Bangalow September 2011

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Bangalow food festival pages 5 & 24 showground Box office reno page 20

What a stylish month ahead: the Historical Society Museum fundraiser on Saturday 17, page 4, and the inaugural Bangalow Food Festival on Saturday 10.

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www.heartbeat.net.auPO Box 132 Bangalow NSW 2479Editors: Dianne Martin 6687 2592Ruth KirbyEmail: [email protected] Cover photo: Museum Fundraiser by Terry Bleakley; Sample Festival by John Bortolin

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DISCLAIMER. This newsletter is published by Bangalow’s Heartbeat Incorporated PO Box 132 NSW 2479. Hon. Editors Dianne Martin, Ruth Kirby, Hon Sec/Public Officer Helen Wilson. Membership is open to all adult residents of the “2479” postal district. The opinions expressed by individual contributors are not necessarily shared by the Editors and other members of the Association committee. While every reasonable effort is made to publish accurate information, Bangalow’s Heartbeat Inc. accepts no responsibility for statements made or opinions expressed.

Congratulations to Michael Malloy on his recent NSW Premier’s Community Service Award presented by MP Don Page. Bangalow has benefited in so many ways for so many years from Michael’s dedication to our community. It would be a different town, though still a ‘happy town’, without his tireless contributions. Bangalow salutes you Michael.

This issue of Heartbeat offers suggestions for your September and October social calendars. In September you can spend a Saturday ‘grazing’ at the showgrounds for the Food Festival then you can drive your Aston Martin, dressed in your glittering Saturday-night best, up to a sophisticated

nightclub to help the Historical Society raise much-needed renovation funds. In October you can trip the light fantastic, this time in period costume, at two more gala occasions at the A&I Hall.

Our community contributors as well as the Heartbeat writers have again provided you with reading material on a variety of community concerns, issues and activi-ties. We direct you to the pages featuring more of the amazing Inside Out Project photographs posted up around town, as well as artwork from the recent art show by our very ‘creative kids’ from the Banga-low Public School.

Di Martin for the Heartbeat team

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DISCLAIMER. This news-letter is published by Bangalow’s Heartbeat Incorporated PO Box 132 NSW 2479. Hon Editors Dianne Martin; Ruth Kirby, Hon Sec/Public Officer Helen Wilson. Membership is open to all adult residents of the ‘2479’ postal district. The opinions expressed by individual contributors are not necessarily shared by the Editors and other members of the Association com-mittee. While every reasonable effort is made to publish accurate information, Bangalow’s Heartbeat Inc. accepts no responsibility for statements made or opinions expressed.BA

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Michael Malloy receives the Premier’s Community Service Award from Ballina MP Don Page

Haven’t I seen your face somewhere? The Inside Out project hits the wall, story page 12.

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Bangalow, stand up and take a bow! It was worth your while turning up to the A&I Hall that cold winter night back in July – and on State of Origin night, too. Local MP Don Page has announced that the RTA’s planned Bangalow Interchange will not go ahead.

“The vast majority of community members present at the public meeting on July 6 made it clear that they did not want the Bangalow Interchange,” he said.

Instead, Don Page has spoken with the RTA and the Roads Minister about developing a solution that eliminates the interchange but still meets the RTA’s need for a manageable alternative route over St Helena hill if the tunnel below it is temporarily closed.

A small working group has now been formed to develop alternatives to the interchange which will then be put back before the Bangalow community for its consideration. “After that public consultation, we will be in a position to proceed,” Don Page said. Construction is expected to start early next year.

Bangalow’s representatives on the working party are Tony Hart (vice-president of Bangalow Progress Association), Greg Crump (the new president of Bangalow Chamber of Commerce) and local macadamia farmer, Rex Harris.

“It’s a great victory for commonsense,” said Tony Hart. “If the RTA’s interchange had gone ahead, Bangalow would never have been the same again. There’d be more pollution and noise, increased traffic through the village, parking problems would be even worse, and Bangalow Road would become

a rat run to Byron Bay.”But now a new challenge is looming for

Bangalow. RTA plans for the new highway reveal Bangalow is not adequately shielded from the expected increased levels of highway noise echoing in across the open land south of Clover Hill.

So far the RTA has not made any commitment to shielding Bangalow from the new highway – either visually or acoustically. Both Bangalow and Ewingsdale residents

are in the same boat here since the new highway runs close by both communities. Bangalow is much closer, however.

Strangely, the RTA has committed to building a landscaped mound from the northern end of the St Helena tunnel all the way down to the Ewingsdale Interchange to provide a visual and acoustic shield from the new highway for Ewingsdale residents.

It seems Bangalow might have one more battle to fight with the RTA. Ian Hay

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A ‘master of many disguises’, the Bangalow A&I Hall, has witnessed countless transformations in its 100-year history. On the night of Saturday, 17 September the venue will appear cunningly disguised as a ‘casino’ named Bangalow Royale.

Imagine arriving at the entrance of a sophisticated nightclub in your Aston Martin, dressed in your glittering best. (Think James Bond at a glamorous Monaco casino.) After providing your secret password at the door, you are personally welcomed with a glass of champagne and a supply of gaming chips. Once inside, you find a choice of tables with stylish looking people enthusiastically playing roulette, blackjack, poker and craps at the tables around the main hall. The background music reminds you of the smoky, night-club atmosphere in the movie Casablanca, and you start to picture yourself as Humphrey Bogart, Sean Connery or Grace Kelly…

No need to dream on. All this is possible on one evening in September and no further away that in Station Street, Bangalow.

Transforming the A&I Hall into ‘Bangalow Royale’ is the brainchild of the imaginative team behind the Bangalow Historical Society. The primary aim of the event is to raise money towards the 450 square metre extension to Heritage House in Deacon Street, location of the Historical Society’s Museum and Tearooms.

The extra space the new area will create will allow the Society to hold more functions and private events currently not possible in the limited verandah space.

Though the group has received a grant to help pay for the construction of an extension to the westerly verandah, it will not cover all aspects. In order to pay the shortfall the concept of holding a glitzy casino night arose.

“We’ll have troubadours, fabulous lucky door prizes, entertainment, raffles and light supper during the evening,” said Wendy Grissell, from the Historical Society. “On hand will be expert professional guidance for beginners if you’ve never played these games before, or in case you’ve forgotten any of the rules,” she added.

