{"id":1971,"date":"2015-01-30T04:13:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T04:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illawarraunionsingers.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2015-02-07T19:56:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T19:56:15","slug":"illawarra-union-singers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illawarraunionsingers.com.au\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Illawarra Union Singers @ Illawarra Folk Festival 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Illawarra Union Singers 2015 Illawarra Folk Festival gig this year consisted of a Tribute to Gough Whitlam on the Saturday with various artists performing and reminiscing about Whitlam&#8217;s life. This was finished with a performance of Its Time sung by the audience and Illawarra Union Singers who were accompanied on guitar by Arthur Rorris.<br \/>\nAT the Union concert on the Sunday the Illawarra Union Singers sang:<br \/>\n16 Tons (Merle Travis) Led by Douglas McPherson<br \/>\nBandiera Rossa led by Sarah Lambert followed by another rendition of Its Time <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_72936\"  width=\"715\" height=\"402\"  data-origwidth=\"715\" data-origheight=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;list=PLxP_qZBVbT4ciNYSRFPGGK8sJ6dgsTHj0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illawarra Union Singers 2015 Illawarra Folk Festival gig this year consisted of a Tribute to Gough Whitlam on the Saturday with various artists performing and reminiscing about Whitlam&#8217;s life. This was finished with a performance of Its Time sung by the audience and Illawarra Union Singers who were accompanied on guitar by Arthur Rorris. 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