Ready to share your story?
Dromkeen’s annual event, Mid-Winter Memories and Mulled Wine is returning this July, creating a space for people to share a wine and a yarn, while making connections with new people.
Dromkeen gallery director Bernatte Joiner said there’s no better way to bring generations together then through storytelling.
“As a kid, one of my favourite pastimes was to listen to the stories of my grandparents,” she said.
“Their stories always had them as the ‘main character’ and it was a way of ‘me’ being invited into ‘their’ world… of catching a glimpse of what life must have been like for them when they were younger.
“My grandfather would light the open fireplace in the evening and we’d sit with him for hours, listening to his stories of the bush and of his childhood, vivid imagery etched into my mind to stay with me forever.”
For the event, expect a cozy night by the fireplace in the lounge while guests share their own five-minute story and listen to the stories of others.
“One of our evenings last year took us from the plains of Africa meeting Masi Warriors and lions, to stories of coming back from the ‘brink’,” Ms Joiner said.
“There were smiles, laughter, tears, silence, gasps of surprise as stories were told with both honesty and simplicity.“
This night’s theme is ‘An Unexpected Encounter’. Stories must be true and feature the author as one of the main characters.
Memories and Mulled Wine will be held on Friday, July 18 from 7pm to 9pm, at Dromkeen, 1012 Kilmore Road, Riddells Creek.
Tickets cost $32. To book, go to trybooking.com/DCADQ
