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Beta Sigma Phi Queensland Events

The Brisbane Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi come together to celebrate a number of events each year. These events are a great opportunity to support our local communities, share the history of Beta and enjoy each others company.

Our events page is frequently updated, as we add more and more to the calendar. Please check back to see if there is an event which you would like to attend.

Please scroll down to see our planned events

High Tea at Customs House   
When: Sunday April 10, 2:30-4:00pm
Cost: $35 per person 

The Ladies of Beta Sigma Phi invite you to enjoy the tradition and ritual of High Tea in the elegant surroundings of Customs HouseWe would like to introduce you to the benefits of Beta Sigma Phi, the largest women's friendship group in the world!
Please feel free to invite other great women you know to this event!

If you would like to attend the High Tea at Customs House please click here to RSVP by Tuesday 5 April, 2011.

Founders Day 2011
When: Sunday April 17, commencing 11:30
Where: North Lakes Golf Club
Guest Speaker:Kay Danes - Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa
Cost: $45

Every year since Beta Sigma Phi was founded in America in 1931, by Walter W. Ross, Beta Sigma Phi members world-wide have celebrated Founder's Day around April 30th.

 The organisation was created for young women wishing to extend their cultural knowledge and participate in social activities during depression times, and after 80 years of success and growth, Beta Sigma Phi is now an international organisation with over 165,000 members in approximately 12,000 chapters in over 15 countries around the world.

In Brisbane we usually gather for lunch or dinner and enjoy the company of members from other chapters in the area, followed by an interesting guest speaker, the reading of the Founders Day message from International and the announcement of the International Theme for the coming year.

This year Beta Sigma Phi are please to welcome guest speaker Kay Danes. Kay will be sharing her book, Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa: One woman's journey through Taliban Strongholds.

Kay Danes knows what it is like to live dangerously. In December 2000, Kay and her husband Kerry, an Australian SAS soldier were illegally held hostage in Laos. There they endured brutal interrogations, mock executions and torture.

Nine years on, Kerry has continued his Defence career, including several tours of Afghanistan, while Kay, inspire d by her ordeal to help stop the suffering of others, has become a leading international humanitarian.

In November 2008, burying the haunting memories of her Laos ordeal, in a plight to ease the suffering of Afghan women and children, Kay embarked on a humanitarian aid mission into war-torn Afghanistan. Beneath The Pale Blue Burqa is Kay's incredible story of travelling the ancient silk route through Taliban strongholds in a dusty Toyota Hiace with her four fellow Rotarians, delivering life changing aid to people devastated by war.

Kay Danes is one of the few internationals that have travelled outside the safe bubble of Kabul. Her readiness to venture outside the accepted boundaries allows us to see the impact on Afghans and a real perspective of post Taliban Afghanistan.

Beta Sigma Phi Annual Brass Music Award
When: Tuesday 31 May 2011, commencing 7:30 pm
Where: Queensland Conservatorium, Ian Hanger Recital Hall

Beta Sigma Phi is proud to support the youth of Queensland their cultural pursuits and has proudly sponsored an award for Classical Brass at Griffith University since 2002.

The Queensland Conservatorium Beta Sigma Phi Brass Prize is awarded in May each year with a performance by the four finalists in the Ian Hanger Recital Hall, followed by supper and a presentation to the prize winners.

The four finalists of the 2010 Beta Sigma Phi Brass Prize

The Beta Sigma Phi ladies provide a wonderful supper and the number of guests attending the performance is increasing each year.

We also sponsor the Beta Sigma Phi Award for Academic Excellence in classical brass which is decided at the end of the academic year. The presentation of a certificate and monetary prize is made at the Griffith University Prizes and Awards Night in March of the following year.

The 2010 Academic Excellence Award was won by Tali Kellam-Pearson.

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