15 DAYS TO THE OPENING CEREMONY!
There are single day registrations available for people who can’t come to the whole event. Please email our Registrar, Jenny Postlethwaite for a registration form: confregistrar@aanzpa.org
There are still some spaces left in pre and post conference workshops: confer16.aanzpa.org/pre-post-conference-workshops/
MEET THE HOSTING COMMITTEE…
Our news this month is a little about each of the Hosting Committee: these are the wonderful people who will be “on the ground” at the conference to assist you!
LYNLEY McNAB: Hosting Co-ordinator. All things Accommodation (HotelSpace)
- Where were you born: Hawera, Taranaki, NZ
- Birthday and star sign: 17 May, 1961 – Taurus and Chinese Buffalo – yes! Double Bull!
- Year that you first had an experience of psychodrama: 1988 in Christchurch
- What do you do for fun/hobby/leisure: I read Science Fiction books that are full of physics and philosophy
- Family placement: one younger brother. I am oldest girl in family
Most memorable auxilary role in a psychodrama: so many over so long….. Being a participant and auxiliary in a residential group a long time ago run by Paul Baakman up at Hamner Springs.
- Favourite food: really like mangoes, and also anything Japanese, Indian or Thai…..
- What are you reading at the moment?: another William Gibson as usual… Zero History
- Pets: One gorgeous girl pussy cat called Thomas – best cat ever!!!
PENNY BERAN: Host Pre and Post Conference workshops, expert on all things Sydney.
- Where were you born: Sydney
- Birthday and star sign: October Libra: still can’t decide which warm up to go with
- Year that you first had an experience of psychodrama: one-on-one role reversal in an art therapy session (not named as psychodrama), then Sydney conference 2002 pre conf workshop Kate Bradshaw Tauvon “Shame and Pride”
What do you do for fun/hobby/leisure: theatre, walking with WEA Ramblers, bursts of art workshops in collage, life drawing, paper-making; classical music concerts; adventures around Sydney to galleries, hosting committee and book group meetings.
- Family placement: One younger sister.
- Most memorable auxillary role in a psychodrama: ocean waves for nearly an hour, slain mother, the rock leant upon
- Favourite food: created with attention, presented and served simply with care; trying something new; gelato
- What are you reading at the moment?: The Saturday Paper; Aldi Catalogues.
- Pets – photos on fridge of the Seeing Eye Dogs whose training I’ve supported for several years
HELEN KEARINS: Workshop Room set-up and Presenter Assistant.
- Where were you born: West Wyalong NSW
- Birthday and star sign: 30th May, 1947
- Year that you first had an experience of psychodrama: 1984 Playback Theatre, 1985-89 Drama Action, 1990 Wasley Centre Perth
- What do you do for fun/hobby/leisure: Garden, walk, meet friends for coffee, play guitar, read, listen to music, watch TV
- Family placement: Six kids in family – I’m 5th
- Most memorable auxillary role in a psychodrama: soooo many!
- Favourite food: Roast dinner, or pork chops with ginger and honey sauce
- What are you reading at the moment?: All That I am, by Anna Funda and Keating, by Kerry O’Brien
- Pets: Not allowed in rental property but I do have a platypus puppet
DOROTHEA WOJNAR: Special Needs Representative.
- Where were you born: Vienna, Austria
- Birthday and star sign: 15.11.1951 Scorpio
- Year that you first had an experience of psychodrama: in the 1980’s
- What do you do for fun/hobby/leisure: get together with friends – usually over coffee or a meal or we might go and see a movie or a show. Watch Sci Fi, fantasy or historical dramas
- Family placement: youngest, older brother
- Most memorable auxillary role in a psychodrama: I love playing evil roles or mean people
- Favourite food: Chocolate
- What are you reading at the moment?: Priestess of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Pets: None at the moment. I used to have a lovely Devon rex cat called Rex
LYNNE BURCHMORE: Reception/Hosting Desk.
- Where were you born: Burwood NSW
- Birthday and star sign: Libra
- Year that you first had an experience of psychodrama: 2009
- What do you do for fun/hobby/leisure: Making Jewellery
- Family placement: I am the eldest of five
- Most memorable auxillary role in a psychodrama: “ the truculent child”
- Favourite food: Salad
- What are you reading at the moment?: “ I’m your Man” The life of Leonard Cohen
- Pets: None
DESLEY CREEDY: Meals and Special Diets.
- Where were you born: Atherton, Far Nth Queensland. My parents had a dairy farm.
- Birthday and star sign: January 12th. Capricorn
- Year that you first had an experience of psychodrama: 1987
- What do you do for fun/hobby/leisure: Walk, swim, watch the ocean, the sunsets, the moon, the river…..
- Family placement: 1 older sister, 1 older brother and one younger brother. I am the 3rd child.
- Most memorable auxillary role in a psychodrama: Too many to choose but maybe the one where I channeled a deceased relative and spoke in a foreign language (shocked the protagonist because she said it sounded just like him and she understood what was said )
- Favourite food: Thai Green Chicken Curry and all things Italian
- What are you reading at the moment?: This list of questions 🙂 And an article on “a lifetime of debt – working class women”
- Pets: One nearly 14 yr old Dalmatian dog and one 13 yr old tortoiseshell cat