“We believe this is the first time a gaming night like this has been held in Bangalow, and so far the response has been very enthusiastic,” she added. “Those I’ve spoken to are looking forward to having the opportunity to dress up in their elegant evening wear – otherwise all those gorgeous clothes are just gathering dust.

“Though the evening’s theme is gaming, left-over chips can’t be traded in for cash. But we’re awarding a prize for the person left with the most chips at the end of the night.” All profit from the event will be used specifically for the Museum extension.

Tickets to the event cost $45, and can be purchased at Barebones Gallery in Bangalow (6687 1393), from Heritage House during opening hours (6687 2183), or from Wendy Grissell (mob 0447 580 920). The cut-off date to buy tickets is Friday, 9 September. For more information about ‘Bangalow Royale’ contact Wendy Grissell. Christobel Munson

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The glamorous punters are: Carmel Horner, Javier Querat, Jasmine Bleakley, John Sourry and Carolyn McGirr. The cars are a white 1956 XK140 Jaguar owned by Bryan White, and a 1929 Plymouth, owned by Noel Johnson of Clunes. Photo by Terry Bleakley

The Festival has been so popular that all restaurant marquees and stalls have sold out and only combined dinner and accommodation packages for the Sample Gala Dinner remain. Places are still available for the cooking classes. The extensive line-up of performers for the festival includes non-stop live entertainment with Kurtis, Kato and Wolf, Eliza McLeod, Ilona Harker and Tres Hombres gracing the entertainment ring.

Twenty-two restaurant marquees will serve $5 and $10 tasting plates between 9am and 3pm, with the best of these greeting the Sample judges – Joanna Savill, Barbara Sweeny, Belinda Jeffery and Steven Snow – for the test of who will win the prestigious Golden Fork Award. For only $5 festival goers can tuck into coconut pannacotta with vanilla, pineapple compote and local wild finger limes from Katrina Kanetani at Satiate in Bangalow, salt cod fritters from Adam Smith at Fleurs in Ballina or Vietnamese pork on a Harvest brioche roll from Joe Griffin at Harvest in Newrybar.

Cooking and lifestyle demonstrations will be held throughout the day, including Simon Grigalius from My Restaurant Rules, Gavin Hughes from The Byron at Byron Resort, Monique Guterres-Harrison from Seaweed Cuisine, Scott Frost from Seven Mile Restaurant and Phil Dudman and Julie Ray showing us garden-to-kitchen tips.

Leah Roland from the Bangalow Cooking School will be joined by Perry Hill from Palate in Lismore, Phil Dudman and

Julie Ray to deliver cooking classes for both young cooks and adults. A class for nine to 16 year olds will be held at 10.30am ($50), with the adult’s class commencing at 12.30pm ($90). “The Sample Festival has brought together local product, local

talent and what the season has to offer. It’s a real Spring celebration – interactive, fun and informative,” says Leah Roland. “ B a n g a l o w supports quality festivals, so it’s only fitting that the inaugural Sample Food Festival be held here. The

Northern Rivers is growing up, we’ve come to a point where we are noted both nationally and internationally for our exceptional food produce and restaurants.

“I am really looking forward to the cooking classes at the Sample Festival. Perry Hill, a wonderful chef who earned his Sydney Morning Herald Chef ’s Hat, will be working with me in the young peoples’ class (nine to 16 years) whilst Julie Ray and Phil Dudman will be assisting with the adult’s class. The classes are very hands-on, and afterwards there is time for eating and enjoying our creations. We are using recipes that people will take home and use,” she adds.

The winners of the Golden Fork Award will be announced at the Sample Gala Dinner being held at The Byron at Byron Resort and Spa. For festival enquiries, including cooking class bookings, contact Remy Tancred on 0414 925 811 or [email protected]. Caroline Desmond

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unexpected guest to attendThe ‘Unexpected Guest’ will also be exhibiting at the Sample Food Festival on 10 September so be sure to head over and taste some of their organic and gluten- free granuesli. Bangalow resident Juniper Wilkinson was selected from over 300 applicants state-wide as the winner of a $12,000 Branding Makeover competition held by the NSW Department of Trade, Business and Industry’s MicroBiz Week in collaboration with DKM Blue.

Juniper launched her organic breakfast cereal business from her kitchen in Bondi two years ago and moved to Bangalow at the beginning of 2011. She and her partner,

Adam Mander, currently supply more than a hundred retailers and are steadily gaining the reputation as one of the best breakfast products on the market.

Juniper and Adam recently spent two days in Sydney being mentored by highly successful entrepreneur Dorry Kordahi. Kordahi started his own business from his parents’ shed eight years ago and is now listed on BRW’s Young Rich and the Fast Starters lists. His insights on branding and merchandising will no doubt provide ‘The Unexpected Guest’ with the enthusiasm to continue to the next stage of their business growth. Margaux Nissen Gray

Food produce, health and lifestyle stalls will fill the Bangalow Showgrounds from 9am on saturday, 10 september for the sample Food Festival to ‘celebrate and share the food, restaurants and creativity of the Northern Rivers’.

Regular Saturday Farmers Market stalls will provide fresh local produce. Restaurant marquees will have gourmet tasting plates.

Leah Roland will present special cooking classes with Perry Hill from Palate restaurant

Adam Mander and Juniper Wilkinson with mentor entrepreneur Dorry Kordahi


Bangalow Garden ClubLast month two of our gifted gardeners and long-term members lost their much loved husbands. Our thoughts and sympathy are with them and their families at this very sad time.

Next meeting is Wednesday, 7 September at 1.30pm in the Anglican Hall. Saturday’s social visit is to Jan Crowle’s garden in Coopers Shoot.

Entries to the Garden Club competition close on Friday, 16 September. The winning gardens will be open for inspection on Saturday, 8 October. Helen Johnston

What’s on at the BowloYes, we are still open. Come down and support us!

Every Sunday we have a jam open mic from 2pm on the verandah. Bring the talent on and show us what you’ve got. Sausage sizzle available. We have kids family movies from 2pm every Sunday.

An antique collectable garage sale will be held here at the Bowlo on Sunday, 16 October at 12noon. Cost is $15 for one trestle table. Phone the club to register a table. Bring goods you want to sell. Remember one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Stall holders set up from 10am. Sausage sizzle

available plus a monster cake stall with yummy cakes, scones and biscuits. Come down to the club to rumble through the jumble. Enquiries and to book a table 6687 1235. Caz Nolan

SK8 Park for BangalowThe Bangalow SK8 Park Raffle was drawn on 9 July by Richard from Bangalow Newsagency. The winners were: Specialised BMX bike from Byron Bay Bicycles: black F17, Tom. Body board from Cape Byron Imports: blue C38, Ben. Afends Clothing: blue C32, Scott. Colony gift pack: green D38, Andy. Parkway Drive hoody: green A29, Aileen. Parkway Drive T-shirt: green D44, Roy.

