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being held on 21-24 July (see page 7 ad, story page 8). Donna will be explaining the “ins and outs of the he series of Artist and Artisan gigs came drama, that is opera”, whilst delighting all with her about some 18 months ago, with organiser/ superb soprano vocals, while guests wine and dine artisan, Lady Penelope (of the Green Bowl Edifice) in a unique, handmade, sustainable building. teaming up with (artist) Amanda Emblem. Together Donna has performed in some amazing places, they have concocted a recipe for a unique night out from Government house to the tunnels of Wynyard with a difference that has got people talking! Station. Her down-to-earth approach for her chosen With endorsement from the Slow Food Noosa to mention a few. discipline will ensure an unforgettable afternoon movement, the events have moved from strength – warm your tummies and enjoy new favourites as to strength, having recently featured some great she unravels the mystery that is artists, including Kevin Borich (pictured top) and 8 Ball Aitken as Donna Cain opera. well as locals such as Aspy Jones and more. (Stuart Innes We are delighted that she The intimate live music and sumptuous menu creates a true book photo) has been kind enough to assist experience unlike any other – also because of the surroundings. with this special event – please The venue is eclectic and simply mesmerising. It has been join us in welcoming her to the created from salvaged timbers, is full of odd angles and collectables Mary Valley and enjoy what is – a passion of Lady Penelope's is to repurpose the old to make it sure to be a memorable music new, using materials she has reclaimed through her demolition afternoon. A delicious winter business. Close to Imbil, it’s also a bit of a secret location with feast showcasing the best of the ticket holders getting directions on the week of the event. local produce is included in the Artist and Artisan launched during challenging times, with ticket price, event is BYO drinks. Book now. health restrictions forcing cancellations of the first scheduled https://www.trybooking.com/BYUBL events, and audience confidence at an all time low. Saturday 6 August, local songstress Amanda Emblem, Lady P and Amanda remember the first night cancellation shares the stories and songs from her upcoming album, This Is well because it was then, whilst drowning their disappointment Amanda Emblem. As lead singer, guitarist and prolific songwriter in sparkling wine that they came up with a novel idea to have this is her second original album. It is a collection of songs that a Prosecco popping championship to kick off each gig – clearly have been written over two and a half years and recorded in local a winning idea for an “Official Olympic event” at the upcoming studios, by Gildora producer, Andy Tainsch (Treetop Studios) and Brisbane Olympics in 2032! Scott Astill (the Bunker). Until recently Kevin Borich held the Prosecco popping record, Amanda There has literally been a lot however 8 Ball Aitken blitzed his competition at their last event. Emblem of water under the Yabba Bridge Coming up over the next few months are three more Artist and by Deb Neill since her 2020 EP release called Artisan events with bespoke music and slow food experiences. Photography Beautiful Blues (featuring ‘Mary They will continue to showcase local artisans like Big Heart Mary’ – a song about the Mary Bamboo, Amrita Park Meadery and Mary Valley Country Harvest River) following up from her to mention a few. 2018 debut full length album On Saturday 2 July, 2022 (5pm start) is award winning blues/ Who Is Amanda Emblem? soul troubadour Shaun Kirk – an amazing “one man band” hailing “I am always writing. In from the music filled streets of Melbourne. Shaun Kirk is a born the garden my brain has been entertainer who’s world class live show is pushing the boundaries singing songs, catching and taking audiences by storm, with 2019 Grammy Award Winner tunes and creating earworms for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Fantastic Negrito, calling it whilst weeding, planting and “one of the best one man shows I’ve ever seen”. picking. I've missed the stage but made up for it by writing