News & Events
Up-coming events, interviews and public presentations
of material from Camellia Cha's Curiosi-tea
Nov 15th 2011: Launch of The Attitude of Cups
The Melbourne Poets Union launch of THE ATTITUDE OF CUPS: An Anthology of Australian Poetry about TEA, WINE & COFFEE, edited by Sue Stanford
Launched By Kristin Henry, with readings by the poets.
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Launched By Kristin Henry, with readings by the poets.
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TUES NOV 15th 6.30pm at the Collected Works Bookshop
October 16th 2011: Nonchalant Bombasi-tea in Torquay
A Fund Raising Event for those folk in Japan affected by the 3.11 quake.
TIME: 3pm to 5pm performance of Nonchalant Bombasi-tea at the
St Therese Catholic Church, Surf Coast Highway, Torquay, Victoria.
enquiries:
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0400 869 660
October 15th 2011: Port Fairy Spring Festival
Camellia Cha's Curiosi-tea: Once Upon a Tea
featuring:
Anne Norman (shakuhachi)
Jay Dabgar (tabla)
Josh Bennett (Sitar)
with a theatrical interplay of poetry and tea wRap.
Port Fairy Spring Festival, Port Fairy, Western Victoria, Australia. 8:15pm, 75 min, no interval.
Port Fairy Spring Festival, Port Fairy, Western Victoria, Australia. 8:15pm, 75 min, no interval.
October 8th 2011: ABC Radio National
Andrew Ford interviews Anne Norman and Josh Bennett on Radio National's Music Show about their up-coming Camellia Cha show "Once Upon a Tea: Camellia Cha's Curiosi-tea".
Podcast of full interview: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/10/msw_20111008_1008.mp3
YOUTUBE CLIP of dilruba and shakuhachi: http://www.youtube.com/user/AnneMichelleNorman#p/a/f/0/_3LsfWH9st0
August 30th 2011: Nonchalant Bombasi-tea in Hopetoun
Tuesday 10am at the Toun Beach Café in Hopetoun, Western Australia
enquiries:
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Tel: 08 9838 3078
August 27th 2011: Nonchalant Bombasi-tea in Denmark
Anne presents her solo show Nonchalant Bombasi-tea in the Teahouse Bookshop, in Denmark, Western Australia. 3:30 to 5:30pm. $20
enquiries:
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08 9848 1801
Aug 20th 2011: Nonchalant BombasiTEA in Perth
Anne performs Nonchalant Bombasi-tea in Perth at theHyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre
Served with Japanese High Tea, and a sencha tea-tasting
presented by Mr Iwasaki of greenteahouse.com.au
20 Kalinda Drive, CITY BEACH WA 6015
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3:30-5:30pm
May 15th 2011: Chari-TEA Soiree
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Performance artist, Anne Norman, and the enigmatic Camellia Cha, are donating their time and talent to bring you an afternoon of hilari-tea, musicali-tea and reflectivi-tea. Come and be entertained to raise the mood, (and the funds).
DATE: Sunday 15th May 2011
TIME: 2:30 - 4:30pm, with a cuppa in the middle
VENUE: The private home of Peter and Doreen Norman in Mornington
BOOKINGS: 03 5975 3040 (limited numbers, so book and get the address)
RSVP and pay by May 6th please.
DONATION: $20 (or more if you so wish!)
The money raised will go fif-tea fif-tea to aid earthquake victims in Japan
May 13-15th 2011 tea lovers festival
Curiosi-tea features in the teaware on sale atkulov’s annual tea lovers festival
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April 2nd 2011: Christobel’s Soirée: CuriosiTEA
Adelaide Soiree performance by Anne Norman on the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) with poems from the book ‘Curiosi-tea’ and tales of her adventures in Japan, India and China
Bookings essential: Phone 8 2963543 or email xbalta@hotmail
April 2nd : 7 for 7.30 p.m. start
Christobel McLaren, 1 Keys Court, Hove, South Australia, 5048
$12/head (please bring correct money) + supper plate and drink
Download Christobel’s Soirées Flyer
April 2nd : 7 for 7.30 p.m. start
Christobel McLaren, 1 Keys Court, Hove, South Australia, 5048
$12/head (please bring correct money) + supper plate and drink
Download Christobel’s Soirées Flyer
Nov 14th 2010: Poetry reading & shakuhachi at the Bodhi Tree
Anne Norman (aka Camellia Cha) entertains with readings from "Curiosi-tea" and performs Shakuhachi flute in the Café attached to the lovely book shop Bodhi Tree in Perth. Sunday.
