Eisteddfod

G'day,

Did you know?

Taree has the biggest regional ( outside the major cities ) Eisteddfod in Australia. It lasts 6 weeks and moves through music, singing, dance to Speech and Drama as all good Eisteddfods do. Jen gets involved through her Group Dance and performed Classical Ballet, Jazz, Modern and something else where they were fairies. Bron took this picture in the warm up tent before her Classical Ballet yesterday ( Jen, Ella, Amber and Ciahn ). They apparently danced beautifully and were up amongst the best. I'm not sure what the parents are up to in the background...................interfering, no doubt.

I couldn't resist. The word Eisteddfod originates from Wales where it is thought that the first such festival occurred in the 12th century. The word actually means " lots of parents rushing around after their children and disagreeing with judges' decisions ".

Not much else has happened this week. We have had our fair share of positives and two serious negatives............our ride-on mower won't start and we lost our first match of the hockey season to Chatham Maroun.

Short and sweet today as I have had a hectic call - typical when this was the one weekend when I wanted to be at home with Bron and the kids before heading off to Vienna on Tuesday.

Seeya.

Dylan, Bronwyn, Matt and Jen