ARTS ALIVE	PGM 29 ¡V 2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 16 July 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 06"

Hi ¡K  And welcome to Arts Alive ¡K Australian arts and culture current affairs on national community radio¡K I¡¦m VINCENT O¡¦DONNELL¡K

On the program this week¡K we are mostly looking forward to a number of events coming up later in the year¡K  National Poetry Week in September, and the Singapore Writers Festival later on in December¡Kand we preview the Melbourne International Arts Festival in conversation with its artistic director, Kristy Edmunds. The program was announced last week.  And we¡¦ll also hear from Darwin, the city that was the urban focus for this year¡¦s NAIDOC week. But first¡K

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It is national poetry week, the first full week of September.  Some national weeks, like Arts Law week, are observed at different times in different states¡K so I asked Martin Langford, the Assistant Chair of the Poets Union, based in the Sydney suburb of Balmain and one of the key organisation that co-ordinate National Poetry Week, whether this was truly a national event¡K

Item 1:  Martin Langford (5.18)
First words: Yes it is.
Last words:

Martin Langford, the Assistant Chair of the Poets Union. And their web site will have links to state and regional programs planned for National Poetry Week in September.

There has been a national writer¡¦s festival in Singapore since 1986 and this year it is scheduled for the first to the ninth of December.  While I was in Singapore for the arts festival in June, I spoke to Lin Yee Ling, the coordinator of the festival¡K

Item 2:  Lin Yee Ling (4.29)
First words: The Singapore Writers Festival¡K
Last words: ¡Kwe are also looking for writers like that

Lin Yee Ling, the coordinator of the Singapore Writers Festival.  And the festival is keen to hear from Singapore-born writers¡K and prospective writers¡K who are living in Australia, both as entrants in the various awards, and of course as participants in the festival.  And incidentally¡K to be a new writer you don¡¦t have to be young¡K all you need is a text¡K and be seeking to be published.  Now here is a little of a number called El Cahon¡K it features Greg Fishman on Tenor Sax and Jeremy Monteiro on piano¡K

Track 1: El Cahon¡KGreg Fishman and Jeremy Monteiro

Item 4A: Kristy Edmunds (8.05)
First words: You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ¡K

Track 2: 

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Item 4B: Kristy Edmunds (11.00)
First words: You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ¡KThanks¡K a pleasure.

Track 3: I¡¦ve Been Moved / Kev Carmody 

B/A track: I¡¦ve Been Moved / Kev Carmody off Disc 2, Cannot Buy My Soul

Darwin was the urban focus for this year¡¦s NAIDOC week celebrations.  I spoke to Toni Ah-San, the chair of the Darwin NAIDOC committee last Monday for a report on the celebrations in Darwin¡K

Item 5a: Darwin NAIDOC (6.54)
First words: ¡KAh what can I say? ¡K
Last words: ....

So there you go.  If you want some NAIDOC merchandise from Darwin get on to their web site and place your order.  The URL is www.topendnaidoc.org  And sorry for the rather ropey conditions of the phone connection.  The landline was inferior to the mobile that I spoke to Toni on earlier on the day.  And that is the program for this week.  

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I¡¦m Vincent O¡¦Donnell and we will conclude this week with another track from that Kev Carmody tribute double CD set Cannot Buy My Soul¡K here is Eulogy for a Blackman as arranged and performed by the Pigrum Brothers from Broome in Western Australia¡K

Tr 4: Eulogy to a Black Man/ The Pigrum Bros.

END VOICE	51min 46 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: Drumbalya, AA field recordings
Track 1: ¡§El Cahon¡¨/Monteiro/Fishman and Monteiro/OS/170702-03-2/2.00 Track 2: Lay By My Side/ Joe Camilari/ ditto+ Black Sorrows/CP/ live at Pt Fairey/ 4.20 Track 3:  ¡§I¡¦ve Been Moved¡¨/ Kev Carmody/ditto/CP /0 946 3 77741 2 0 / 2.20 Track 4:  ¡§Eulogy to a Black Man¡¨/Kev Carmody/ The Pigrum Bros./CP/ 0 946 3 77741.2 0