Sponsor: 2011 Australian Danny Boy Competition

Koroit Bakehouse Australian Danny Boy Competition

2010 Winner: Kevin Bowman- Woolsthorpe

Entrants in the 2011 Danny Boy National Championship will be selected for the final according to last year’s format, ie. heats will be run on the day of the Festival with a judging panel determining who moves into the final later that evening.

Danny Boy Heats: To be announced.

Final: Koroit Theatre - Prize Money of $500

The finalists will meet at the Koroit Theatre where the champion will be decided.

Patrons should bring along your fold-up FOLKIE chairs as limited seating is provided.

Entrance fee

Your Festival wristband on the day allows you to attend the Danny Boy Final. Alternatively, $10/adult tickets can be purchased at the Theatre door. These are valid for use from 4pm and include the  Danny Boy final.

For those who want to sing along, here are the words to the famous ballad!

Oh, Danny Boy the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.
The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling,
It’s you, it’s you must go, and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow,
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow.
It’s I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so!

But when ye come, and all the flow’rs are dying,
And if I’m dead, as dead I well may be.
Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Ave there for me.
And I shall hear though soft you tread above me,
And though my grave shall, warmer, sweeter be.
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I will sleep in peace until you come to me.