Our revived Beer & Cheese Nights... in Tritton Hall (Hut 44, Addison Rd Community Centre), generally on the first Friday Night of each month. Now that the weather's warmed up, get along and bring a song or two (at least vaguely matching the theme!). There are lots of good old songs from our traditions - and the "theme" just makes us do a bit of research for the right ones.

I would hope more of our own Club would be keen to learn – practise – perform some good old songs from our traditions.

Back in the bad old days, it was "Ladies bring a plate - Gents bring a bottle"... but we know better nowadays. Just for starters we want something edible on the plate - and a decent drop in the bottle!

To keep the brains ticking over, here are the three fairly general themes picked as starting points for the last three Beer & Chees Nights in 2008:

Friday 5th August: Weather... or Not?

We've had a few broad suggestions that weather is something to be ignored at our peril. What do we find in the old songs and verse?

Friday 2nd September: A Long Way from (at) Home

It's one of the basic tenets of the Australian (Colonial) experience that everyone with a white skin was a long way from home and accustomed comforts (and culture & songs!)

Friday 7th October: Convict Days and Convict Ways

The great divide between the lot in uniforms (and/or fancy dress) and the rest who they ruled. This has shaped the Australian psyche ... and certainly informs our culture.

Song and verse from traditions ... memories ... or plots?