heaps of Shaun Kirk’s gritty vocal abilities come from a place beyond new tunes. Even after recording 20 songs I have just written another his years and has seen him labelled as great tune that I cannot wait to take into the studio,” said Amanda. “one of the finest blues voices Australia Of 20 songs recorded, Amanda has decided to release 11 tracks has ever heard” (Buzz Mag); whilst his on her newest offering selecting the upbeat immediate, singalong vintage guitar tones and raw grooves style tunes that represent her current live set, shelving the more pay homage to his influences of both produced studio tracks for a more rock 'n roll release next year. yesteryear and today to create a sound On a sweet note, the Amanda Emblem Experiment has two of his own. He performed at 2019 Mitchell Creek Rock ’n’ Blues Fest and high profile local gigs coming up – Gympie Muster (25-28 August) has been itching to return to the Mary and Mitchell Creek Rock ’n’ Blues Fest (16-18 September). Shaun Kirk (blues/soul) Valley, where he has won a legion of However there is her new album launch first, with an intimate fans. Book now online – https://www.trybooking.com/BZFWT solo show as part of the Artist and Artisan series. Amanda adds The next Artist and Artisan event in the July calendar is a team that “... this gig is special, it’s meaningful not just for me, but also for effort with Mary Valley Artslink. those who are looking for more in their live music experiences.” Sunday 10 July – titled “Opera in The Shed” featuring Visit https://www.trybooking.com/BZNLP – If you are local Donna Cain – the event is a fabulous prelude to the Mary Valley you can book at the Imbil Post Office. Prices vary for each as does Art Festival and all for a good cause! the menu. Entry is by donation, it is BYO drinks. Tickets limited. Mary Valley Artslink will be raising funds for their Suzie Smith Please pre-book via www.trybooking.com – or for more details Youth Encouragement Award for this year's Mary Valley Art Festival eatwell@thegreenbowledifice.com.au or contact 0407 693 400.
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Maypole dance at Kenilworth Showgrounds and below the Conondale Maypole float. Top right the Queen's coach driven by Ed Sims, Janice Ward passenger. Middle right RSL float and bottom Kraft Foods float. Left Primary Schools march and second bottom left, the Dominion float (CWA). Bottom left, 'Woman who lived in a shoe' float by Doyle's Mill.
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he Platinum Jubilee celebrations have been seen by many but who can remember how Kenilworth celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth on 2 June, 1953? Kenilworth, like so many communities on the Sunshine Coast, celebrated in style. A full report on the events of that day may be found on Trove on https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78893337?searchTer m=%22Kenilworth%22. Recently the Kenilworth Museum has been lucky enough to be donated a series of photographs of the procession held on 2 June, 1953. These are included in a small video currently being shown at the Museum on every Sunday in June to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The video is also on the computer at the Kenilworth Information Centre.
RAINFALL KENILWORTH – MAY 2022 by Michael Pfeiffer Kenilworth received 408.1mm of rain for the month of May. This fell over 19 days during the month. This is the second time this year that the monthly rainfall records have been broken. The previous record rainfall for May was in 1938 when 331.7mm of rain fell. There are rainfall records for Kenilworth which date back to 1903. RAINFALL MOY POCKET – MAY 2022 by Graham Brennan May 438mm. Previous wettest May 2009 147mm. Last May 92mm. 21 year average May 80mm. Rain fell on 23 days, average 12 days. Autumn had 616mm, previous wettest 2010 487mm. Last Autumn 311mm. Autumn average 306mm. Total rain first five months 1945mm. Previous wettest Jan-May 2013 1170mm. Same period last year 530mm. Average 716mm. 12 month total end of May 2576mm. 20 year annual average 1196mm.
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COMMUNITY Farm Store shares her regenerative farming basics on 6 July at 9.30am, Obi Obi Hall.