Thankyou to all who supported the raffle and the boys who sold the tickets; it all goes towards a SK8 Park for Bangalow. We’re waiting now to hear from council about the section 94 funds that are available for Bangalow and hopefully some of this will go towards getting a SK8 Park, among other things.

Great T-shirts or caps to support the SK8 Park are on sale at the Bangalow Newsagency.

Please call Lyle Lesueur 6687 1644 or Jane Reffell 6687 1640 for more information.

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Red Cross ReportThe next meeting of the Red Cross is Friday, 9 September at the RSL Hall, Station Street, Bangalow.

Our Zone Conference was a grand success with over 40 delegates attending from surrounding branches. It was a great chance to compare notes and exchange ideas. Marie Ivos, our Zone rep, reported the progress of the various local branches; Moray Ralph, the new Grafton-based area manager, outlined a strategy for a more streamlined regional information approach; and Di Jay, the Sydney-based NSW CEO, gave a wide-ranging talk covering the many fascinating projects of the Red Cross, both in Australia and overseas.

Thanks to Hazel Sowerby for her fascinating talk on herbs, Greg Crump from the Chamber of Commerce for opening – and closing – the conference, the Bowling Club for the venue (and a prize meal voucher), and our own members for their efforts in creating a welcoming and attractive environment. Also many thanks to the people and shopkeepers of Bangalow who both provided some wonderful prizes for our hugely successful fund-raising raffle, and also generously bought tickets.

Special thanks to the public school kids (and teachers) for the entertainment; Aurora, Designbank, Bangalow Cellars, the Quilters, the Historical Society for prizes; Bangalow RE for photographs and our many friends who help and encourage our branch to be one of the most vital in the region. Dot Gill

Plaster House NightThe ‘Plaster House’ is an organisation that provides reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation for children suffering from physical disabilities in third world Tanzania. By attending the Plaster House Curry Night you will be helping raise funds to support this wonderful organisation and the renewed lives of the gorgeous children.

Saturday, 17 September from 6pm at the Moller Pavilion. $25 tickets from Barebones. Entertainment: Retrovirus. For info: [email protected] or 6687 1736. Hannah Kelly

CWA Cupcake DayThe CWA ladies are holding a cupcake day on Saturday, 3 September to raise awareness of the CWA and its activities. Buy a cupcake for $1, decorate it yourself then enjoy it with a free tea or cordial. The action begins at 9am

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NSW Titles are being held in Lismore on 1 and 2 October.Next Nationals will be held on Gold Coast from 19 to 24 March. For more information: Tim Potter 0405 078 272 or Ian Harris 0447 668 953 or Thomas Ross 0405 453 398 or myself [email protected] or 6687 4459. Christine Singh

Bangalow ScoutsTen 1st Bangalow Cub Scouts, three leaders and three parents attended the Northern Rivers District ‘Big Freeze’ camp in August. This was the first camp for our cubs since starting last term, and what a time they had. They made and rode

sleds, used their knotting skills, ran in penguin races, fired water rockets, made igloos, ice cream and damper twists, went ice fishing, and much more. There were over 60 cubs attending the camp at the old school in Clunes. A campfire on Saturday night was followed by the movie Snow Dogs. Everyone is now looking forward to their next big camp, at Glenreagh, in November.

The older children of the 1st Bangalow Scouts have been busy raising money for the troupe by doing odd jobs for job week and, thanks to Zentveld’s Coffee, they were able to raise funds from the coffee and cakes sold at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival Comedy Night. The Scouts will be part of the exciting Sample Food Festival to be held in the Bangalow Showgrounds on 10 September. They will be right next to Zentveld Coffee, outside the Scout Hall, with activities and camp style cooking.

There will be a garage sale at the Scout Hall on Sunday, 23 October (market day) with proceeds going to Timor where they are trying to start up a scout group. This is a Scout initiative and it is great to see them also raising funds for Scouts in far poorer circumstances than

their own. If you have anything you would like to donate to the garage sale, please contact Lisa on 0439 011 366. Lisa Sharpe

Anglican Op Shop SaleIt is on again. Our $5 bag, or any single item of clothing at half-price, sale returns 29 August until 9 September. Charities supported by the Op Shop this year are the Buttery, Camp Quality, Westpac Helicopter, Flood Appeal and Brunswick Rescue Squad.

Please note the Op Shop will be closed for stock changeover on Saturday, 10 September. Thanks to everyone for their donations and support of the Op Shop. Jan Shultz

The Bangalow CupThe 2011 Frank Scarrabelotti Memorial Cup will be held Labor Day long weekend on Monday, 3 October 2011. Tickets are $70 which includes travel to and from the Ballina Racecourse, gate entry, access to trackside marquee, food and refreshments. There will be fantastic prizes for ‘Fashions In the Field’ including best dressed male and female, best dressed couple, and a boot throwing competition just to name a few of the off field activities which add to

the enjoyment of the day. For further info phone 66871607 or 0418 440 545. Sharon Rudgley

Steiner School Spring FairThe Cape Byron Steiner School is holding its fair from 10am to 3.30pm on Saturday, 17 September in Balraith Lane (end of McGettigans Lane), Ewingsdale. There will be heaps of activities, raffles, food and gifts. A shuttle bus will run from the Ewingsdale Hall every 15 minutes. Erik Bigalk

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ADFAS: The Camera Does Not LieThe relationship between the photograph and the work of art is symbiotic. From photography’s earliest invention in the nineteenth century artists began to use photographs, just as photographers imitated art.

Thanks to photography we have come to appreciate an enormously wide range of works of art, architecture and design from cities, private collections, public institutions, galleries and museums throughout the world. Barriers between countries, genres, culture

and chronological periods are broken down. Panoramas of temple sites are projected along with exquisite miniatures and relatively small medals and jewels.

Lecturer presenter Nicholas Watkins will ask us to consider how the camera influences our perception of art; with the aid of stunning slide images he will explore how contemporary artists are using this medium to record their artwork, and using it as an art form in itself.

