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The Bouddi Society is a community group which organises public events and publications aimed at displaying and fostering the artistic, historical and cultural life of the local community. The Bouddi Society administers the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts.
The Bouddi Society would like to thank the exhibiting artists and the local community who helped to make the Bouddi Art Show over the October long weekend such a success. There were 24 exhibiting artists that included both painters and crafts people. The great success of the show highlights the talent represented by the artists in our area.
The total sales for the show including cards was $15,000, and there was a record level in door donations and in the purchase of raffle tickets. Overall, the Bouddi Society made $5,500 from the show. These funds will go toward covering administrative expenses of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts ensuring that over 99% of all donations to the Foundation go directly to awardees. Our special thanks go to the kind generosity of the local merchants that contributed prizes to the raffle including Bells at Killcare Boutique Hotel, Restaurant and Spa, Ray White Real Estate Killcare Peninsula, Moochinside Boutique, Alira Hair, and The Springs Golf Club and Venue in Peats Ridge.
The total sales for the show including cards was $15,000, and there was a record level in door donations and in the purchase of raffle tickets. Overall, the Bouddi Society made $5,500 from the show. These funds will go toward covering administrative expenses of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts ensuring that over 99% of all donations to the Foundation go directly to awardees. Our special thanks go to the kind generosity of the local merchants that contributed prizes to the raffle including Bells at Killcare Boutique Hotel, Restaurant and Spa, Ray White Real Estate Killcare Peninsula, Moochinside Boutique, Alira Hair, and The Springs Golf Club and Venue in Peats Ridge.
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Bouddi Music Festival Gets Rave Reviews |
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High attendance and a positive survey of attendees at the 11 – 12 June Bouddi Music Festival show the community's warm embrace of top-quality entertainment produced by the Bouddi Society at Wagstaffe Hall with its new $10,000 sound system upgrade.
The first concert of the inaugural Bouddi Music Festival featured internationally famous Singer/songwriter (and Bouddi Peninsula resident) Melinda Schneider presenting her "Love Songs" concert of her own, and covers of well-known love songs. On Melinda's tour promoting her new and fifteenth album, the Wagstaffe Hall event was one of eighteen venues across Australia. Woven into the tapestry of the concert was the fascinating story of the artist's life across 40 years in the entertainment industry.
On Sunday 12 June, John Bell, classical actor and director - and chairman of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts - teamed with one of Australia's most renowned classical pianists, Simon Tedeschi, to present their "Words and Music" afternoon concert sharing wicked backstage stories from the Opera House to the Concert Hall, alongside poetry and music from Mozart and Beethoven, Schubert, and Gershwin. Usually presented as a 75-minute show, the duo treated Wagstaffe Hall attendees to a full 90 minutes of riveting repertoire.Both the Melinda Schneider "Love Songs" concert on 11 June and the John Bell & Simon Tedeschi "Words and Music" event the following day garnered 100% ratings of "4" or "5" on a five-point scale to the question "How entertaining was it?" Asked, "Would you buy tickets to this type of concert again," survey respondents gave a "4" or "5" rating. On this question, the sold-out John Bell & Simon Tedeschi concert got 91% ratings of "5."
The Bouddi Society as a community group, organises public events and publications aimed at displaying and fostering the local community's artistic, historical, and cultural life. Proceeds from the Bouddi Music Festival in part support administration expenses of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts.
The first concert of the inaugural Bouddi Music Festival featured internationally famous Singer/songwriter (and Bouddi Peninsula resident) Melinda Schneider presenting her "Love Songs" concert of her own, and covers of well-known love songs. On Melinda's tour promoting her new and fifteenth album, the Wagstaffe Hall event was one of eighteen venues across Australia. Woven into the tapestry of the concert was the fascinating story of the artist's life across 40 years in the entertainment industry.
On Sunday 12 June, John Bell, classical actor and director - and chairman of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts - teamed with one of Australia's most renowned classical pianists, Simon Tedeschi, to present their "Words and Music" afternoon concert sharing wicked backstage stories from the Opera House to the Concert Hall, alongside poetry and music from Mozart and Beethoven, Schubert, and Gershwin. Usually presented as a 75-minute show, the duo treated Wagstaffe Hall attendees to a full 90 minutes of riveting repertoire.Both the Melinda Schneider "Love Songs" concert on 11 June and the John Bell & Simon Tedeschi "Words and Music" event the following day garnered 100% ratings of "4" or "5" on a five-point scale to the question "How entertaining was it?" Asked, "Would you buy tickets to this type of concert again," survey respondents gave a "4" or "5" rating. On this question, the sold-out John Bell & Simon Tedeschi concert got 91% ratings of "5."
The Bouddi Society as a community group, organises public events and publications aimed at displaying and fostering the local community's artistic, historical, and cultural life. Proceeds from the Bouddi Music Festival in part support administration expenses of the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts.
Scholarship Information
Apply Now for Bouddi Foundation for the Arts Grants up to $5000 (Bouddi Foundation for the Arts 2022 Grant applications have closed).
If you are a young (15-30 years) local person on the Central Coast wishing to pursue a career in any of the arts, The Bouddi Foundation for the Arts is now accepting applications for grants up to $5000 thanks to generous donations. Applications close 29 May, 2022. Auditions and awards will be held later in the year.
Since its inception in 2012 as a not for profit charity under the auspices of the Bouddi Society, more than 150 grant recipients have received over $300,000 plus mentoring, with 99 cents in the donor-dollar going direct to grantees.
So whether you are a singer/songwriter, indigenous or classical dancer, opera singer, musical theatre star, visual artist, sculptor, film maker, writer, puppet maker or anything else that’s ‘art’, click into the site, get the details about what to include in your application, and send it in, pronto!
Applications will be accepted via the Bouddi Foundation website online
http://www.bouddiarts.org.au/applications.html
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