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A Monthly Community Periodical
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First Publication 1997
Mt Macedon ANZAC Dawn Service
Volume Sixteen No 3
Woodend Winter Arts Festival Launch
The region’s largest ANZAC Day dawn service will be held on Wednesday 25th April at the Memorial Cross at Mt Macedon. Chairman of the organising committee, Vietnam Veteran Frank Donovan said the event has been growing in participation and stature each year, assisted by the additional 300 car parking spaces constructed over the last two years. This year’s
Grabowsky, Grigoryan, Gillies & Greenwood line up for 2012 Woodend is set for a population blowout again this year over the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend in June – the service will again hear ‘Voices from the star line up secured for the Woodend Winter Front’ – brief Arts festival readings from writings penned by Australian guarantees it! service personnel from the earliest to the most recent conflicts. Content from the The program unveiling on the 26th new book ‘They Went to War’, by local author Sylvia Boxshall of March has revealed that the 2012 and published by Woodend & District Heritage Society, will also Festival be used. Launched on Armistice Day will open with the traditional 2011 this book features the 271 people from the region who went big bang fireworks, followed by a to World War 1. Circulation of 3500 throu Woodend posta The traditional features of the commemorati ‘Flavours of Jazz’ performance by names on are anl district, Newham, ghout Australian Defence Force catafalque party, North Woodend, synonymous with the best of jazz. a wreath laying Hanging Rock, Hesket, Ashbourn e, Carlsruhe, Coba ceremony, prayer and blessing, and traditional Paul w. Grabowsky on piano, with Julien musical items May performed by a piper, bugler and local Wilson on sax, will perform at Braemar’s singers. 2014 Jackson Hall with dinner prepared and A Monthly Comm unity Periodical presented under the careful direction of Paul Grabowsky first Publi Damian shed 1997 Sandercock of the Piper Street will feature in volume eight '‘Flavours of Jazz’ at Food Co. een No 4 All that jazz will be followed by a Braemar’s Jackson Your favourite fun run/walk program packed with the very best of Hall is back! Sunday 11th May classical music by composers Schubert, The Mother’s Beethoven, Vivaldi, Mozart and Haydn. Day Classic – SUNDAY 11 MAY 2014 And a very special Woodend is on again. Join performance walk and raise of Scarlatti and Handel in Cantatas of together in this the mone fun run/ Arcadian CelebrateAcademy a record $5 millio y for breast cancer resea will include the inimitable talents of Max Mums with rch. In 2013 n was raised for Trees on Moth Gillies Trees opposite Australia wide for MumBarry directed er’s Day multi talented WooJones, . Woodend raised this important cause dend will be by the WWAF Sunday,Festival year promising director, over $14,000, held on Moth Jacqueline Ogeil. 11 May to be even bigge from 9.30 with this er’s Day, am And Com while Phryne Fisher’s to middare r. muni appearances ty Exerc ay at restricted to ry the ise Track Rota nearofBuffa ABC Street,1Woo and dend the pages of a series lo Stadi 18 books, her umcreator . on are Trees not. Kerry Greenwood who has featured Ballarat, Forest for Mum is a series of free While the service begins at 6am sharp, Castlemaine invit natiofor ing childand as settings Dr Donovan urged nalher works Land ren Melbourne – which of care event locals to be at the cross by 5.40am at latest, ages and include s to celeb plant than 50all novels ing more rug up for cool ratefiction six non trees in their books will their Mums, by weather, and bring a torch. honour on join theevent Festival this year. The is now its third Mother’s Day. If family members wish to lay a wreath year will hostintwo arounThis to honour a d 150 in Woo events. Onedend centred peop each year.panelyear around , attrac relative they should arrive early to be able the migrant storyle featuring to access the wreath authors Arnold Zable, Aliceting laying area and bring their wreath forward Pung and Andreas Litras; when the called other The after examining the idea of the Mother’s Day the official Classic ‘Australian Dream’ with George Megalogenis, entrenchedparty. Jeff Sparrow as an important has become firmly Participants and Lindsay Tanner. to in usethe event theMace free buses, which Since 1998 the are encouraged leave from don Ranges. Mother’s Woodend RSLDay in Anslow Classic St, between The Australian musical contingent Australia’s large 4.15 and grown into 4.30am. For st chari eventReg Tillhas one of 0427 187 836 will include the return of composer s and hason part of Moth bookingstyphone becom er’sAssistance or 5427 3122. e an integral Day for thou is also available to transport and sands pianist 1998 frail Ian Munro and the debut of Australians. the Moth participants er’s the from Daycar park to the Memorial Since Cross highly sought after guitar virtuoso, Slava with also by raised all proceeds dona classic has arrangement. ted to the Natio $19.8 million, Grigoryan, who shot to fame in his teens FounScout dation. nal Breast Canc groups from the area will also provide the er after winning the Tokyo International traditional breakfast at the Reserve following Slava Grigoryan, the service. Guitar Competition. Rising stars of the guitar virtuoso
