STAMPING GROUND DANCE FESTIVAL 1997 - 2006 Peter Stock, Director PO BOX 309 BELLINGEN NSW 2454 AUSTRALIA TEL +61- 02 6655 2472 info@stampingground.net.au gallery sample program rivers ballet studio - bellingen

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I can remember as a six-year-old child attending ballet classes every week in the local church hall. In the class were around fifteen giggling girls and only one little boy. Each week the little boy would say he had forgotten his ballet shoes, so he could not dance, and so sat and watched us from a chair at the side. I never understood why he did this and why he could not dance without his ballet shoes, but kept quiet because he did not seem to mind missing out and having to watch. I now realise that there was more to this little boy than just being forgetful, and that at the age of six he was fully aware of his compromising and unhappy situation in a ballet class... Michelle McAvoy << read on

Stamping Ground is an unfunded event and sincerely acknowledges generous support for 2006 Big Battle prizes from Jenny McKinnon $150 Anne Rosewood $200 and The Lodge Restaurant $500 (restaurant vouchers for tutors) Other Thank You's During the 2006 event a flood emergency added to festival dramas. My thanks to the many local people who offered assistance to campers, in particular Rob Stockton/Bellingen High School for temporary accommodation during flood emergency Bellingen SES for fast assistance with camping ground evacuation and rain-damage assistance at Memorial Hall. Max & Ida Francis for supervising emergency personnel at the Memorial Hall. Local folk who came to the hall to offer accommodation and other help. Thanks also to Brett Weick from LJ Hooker for the generous loan and delivery of a farm buggy for labyrinth production.

Jan 2005 festival support pledge only from Serena & Ralph Lynch - IGA Supermarket - $1000 towards battle awards & tutors lunches The Lodge  have again donated $500 restaurant vouchers for tutors  Diggers Tavern  who annually donate class space  Bellingen Community Arts Council  $200 for battle awards  Jenny McKinnon $100 battle prize  Mai Thai Restaurant $20 voucher  Swiss Patisserie daily loaves  RJs Mens Clothing  $50 voucher/battle award Tsunami Benefit Show - 9 Jan 2005 raised $1800+ for Red Cross Appeal Benefit Prizes donated by  Humphrey O Donoghue Hand Carved Bowl  Solveig Larsen Framed Print  Wendy Roberts Coffee Maker  Anne Rosewood  Gift Booklets

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