sing at the big finale on Sunday night at this years Fairbridge Festival.

The Festival Choir is seeking participants, preferably with some choir experience, and men are always welcome. (We are singing a South African version of Forever Young and really need some strong Basses for that to sound great!)
Our special guest soloists include: Kavisha Mazzella, Carl Panuzzo, Ros Barnes and Bunbury poet, Kate Wilson.

This choral extravaganza is limited to only 80 people, as unfortunately, that is all the stage can hold. If you are interested, please send an email to Monica Lacey to register your interest asap.

...

All the best!

Parissa Bouas
Fairbridge Festival Choir Director 2012


for full page, go to http://www.fairbridgefestival.com.au/dir/the-festival-finale-choir/

Bug fixed

Hi there

Sorry about my mailing list subscription form - I didn't realise it wasn't working! I've fixed it now, so subscribe away! (Look to the right of the page.)

Thanks!

IMAGINE Forum and Zonta IWD Breakfast 2012

A big hello to all who saw me at the IMAGINE Body Image forum on the 10th and the Zonta breakfast on the 11th!

Many of you at the breakfast were asking for a copy of my poem 'Reflection', so here it is on YouTube:

Be sure to watch 'Sisterhood' and 'Just Dance' on my YouTube channel, as well as some of my other poetry. My channel is: www.youtube.com/user/kwp03t

I'd love to stay in touch with you all, so please pop your email address into the mailing list form on the right hand side of the page so I can update you on upcoming performances, videos and news. (Don't worry, I won't bombard you with emails, only a few throughout the year!) And feel free to email me with any feedback, questions or to book me for a performance at your school or event!

To purchase my CD or chapbook, follow the 'cd & chapbook' link at the top of the page.

So glad that we could share these fantastic experiences! Let's keep building up and inspiring our sisters, and do our bit to nurture and empower the next generation of change makers!

Unexpected Perfection

Tonight was one of the best nights in a long time!

I was supposed to be going to the Perth Writers Festival this weekend but changed my mind at the last minute.

So instead, I asked my friend Matt, who is part of an awesome choir called the Spooky Men of the West, if I could come to their gig at The Music Shack near Donnybrook on Saturday night.

It was sold out - but... Matt said he could get me in if I would perform some poetry as a kind of impromptu support act. That's gotta be the biggest win-win of the year so far.

The Spooky Men were wonderful as always, not only in their slightly unsettling and yet joyously entertaining stage presence and deep, enchanting voices, but it's also such a pleasure to talk and laugh with these gentlemen, and some of the after-show-supper-goers had the honour of being serenaded in a sandwich of sound... and to be honest I am still processing this experience! There may be a poem brewing...

A big thank you to Vince and Judy Evans and everyone who helped make the night come together, kudos to Matthew and all my Spooky friends, and a great big hug to the brilliant audience who brought so much warmth and heart along with them and made the night such a beautiful celebration.

This was my first gig for the year! What a great way to kick things off. I have plans to tour the South West, then head to Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania (at least!)...

Stay tuned. :)

Remix

Hello there!

Here's something new to kick off 2012. A remix of my poem, Sisterhood, by Fatty vs Mo. Check it out here:

http://soundcloud.com/kooly

IndieFeed

I featured on IndieFeed: Performance Poetry today!!!

I am a long time IndieFeed fan and all my favourite contemporary poets have featured on there, so it's a huge honour and thrill to make my debut!

Click here to listen!