Reason and Purpose

Reason and Purpose

Providing Backing Music                                     

 for the First Nations’ Wayilwan Choir

It is extremely important to the Dreaming Drifters to support the Wayilwan Choir.

It is vital that the Dreaming Drifters are not independent of the Choir but that they strengthen the capacity of Wayilwan Language revival through learning the music pieces which the Choir sing in Language

Origins of the name Dreaming Drifters

Uncle John Lane has passed on a legacy to Warraan Widji Arts, that of always doing things with reason and purpose.

The name Dreaming Drifters was crafted by Zoey and Jerome. The word Dreaming has five meanings for band members:

  • the talent that one has is referred to as your ‘dreaming’ (Aunty Beth Wright) - to pursue and develop your dreaming is very important

  • the Dreamtime, our ancestors watch over them

  • living the dream, drifting all over the country performing

  • dreaming of a bright future

  • it’s context in relation to the first song the Wayilwan Choir sang and recorded in Language - Ngiyani-garra Australian (We are Australian) - ‘we share our dreams’

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