Last Tuesday evening in Melbourne we had our 3rd ever ‘Evening with Dumbo feather & friends’… We loved it, hope everyone who was there did too. Here are some of the things that made the night so special, and that you and people who came might want to find out more about
The beautiful large candles like this;
that lead to the entrance of 
and that were in the packs for everyone were made of 100%, Australian beeswax by 
… The 
samples were provided by Suzanne Santos (
from Issue 3)… The 
we drank was from a local spring in the Victorian Alps, sure it’s 
but it’s local and the 3 guys behind it are bloody characters… We heard Martin, the publisher of the recently released 
talk, um, slowly… Samantha mentioned a great interview with Carl Honore, author of ‘In Praise of Slowness’, viewable on TED Talks. We ate baked goods from our own Baker di Chirico (
from Issue 10)… Robert Rabbin, who writes for Dumbo feather and is our own ‘
coach’ talked about talking - well, ‘
‘ actually… And of course Jimmy Pham (
from Issue 12) of 
who never ceases to amaze with his selflessness and vision (ps. the footage we were unable to play on the night is viewable on YouTube here)… All the while we got intimate with a 
from 
. We knew who everyone was thanks to 
from our Swedish friends at 
who have just opened new stores in Lt Collins St and Clarendon St, South Melbourne. And last but not least, how cute was Rupert the 
?!
Most massive thanks from Kate to Abi, Barrie, Beth & Kirsty, John and Joost for helping make it happen.
Here are some montages taken and created by one of our readers, Jennifer Zalme (thanks J!)
  
6 responses so far ↓
Michael Cairns // Oct 15, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Looks like it was a great night. How does one get an invite to such events - is it for subscribers only??
D feather // Oct 15, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Hi Michael,
They’re for anyone who’d like to come! We haven’t yet announced the date of the next Melbourne evening, but if you sign up for our email newsletter we’ll let you know when tickets for it go on sale.
D feather
friends » Df’s Melb friends // Oct 16, 2007 at 8:11 pm
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Laura Hamilton // Oct 23, 2007 at 11:58 am
Samantha and I had a delightful experience. It was great to hear how it all began and to spend an evening surrounded by inspired individuals.
It would great to a DF Ball ( gathering) maybe 4 times a year. One to celebrate each new season.
Thanks Kate and new community exists because of your courage to fly
Cheers Laura
Mary Nguyen // Oct 23, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Aww, looks like such a great night! Can’t wait for the next Sydney one.
Jennifer Zalme // Oct 24, 2007 at 9:41 am
Boy that was so quick!!! I’ve just sent them to you. Here I am scrolling down the page getting right into the gorgeous cute pics in between the text and there they are - large as life! My photos!!! eek!!! Thanks for putting them up Kate. It’s a blast to see my “work” up on a “wall”. Hang in there - there’s a few more pics comin’… It was an excellent night as was the first. Looking forward to many more of these evenings.
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