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and a leading authority on the art of the late 19th and the 20th centuries. He is the author of five art books and lectures extensively in the UK and Europe on his specialist subjects. For lovers of photography, art and design, this will be a fascinating foray into the inter-connectedness of all three.

The lecture is at the A&I Hall on Monday, 26 September, doors open 6.00pm. Guests are most welcome, $20, pay at the door. Membership and other enquiries to Carole Gamble on 6684 4996. Susie Warrick

Farewell to JeFFFamily, friends and members of the community in their hundreds gathered at the Uniting Church on Monday, 15 August to pay their last respects to Jeff Schneider. Despite the words of one of Jeff ’s favourite songs played at the service, it was clear that Jeff was not considered ‘just an ordinary bloke’; rather a devoted husband to Jo and father to Dan and Ellie, great friend to many and a much loved and respected member of the community.

Jo wishes to thank all those who sent cards, flowers and prayers, set up the church and marquees, organised the sound and videoing of the service as well as the gathering at the Moller Pavilion after the service. Jo told Heartbeat, “I have been overwhelmed by the support offered by so many in the community. It is impossible to name all those who have helped us through this difficult time. It is a great comfort to know that Jeff touched the hearts of so many.”

Jeff ’s mate Darryl Essery is still recovering in Cairns Base Hospital from the tragic accident in northern Queensland. Community organisations in Bangalow, and in Darryl’s home town of Mullumbimby, have rallied to send messages of support and donations. Di Martin

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A highlight of the Music Festival, held in the century-old A&I Hall last month, was the number of world-class musicians who appeared. Top of the bill must go to soprano Lisa Gasteen, the only Australian to have won the Cardiff ‘Singer of the World’ competition. Lisa had to retire from the world operatic stage due to an accident and now teaches in Brisbane. She was most warmly received in the choral concert, the last in the Festival and held in St Kevins Church. This year’s performance was of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, which has been in the repertoire since 1689. In the choir and in the orchestra were many younger faces, which delighted the audience.

Other memorable performances were the sublime rendition of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, by Paul Dean on clarinet, playing with the Flinders Quartet, and the amazing Russian pianists, known as the Silver Garburg Piano Duo, playing Stravinsky’s Petruschka (much wild clapping and stomping from the audience).

Festival-goers were rewarded with performances by musicians of the stature of Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Marshall McGuire (harp) Jack Liebeck (violin), and the young Australian pianist Jayson Gillham. Benjamin Northey wielded the baton for the Southern Cross Soloists and the Festival orchestra and choir.

The Concert for Bangalow, held as a precursor on the Thursday evening, showcased some of the Festival stars and also included a selection of local talent. Performances including Margaret Curtis, the Hot North Wind quintet and Scarlett Affection and some of their students, made for a memorable outing. Melia and Nerida made a presentation to Michael Malloy, expressing their gratitude for his patronage and support of their Scarlett school of contemporary music. Festival director, Paul Dean, played a lovely piece with his daughter Izzy, an up and coming cellist, and their delight in playing together was most palpable.

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It’s not really surprising to discover that once upon a time Mic Deacon was a muso. As the child of an army dad he was familiar with “upping sticks all the time” and, as a young adult in the 1980s, toured the country playing guitar for a theatrical troupe. Finishing a tour in Townsville he jumped ship to go fishing. Deferring university studies he spent time on trawlers in the Gulf, until diagnosed with a melanoma, which led to a change of life working indoors.

As it happened he landed a job first as a stage mechanist, then as a sound desk operator in the sound department at the Sydney Opera House. This lasted for the next eight years. There he was involved in working in sound production for orchestras, ballet, opera and theatre companies, contemporary dance and performance bands in the mid-80s, when companies had massive production budgets.

Life on the sound stage was always intense, and it’s still the buzz of the live shows that keeps him keen. “I love being around the raw emotions. I like the pressure of live production. I’ll do any event (within reason) that requires audio production,” he said from the Bangalow home where he has lived with his family for the past 20 years.

For Brisbane’s Expo 88 Mic took on a job working on the main river stage, mixing opening and closing ceremonies and acts in between. By this time he had started teaching sound for the drama department of Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education.

Passing through Bangalow on a trip to Sydney, a friend told him about a job opportunity in Lismore. His friend’s tip led to a position Mic has now held for 21 years: lecturing full-time in music production at the SCU School of Arts and Social Sciences, where he teaches students studying for a Bachelor of Contemporary Music.

It was the first contemporary music institution to be established in the country. It’s a popular course attracting performance, music education, and professional and industry study students. “It’s now become a

very competitive field,” Mic observes. “We offer a comprehensive package that enables performers and production students to interact on a purpose-built concert stage, additionally offering future music educators and music industry practioners relevant training.”

Despite his academic responsibilities, somehow Mic manages to squeeze in time for some extra-curricular activities, all involving the supply of sound production. Each year he takes a week’s leave from SCU to become the production manager for the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival. This year, he arranged to have 18 past and present SCU students to be professionally employed in sound production at the festival, giving them excellent work experience.

To “maintain his currency in the industry”, Mic also takes on one-off events such as providing sound for corporate events, community forums in the A&I Hall, and various kinds of celebrations such as the Lions curry night.

Mic and his wife Melinda, who works at the Bangalow Community pre-school, bought land in Bangalow in 1991 and moved into the house they built there in 1993. His three sons, Jack, Harry and Riley, all born and schooled locally, have observed what the life of a sound engineer involves. Since all three boys have displayed solid talent in the performance field, it looks as though there will always be an opportunity for new blood to get involved in Mic’s productions.

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“Bangalow has such a strong community, in the first week of living here we had met everyone in our street and most business owners had called in to introduce themselves and welcome us to town. The Billy Cart Derby and the Christmas Eve Street Party are both family and community focussed and the community are ready and willing to help each other.”

Eva Heath, of Heath’s Old Wares, penned the above words to win Bangalow the title of ‘Australia’s Happiest Town’ for August 2011.

Eva said the nomination was validated by the support she received to organise the morning’s events: from the newly elected Chamber of Commerce, to the Lions Club providing a breakfast sizzle, Zentveld’s with their coffee cart, the participants of a mini billy cart derby, local horse riders Steve Jarrett and crew, Scott McGregor and Leah

Roland promoting an array of local produce, Ate and Utopia’s free trays of scrumptious goodies, happy pupils of the Primary School, the performance by the School of Dance and the Samba Blisstas to finish the segment with a colourful, upbeat blast of their drumming in a TV segment that beamed throughout Australia on the Sunrise Morning Show in August.