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f you have ever talked to someone interested in regenerative farming, chances are that they waved their arms around a lot and danced as they described regenerative farming as the cure for all the world's ills. So excuse me while I do the Charleston but I have asked Amber Scott from Kandanga Farm Store to go through the basics – pictured here with husband Tim from The Mary Valley Voice 13 October 2021 cover issue. It's a real treat for her to come and spend time with us as she walks the talk and she can explain why people are so passionate about this method of farming. Surplus is free and people bring in extra garden tidbits (last month there were dragon fruit and alpine strawberry cuttings with a few spare gourds on the side – don't forget dahlia tubers) household goods such as clothes, books, and kitchenware, and fresh produce, last month; mandarins, limes, pecans, chokoes. Everything is placed on tables in the middle of the hall and you take what you like. When we finish anything left is taken to Kenilworth Shed the Light Op Shop. It's that simple. It's in the beautiful Obi Obi Hall who kindly donate it's use to this community. So lock in Wednesday 6 July at 9.30am, Obi Obi Hall for another Obi Surplus enjoyment! Melissa Van Kenyon.
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t is a single point of entry to a treasure trove of artefacts, curiosities and stories from Australia’s cultural, community and research institutions. Trove connects you to digital collections from their hundreds of Trove Partners across Australia, including libraries, museums, media, government and community organisations. trove.nla.gov.au History note: Trove is a National Library of Australia website where all the newspapers of Australia that have been digitised are stored and can be searched. When we had local newspapers that valued community input and regular reports about local happenings were published. Social and cultural history may be traced however the Gympie Times is only up to 1919 and Nambour Chronicle is up until 1958.
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enilworth ArtsFest – our 24th festival – is on ARTS this year from 30 September till 3 October. COUNCIL Entry forms will be soon be on our KAC web page. We’re on the look out for volunteers! We do look forward to getting help from the community here! A slight change in the festival this year will be the Poets’ Breakfast morphing into Poets Alive at the later time of mid morning with a very entertaining morning’s entertainment of poetry, singing by the Singalong! group and some toe tapping music from the Hot Curri Jam ukes band. A great morning happening on Saturday 1 October from 10am. Sad to say, the planned Children’s Art classes will not be going ahead. If you know of anyone interested in holding classes, please let us know. KAC is also keen to have someone with the requisite skills to be an Assistant Tech person. We can’t offer you any pay but we can offer an interesting experience with KAC. We’re a friendly lot! Ph 0472 767 482 – we’d love to hear from you! Our next big event is a co-hosted art show with the Artists Alliance Australia in the Kenilworth Hall 22 – 24 July with a Gala Opening Night on Friday 22 July at 6pm. On Sat 23 / Sun 24, Stephen Cassettari will be conducting his popular Chinese Brush Strokes workshop at Kenilworth Hall. Bookings are now open via our KAC web page. Congratulations to Theresa Lyndon on the beautiful kingfisher and butcherbird murals at Kenilworth Showgrounds. A worthy addition to the public art in Kenilworth. Kenilworth
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he wet weather caused the cancellation of some church services over the past few weeks. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon. St Luke’s HC continues on Saturday afternoons at 4:30pm. The date for Mass at St John Bosco’s is 26 June at 10am. A well attended ecumenical service, led by the Uniting Church, was held at St John Bosco’s on Sunday 29 May with Rev’d Graham Dempster and it was followed by social morning tea in The Shed. St Luke’s, on behalf of the Maleny Parish, recently delivered seven hand-crafted rugs to Anglicare in Nambour. These were well received and St Luke’s thanks all who made this possible.
