2023 EVENT PROGRAM
Laura Quinkan Dance Festival event organisers reserve the right to change the format of the above programme as required due to COVID and other circumstances.
Thursday 6th July
- VIP welcome cocktail function to be held at the Quinkan Cultural Centre in Laura
Friday 7th July
- 9 - 9:30am - Dance teams assemble for parade
- 10:00am - MC starts proceedings
- 10:05am - Ang-gnarra welcomes to the festival
- 10:10am - Laura School Performance (10 minutes)
- 10:20am - Welcome to country (Quinkan Dancers)
- 10:50am - Hand over of shield from 2021 winners
- 11:00am - Kawadji Wimpa Dance Group
- 11:30am -Wik Nation Dance Team of Aurukun
- 12:00pm - ALLKUMO Malpa Paman
- 12:30pm - Ngabi Bama Irriba-mu
- 1:00pm - Lunch break
- 2:00pm - Pormpuraaw Traditional Dancers
- 2:30pm - Yidinji
- 3:00pm - Mayi Wunba Dance Troupe
- 3:30pm - Whuntunah Jaban
- 4:00pm - Yarrabah Bama Ngappi Ngappi Dancers
- 4:30pm - Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers
- 5:00pm - Dinner break
- 6:00pm - Deaf Indigenous Dance Group
- 6:30pm - Dinawans Connection
- 7:00pm - Evening entertainment – Movies and music
- 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Women's Yarning Circle
(Registration from 8:30pm, Yarning from 9:00pm)
Saturday 8th July
- 10:00am - Dinawans Connection
- 10:30am - Whuntunah Jaban
- 11:00am - Yarrabah Bama Ngappi Ngappi Dancers
- 11:30am - Deaf Indigenous Dance Group
- 12:00pm - Lunch break
- 1:00pm - Mayi Wunba Dance Troupe
- 1:30pm - Yidinji
- 2:00pm - Kawadji Wimpa Dance Group
- 2:30pm - Wik Nation Dance Team of Aurukun
- 3:00pm - ALLKUMO Malpa Paman
- 3:30pm - Pormpuraaw Traditional Dancers
- 4:00pm - Ngabi Bama Irriba-mu
- 4:30pm - Dinner break
- 5:30pm - Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers
- 6:00pm - ALLKUMO Malpa Paman
- 6:30pm - Evening entertainment – Movies and music
- 9:00pm - 10:00 pm: Men's Yarning Circle
- (Registration from 8:30pm, Yarning from 9:00pm)
Sunday 9th July
- 10:00am - Finalist Dance Team 1 - TBD
- 10:30am - Finalist Dance Team 2 - TBD
- 11:00am - Finalist Dance Team 3 - TBD
- 11:30am - Lunch break (1 hour)
- 12:30pm - Finalist Dance Team 4 - TBD
- 1:00pm - Finalist Dance Team 5 - TBD
- 1:30pm - Winners announcement
- 2:00pm - Closing ceremony - Quinkan Dancers
