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<tt><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Ngaparjti
Ngapartji</span></i></b></tt><tt><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> Choir teaches Peter
Garrett to sing!<o:p></o:p></span></b></tt>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Yesterday <tt><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Labor
Party MP, Shadow Minister for the Arts, <b>Mr. Peter Garrett</b></span></tt>
launched and our upcoming tour to </span><st1:State><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Queensland</span></st1:place></st1:State><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> and </span><st1:State><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">South Australia</span></st1:place></st1:State><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<tt><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Ngaparjti
Ngapartji</span></i></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">
translates as ‘I give you something, you give me something,’ a concept
of
reciprocity which governs relationships in Pitjantjatjara society and
culture
and in an act of <i>Ngaparjti Ngapartji</i> the company choir
performed ‘Beds
are Burning’ in Pitjantjatjara at the launch for Mr. Garrett in
exchange for
his support of the project.<o:p></o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Over
the last three months community workshops with young people from town
camps in </span></tt><st1:place><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Alice Springs</span></tt></st1:place><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> have been focusing on
communicating
about the project. As a result the official website –
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ngapartji.org">http://ngapartji.org</a> –
has been redesigned by design team Makeshift using content from
workshops.
(Will be live next week to coincide with our opening in </span></tt><st1:City><st1:place><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Adelaide</span></tt></st1:place></st1:City><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">).<o:p></o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">As well
as producing the new website over the past month project participants
have
scripted voiceovers, selected images and shot footage to put together a
fantastic new <b>project film</b> with Arts Mentor Suzy Bates screened
publicly
for the first time on Wednesday. You can check it out here: <a
href="https://ninti.ngapartji.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=42">https://ninti.ngapartji.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=42</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Preparing
to tour has made us reflect that in the last 12 months we have done SIX
seasons
of <i>Ngaparjti Ngapartji</i> – 3 of the language show and 3 of the
main stage
production. Our website now includes 21 Pitjantjatjara language and
culture
lessons produced by over 30 young people in 4 communities. Over 5000
people
have seen the show, 1000 are on this list and 220 subscribe to <i>Ninti</i>.
<o:p></o:p></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">AND the
Ninti site has been archived by the National Library of Australia and
The
Australian </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Institute</span></st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Aboriginal</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> and Torres Strait
Islander Studies
(AIATSIS) as one of their 'nationally significant electronic
publications by
and about indigenous people and issues'.<span style="">
</span>In order to spread the word further and have people understand
what we
are doing, we’ve done loads of media and spoken at a variety of
conferences and
symposia including Regional Arts Conference, Mackay, Art~Land~Culture, </span><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Alice Springs</span></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> and the keynote address
at the
Attorney General’s International Colloquium on Prevention of Crime. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">All this is
pretty amazing for a group of people who work out of a demountable that
feels
like a kitchen and blares booty music most days and who drive an old
blue 1984
landcruiser which has just contracted a split rear diff from all our
bush
trips!<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">If you are
in </span><st1:State><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Queensland</span></st1:place></st1:State><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> come and see us at the
Dreaming
Festival this weekend – then next week we’re in the Adelaide Cabaret
Festival. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks to
everyone who has supported us in achieving so much these past 12
months!
Paly-o, <o:p></o:p></span>
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<i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Ngaparjti
Ngapartji</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">
Team <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
<tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Dreaming Festival, </span></tt></span><st1:State><st1:place><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Queensland</span></tt></st1:place></st1:State><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> 8-11<sup>th</sup> June <a
href="http://www.thedreamingfestival.com/">http://www.thedreamingfestival.com/</a>
</span></tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
</span><st1:City><st1:place><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Adelaide</span></tt></st1:place></st1:City><tt><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> Cabaret Festival 14-17<sup>th</sup>
June <a href="http://www.adelaidecabaret.com/">http://www.adelaidecabaret.com/</a>
</span></tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
<tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">Big hART <a
href="http://bighart.org/">http://bighart.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></span>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Website:
<a href="http://ngapartji.org/">http://ngapartji.org</a> by Makeshift <a
href="http://makeshift.com.au/">http://makeshift.com.au</a> and the <i>Ngaparjti
Ngapartji</i> team (Ngapartji.org relaunching next week – we’ll send
out email
reminder).</span></tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
<tt><span style="font-family: Arial;">Online Pitjantjatjara language
and culture site: <a href="http://ninti.ngapartji.org/">http://ninti.ngapartji.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></span>
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<tt><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ABC News story<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a
href="http://www.abc.net.au/alicesprings/stories/s1944387.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/alicesprings/stories/s1944387.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> <br>
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Alex Kelly<br>
Creative Producer<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ngapartji.org">http://www.ngapartji.org</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bighart.org">http://www.bighart.org</a>
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