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enilworth Market is having its first birthday. We would love you to join us on 2 July 2022 to celebrate. As it’s our birthday we’d like to share a little of our story. The idea for the market actually happened back in 2020, when one of the founding members, Terri, asked on Facebook “why don’t we have a market in Kenilworth?’ So, after conversations with other locals, a small committee was formed. It was agreed that a market could help locals who had lost employment and income through COVID, as well as giving something extra for all the visitors who flock to the area on weekends. Our town has become the place to go in the weekend for campers, off roaders, dirt bike riders, nomads and of course donut and cheese connoisseurs. The first market day was 3 July, 2021. It was pouring down with rain. A handful of us were there and although I don’t think anyone sold heaps of stock that day, there was lots of support form the local community and it was still a nice place to be. Even in the rain. Fast forward to now and we have a wonderful group of stallholders who bring their wares to market. Some are there every week, every fortnight, and others on a monthly or casual basis. We have artists, makers, craft people and growers as well as carefully selected products that we know you need and love. The market is managed by a small group of volunteers and as a nonprofit, we are privileged to be able to give back to our community. July 2nd is going to have all sorts of extra activities happening. Most of our part-time and casuals have also booked in for the day so the park will be full. Like our Facebook and Instagram pages to keep up with what’s happening, and please come to the party on Saturday 8am, 2 July.
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onder Studio Gallery at Unit 20 / 5 Taylor Court, Cooroy is hosting an art exhibition to celebrate Refugee Week entitled The Global Need for Healing. It will showcase artworks by refugees who have been, or are still, living in refugee camps around the world. The free exhibition will open at 6pm Saturday 18 June with readings and music by former refugees (bookings essential) and runs from 18 June to Sunday 26 June, 2022. Also featured is a giant message, made up of letters creatively decorated by over 30 community groups and individuals from across the Sunshine Coast, coordinated by the Sunshine Coast Refugee Action Network. Several groups attended a workshop in May at the Sonder Gallery to decorate letters. Pictured friends of Sonder in action recently.
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Sonder founder, Gabby Sutherland said “The great thing about this community project was how many different groups jumped on board – from schools to climate action groups, artists to multicultural groups. Everyone was very enthusiastic and took this opportunity to find out more about refugees.” On 4 June, all the groups came together for the first time in Federation Park, Palmwoods to spell out the giant message of welcome, which was captured on film by drone. Photos of the letters being created, and the drone footage, also form part of the exhibition. And feature on the SCRAN Facebook page. “One of the aims of Refugee Week is to focus on how the community can provide a safe and welcoming environment for refugees. Recent events in Ukraine have brought home how people leading ordinary lives can become refugees overnight,” Ms Sutherland said. For more details visit – www.sondergallery.com – open 10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday. Opening event is free but bookings are essential.
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST CALLS IMBIL HOME
mbil abstract artist Patricia Cale pictured left has attained international renown with work in collections in Australia and overseas. She is also a regular competitor at the Mary Valley Art Festival. As planning is finalised for this year’s event on 21-24 July in Imbil, Pat is prepping her brushes to prepare her entries. Mary Valley Artslink president Heinke Butt said Pat was among the elite artists attracted to the annual festival, which this year offers more than $10,000 in prizes (see page 7 advert). “We are very lucky to have her here – she is a valued member of MV Artslink, as a mentor, previous judge and participant,” Ms Butt said. Pat has been instrumental in sharing her deep understanding of life drawing with participants during regular life drawing sessions hosted by MV Artslink in Imbil. Pat was raised in Northern Sudan, and says she has been an artist all her life. “That desert enigma has always dictated the economy of my work – I tend to pare it down until it appears deceptively simplistic,” she said. Training in England, she came to Australia and instantly connected with the landscape. “The vast horizons and the subtle colours were as music to me. My work is a message of shared experience – if a piece can make a viewer look with deeper understanding, then I would call that successful. Humanity is very much part of my view of the landscape. “I do teach but regard that role as guidance fundamentally, and I take care to pass on the skills that I have learned. I take pride in the fact that my 'students' find their own voice through our shared time. This, the making of images is my passion, gets me up in the morning and is, above all a privilege and a blessing,” said Pat. Artists from throughout SE Queensland are encouraged to enter before 27 June. Entry forms and conditions can be found on the website www.maryvalleyartfestival.com.au The festival is at the Imbil Public Hall from 21-24 July 2022, 10am to 3pm daily, with the gala opening night and awards on 22 July. It attracts hundreds of visitors to Imbil and includes a Poets’ Breakfast on 23 July. A Sunday luncheon with Soprano Donna Cain will be held on 10 July to fund the Suzie Smith Youth Encouragement Award. Bookings eatwell@thegreenbowledifice.com.au Inquiries to Heinke Butt on 0419 024291 or email info@maryvalleyartfestival.com.au
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Council’s expanded garden organics service starts Monday 11 July. Bins will be delivered to eligible properties in the coming weeks. Garden organics bins are collected on the same day as your general waste bin and on the alternate week to your recycling bin. Please don’t use your new garden organics bin until Monday 11 July as it won’t be emptied. Search ‘bin day’ on Council’s website to find your collection day.
