‘Craft, Sing, Connect’
Wynyard, Lutruwita/Tasmania
11th May 2025
Crafting, Singing and Connecting - an Age Old Rite of Being.
Picture yourself in a room of people, all chatting, telling stories, drinking tea, singing folk songs and crafting. Now book yourself a spot and pop Jan 18th in the calendar!
Singing has always gone hand in hand with sitting in groups, and crafting, and although our modern lifestyle has left little space for such ‘idle’ ways of time spending, it continues to be a healthy, regulatory and needed way of being.
More than that, it’s our birthright!
Sitting around with others while socialising indirectly is a birthright. Drinking multiple cups of tea and singing is a birthright. Crafting and being creating is a birthright.
I look forward to hearty laughs, inspiring makes and togetherness in song.
THE DETAILS
Sunday 11th May - 10 - 4pm
BYO craft and/or crafting materials (beads, feathers, materials, yarn, needles, crochet hooks, knitting needles, scissors, magazines, paper etc) provided.
This event will be semi led/facilitated but with freedom to participate in your own way.
A variety of tea and light snacks provided. Please BYO lunch or purchase lunch in town during the day.
Song sheets will be provided and songs will be taught/practiced/sung as we craft.
There will be no official break time on this day so please takes breaks as and when you need them.
THE WHO
This one day event is open to all over the age of 12.
This event is gender and ability inclusive, neuro affirming and trauma informed. Please let Alli know of any specific accommodation needs we may be able to assist with.
All musical participation is non-performance based which means there is no requirement to have a musical background, identify as ‘musical’ or feel confident in expressing your voice or your musicality.
Babes in arms are welcome.
Our workshop space has a wheelchair accessible entry but does not contain an accessibility friendly toilet (sorry!)
THE WHERE
Our retreat space is a light filled, spacious ‘ex cricket club turned Alli delight’ in Wynyard, Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Lutruwita is the Rightful name for the tiny island at the bottom of so-called Australia, and Wynyard is a small town with a very small town vibe (think cafés, a couple of shops, river walks, beachside with bush only a few minutes drive away.
Retreat Space is located at 59A Jackson St, Wynyard.
Nearby accomodation options, car rental options and all other details are specified in the FAQ section.
Our events are steeped in self accountability of needs and trauma informed community care.
Meet Allison Davies, (BMusBEdMasMusTher)
Alli is a former Neurologic Music Therapist who stepped out of the allied health system after 2 decades and now focuses on enacting societal change by dismantling harmful musical myths.
She is currently authoring her first book and is an international speaker on trauma informed music experiencing and music as a regulatory tool.
Our Western world pedestal’s western music, which comes with high expectations and standards to be considered ‘good enough’. But music is more than the education and performance industries and should not require commitment and skill to exist.
For the most part, unless our parents could afford piano lesson, or we joined a band at school or we can read music we tend to identify as ‘non musical’. But the truth is that the brain is a musical organ.
To be human is to be musical. And once we step into our full power as musical beings our lives will transform in ways we never knew were possible.
“I’m just blown away and human words are not really as potent as what this energy was, so it’s hard to use human words to describe what went on! For some of us it was easy to share and some of us were buds that opened up like a beautiful rose throughout the day. ”
— Marija ‘Tending to Your Voice’ participant.
Tasmanian Winner, 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.
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Need help?
Email Alli’s team at: admin@allisondavies.com.au