Make Reservations Now For
Australia Day-Waitangi Day Dinner Jan. 30

12-12-97
Dinner reservations are now being accepted for the annual Australia-New Zealand Studies Center's dinner featuring an Australian menu to commemorate national days for both New Zealand and Australia. The dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Australia Day, Jan. 26, marks the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet, which established European settlement, and Waitangi Day, Feb. 6, which recognizes the foundation treaty of 1840 that spelled out relationships between the Maori people and the British Crown.

Featured on the evening's program will be a recital by Tim Deighton, a New Zealander violinist and violist who formerly played in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and Ann Deighton, a concert pianist. Both are new to Penn State and plan a recital and master class tour of New Zealand in 1998.

Preregistration for the dinner is required. Tickets are $24 each and a vegetarian menu is available on request. To register, contact the Australia-New Zealand Studies Center, 427 Boucke Building, by phone at 863-1603; by e-mail at pac9@psu.edu or by fax at 865-3336. Checks may be made out to the Australia-New Zealand Studies Center and sent to the Center.