Horizon Festival is back! One of the most anticipated events on the Sunshine Coast calendar is back in 2022 and presenting live and in-person for the first time since 2019. The 10-day multi-arts festival will be held across the region from 26 August to 4 September. The full festival program will be released later this month. For updates, visit horizonfestival.com.au or follow @horizonartfest on social media.
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Watch Council’s 2022-23 annual budget being delivered on Thursday 23 June at 9am, followed by the Ordinary Meeting at 11am.
Stunning exhibition at the Gallery Love colour? Then you’ll want to see the Rex Backhaus-Smith exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery until 26 June. ‘Feeling of the Place: from here to there and back again’ follows Rex’s expeditions across Australia in a stunning explosion of vivid blues and oranges. The Gallery is free to enter and open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am. For more details, visit gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.
Plant trees for wildlife Come and help plant 1000 food trees for wildlife at the Doonan Planting Festival. This free event has plenty of family-friendly fun on Sunday 26 June from 8-11am. Enjoy tree planting, wildlife display, live music and free food. For more details, visit Council's website.
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hoosing a school is one of the biggest decisions one can make for their child. A reasonable fear many parents have is about the transition from a gentle world of home, to a large, busy schooling environment. The average primary school is now catering for more than 500 students. Fortunately there are other options. There are still small schools that are more conducive to individual care, while still achieving excellent academic outcomes for all students. They are becoming rarer in numbers, but if you can access a small school for your child, you will find that in education, bigger is not better. Small schools are leading the way in more tailored and flexible learning programs. They also offer an environment that fosters empathy and positive wellbeing in a way that a large school can’t. But don’t take it from me, following is a letter from Kate Brauns, a KSCC parent who loves the small school experience for her children. “My children have attended Kenilworth SCC since 2019 and, as a family, we have settled in really well to the small school community. The biggest benefit for us as parents is knowing that our children have established genuine relationships with all the staff at the school. The other benefit is how well we have become a part of the community by being involved at the school. Kenilworth SCC is a huge property, allowing the wonderful staff the ability to spread out and create a really pleasant learning environment.” Therefore when choosing a school for your children please consider a small school option like Kenilworth State Community College. Pictured top, a lunchtime wet weather activity and above, Prep assessment task to make a wind ornament. Adam Head, Principal KSCC.
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WHEN ANTIBIOTICS NO LONGER WORK
magine going to the doctor when you are ill, and you are admitted to hospital getting sicker all the time, until finally the hospital doctor comes and tells you, that you are going to be sent home as all the antibiotics have failed and there is nothing more Blee OAM, that can be done for you. This is happening now in Europe, where Consultant people are contracting infections of the heart or after hip and knee transplants that are infected by multi-resistant bacteria, which Pharmacist. cannot be treated by any of the antibiotics we have. In France at the Lyon Civilian Hospital, teams of medical disease specialists, microbiologists and pharmacists are working on developing Phagotherapy which uses bacteriophages (or phages), that are actually viruses that inject their DNA into the bacteria to make enzymes that explode the bacteria, while being harmless to humans. The phages were originally isolated from waste water that had lots of bacteria by Felix d’Herelle, with the first ones coming from the lake at the Tête d'Or Zoo in Lyon, Phages were used in France from the 1920s till 1940 to treat infections when they were abandoned for antibiotics. While still used in Georgia, Russia and Poland, unfortunately the products from eastern Europe do not come up to the standards of western Europe, so at Lyon in France, they are developing phage mixtures, pure enough to be injected into patients in western Europe. At this stage, only patients in whom all the antibiotics have failed are being treated, especially for heart infections (endocarditis) and bone infections. There have, however, been some great successes with patients who were unable to walk or who were in constant pain now able to return home. Currently a team led by Frederic Laurent, a leading French microbiologist, Tristan Ferry MD PhD, microbiologists, pharmacists and the pharmaceutical company Pherecydes Pharma, have developed phages for three common infecting bacteria and are now working to develop more. Antibiotic resistance is a problem worldwide, but like COVID it will only be a matter of time before Australia will also have a major problem.
