Events

I was truly honoured to have permission and respect to direct our Corroboree performance at the Darwin Convention Centre, working with the Belyuen community – Kenbi Dancers.

Performers of The Youth Mill provided much of the entertainment for the Financial Counsellors of Australia conference at both the Darwin Entertainment Centre and Pee Wees restaurant. One of the performance elements was Edwin Fejo and Leigh Fowlestone performing an original composing “Together” to the text of The Uluru Statement from the Heart. It was …

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The Youth Mill have been Welcoming many guests to their land and showcasing their amazing talents. This has been a great opportunity to educate people about the depth, beauty and strength of their culture.

. Edwin Fejo presented a very profound Welcome to Country joined by his grandfather Richard Fejo. The participants went on to perform  their original composition “A Culture Within” an Indigenous/classical fusion which was executed beautifully to an appreciative audience.

The Youth Mill is now taking the Beats of Culture workshops and the Women of Artful Flavours program to communities. December started with the commencement of the workshops in Batchelor and Nauiyu community Daly River and will continue throughout the holiday period. Myself and a small team of participants from Darwin travel south every weekend …

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The Youth Mill had the pleasure of providing the Welcome to country performance at the opening of Manunda Place, Darwin City, the new HQ for NT Health. We provided the smoking ceremony and  Edwin Fejo presented a moving Welcome to country which included his talented vocals accompanied by wonderful didgeridoo playing with Tony Lee.

Edwin Fejo presented a very eloquent WTC for the Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Practitioner Excellence awards conducted at Parliament House. I as the founder of The Youth Mill always have a sense of pride when I hear Edwin deliver such a profound speech, spoken about his land and his …

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Participants of The Youth Mill – Beats of Culture (BoC) program performed at the Northern Territory Children’s Practitioners Training Conference in Alice Springs, this entailed a lot of rehearsal, planning and plane travel.

Edwin and Brendon performed a virtual Welcome to Country for Atomic 212 National staff meeting as well as performing another WTC performance for the Australian defence force 2 days later.

Edwin Fejo and I spent 5 days on Nauiyu community in Daly River as The Youth Mill was participating in cultural music, dance and art workshop. I love conducting workshops at Nauiyu as I have wonderful connections with many of the families there and it is a wonderful part of the Northern Territory.