Day 4: Is brought to you by mascara and the colour green

I am tired. I stayed up too late to be getting up at 5:30am. As a result I am wearing a little more makeup than usual under my eyes (shadows) and have hacked into the mascara even though I know that by the end of the day I will look like a raccoon because it […]

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Day 3: Faure and Skechers

Day 3. I’m awake,showered, dressed and eating my breakfast at a time when I would usually still be in bed. My eyes are being held open by imaginary matchsticks and I am steeling myself for the day of a zillion children singing in their school choirs. Shortly, they will descend on the Civic Centre – […]

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Day 3: Faure and Skechers

Day 3. I’m awake,showered, dressed and eating my breakfast at a time when I would usually still be in bed. My eyes are being held open by imaginary matchsticks and I am steeling myself for the day of a zillion children singing in their school choirs. Shortly, they will descend on the Civic Centre – […]

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What lies ahead: Music Eisteddfod Day 2

Well we survived Day 1 although it was not so much a day as an afternoon. Everything went smoothly. Children made it on to the stage and played their instruments, which after all is what it’s all about. I went up and down the stairs at the theatre about 20 times (there are about 15 […]

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What lies ahead: Music Eisteddfod Day 2

Well we survived Day 1 although it was not so much a day as an afternoon. Everything went smoothly. Children made it on to the stage and played their instruments, which after all is what it’s all about. I went up and down the stairs at the theatre about 20 times (there are about 15 […]

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And so it begins: Bundaberg Music Eisteddfod Day 1

I’m very optimistically calling this post Day 1 in the hope that I will post the highlights of the Music Eisteddfod every day this week. Please don’t be surprised if you see nothing on the blog until next weekend. We gently start today with one afternoon session (1.30 at the Playhouse theatre in Steffensen Street […]

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And so it begins: Bundaberg Music Eisteddfod Day 1

I’m very optimistically calling this post Day 1 in the hope that I will post the highlights of the Music Eisteddfod every day this week. Please don’t be surprised if you see nothing on the blog until next weekend. We gently start today with one afternoon session (1.30 at the Playhouse theatre in Steffensen Street […]

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If only I had a chest filled with gold doubloons

Now, technically I understand it’s Friday which technically means it should be fun tshirt Friday. There is a slight problem with this today. It’s my day for interviewing new applicants for our term 2 intake so I thought probably best to save the joy of seeing one of my tshirts until they are actually in […]

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If only I had a chest filled with gold doubloons

Now, technically I understand it’s Friday which technically means it should be fun tshirt Friday. There is a slight problem with this today. It’s my day for interviewing new applicants for our term 2 intake so I thought probably best to save the joy of seeing one of my tshirts until they are actually in […]

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Wendy’s Week of TV 2.0: In repeat mode

You know how television stations do that annoying thing where they suddenly chuck in a few weeks of repeats rather than new episodes of your favourite shows. Well, that is what is happening with the next two weeks of Wendy’s Week of TV. The reason for this is that Wendy (that’s me) is now officially […]

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