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| Nashville gets a taste of the land
down under |
By Will Jordan,
wjordan@nashvillecitypaper.com
September 12,
2003
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What: The 2003 Australian
Festival
When: Saturday and
Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Where:
Elmington Park, 3500 West End Ave.
How
much: Festival Admission is free, pricing
varies for Kids Down Under, Animals Down Under,
Aussie Food Court and Aussie
Exhibitors. | Whether its
Australian animals, sports, music, food or games, the
2003 Australian Festival has something from the “land
down under” for the entire family.
This is the
7th annual Australian Festival and organizers boast this
year’s event will be bigger and better than
ever.
“To our knowledge this is the largest
Australian festival in the world,” Festival Intern Jared
Payne said. “We’ve got a lot of extra things this year.
It should be twice as big as last year.”
Unusual
animals such as kangaroos and kookaburras, which are
indigenous to Australia, will hop around the festival
grounds at Elmington Park and Australian Sheep Dogs will
put on a herding demonstration.
Children will
also have lots to do at the festival over the
weekend.
Kids Down Under with Friends of
Elmington Park and Party Place will feature Ularu, the
largest monolith in the world and Star Lab, the portable
planetarium that will show the stars and skies of
Australia. Many other Aussie games and rides will be
“promoting the great game of Aussie Rules,” according to
Payne.
Sports Down Under with Coopers Beer will
feature some of the sports for which Australia is known,
including Australian Rules football clubs, cricket and
men's and women's rugby. The Mid American Australian
Football Leagues final match of the year, which is
between the Nashville Kangaroos and the St. Louis Blues,
will also be a feature at this year’s Sports Down Under.
This game will also be available on delayed audio cast
on www.nashvillekangaroos.org.
Hungry
participants will get a taste of Australian foods at the
Outback Aussie food court and West End Outback
Steakhouse booth.
“The Outback is bringing out
their full attire to ensure that the Australian Festival
features the biggest and boldest food that the Outback
Steakhouse is now known for world-wide,” Payne
said.
Aussie exhibitors will bring the world of
Australian products right to the festival and Australian
Pavilion and Entertainment with Party Place will feature
Australian/New Zealand and American artists in Nashville
ranging from pop to folk and bluegrass music at the
Alice White Stage.
“There’s going to be
something for everybody at the festival,” Payne said.
“It’s a real family oriented event.” |
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