P. and I went along to watch Tropfest in Commonwealth Park (Canberra) on Sunday night and had a really fun night. We met a bunch of people there quite early, who had arrived even earlier and secured what was probably the best seat in the 'house' (field?). There was also plenty of yummy food (a lot of which had been left over from our housewarming the night before), and the band that played before the screening was great - funky latin music that got people up and dancing shamelessly (us included).
The films were mostly pretty good, but I was disapointed that neither of our favourites "Carnivore Reflux" or "Glitch" won any awards. I thought that both of them were far cleverer than any of the other films and they were both very well made. I guess I didn't expect an animation to win (Carnivore Reflux), but it may have received the people's choice award if that hadn't been cancelled because of the bad weather in Sydney shutting down the screening early.
Canberra has actually been looking up of late. Tropfest was good fun, and so was the Swing Band that was playing in Garema Place on Friday night as part of the Round Town community events. There were a bunch of people dancing to the band who were pretty good, and it turned out that they were all from a swing dancing class that is just down the road. So, I now have another activity on my list (one that I have talked P. into joining me with - not that this was difficult, he was already keen). I'm also quite looking forward to heading along to see Bride and Prejudice on the 11th of March, so long as the weather stays nice.
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