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The New Woodend Star • April 2012
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Gather your friend s and family, the Woodend head to Children’s Park and join over Australia wide 120,000 peop in celebrating le moth for breast cance r research. Choo ers and raising funds walk or run. Ther se between a 4km or 8km e will be other the day inclu attractions at ding a sausage sizzle, children’s the park on music, raffles activities, live and spot Registration open prizes. s at 7:30am, with starting at 8:30a official welco m. The event me kicks off at 9:00a register early to advoid queu m. Please es on the daywww.mothersd via the website ayclassic.com.a u/event/vic/wo Online regist rations close odend-vic on May 7th, further infom see website ation or call Krist ina on 0448 355 for 535. Photos courte
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with their childre Photo: Kim Selby Participants will n Photography 2014 need to bring sturdy shoes gardening glove or boots. All s and wear planting equip There is no cost ment is supp to lied. us to reserve your participate; all we ask is that you conta tree(s). ct To reserve your tree(s) please via treesformu mwoodend@gm contact Angela Van Dam ail.com or phon or 0409 373 010 or find us at Trees for Mum e 5427 3931 Facebook. Woodend on This event is broug ht to you by the Landcare and volunteers is funded throu gh to a Victorian at Woodend from the State Landcare Gran Government. Special thank t the “Thursday s go to Crew” for prepa ring the site and the gents in our amazing photographer, for being so incre to Kim Selby, and supportive . dibly generous Submitted by Angela Van Dam
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how how far far we’ve we’ve come! come! ItItseems seemsslightly slightlyremarkable remarkablethat thatafter after twenty twentyyears yearsin inan anera eramarked markedby bythe the decline declineof ofmajor majornewspapers, newspapers,The TheNew New Woodend WoodendStar Starisisstill stillgoing goingstrong. strong. With Withaafocus focuson onallallthat’s that’slocal, local,The TheNew NewWoodend WoodendStar Star has hasgrown grownfrom froman aninitial initialedition editionofofjust just1212pages pagesand and 2500 collated andand stapled together thanthen 2500copies, copieshand — hand-collated stapled together, handed handedon ontotothe theRotary RotaryClub ClubofofWoodend Woodendfor forfurther further hand folding, compared to a recent edition of 48 hand folding. Compare this with a recent editionpages, of 48 still produced locally here in Woodend, with three pages, still produced locally here in Woodend, with up to inserts and over 120120 active advertisers. –– and 3655 copies three inserts, over active advertisers — amazing! The news, of course, will always keep coming. There is no telling, month to month, fill theThere pagesisof The news, of course, willexactly alwayswhat keepwill coming. noThe New Woodend Star. The one thing that remains certain is telling, month to month, exactly what will fill the pages ofthat The the paper will continue justone as thing it started: New Woodend Star. The that locally. remains certain is that the paper will continue just as it started: locally.
Count Count down down is is on on to to the the 2017 2017woodned WoodENd winter Winter Arts Arts FestivAl Festival Queen’s Queen’sBirthday BirthdayLong LongWeekend Weekend 9-12 9-12June June2017 2017
Openingnight nightfireworks fireworks and everyone at the Opening and freebies freebies––something somethingfor for everyone at the th th 13 annual annual Woodend 13 WoodendWinter WinterArts ArtsFestival Festival th The The13 13thannual annualWoodend WoodendWinter WinterArts ArtsFestival Festival will kick off in traditional style with a big, will kick off in traditional style with a colbig, ourful explosion of of fireworks colourful explosion fireworksover overBuffalo Buffalo Stadium, Stadium,complete completewith withentertainment, entertainment,food food vans vansand anddrinks. drinks.
It’s telltell thethe seasoned locals at the – they–have It’seasy easytoto seasoned locals atevent the event they their ready ready to go,to little up in up fleecy pj’s havelayers their layers go, kids littlerugged kids rugged in fleecy complete with thick socks, sturdy boots, beanies and weathpj’s complete with thick socks, sturdy boots, beanies and erproof coats, the bigger ones armed with money to jointo weatherproof coats, the bigger ones armed with money their friends and buy food. join their friends and buy food. continues on page 2 continues on page 5
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