ANZAC Tribute 25th April 2013 Arts Thursday with Margaux Dombkins. Poems-Stories-Music with Horatio Neate, David Cameron, RMC Band.

My first guest –Horatio Neate narrates his Tribute collection of poems in memory of all those who have made a sacrifice for our great country. Poems narrated by Horatio include: In Flanders Fields (John McCrae); For The Fallen (Lawrence Binyon); Clancy Of The Overflow and Waltzing Matilda (Banjo Patterson); My Country (Dorethea MacKellar; To A Dead Mate (C.J. Dennis).

                             Tribute – a collection of poems narrated by Horatio Neate is available on CD from

                                                                               The Australian War Memorial         www.awm.gov.au

My next guest – is author and historian, David Cameron. David, an expert on the Anzac campaign, chats about his just released sixth book on Gallipoli.

“Shadows Of Anzac” presents a personal perspective of soldiers and non-combatants alike. A military and social history, these stories and accounts are told from both sides of the trenches – from Turkish and Anzacs – and delves into memories of the people who where ‘there’ and through their eyes we see a different side of Gallipoli. “Shadows Of Anzac” provides an intimate and powerful perspective of Anzac, a richly varied portrayal that describes the absurdity, monotony and often humour that sat alongside the horrors of the bitter fight to claim the peninsula. 

Shadows Of Anzac by David Cameron is available at bookstores and online at www.bigskypublishing.com.au

Music: the music featured in today’s program is from the Band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon (RMC Band).

The RMC Band’s roles for the Army and the Australian Defence Force in Canberra are predominately ceremonial. Away from the ceremonial role,     the RMC Band performs as a concert band and the variety of ensembles achievable in that instrumentation. The ensembles within RMC Band are the: concert band; marching band; stage band; woodwind quintet; brass quintet; jazz ensemble; rock band; dixie band (known as the Steamboat Stompers); saxophone quartet; clarinet quartet; and woodwind trio.

The RMC Band’s CD “Music from a Century of Leadership” is available from www.militaryshop.com.au

I look forward to your company 10.30am – 12.00pm

Margaux