2020 Eisteddfod CANCELLED
After receiving advice from our venue management recommending the cancellation of the 2020 Gympie & District Eisteddfod, we have no alternative but to cancel this year’s event.
All entry monies will be refunded in full.
The 2021 Schedule will be posted online in due course.
Thanks for your understanding during this time.
The Gympie & District Eisteddfod Association extends a warm welcome to our website.
The City of Gympie proudly boasts that its heritage is written in the history books as the “city that saved Queensland”. This was possible with the discovery of gold in 1867. The Eisteddfod Association is proud likewise as Gympie held the first Eisteddfod in the State of Queensland.
The Eisteddfod is an annual event with the week providing a platform of performance for the youth of the community involved in cultural pursuits.
The Association’s Aim is: “to foster and nurture the love of the arts in the youth of the community”.
The art forms available to competitors are Piano, Instrumental, Speech and Drama, Vocal/Choral and Dance.
The Gympie Eisteddfod is a junior Eisteddfod offering items in each of the art forms.
EISTEDDFOD OFFICIALS
PATRON – Mrs. Elizabeth Reid
PRESIDENT – Mrs. Thelma Reisenleiter 54837095
VICE PRESIDENT – Mrs Shirley Byrnes
SECRETARY / TREASURER – Don Thomas 0412 432 120
COMMITTEE
June Cross, Margot Goldburg, Barry A. Mason
LIFE MEMBERS
Mrs Elizabeth Reid
Mrs. Val Jones
Mrs. Thelma Reisenleiter
Mr. Barry Mason
Mrs Jackie Hyam