Oct 9th 2010: BORDERS Meet the Author
Camellia Cha reads from her book Curiosi-tea at Borders bookstore, Saturday, 2pm.
Shop 106, Melbourne Central Shopping Centre
211 LaTrobe Street, Melbourne
211 LaTrobe Street, Melbourne
Sept 28th 2010: The Joan Saxton Lecture Luncheon Club
Guest Speaker: Anne Norman brings Curiosi-tea · absurdi-tea · frivoli-tea · audaci-tea - some of life's necessi-teas... Shakuhachi performer and professional musician, Anne performs excerpts from her book as well as shakuhachi, and tell of her adventures in China and Japan in her quest for knowledge about tea. Anne has degrees in music and ethnomusicology from universities in Australia and Japan, and has a serious dependency on sencha green tea, developed between bouts of hyperventilation while studying shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in Kobe in the mid 1980s
Tuesday 28th of September 2010
Time of arrival 11.30am for noon luncheon. Speaker: 1.00pm 2.00pm
Time of arrival 11.30am for noon luncheon. Speaker: 1.00pm 2.00pm
The Joan Saxton Lecture Lunch Club
The Gables, 15 Finch Street , East Malvern, Victoria
Bookings: The Gables (03) 9571 6631 by the Friday before
Two course lunch with wine and coffee $45.00
thegables.com.au
The Gables, 15 Finch Street , East Malvern, Victoria
Bookings: The Gables (03) 9571 6631 by the Friday before
Two course lunch with wine and coffee $45.00
thegables.com.au
Sept 26th 2010: AFTERNOON absurdiTEA with Camellia Cha
A delicious blend of poetry with musicali-tea from India, Tibet, China and Japan.
Anne Norman (poetry and shakuhachi)
Tenzin Choegyal (voice and dranyen - Tibetan lute)
Wang Zheng Ting & the Australian Chinese Ensemble
Jay Dabgar (Tabla) & Josh Bennett (sitar and dilruba)
OzAsia Festival, Adelaide Festival CentreA 90 minute performance from 2pm in the Space Theatre
OzAsia Festival
Sept 4th 2010: 'Sashieda: The Imagination Tree'
A father's day fund-raiser for Knoxbrooke - a not-for-profit organization providing services, training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Held in the bonsai section Sashieda: The Imagination Tree Yarra View Nursery, 136 York Road Mt. Evelyn. Saturday 4th September 2010.
9:00 Saikei demonstration
11:00 -12:30 Bonsai clinic
1:00 -1:30 Shoso Shimbo Ikebana demonstration
1:30-1:50 Fuefukuro, Japanese drums and flutes
1:50 - 2:00 Anne Norman - shakuhachi and poetry
2:30 - 4:00 Bonsai clinic
June 11th-13th 2010: World Tea Expo
Poetry, Music and Laughter at the Author's Circle: Anne performs excerpts from Curiosi-tea and plays the haunting shakuhachi, a bamboo flute with connections to the Japanese Zen Art of Tea at the World Tea Expo. Booth 342, World Tea Expo, Las Vegas, USA
May 29th 2010: Meet the Author at the Bodhi Tree
Anne Norman (aka Camellia Cha) entertains with readings and poetry from "Curiosi-tea" and performs Shakuhachi flute in the Café attached to the lovely book shop Bodhi Tree in Perth, Western Australia.
May 24th 2010: Nonchalant BombasiTEA
Anne is guest speaker on the writing of Curiosi-tea and her life as a shakuhachi performer and itinerant musician. She will also read some of her poetry and perform shakuhachi (bamboo flute). Monday afternoon lecture for the Friends of Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
May 22nd 2010: Canberra Glassworks Absurdi-tea
Absurdi-tea with Camellia Cha. Poetry, incidental music and hilari-tea!
Anne Norman (poetry, shakuhachi), Peter Neville (tea set percussion & keyboards), Justine Anderson (soprano).
Entrance free. Your chance to purchase the book Curiosi-tea besmudged by the Avatar herself.
Canberra Glassworks 3rd birthday celebrations. Saturday 22nd May 2010.
May 15th May at 12:30 : Tea and Zen with Camellia Cha
A romp through the exhibition with Camellia Cha. Spirituali-tea, Rituali-tea and Frivoli-tea. Discover the hidden meanings of tea with the author of Curiosi-tea. From Tang China through to Tokugawa Japan... and the modern day tea ceremony. The role of the Sangha, the courtesans, the Literati and the ladies of Cha-no-Yu in the changing modes and innuendo of tea. From Profundi-tea to Profani-tea. 30 minutes of thought provoking poetry and enlightening hilari-tea. Have a good strong cuppa before you come!
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