The next Jane Austen Festival Australia will be held from 18-21 April 2013 and will celebrate 200 years since the publication of her timeless masterpiece, Pride & Prejudice. For many, Pride and Prejudice is their first acquaintance with Jane Austen. For most, it remains their favourite among her novels. Plans are underway to bring you a program that – like the novel – is engaging, thought-provoking, and diverting. The following is a draft program and subject to change: Friday 19 April 2013 Regency Dance School Dr John Gardiner-Garden Sociable and fun workshops from 9.30am - 3.30pm learning regency dances with live music from Sally Taylor and Charlotte Fletcher. No experience or partner necessary but smooth, low-heeled shoes desirable. Period costume welcome. Cold drinks and biscuits provided. Regency Sewing & Craft Workshops Tracey Clifford - Jewellery Making Kelly Lock - Making a Chemisette Aylwen Gardiner-Garden - Dorset Buttons Symposium on Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, 1.00pm-4.00pm Dr Heather Neilson, Senior Lecturer, English Program, UNSW Canberra Dr Kate Mitchell, Lecturer, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Laura Carroll, Lecturer, School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, Latrobe University Tim Bullamore, Editor, Jane Austen’s Regency World, Bath, United Kingdom Dr Gillian Dooley, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Humanities, Flinders University. DINNER WITH DARCY, 6.30pm - 10.30pm English Roast Dinner & Desserts Fashion Parade, Various Entertainments, Dancing Saturday 20 April 2013 Regency Dance School Dr John Gardiner-Garden Sociable and fun workshops from 9.30am - 3.30pm learning regency dances with live music from Sally Taylor and Charlotte Fletcher. No experience or partner necessary but smooth, low-heeled shoes desirable. Period costume welcome. Cold drinks and biscuits provided. Archery & Lawn Games details t.b.a. includes a Napoleonic Cricket Match Regency Sewing & Craft Workshops Jo van Raaphorst - Reticule Class Karin Ronning-Meagher - Mourning Costume Adrianne Unger - Making a regency dress from a Sari Various Talks & Workshops Lindie Ward, Curator Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum - Australian Dress Register John Potter - Royal Navy of the Regency Period Sophia Whitfield - Jane Austen for children Jacqui Newling - Regency Curry Workshop Deborah Mulhall - "Acting Austen" (an acting workshop to experience what an actor goes through in the rehearsal process when a company mounts an Austen play) Costume Research - Men Study original men's costumes from the Jane Austen Era. Limited places. GRAND NAPOLEONIC BALL This is a fantastic opportunity to wear your Regency ball gown or tailcoat & breeches. An evening of fine music, fun dancing, games, cards and a regency supper. Be welcomed by our official greeter, Canberra's own Town Crier, Mr Alan Moyse. Sunday 21 April 2013 Picnic at Pemberley Costumed Promenade, Picnic & Historic House Tour Through Bass and Human Nature: A Musical Tour through Pride & Prejudice, 2pm-4pm Performers will include soprano Gillian Dooley, mezzo-soprano Raechel Damarell and pianist Fiona McCauley. The program will comprise music from the Austen family music collections and readings from the novel. Includes afternoon tea. Olde English Fayre and Graveyard Tour Includes join-in dancing, roaming musicians, 95th Rifles, maypole Costume Research - Women Study original women's costumes from the Jane Austen Era. Limited places. If you have questions or would like to have a stall at the Olde English Fayre, please contact: Mrs Aylwen Gardiner-Garden Director, JAFA 2013  |
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