This year our Christmas Party was held at the Austrian Club at Mawson. There was a great turnout by members, many of whom got into the spirit of "The Sound of Music" in honour of the movie's 50th anniversary.
A popular Canberra band, The Second Movement played all evening with a combination of golden oldies and songs from The Sound of Music.
A highlight the evening was a performance by the Austrian Club Choir. They sang a combination of hits from The Sound of Music and traditional Christmas songs and carols. An excerpt of their performance is below.
During the evening Sue organised a German hat swapping contest with 2 teams selected from the audience. It was great fun, with most people demonstrably unable to put a hat on their head. Maybe this should have been done before any drinking started and people lost their ability to coordinate.
The dinner continued long into the night with many members taking the opportunity to dance to the fabulous band that belted out hit after hit that we could all dance and sing to.
A slideshow of the evening is below. If you can't see the slideshow, click here. Below this is a link to a recording of the choir singing one of the songs from the Sound of Music. I wasn't sure how the video would turn out from my position at the back of the room, and unfortunately I was standing behind some noisy eaters (you know who you are!), so there is a bit of dinner noise along with the singing.
The choir singing one of their songs
