Poetry at the Festival

Since the inception of the festival poetry and the spoken word have been a major part of the Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music.

Patrons are invited to be part of the poetry events and to enjoy the festival poets. This year's feature poets are Gregory North and Russell Hannah.

If you can't make the festival you can still participate in the poetry by submitting a poem in the Broken Ski Award, see details below.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER ONLINE

Entry to these events is with a valid festival wristband which can be purchased at the Festival Office in the Skitube Terminal.

Schedule of Events
at the 2013 Festival

There are number of poetry events which patrons can also make contributions to – just see the host to participate. Monday’s event includes Limericks with a snow / ski twist!

POET’S LUNCH

Bring your poem to share.

SATURDAY Sundeck Hotel 12 noon, host Gregory North

POET’RY SLAM

Bring your 1 minute ditty. Winner judged by the audience.

SATURDAY Sundeck Hotel 6.30pm, host Gregory North

POET’S MORNING TEA

Bring your poem to share.

SUNDAY Sundeck Hotel 10:30am, host Russell Hannah

SNOWY POETRY CUP

Bring your prize poem to attempt to win the coveted Snowy Poetry Cup.

SUNDAY Snow Gums Restaurant 1:30pm

THE MAN WITH HATS

Gregory North in poet concert mode!

SUNDAY Sundeck Hotel 6.30pm

EXOTIC TALES

Lilli Pilli tells exotic tales and takes you to foreign places!

SUNDAY Sundeck Hotel 8.30pm

POET’S BRUNCH & LIMERICKS

Bring your poem and limericks to share.

MONDAY Smigs Stage 10:00am, host Russell Hannah and Gregory North

And down by Kosciusko,
where the pine-clad ridges raise
Their torn and rugged battlements on high,
Where the air is clear as crystal,
and the white stars fairly blaze
At midnight in the cold and frosty sky,
And where around The Overflow
the reed beds sweep and sway
To the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide,
The man from Snowy River is a household word today,
And the stockmen tell the story of his ride.

from The Man From Snowy River by Banjo Paterson

Gregory North - man with hats

Lilli Pilli Tales

Russell Hannah

POETRY COMPETITIONS

Given the Snowy Mountains’ connection with one of Australia’s most famous poems, ‘The Man From Snowy River’, it’s not surprising that poetry and verse will feature prominently in Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music festival on the June long weekend.

In recognition of the significance that verse and the spoken word has had in the region, the Snowy Mountains of Music will be holding a pre-festival open and junior poetrycompetition called the Broken Ski Award and the Snowy Poetry Cup which will be given to the best recited poem at the festival.

BROKEN SKI AWARD

If you would like to enter an original poem in the Broken Ski Award, please submit it electronically below. The Broken Ski Award will be awarded for the best submitted original verse in a number of categories as follows:

OPEN section
JUNIOR - High School Age - 12 to 18
JUNIOR - Primary School Age - Under 12

CLICK TO ENTER THE BROKEN SKI AWARD online

Sam Martin, 2011 winner

Snowy Poetry Cup
(awarded at the Festival)

The Snowy Poetry Cup will be awarded for the best recitation of an original or traditional poem. It will be decided at the festival. Check the festival programme (to be issued in May 2013) for venue and time.

You can enter the competition on the day and just need to be present to take part, and be a festival patron of course.

Previous winners:

2009 - Senior: Zondrae King, Corrimal, Wollongong. Junior: Sam Glover, Jindabyne

2010 - Nimmity Zappert, Macquarie, Sydney

2011 - Sam Martin, Candelo

2012 – Kerrie Green, Wollongong