November’s Sundays in the Sun

On Sunday we had our final Sunday in the Sun for 2012. It was another beautiful day filled with art making, picnic enjoying and gorgeous tunes, all framed by our rose garden, which is looking stunning for spring. Check out photos from the day!

Visitors are welcomed by Laurie Collins’ sculpture “I-Pod”

A relaxed Lucille, our arts workshop facilitator, just before Sundays in the Sun starts…

Issac Main

Issac Main

Nick Lovell

Nick Lovell

Benny Walker

Benny Walker

Visitors relaxing in the garden

Stay tuned for annoucements about 2013 Sundays in the Sun soon…

All photography thanks to Bobby

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October’s Sundays in the Sun

Yesterday’s Sunday in the Sun was really lovely! The weather was perfect, sunny and 23 degrees, the gardens looked splendid and the musicians played some beautiful tunes.

Relaxing in the gardens

Gwendolyne O’Dea

Hello Satellites

Jessica Paige

Sunday in the Sun (and shade)

We had quite a number of familes attend including one couple who were celebrating their anniversary!
Next month’s Sunday in the Sun (November the 11) line up is Benny Walker, Nick Lovell and Issac Main and we’d love to see you there!

All photography thanks to Bobby

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Sundays in the Sun start again this Sunday

Now it’s getting warmer, Sundays in the Sun is starting up again! For those of you who are new to our blog, Sundays in the Sun is a monthly relaxed afternoon of live music, family friendly activities and entertainment in the gardens. Bring a picnic and enjoy the fun, festivities and awesome live music in Heritage Hill’s beautifully manicured grounds from 12 to 3. It’s a free event!

Our musicians this month are:

Hello Satellites

Jessica Paige

Gwendolyne O’Dea

Hello Satellites – Hello Satellites is the new project from Melbourne songwriter Eva Popov. It moves in the pop world whilst maintaining a depth that belies the escapism of modern pop music.

Jessica Paige – Singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi award winner Jessica Paige started her music career at the age of 15. Influenced by the Beatles, Elton John, Billy Joel, Rufus Wainwright, Ray LaMontagne and Van Dyke Parks, ‘The Music Network’ quoted her writing as “gorgeous melodies and delicious lyrics to match” while Adam Hills calles her “my favourite singer song-writer”

Gwendolyne O’Dea – with performances at the Apollo Bay Music Festival and appearances as a guest on both ABC 774 and Triple R Gwendolyn’s fast paced folk and country vocals give her the edge.

So come along and enjoy the day. We’ll see you this Sunday at Heritage Hill.

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October’s exhibitions, events and artists in residence

October is a busy month here at Heritage Hill. We have oodles of things going on, take a deep breath and here we go…

Our two exhibitions this month are LINEages of Dandenong, by Pixi Mix in Benga house and Never Too Old To Create by a local group of older artists in Laurel Lodge.
This is LINEages of Dandenong, in which Pixi Mix has created massive, life-sized charcoal drawings of historical photos of Dandenong’s citizens which are interspersed with details of present day Dandenong on transparent architectural paper layered together on the wall. The result is a ghostly presence of then and now all culminating is a beautiful visual investigation into the identity of Dandenong.

Meanwhile, down in Laurel Lodge we have Never Too Old To Create from a group of older artists, aged 78-92. These artists are proving that older people still have contributions to make to the community. The over 40 works have been painted over the last few years by this spritely bunch of ladies and gentlemen which portray a wide variety of subjects including gardens, animals, still lives and even a few marine-themed images from around the world.

We also have Sundays in the Sun starting up again. So next Sunday the 14th of October we have Gwendolyne O’Dea, Jessica Paige and Hello Satellites playing chilled out tunes in the gardens from 12-3. So pack a picnic and come hang out at Hertiage Hill.
And we have our final Artist in Residence for the year, The Society of Histronic Happenings down from Sydney, holed up in the Old School House researching Laurel Lodge and it’s stories for the next installment of their show The Governess.

So do drop by and check out one or all of these great happenings!

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April’s Sundays in the Sun

On Sunday we had our final Sunday in the Sun until the weather turns warm again. It was a lovely day and the clouds, although they gathered, held off any actual rain, which we were rather pleased about! As always, we had loads of things happening, check out all the photos below…

First up we had the ever lovely Paper Dreams, a local duo who sang some beautiful originals and a couple of awesome covers.

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Don’t forget, Sundays in the Sun is this weekend!

We are looking forward to Sunday. Why, you ask? Is it about chocolate? Or Easter? No, but it could be…

This Sunday is Sunday in the Sun! 

This month, local ladies Paper Dreams return to entertain us with their beautiful tunes and then Jesse Mitchell will take the stage to present his folky, funky music.

So bring a picnic, bring the family and come down to Heritage Hill to while away the afternoon in our beautiful gardens.

We’ll also be playing Blind Cricket from 1 on the front lawn of Laurel Lodge.

This is the last Sunday in the Sun until October, so do come along, relax and have a beautiful Sunday here at Heritage Hill.

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Artist interview – Jesse Mitchell (Sundays in the Sun)

Welcome to the first day of the school holidays! We bet you’re all wondering what to do with the kids this Sunday, arn’t you? Well, Heritage Hill has the answer for you – Sundays in the Sun. It’s our last Sunday in the Sun until October, it’s definitely only a warmer-months event!

This week’s acts are the delightful Paper Dreams, who played here in February (you can read their interview here) and the very talented Jesse Mitchell. Today we present our interview with Jesse, so you can learn a little about him before seeing him Sunday…

Tell us a little about yourself and your work…
Well aside from the music, I work for a Not-For-Charity organisation called Jem that provides supported accommodation for people who are homeless and in need of a stable place to live. I also last year launched a Fair Trade business called Little Tree Shop I’m currently just getting off the ground.. it sells a range of fairtrade and ethical products like bags, clothing, towels, tea/coffee etc.

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Get Active – March’s Sunday in the Sun

On Sunday we had our second Sundays in the Sun, in glorious weather at Heritage Hill. It was a spectacular day, check out the photos below:

Up on the rose lawn, we had the wonderful Vardos playing their wild gypsy music.

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Artist interview – Vardos (Sundays in the Sun)

Today we have an interview with the delightful Sofia from Vardos, who are our musical guests for this Sunday’s Sunday in the Sun.

Tell us about Vardos’ most recent trip overseas…
We performed in Wellington, New Zealand in February, does that count?! It was for a poetry book launch (Aleksandra Lane who is from Serbia), and we managed to see lots of Fringe shows too. VARDOS performed in 2010 at the West meets East Roma and Traveller Festival (London), Museum of the Bohemian (Amsterdam), Szent Ivan FolkFest (Hungary) and bars in Berlin. In Amsterdam we cycled to our gigs with all the instruments in a big panier at the front- including the double bass! Study and travel followed in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Latvia.

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Get Active – Sundays in the Sun

Getting Active is about getting out and about, finding new places and seeing new things. So we thought part of our Get Active series should definitely focus on Sundays in the Sun! Sundays in the Sun are all about getting outside, bringing a picnic, watching some great live music and having a wander around our beautiful gardens.

This Sunday (March 11) has a spectular line up you’re not going to see anywhere else on the planet! Check it out:

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