Zeplin, P.J.2025-12-172025-12-172004Pacific Arts, 2004; 25:103-1071018-4252https://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/46513For four years, the above date was a non negotiable entry in my diary. The previous Festival that I had attended in Samoa in 1996 had demonstrated what a Festival could - and should - be. I don't remember the journey home: perhaps I flew, perhaps I floated. Awash with pleasure and astonishment, my senses were "upright and saluting" and I doubted whether any Australian arts festival could possibly compete.enCopyright 2004 Pacific Arts Associationarts administrationpacificfestival of pacific artsNoumeaJournal article