We
asked our visitors and participants to comment on the 2004 Beanie Festival.
Here are a few of the responses we received:
Opening of the Flashest Beanies at the Araluen Centre
Seeing so many different beanies – so many that I would like to buy.
The Atmosphere – so friendly.
The Café.
Extras e.g. post cards, mugs First timer Marge Pope, Alice Springs
The Spirit of the festival Five times visitor, Roberta Beard, Downer, ACT
The Colour
The Atmosphere
All the beautiful beanies!
Traditional wool spinning
Working behind the scenes and trying on as many beanies as I could! Mmm beanies. See you next year. First time visitor and volunteer Shu Fun Kwan
The variety, the friendly atmosphere, the inspiration.
Colourful, exotic, creative.
Happy people
Trying them all on Deborah Nave, first time visitor
The wonderful noises mingling with all those colours and textures. First time visitor Elliot Rich, Alice Springs
The variety and the friendly people who run it. First time visitor, Peg Creagh
The atmosphere, the happiness of everyone and of course the great craft. Jan Horsfall, Alice Springs (3 times visitor)
The way people were choosing every beanie they liked and could not make up their minds!
E Lange Alice Springs Community
Buying funky beanies
The sheer volume of beanies to rifle through and the colourfulness and excitement amongst the crowd. First time visitor, Amy Butcher, Melbourne
The colour, the chaos, the noise, the chase, but mostly to admire and envy the skill of the artists. Else Foster, Alice Springs
So much joy, creativity and lush wool in one place. Shelly Anfield, NSW first time visitor
The workshops and the beanie exhibition. Natalia Rogriguez, Tasmania
Colour, fun, Aboriginal women working
Seeing a community come together and celebrate. Jackie Johnston
All of it!
Fashion parade and mukata mob bird beanies
Watching people try on hats
The Beanies! Wonderfully artistic and heaps of fun. Catherine Euli, Victoria
Other Comments:
A very memorable experience. Have heard and read a lot about Beanie Festival. My firsts visit to it has been so good I hope to come again. Marge Pope, Alice Springs
Thank you to all the organizers Sandee Rumball, Alice Springs
Good shopping for unique Christmas and birthday presents.
Keep it going First time visitor
Keep up the good work 6th visit, Lenly Bursle, Alice Springs
I did some volunteer shifts which I really enjoyed and meant I got to talk to lots of people. Robyn Downing
Keep this unique festival going, should be more of these creative, reasonably priced art shows around. Deborah Nave
Had so much fun – would love to make some one day
A fantastic event which reaches out to people in so many directions. Great fun. Like that it is now recognised as fine art too – but don’t lose that daggy, tongue in cheek edge – that is very precious Kathy Rea, Alice Springs
Once again it left me with a huge smile on my face. Well done. Fourth or fifth time visitor Ian Mann, Alice Springs
Don’t stop!! : ) Jan Horsfall, Alice Springs (3 times visitor)
I’m in wool heaven! I love it. Shelly Anfield, NSW first time visitor
Thankyou to everyone who came to the 2004 festival. Sorry to any one who was inconvenienced by the date change this year- it was beyond our control.
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| Above: Nellie Nixon soaks up the atmosphere in 2004. |
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| Above: Bhoomi Redpath displays her fantastic knitted kangaroo cosies |
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| The Bowman Clan from Darwin check out the tea shop fare |