I am very pleased to advise that Lucy Bailes, one of our own Central Coast talented young people, is home from England and is having her first solo concert "Coming Home" on Saturday 28th August at 3pm. Too late for this news sheet but welcome home Lucy. Lucy has a new teacher Glen Winslade who formerly was with the Vienna Opera before retiring and coming home to Australia. Lucy advises she will be singing with the Central Coast Philharmonia at their Christmas concert later this
year.
Congratulations to the Gosford Challenge
group who have won the Dougherty Award for 'excellence in communication' The
Masterplan Launch of our City, Our Destiny.
Growing a world class Regional waterfront city is to be launched on Tuesday 31st August at 12 noon.
People who attended the Gosford Challenge Gosford Performing Arts Culture Centre Mid Course Review on 4th August, were very happy to hear Rod McCormick,
internationally renowned record producer, songwriter and musician talk about the
inadequacies of Laycock Street Theatre for concerts because of its inadequate
size; and also Chris King, member of the Regional Development, Australia,
Central Coast Board, stress the importance of a regional view of getting the
best cultural facilities for our region.
Gosford and Wyong Council Officers are
now working together in the planning of the new performance spaces.
Congratulations to Stuart Slough and Wyong Council for their efforts in bringing
to fruition plans for the Wyong Shire Cultural centre to be built on the site of
the old Memorial Hall, in Anzac Road, Wyong. It will have a 500 seat theatre,
studio, cafe, dressing rooms, gallery, meeting room and permanent administration. It is hoped to start building this venue in 2012. The model can be viewed in the foyer of Wyong Council's headquarters in Hely Street.
Stuart has organised a Forum on designing New Spaces for Arts Practice at the Function Room, Wyong Shire Council, on Friday 27th August, at 9.30am-12.30pm The Forum will discuss the Central Coast Arts and Conference Centre as "a case study on
developing, designing and managing arts facilities within a regional network”
Stuart Slough can be contacted on 4350 5511 Fax 4351 2098. Email
Stuart.Slough@wyong.nsw.gov.au http://www.wyong,nsw.gov.y
Central Coast Community Congress 5th Annual Real people Doing Real Things Community Building
Awards 2010, are now open for nominations.
The awards are in recognition of community building initiatives across the region and include paid and unpaid workers, public and private organisations. This year there is a new award category for a Community Partnership Event which encourages capacity building and develops the skills of individuals and community groups involved in
organising the event.
Nominations close September 3rd. Awards will be presented
Thursday October 28th at the Erina Room, Erina Centre (near Library) from
6pm,-8pm
Members of MAC are now advised they can pay their MAC fees by
transferring payment to our new bank account at: Commonwealth Bank BSB No 062
544 1 Account number 10629581 Please remember to include your name when using
electronic direct cash transfers. Slow mail is still accepted. Send to PO Box
1382 Gosford 2250 web page http://www.mac.coast.org/arts
Welcome to new members
Narelle Howard,, Glen Taylor, Ann martin, Robert Grahame Evans
Many thanks for donations from M. Rowland, R Bonser, D Groppenbacher,. We appreciate your support.
Gosford Sister City Association farewelled the Edogawa Youth Wing
delegates on 6th August after a successful stay at Narara Valley High School.
A new group of visitors will arrive 11th November.
Congratulations to Deb Arnison's son Daniel Jones who has won an award to go to Japan to study Taiko drumming. Daniel was influenced to take up playing Taikos when he visited Edogawa with the Narara Valley High School Band a few years back. Good luck
Daniel.
Friends of the Performing Arts Precinct web page http://fopap.org.au $10
Membership per year. Supporting the Performing Arts Precinct in Gosford.
