the ’sham

Next Wednesday is the big night! Come along to the Petersham Bowlo for the ABC broadcast with James O’Loghlin:

From the Bowlo’s press-release:

Out of more than 100 entries from all over NSW, Petersham Bowling Club has won the 702 ABC Sydney Red Carpet competition, EVENINGS with James O’Loghlin (also the host of ABC TV’s New Inventors). The prize is a live radio broadcast from our very own Bowlo and promises to be a night full of laughs and entertainment.
We expect a huge turnout from the neighbourhood to make this a special night for the club, the ABC and 702 ABC Sydney’s listeners.
If you turn up, you must be in your best white ‘bowls uniform’. Spot fines for non compliance will apply.

Street of Origin Bowling Competition ‘Under Lights’
The night kicks off with our very own `Street of Origin’ bowls competition, where various streets go head to head for the coveted prize of being the local champions. It will be a time controlled ‘round-robin’ comp, with the winner announced by James during the broadcast!
Be Creative! Team uniforms must be white and team names must be original. Prizes will be awarded for the Best Dressed Team. The comp is limited to 10 teams of 3 (with a reserve), and spaces are expected to fill up fast. Get your team together, submit the registration form (in the pdf document linked below) and secure your spot on the green today! Participants need to arrive by 5.30pm for a 6pm start.

Details:
Time: 5pm to midnight Wed 21 June 2006
Live radio broadcast from 7pm to 10pm.
Where: 77 Brighton Street, Petersham
PH: 9569 4639

To download the Bowling Club’s latest newsletter, including the registration form for the street of origin comp, click
here.

As a follow-up to the info I learned from my visit to Uncle Lester…a friend tipped me off that (unlike Marrickville) the Woollahra council does NOT do the “acknowledgement of country” thing. In fact, in a recent meeting, the councillors voted against a motion to acknowledge the Cadigal people as the traditional owners of the land which the council now occupies. You can download the minutes of the meeting here.

and here’s a screen grab from the relevant page:

Spotted at steps to Petersham train station underpass…

On Thursday, I was late opening the gallery, on account of accompanying Vanessa on the 1976 tour. I had put a notice on the door indicating that I wouldn’t be opening up til noon, but I arrived about ten past noon. Two ladies were standing around the doorway, waiting to come in. I apologised for being late. They said no worries, they had gone off for a coffee while they waited.

They came inside, and looked around, very interested, asked lots of questions, bought one of my folders with all the blog printouts. Then one of them said:

“So, where is Denise’s artwork?”

Denise? I didn’t know what they were talking about. I suggested that they might have got the wrong week – maybe Denise’s show doesn’t start til next week. In fact, I remember seeing that the Glebe and Inner Western Weekly had listed someone else’s show instead of mine. That probably accounts for the error. But they were confused. They had a flyer for Denise’s show in the car, they were sure the dates were right.

Anyway, they stuck around for a while, and we talked about the relative merits of different suburbs. Balmain particularly, and the transformations that have gone on there during the last twenty years. When they were ready to leave, I suggested they show me Denise’s flyer, so I could at least pass on the correct info in case any other punters came along to see her work. They went and fetched it. The flyer read “opening Wednesday May 25th, the exhibition to be launched by her excellency the governor, Marie Bashir.” This was odd, I’m sure we would have known if the Governor was around. Scanning further down, I read: “the exhibition will continue until June 3rd, 2005”.

These ladies were exactly a YEAR late to see Denise’s show.

One of them turned to me and asked: “so…If we came here a year ago…we wouldn’t have met you, then?”

I didn’t feel so bad about being a little late to open the gallery.

There’s still time to book for the second tour of Parramatta Road 1976. Sat 3rd June, 11am. Book on 0423745736
Tour costs $2 and you get freebies.

For pictures of the first tour, which was a thundering success, look here.

[ps: slowlearner has put up some more great pix of the tour, here.]

[pps: you can download a PODCAST of Vanessa’s tour, here:
http://squatspace.com/petersham/documents/vanessa/vanessa_berry_parramatta_road.mp3 [about 5 mb]

Whack it on yer i-pod thingy, head down to the corner of Petersham St and Parramatta Road, press play, and away you go: your very own self-guided tour! For extra value, print out this map]…