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A Very Merry Christmas

by Brandicoot
December 16th, 2011

mrs-01.onsitecomputers.com.auFrom all the heritage hounds at Heritage Perth, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year

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FREE Grand Heritage Days Concert & Discount Offer

by Richard Offen
November 11th, 2011

What better way to end Sunday than with a FREE Grand Heritage Days Concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Cathedral

Enjoy a selection of musical items that you might have heard in Perth 100 years ago, performed by:

Jacinta Jakovcevic – organ

Daniel Mullaney – tenor

Daemon Clark and Tashana Tweddle – violins

Jeanette Teh – viola

Alexandra Witt – Cello

Sunday, 13th November, St Mary’s Cathedral, 7.30 pm.

Click here to download the programme.

…and there’s more!

St Mary’s Cathedral has kindly offered a discount of 20% on ticket prices for Heritage Perth Heritage Days Participants

Take Advantage of this special discount offer to enjoy a concert at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 20th November, 2 pm

A unique classic-style oratorio concert featuring Cathedral Choir and orchestra performing popular favourites Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, excerpts from ‘Messiah’ and Mozart’s ‘Solemn Vespers’ in the historic surrounds of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Soloists: Daniel Mullaney, Christopher Waddell, Courtney Pitman and Yann Kee.

Tickets $45 ($35 concession) available at BOCS 9484 1133 (www.bocsticketing.com.au) – discount applies to these prices.

Complimentary Miss Maud afternoon tea included.

(Please quote ‘Cathedral discount voucher’ when booking tickets: offer valid only for bookings by phone or in person at a BOCS outlet)

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Heritage Perth Heritage Days at St George’s Cathedral

by Richard Offen
November 9th, 2011

 

 

'If These Walls Could Talk' described some of the significant people and event in the Cathedral's history

Bible Exhibition

 

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, one of the best known English language Bibles in the world. To celebrate this important anniversary, Heritage Perth Heritage Days 2011 is mounting an exhibition of family Bibles.

The exhibition includes 17th century editions of the King James Bible, family Bibles of all shapes and sizes, some of them containing fascinating glimpses of family history in the form of records of births, marriages and deaths and even the hand-written guest and present list from a Victorian wedding. There will also be Bibles in other languages, including an early edition of the first translation into Maori, and a small pocket Bible that went ashore in the first wave of the D-Day landings in the Second World War.

The exhibition runs from 12th – 20th November, 9am – 5pm Monday –Saturday and on Sundays Sunday’s from noon to 4pm.

Heritage Festival Service

St George’s Cathedral was consecrated in mid-November 1888 and sits at the very heart of Perth’s heritage precinct. The wonders of its architecture are best appreciated with the ear as well as with the eye, as the Cathedral (a busy concert-venue for the city as well as a thriving church) is designed to show off the voices of singers and organ alike.

To celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral, there will be a special Heritage Festival Service taking place at 10 am on Sunday 13th November. The nationally-acclaimed Cathedral Choir will lead the singing at what promises to be an inspiring service.

 Heritage Food Festival

Following the Festival Service, emerge unto the newly re-landscaped Parvis (the terraced grassy area outside the Cathedral) to immerse yourself in the sights, smells, and tastes of Perth’s culinary heritage.

Since the arrival of Scots settlers in 1829, then English convicts, Chinese market-gardeners, Greeks and Italians, German wine-makers, Indians, Swedes, South Africans, Vietnamese, Maori, Sudanese, and many more, our indigenous food has been supplemented by the produce and flavours that each wave of migrants has brought to Perth. Explore them all in one beautiful grassed venue as each stall shows off the gastronomy of its nation of origin. Food for all the family, as there is children’s entertainment as well as sumptuous quality fresh meals.

As part of the Bible Exhibition, the Cathedral has arranged the following additional events:

Ecumenical Festival Service

The Perth Heads of Churches have created a celebration of 400 years of the King James Bible, hosted by St George’s Cathedral at 7 pm on Wednesday, 16th November. Readers at the service will include radio-presenter Tom Bull, and Perth-based actors Rosemary Barr and Caitlin Beresford-Ord. The preacher is Glenn Townend of the Seventh-day Adventists Conference, who is a direct descendent of William Tyndale. The Perth Fortress Salvation Army band provides the music, along with excerpts from Handel’s Messiah and newly composed pipe-tune accompanies the entrance of a seventeenth century copy of King James Bible.

Film: The Book that Changed the World

A new docu-drama from the UK on the history and politics around the creation of the King James Bible will be screened in St George’s Cathedral at 7pm Thursday 17 November. Marty Foord, Biblical scholar and historian, will introduce the film and takes questions from the floor. Wine and canapés

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Heritage Days At Government House

by Richard Offen
November 4th, 2011

SUNDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2011

 The Public Rooms of Government House, the Ballroom and the Gardens will be open from 11.00am.  Final entry to the House will be at 2.30pm, with Gardens remaining open until 4.00pm.

Entertainment

  • Humphrey’s Dance Studio have agreed to put on a couple of Ballroom Dancing displays.  12.30pm and again at 1.15pm.
  • Perth Morris Men will be performing on the Forecourt between 12.00pm and 2.00pm.
  • Town of Victoria Park Brass will be performing in the Grounds: 11.30am – 12.10pm.
  • Air Force Cadet Drum Corps will perform in the Grounds throughout the day.

Displays

  • The Royal WA Historical Society will have a display in the Ballroom Foyer including Books, Catalogues and a range of Photographs.  There will be a representative from the WA Genealogical Society.
  • WA Living History Associations will have a display on the upper lawn.

Tours

  • Government House Guides will be in each of the public rooms to answer questions and direct visitors.
  • “Meet the Gardener” Tours will run at 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm.  Bookings can be made on line through the Heritage Perth website (www.heritageperth.com).  Places are strictly limited.
  • Cellar Tours will run between 11.15am and 2.15pm.  Bookings can be made on line through the Heritage Perth website (www.heritageperth.com).  Any places not filled on line can be booked in person on the day.  Places are strictly limited.

Children’s Entertainment

  • Bouncy Castle on the main lawn.
  • Face Painting on the South Loggia.
  • Tennis Court will be set up and rackets/tennis balls made available.

Refreshments

  • CWA are providing Devonshire Teas in the Supper Room, and also cold drinks.
  • Consulate Corps have arranged a “World of Food Festival” on the Main Lawn.  Approx 20 stalls will offer a selection of their national dishes for sale to visitors.  The stalls will be manned by community groups.

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Heritage Day Food at Government House

by Richard Offen
November 3rd, 2011


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