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Ethnomusicologist Brian Pertl will explore the role of the didjeridu in Australian Aboriginal society, as well as the instrument’s rise in the contemporary world music scene, in a free public presentation, "Didjeridus, Discos, and Dim Sum: How the World Fell in Love with a Termite-hollowed Log," at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 28 at the Tumwater Timberland Library.

Through demonstration and audience participation Pertl will show exactly what goes into good didjeridu playing. Pertl will trace the relationships between tradition and cultural change and the differences between traditional and nontraditional playing. He will also show how the didjeridu has joined the global mainstream, though it was virtually unknown outside of Australia only 15 years ago.

The Friends of the Tumwater Timberland Library is sponsoring this Humanities Washington Inquiring Mind presentation. The library is located at 7023 New Market Street. For more information, call 943-7790.

Timberland Regional Library serves the information, reading and lifelong learning needs of the Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston county public at 27 community libraries and 4 school-based cooperative library centers. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, the Thurston County public can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service librarians at 704-INFO (704-4636) or they can "Ask a Librarian" online at www.trlib.org. TTY users can contact the library at 1-800-603-6104. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program can contact the library 4 days in advance.

Revised 10/26/04