Sunday, August 15, 2010

10th of September Montsalvat in Eltham Melbourne

Hello One and All

We are performing our Tribute to Robert Burns concert in the Long Gallerie at the beautiful house and gardens of Montsalvat in Eltham, Melbourne.

On the 10th of September

Tickets are $25 or $20 Concession.

We look forward to your company, call Montsalvat for Bookings on : 03) 9439 7712

Show starts at 7:30pm so be in sharp and early for seats and good position.

Looking forward to performing our new show with new additions to our instrument skills with Angela performing on the Fiddle and Harp and myself mastering the Bazouki and Mandolin

I think this will be our best show yet after success in Adelaide and Port Fairy.

The Address: Montsalvat Concerts, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham 3095, Victoria

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

About Robert Burns

Robert Burns was born in Alloway in Ayrshire Scotland on the 25th of January 1759. Why was he such a popular poet? He wrote in the common tongue. He wrote and expressed the feelings and hopes and misery of the working people of his country. His poetry was to travel the world and link emotionaly all down trodden people with hope.

His life was extraordinary due to the people who would lift him up and then distance themselves because of his progressive ideas and leanings. He was a republican and would have loved to see Scotland a republic on the lines of the French Revelution which was happening across the Channel in his time.

He was a socalist before such a thing existed, a humanitarian before such thoughts existed. He was a man of the people, a man of his time at the same time his thoughts and views were radical and way ahead even of those who were creating the world of tomorrow in France and in America.