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his year for National Reconciliation Week 2022 (NRW) we’re asked to reflect on how we all individually contribute and commit to the long journey towards reconciliation in our everyday lives. NRW was held 27 May–3 June and proved to be a great opportunity to connect and strengthen our relationships and celebrate the achievements, commitments and partnerships with the First Nations community. Sunshine Coast Council has finalised its third Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in partnership with Reconciliation Australia to help achieve our vision for reconciliation on the Sunshine Coast. The plan will guide us in continuing our collaborative work with First Nations people towards reconciliation and help reflect on our learnings and achievements of our reconciliation journey so far. I am looking forward to seeing the implementation of the 2021-22 deliverables across our organisation with enthusiasm and raised expectations. Over the coming years we will see our organisation continue to deepen our awareness, understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures across the organisation. I would like to thank the Gubbi Gubbi Peoples and the Jinibara First Nations Peoples and all other stakeholders who continue to work collaboratively with us to implement this new Reconciliation Action Plan. Browns Road Corner Park. The playground replacement works located at Browns Road Corner Park in Kenilworth are now complete. The original playground equipment was replaced with a new multi-play unit, springer and swing set, along with new rubber soft-fall at the swing set, bark soft-fall, trees and turf. With an upgraded mesh fence surrounding the playground, your children will remain safe while playing. Go and check it out today! david.law@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au | FB @DavidLawDivision10
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t was great to see so many smiling faces at the Maleny Show! Everyone was out to enjoy and support one of the Hinterland’s finest agricultural shows. From quilting and handcrafts to Lego displays, slide show alley and homemade tapenades. Maleny will welcome the Horse and Beef sections of the show next year, when we hopefully have better weather and it’s safer for competitors. Stay safe. I encourage our community to keep up the great work and continue to keep safety their top priority while our crews work to repair flood and storm damaged roads and other network infrastructure across Division 5. Unfortunately, we’ve had reports of people ignoring and moving road closure signs. Please never do this, it’s dangerous, irresponsible and can cause ramifications with personal insurance. You are risking both your own life and those drivers who come after you as they miss potentially life-saving safety warnings because you’ve tampered with signage. We appreciate the community’s continued patience while our crews work to get these repairs finished as safely and as quickly as possible. All updates are on Roads Hub – roads.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au Grants for rural property owners open now. Rural landowners can apply for financial help to complete on-ground environment projects on their private property. Grants of up to $15,000 are available for projects like bush regeneration; reducing sediment loss on farms; control of environmental weeds; modifying nonboundary fencing to make it wildlife friendly; revegetation of degraded areas; and establish vegetation corridors. Please read the Landholder Environment Grant Guidelines at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/grants to submit your expression of interest before 22 August 2022. www.facebook.com/winstonjohnstondivision5scc