Roving presenter, James Tobin, briefly interviewed our local athletic champions Marlie and Brianna Campton who received two surprise donations, $1000 from Sunrise/Vaalia and $500 from our Lions Club to help with their expenses.

All in all there was a great feeling of camaraderie as the community got together to show we really are a very happy town. View the video clips at http://sunrisefamily.com.au/happiness/ Judy Baker

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New Chamber TeamA new executive team has emerged from the recent Bangalow Chamber of Commerce AGM.

Greg Crump, of Advanced Australian Trees of Newrybar, was elected as the new Chamber President to succeed Michael Malloy who has stepped down after eight years at the helm. Michael has agreed to be available in an advisory capacity to ensure a smooth transition and provide valuable background information on all of the Chamber’s many events and projects which make Bangalow the lively and

dynamic community it has become.Vice Presidents are Alana Manion and

Mark Baker (continuing) and Brian Grant. John Hudson will continue on as the Treasurer and Morag Page has stepped into the Minutes Secretary role.

The start of the new Chamber year has included the release of the new Book of Bangalow as well as a promotional ‘Escape to Bangalow’ brochure and the 10th anniversary of the world class Bangalow Music Festival. Looks like a busy start already. Sue Holm

Greg Crump addressing the recent Red Cross regional conference

Sunrise roving presenter James Tobin with the Samba Blisstas

Leah Roland and Scott McGregor prepare some local produce


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When French artist JR started the Inside Out Project he asked people from all over the world to take a picture of someone they care about and put it somewhere people can see. Bangalow School pupils have happily risen to the challenge.

The Inside Out Project is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Participants are challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world. The portraits that can be seen on the post office and bottle shop walls are the students’ take on the Inside Out Project’s challenge, with our project statement being ‘we bring our community to life’.

Students from Mr Spry’s year 5/6 class worked with photographer Natalie Maccomas, in conjunction with the Inside Out Project, to produce these fabulous portraits. A morning tea was served and 35 members from our close-knit community were invited by the pupils to be photographed. Natalie instructed the children and brought her considerable skills to the project. The students themselves took all portraits displayed. Over 500 shots were taken on the day and thankfully Natalie was happy to make the difficult decision as to which ones were to be blown up to poster size. Our local fire brigade was on hand to help the children paste up the portraits.

Project Co-ordinator and parent at the school, Sue Franklin, said what a joy it was bringing this project to Bangalow and, as always, found the community more than willing to support our school. One thing that stood out for me was how many people we could have included as people who ‘bring our community to life’. The school would like to thank the fire brigade for their efforts. Thanks also to Nicole at the PO, Ian from the Cellars and David Collins. Special thanks to our photographer Natalie Maccomas. Sue Franklin

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This year the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre celebrated its 15th annual Byron Bay Writers’ Festival. By all accounts, it was a mammoth celebration. Huge crowds enjoyed the largest array of writers and events ever attempted by our small organisation, all of it amidst some of the bluest, sunniest, calmest August weather we’ve seen.

Writers are always the focus of a writers’ festival, and this one didn’t disappoint. The list of more than 200 invited guests is too long to itemise, but there were many notables amongst them. John Pilger, Phillip Adams, Robert Manne, Leslie Cannold and Bob Carr gave the Festival the political zest for which it has become famous. But Byron Bay has a funny bone as much as a political conscience, and that bone was aptly tickled by the likes of Tim Ferguson, Libby Gorr, Charlie Pickering, Wendy Harmer, Fiona

Scott-Norman and our own Mandy Nolan. It would not have been possible without

the brilliant commitment of a team of 190 volunteers, all of whom did the most sterling job. Without them we could not pull off an event of this magnitude, and we are eternally grateful to them for their continued support.

The Festival also relies on the generous support of its sponsors, most of whom are local businesses and organisations. The Bangalow Lions Club, for example, in collaboration with Byron and Districts ADFAS, sponsored the first prize of a mentorship for the winner of the Heading North Young Writer Short Story Competition. To them, and to every other sponsor who helped get this year’s Festival off the ground, we thank you.

Finally, to the locals – the schools and their students, the members of the Writers’

Centre, the businesses and the community groups – who support the Festival by getting excited, attending our events, and making our guests feel welcome, thank you also.

It may come as a surprise to some of you, but the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre does a lot more than organise an annual festival. Our tiny team of dedicated staff work throughout the year to run workshops and seminars, to support writers living in the greater Northern Rivers region, to work with schools and universities, and to produce resources including northerly, our bi-monthly members’ magazine. Now that the Festival is over for this year, it’s back to work as usual, which means organising the remaining events for this year and planning our calendar for 2012. If you’d like to know what we’ve got planned, check out our website www.nrwc.org.au or give us a call on 6685 5115. Siboney Duff

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In August last year, Heartbeat ran a story on the ‘Fertile Footy Fathers’ – six men who formed a team for the Summer 6s soccer in Bangalow. They discovered they were all ‘pregnant’ and considered writing a book on the subsequent births and fatherhood experiences. The 2010 Byron Writers’ Festival had a ‘Pitch Session’, where aspiring writers pitch a summary of their proposed book to a panel of publishers. The Footy Fathers were a hit and clinched a deal with the publisher Hachette Australia. Since then they have completed the book. It was launched as One got past the keeper at this year’s Writers’ Festival, in time for Fathers Day. Pictured are five of the team, their children

and publisher Bernadette Foley. (From left Jim Roberts, Ross Devine, Nick Foley, Neil Young and Yari McGauley). Copies are available at Bangalow Newsagency.

On discovering their pregnancies a new level of bonding developed between the men who ranged from 28 to 48 years old. Three of them were to be first-time fathers and as the others already had children, advice and experiences were shared. They were initially bonded in a desire not to come last in the competition, but then found themselves united in something much bigger! Their team was renamed Fertile FC.

The births were very different: including a natural home water-birth, a home birth

ending in a trip to Tweed Hospital, a breech, an elective Caesarean, and an emergency Caesarean.

The book is a very frank sharing of experiences which the men hope will assist other fathers-to-be. Perhaps it will be the male equivalent of Kaz Cooke’s popular book Up the Duff? To further this aim, Fertile FC have donated $1500 of their proceeds, plus a share of future sales, to the fathers’ support group ‘The Fatherhood Project’.

