Quality rather than quantity comes to the fore when discussing the male dancers in this year’s Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod.
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“There’s not many boys, but the boys that we do have are brilliant,” dance co-ordinator Teneal Jones said.
Only a handful of boys feature among more than 1500 dance entries in the 2018 festival, which continues this week at Albury Entertainment Centre.
Eisteddfod committee president Deanne Burr said the opening days were hectic, but overall things had gone well.
“We’ve smoothed out all the bumps now and are ready for the next onslaught next weekend with the troupes,” she said.
Competitors have travelled from Cootamundra, Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, Eden and Melbourne, as well as the North East and Albury-Wodonga to take part in the eisteddfod.
In her first year as co-ordinator, Mrs Jones has been sampling various jobs, such as audio, announcing, stage door and writing for adjudicator Rowena Sanderson.
A longtime dancer and teacher, Mrs Jones has been an eisteddfod participant over many years.
“I thought it was probably about time I gave back … so I just stuck my hand up,” she said.
“It’s a lot more than what I thought, but I’ve had a really great support team so that’s made it a lot easier for me.”
Tuesday’s program starts with the primary school (teacher’s choice) troupe, including entries from St Patrick’s Parish School, Bandiana Primary School, Albury Public School, Oaklands Central School and Myrtleford P12 College.
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