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ost of us can only sit at home and dream of having the talent to sing on a show like Friday's Singalong! group with Patricia Coles on guitar. The Voice but everyone, regardless of ability, has the chance to sing at Kenilworth. The Kenilworth The emergence of the COVID pandemic in 2020 made it difficult and district Singalong! happens every Friday morning in the to get a new group activity such as Singalong! off the ground but Kenilworth Arts Council building behind the town library. the idea finally came to fruition. The group is the ideal outlet for anyone who has the urge to “I said the only way to do it was to keep it simple, so there’s no big sing but not necessarily the confidence, talent or experience to let admin. We put notices around Kenilworth to say we were starting the their voice be heard anywhere beyond the shower. group,” Patricia said. Patricia Coles said anyone who wanted to sing, or anyone who “I think there would have been 15-20 at the beginning and most of played an instrument, was welcome to join in. those have remained. There are others who come and there are some “We have made it clear that it’s not a choir. It’s informal. We walk who have left town, as some people do.” in and we sing some songs. There’s a number of people who are very Patricia said about eight to 10 members of a core group usually good singers who have got repertoires. However, we break it up to fronted while others floated in and out depending upon their show off the learners as well,” she said. availability. The group began in January 2021 after some tapping of the “Some of them have never done anything musical before. We have glass by the Kenilworth Arts Council. a couple of good singers and some of us might play an instrument. “The Arts Council had been talking about starting something like It’s a mixture of people. It’s a good social atmosphere, as well as the it for some time because people had been asking for it for a couple singing. It’s a good, friendly group. Sometimes we sound absolutely of years,” Patricia said. horrible – off key, out of time, out of pitch – and other times it comes together really well.” Patricia said the aim of the group was to provide an opportunity for everyone to enjoy the fellowship of singing together. She said members all got a turn at choosing what to sing and 5.30am-6pm Mon-Sat suggestions were welcome. She hunts up the music and lyrics and 7am-6pm Sunday screens them for everyone to see using an overhead projector. “There’s about 420 songs that I’ve got on the overhead projector at this stage,” she said. Newsagency and Many of the members are of retirement age or above so there is BP Reliance Fuels & Oils a leaning in song choice towards hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s but also older classics. Edelweiss, Bye Bye Blackbird, the Beach Boys’ Sloop John B, Neil Young, Powderfinger plus songs of the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Neil Diamond and John Denver are also on the list. GREAT WEEKLY Patricia plays guitar but members of the Hot Curri ukulele SPECIALS group and other musicians also join in sometimes. Singers break for a cuppa about half-way through and Groceries & Deli sometimes bring a plate to share. Freshest Fruit & Veg “You might get there and meet up with people you know or people Plus • Gifts you don’t know. It’s a social occasion. People are brought together by • Firewood singing and become better singers,” Patricia said. Annie Ryan, 61, of Conondale, did not know anyone in • Bait & Ice Kenilworth when she went along to Singalong! last year after • Camping Gear seeing a notice about it on social media. • BP Fuel + Oil “I love singing. I used to be in a choir when I was at school and now • Eftpos & ATM that I’m retired, I thought it would be a really fun thing to do. Singing is good for the soul,” she said. Annie said that the gold coin entry was affordable for everyone and it was hard to beat the value as a social outing. “I didn’t know anyone and now I’ve met all these lovely people in Kenilworth,” she said. “It’s just really friendly and nice, and sometimes a few of us go for lunch at Nana McGinn’s afterwards.” 100 YABBA ROAD, IMBIL Q4570. PH 5484 5210 Annie was even invited to learn ukulele through the group and info@imbilfriendlygrocer.net.au can now accompany the singers. Brian Browning, 72, a regular at Singalong! for about a year, said “I used to be in the Buderim Male 2500x FREE Choir but it stopped and I couldn’t A4 COPIES PRINTED. see myself going back anyway. I’ve MVV Editor jillguldbransen@gmail.com 1900x mailbox always had an interest in singing direct. Rest are 0456 253 698 • 07 5494 9619 so I got involved. It’s really for by ten writ s year bulk drops. the community enjoyment. 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