The book was a major challenge to produce but all are now justifiably proud of their efforts. At the launch, however, the wives said they were ready for more babies, but no more books! Brian Sundstrom

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So why should we eat more to lose weight? Carbohydrates are the source of energy in food. The human body can only store simple sugars from carbohydrates in the bloodstream for about three hours. If your body isn’t fed carbs every three hours it moves into starvation mode. This means that it stores the food it receives in its long-term deposit account – as fat – simply to survive the long breaks between meals. As a result, you

have less energy during the day (as you don’t have access to carbs simple sugars) and more fat.

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Sculptors by the Tree (Federal Village annual Park Party) wants to give you an opportunity to showcase your work in an outdoor setting. Works for sale to the public, with $2000 acquisition prize and people’s choice award. Site-specific installations can be discussed with the curator Suvira McDonald. www.sculptorsbythetree.com by 16 September.The Channon Gallery is seeking local/regional artists – working in any media – who would be interested in exhibiting with the gallery in the next few months or the longer term. [email protected] by 30 September.Shuttered is a digital image competition: tell a story using between 15 and 25 images. Music tracks are provided by Shuttered but the option to add a monologue is there! Prizes to $1000 are on offer; 10 shortlisted series will also be exhibited over the exposedartz arts festival period. www.exposedartz.com by 19 September.Flavourtech Art Prize is a $10,000 acquisitive art award open to all australian and international artists. Flavourtech and eXposedartz invite all artists (any medium). www.exposedartz.com by 30 September.Challenge Disability Services, Colour My World open to all persons with a disability/

attending a disability service in regional New South Wales: $2500 prizes to be won; selected artworks exhibited at ray Walsh House Community Space, tamworth during November and early December 2011. Phone 02 6763 1806 by 14 October.

Eltham Art Award features sections for primary school, a high school open category, 2D artworks themed ‘My Backyard’ (backyard of your home to your playground Northern rivers region). entry form available from Northern rivers Drawing and Drafting Supplies, armisteads Gallery and Framing or contact amanda, [email protected] by 14 October. Mortimore Prize competition ($42,000 in prize money for portraiture, landscape, drawing etc). Winners announced at

St. Brigid’s Church Hall, Dubbo. www.australianartsales.com.au by September 30.

Filmy-LikeByron Bay Film Festival: local filmmakers who would like to be involved, entries are

now open for BBFF 2012. www.bbff.com.au by 10 October.

GrantsIan Potter Cultural Trust grants up to $7000 to assist early-career artists of exceptional talent to undertake professional development, usually overseas. the trust funds nationally, and across the spectrum of the arts, from visual arts to performing arts and music to literature, spanning traditional art forms right through to experimental mediums.

www.ianpotterculturaltrust.org.au by September 12.

Miscell-arteousArt on the Move (exhibition). this local consortium of artists convening at the Moller Pavilion WItHIN the Bangalow Showgrounds, coinciding with Market Day, has many new artists on board. Steel sculpture, ceramics, painting, glass art, limited-edition prints, cards, retro objects, jewellery, beenies and so much more. Visit the artists in situ and talk about your art! www.art-on-the-move.net, 25 September.

OMG it’s already September! All the 24-7s have added up and here we are: platitudinal and attitudinal. If I could tweet, twitter, flitter and flap – I would (after all, it is spring) and, like a bird, I could peck the ‘dotted Is and crossed Ts’ out of the remainder of the year. I would not feel like a shag on a blog (or maybe I would?) and my social networking might just pay off. For those without i-ptitude or anything else that requires a battery – this is what is happening out there in reality-check world. Marika Bryant surveys what’s on.

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In the heated debates of modern society, the fate of an old weir in a small village may not amount to much in many minds. Yet there are some serious issues surrounding the failure of the weir and heritage pool at Bangalow that demand consideration. Questions arise of governance and accountability, the environment and community heritage.

The basic facts are clear: following a long period of obvious deterioration, the weir wall was undermined about six months ago and the water in the pool drained out. The creek level dropped over a metre, with effects on Byron Creek about two kilometres upstream. Council’s Community Infrastructure Executive Manager, Mr Holloway, told NBN News in June that he had commissioned a report from a structural engineer.

It’s likely the damage to the weir will be difficult to repair and, with every day that passes with the low water levels, many are concerned about impacts on platypus and other parts of the ecosystem that have adapted to higher water levels over the 90 years since construction.

If the previously healthy population of platypus is reduced from say 30 to five because of reduced habitat, changes to burrows (such as collapse, drying and unfavourable temperatures), and perhaps loss of vegetation and the creek-bed critters that platypus feed on – is it responsible environmental management to allow this

to drag on for months?Our Landcare Group, who have carried out

extensive riparian plantings along the creek, are also concerned about bank slumping because of low water levels. NSW Fisheries say this has happened in similar situations.

The weir and pool are a very significant heritage asset for the Bangalow community, and some fear the weir failure will lead

to a default decision to abandon the pool without proper respect for the history and the place of the pool in the hearts of the community, particularly older people.

Generations of Bangalow and district residents learned to swim there and voluntary workers kept up the maintenance for decades. There was once a dance-floor, diving tower and big slippery-dip, and the park and pool were a centre of community life, all beautifully recorded at Heritage House.

A long-term solution needs to be devised for the weir, which of necessity will be either 1) retain the weir, in which case a fishway structure should be considered to

allow fish passage, or 2) remove the weir, in which case it should be done over a measured period under monitoring.

A short-term solution also needs to be found so that ecological and other impacts are not prolonged while a long-term decision is made. Some ideas have been put forward but Council has not responded.

Consultation should be undertaken in the Bangalow community. This could take the form of a public meeting or other event, with a consensus recommendation. It may be that the Department of the Environment or Fisheries should take charge.

NSW Fisheries committed to support with technical advice, and the Chamber of Commerce indicated strong support. As president of Bangalow Landcare I’ve spoken about the weir condition at public meetings, written articles in Heartbeat, and lodged two funding applications to undertake consultation with the community for a subsequent decision about the long-term fate of the weir and pool. Little support however from government.

Two actions are needed: 1) Expert ecological advice about the platypus and other facets of the creek environment and the low water levels, with recommendations on what time frame should be adopted if it is decided to remove the weir, and 2) Committed consultation with the Bangalow community about options for the weir, both short and long term. David Pont

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Dr Tony Parkes, President of the Big Scrub Landcare group commented, “I couldn’t think of a better location for a Father’s Day picnic. It’s a great day of walks, talks and a chance to catch up with friends and learn more about the importance of rainforest restoration – which is a real plus for the environment.”

