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SENT AWAY Enmore Park will be thriving with people celebrating Australia Day tomorrow.
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Thousands will attend celebrations at Enmore Park VANESSA WATSON
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nmore Park will sparkle under a spectacular fi reworks display at the end of Marrickville Council’s free Australia Day celebrations tomorrow. The event will run from 3pm to 9pm and will feature live music, international food stalls and free kids’ activities. Th is year, Marrickville’s Australia Day Ambassador is actor John Wood, who has played iconic roles in Australian television shows including leading roles in ‘Rafferty’s Rules’ and
‘Blue Heelers’. He will deliver a speech on the day’s theme, ‘Thanking you, Australia’. “I’m going to be thanking Australia on behalf of my parents, ancestors and myself. I’m thanking Australia because my ancestors were allowed to come here,” Mr Wood said. “It’s really important that we celebrate Australia Day. Whether January 26 is the right day, I don’t know. I know there are a lot of controversies with that date but I think it’s right until we fi nd a better date to continue to celebrate it then.” At 3pm, Marrickville musos and winners of the 2012 Marrickville Festival Break band
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competition, The Ukes of Today, will kick off the day with a live performance. Seven-piece extravaganza Righteous Voodoo and Zimbabwe star Chris Gudu will also perform live sets. Kids can enjoy the jumping castle and face painting, as well as free drumming workshops from Earthbeats Children’s Music from 4.30pm and 6pm and activities at the circus playground from 4.30pm. The 2013 Citizen, Young Citizen and Senior Citizen of the Year Award winners will also be announced. A fi reworks display will end the night. “Come along and enjoy it and be involved, be part of it. It’s your celebration,” Mr Wood urged.
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