Since 1999 Big Scrub Rainforest Day has inspired and educated thousands of landholders and volunteers to tackle weeds, plant trees and get passionate about rainforests.

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The Tintenbar Hall School of Arts was originally situated in the Tintenbar village where the Tintenbar store now stands. It was built in the late 1880s and named Victoria Hall.

The settlement of Tintenbar began as a ‘tent village’ when cedar getters flocked to the area in search of cedar. The discovery of opals near Tintenbar in 1901, and the location of the railway at nearby Teven, helped promote the growth of Tintenbar to the stage where it supported two churches and three hotels.

Because of the constant problem of flooding, the decision was made in 1905 to move part of the Victoria Hall to its present higher position out of flood range. It was renamed the Tintenbar Hall School of Arts and is privately owned by the people of Tintenbar and the surrounding community.

The Hall became the focal point of community life and over the years became a venue for many memorable occasions such as dances, weddings and birthday celebrations. It also became a place for the community to gather in times of emergency. Victims of floods and other events, such as the tornado at Lennox Head, have been able to take temporary shelter there.Cost to Rent The hall costs $10 per hour for small functions during the week.

To hire the hall for a full day/night costs $250 with an additional $50 for the use of the kitchen. Wedding hire from Friday to Saturday, Sunday to Monday costs $500.There is a bond of $500 for weekend events and $1000 for weddings.Capacity The hall can accommodate 150 people for a play or stage performance or 80 people seated at tables. Facilities The hall has a commercial kitchen and a commercial dishwasher. Hall

hire covers the use of tables and individual chairs, matching table linen, crockery and cutlery, champagne, wine and water glasses. There is a stage for bands or plays with two change rooms off stage and plenty of floor space for dances.

A recently completed extension contains a mens toilet, three womens toilets and one fully accessible disabled toilet and shower. A verandah has also just been added to the back of the hall and a five metre verandah at the front is planned for the future.Any Restrictions As the Tintenbar Hall is privately owned by the community they source their own insurance. A very active Hall Committee organises fundraising activities to pay for insurance costs. The hall is not available for 18th and 21st birthday parties unless they are family events. The use of deep fryers is not permitted.Who Uses It Tintenbar Community Aid Network (TINCAN) is a group of retirees who provide a great service by transporting elderly residents of Tintenbar and the surrounding community to the hall twice a week for various activities. Contact Margaret Dean 6687 8033.

The Red Cross holds monthly meetings and morning teas.

Yoga classes are held on Wednesday nights with Cherie Nash 6687 8620.

Martial arts classes for children and adults are held on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday afternoon and evenings with Rikki Wood and Mark Bagatan.

Playgroup meets every second Thursday morning. Contact Sara Gillan 6687 8363.

The annual Trash and Treasure fundraiser is from 10-11 September.How to Book the Hall Phone Sheila Aveling on 6687 8280. A website will soon be up for information and bookings. Lyn Plummer

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When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah WinmanSeptember is GET READING! month – Australia’s largest annual celebration of books. There are 50 books in the promotion and they are all previewed in a free book guide which is available now at Bookworms & Papermites. When you purchase a copy of any participating GET READING! book you will receive a free book. Some of the books included are Caleb’s Crossing (Geraldine Brooks), Listening to Country (Ros Moriarty, recently at the Byron Writers’ Festival), Freedom (Jonathan Franzen), Past the Shallows (Favel Parrett, previously reviewed in this column), Life without Limits (Nick Vujicic) and many others including children’s books.

My personal favourite on the list is When God was a Rabbit, a debut novel by Sarah Winman and a darkly comic novel about a quirky, oddball family and about love in all its forms. The story starts in England and spans several decades. The family’s story is told by Elly and the tragedies begin for Elly shortly after her birth when her grandparents are killed in a bus crash while on holiday. This causes her mother to fall into a long and deep depression.

Elly has an intense, loving and protective relationship with her brother, Joe. When he discovers that their neighbour has been abusing Elly he declares that he will find her a ‘proper friend’ and this turns out to be a Belgian hare, a pet she names God. Her best friend is called Jenny Penny, a

strange little girl, whose mother never settles anywhere for very long. Their childhood friendship does not last for very long but Elly has never forgotten her and she makes an unusual return to the story late in the book.

During Elly’s childhood the family wins a lot of money on the football pools. There is an hilarious moment in the book when her father comes home driving the most ostentatious new car. The pools win allows the family to move to a large rambling home in Cornwall where they establish a Bed and Breakfast and gather an eclectic assortment of friends.

There is warmth and many delightful characters in this story about a family and their trials and tragedies.

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Ruby M. Feros with local MP Justine ElliotSomething old is almost new againBangalow Showground sometimes shows its age especially when the wood rots and the paint cracks. The cute ‘Ticket Office’, the little building that lives in the shade of the A&I Hall, has recently had a makeover and now looks more in keeping with its surroundings. It looks more heritage than it did when it was old. The original building was a strange structure with two floor levels and the lower one was red dirt! It seems that at some time in the

past a verandah on the eastern side was closed in, or it was always just a storage section. So the inside of the building was always only half as big as it looked from the outside.

The renovation will provide space for meetings, and an office from which the annual Bangalow Show can be managed, as well as provide a repository for historical records. Further into the grounds the first toilet block has been gutted and refurbished

to provide extra womens toilets. The local Bangalow Park Trust

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Over three fabulous days in August, Bangalow Public School and Bangalow Community Children’s Centre combined creative forces to bring the community their amazing art show: ‘Imagination’. The theme this year was ‘Bangalow Alive’, so the kids and their teachers looked at the local landscape, town facades, flora, fauna as well as the community members of Bangalow. Every medium was explored to create paintings, sculptures, photography, fashion, fabric, drawings and ceramics. Every child had an artwork on display as well as participating in class artworks. These large collaborative class pieces were up for auction on the opening night where a huge, happy gathering of very proud parents, teachers and community

members were entertained by the auctioning skills of Chris Hayward. The standard of work was astounding, with the main talking point a replica of Bangalow village’s main street made by 1H, guided and assisted by super mums Aneka and Peta. It’s now on permanent display at the Historical Museum. To the community members who helped, thankyou from all the Bangalow kids: we couldn’t have done it without you.

Relieving principal Sue Cox says, “Thank you also to the P&C and our sponsors Fishheads, Coral Sea Wines, Hot North Wind, the Buttery, Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, GNF Real Estate and Bun Coffee who very willingly supported us in a variety of ways.” Margo Simpson

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Collaborative replica of Bangalow’s main street by Class 1H. Photo by Judy Baker

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Yet more from our creative kids

Bangalow Public School newsWe are very proud of Brianna Campton who has represented us in Canberra in the Interstate Championship Cross Country Event. She is a very talented sportsperson, maybe a future Olympic champion! She is also competing in the track and field events in Darwin in September.

Kindergarten and band members entertained the Red Cross Conference at the Bowling Club last week. The children enjoyed performing and loved the teddies given to them by the Red Cross members.

Our major excursions are coming up

shortly with Stage 3 off to Sydney, Stage 2 to Tyalgum Ridge resort and Stage 1 to Currumbin. There is much excitement about these excursions.

The Kindergarten Orientation program commences in October. There are plans for a visit from the pre-school where they will have a lesson on the electronic white boards, play some games and participate in a teddy bear’s picnic. Susan Cox, Relieving PrincipalContact the school for enrolment forms and dates of parent meetings and student visits.

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since the doors opened at the Bangalow Community Children’s Centre (BCCC). In 1980 the town’s playgroup parents decided to investigate the establishment of a preschool for three to five year olds. The nearest pre-school was 15 kms away and parents resented having to travel back and forth when the local community was crying out for its own centre.

Marie Dudgeon was one of the founders of the BCCC. “Our friends and us, as interested parents, had a meeting for a preschool for Bangalow. A steering committee was set up and we all worked hard at fund-raising. It took four months from the start of our steering meetings to the centre opening in 1981,” recalls Marie.

The centre was originally called Bangalow Community Preschool and the first Director was Wendy Boyd who held the position for 24 years. She remembers: “Initially the pre-school was open for three days per week for 25 children, and was conducted in the Anglican Church Hall. In 1985 the parent management committee were

successful in acquiring council land and a Commonwealth employment program grant, and purpose-built a pre-school.”

The new site was on Deacon Street but, due to concerns about the centre being adjacent to toxic land in the dip site, in 1993 the council relocated the building to Raftons Road where it is still situated.

Someone with a unique perspective of the centre is Angela Hill who, in 1990, attended BCCC as a small child aged four. She is now one of three current staff members who attended the centre as a child. She began working at BCCC in 2005

and says, “I have always wanted to be a child-care worker and the fact that I get to do that at the centre that I attended is fantastic.”

At the other end of the spectrum is BCCC’s longest standing teacher, Julie Ridges, who has worked at the centre for 24 years. “What makes BCCC such a special place is that even though it has become a large centre it still has that small country town feel. It’s very welcoming and inclusive,” she said.

Many changes and milestones have unfolded over the past 30 years of BCCC’s life. Current director Kerry Ellbourn said: “We are honoured to have Michael Malloy as the patron of BCCC and are grateful for his unswerving support of the centre.” Kerry has overseen a number of key initiatives since the start of her tenure in 2007 and there are plans for expansion in the near future.

“The people in the community of Bangalow make things happen. The growth and success of the centre as a non-profit community-based pre-school is a strong indicator of the strength of the Bangalow community,” concludes Wendy Boyd. Viv Fantin

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF THE BCCClocal history

Arguably the ‘other’ heartbeat in our community, the Bangalow Community Children’s Centre, will celebrate with a ma-jor fundraiser (1981: Electric Bangalow) at the A&I Hall on Saturday, 8 October. Tickets are available from the Centre.

Early days at the BCCC

In the small dairy town of Bangalow, amongst the pre-war anxiety, a local master builder called WS Rays built the hall. Little did he know it would still be standing and going strong a century later! Commissioned by the A&I Society as a show pavilion, over the century of its diverse life the hall has been host to a glittering career of every event imaginable, from mock debutante balls to a boxing ring and a cinema.

On the night of the Centenary Ball the hall will be dressed in its best 1911 finery, with memorabilia spanning the decade, transporting guests to its former glory days. The evening will commence with canapés and a string quartet as guests soak up a retrospective exhibition of Bangalow and the hall’s history.

The second part of the evening will see guests move into the main hall to enjoy a seven-piece band created specially for this occasion. Featuring seven stellar musicians, who all live locally, the music will be a mixed menu of danceable popular standards from Broadway to Bossa Nova, and feature the extraordinary vocal artistry of two of Australia’s finest singers, Sharny Russell and Elizabeth Lord. Joining them will be John Hoffman on flugelhorn, Martha Baartz on saxophone, Steve Russell on piano, Jack Thorncraft on bass and Dave Sanders on drums. Professional dancers will be bringing the dance floor to life and helping you get your dancing shoes moving! Dinner will be served at specially created food stations during the band’s performance.

Guests are invited to come dressed in early 1900s costume. A specially designed ‘dress up box’, with a stylist to help you accessorize your outfit, will be on offer to get everyone looking fabulous.

A&I Board of Management President, Sue Holm, says of the night: “The centenary celebrations are a huge milestone for the Board of Management who have worked hard to get the hall restored to her former glory. We are all thrilled to be able to celebrate this unique opportunity with the community in such a fun way.”

Go to www.bangalowhall.com for detailed information on the night and examples of costume options. Tickets at $45, which includes food, are available from Barebones Art Space. Marisa Snow

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A&I HALL CENTENARY BALL

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Bangalow’s iconic Hall turns 100! On Saturday, 15 October the A&I Hall Board of Management are winding back the clock and inviting you on a journey to the heady days of 1911 when the hall was born.

The original A&I Hall which was built in 1897 and demolished in 1911 Bangalow Show early 1900s

The 1911 A&I Hall and secretary’s office The hall in need of some work in 1994


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CWA cupcake day

Landcare day at Rocky Creek dam

ADFAS: The Bloomsbury Painters

Bangalow Garden Club meeting

Red Cross meeting; Op Shop sale ends

Sample Food Festival; Op Shop closed

Garden Club competition closes

Bangalow Royale; Steiner Spring Fair; Plaster House curry night

Bangalow market

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Farmers Markets: 3, 10, 17, 24

HB deadlines: 14 (ads) 19 (copy)


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Trudi from Byron Bay Kidz Club will keep the little ones busy as you taste your way around the Sample Food Festival, September 10 in the Showgrounds.Photographs by John Bortolin

Local cheesemakeer Justin Telfer Sian Peacock from The Beautiful Feast

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