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Forty-year reunion for Dubbo RSL 78s planned for Easter
DUBBO RSL 78’s are hosting a 40-year reunion (1978-2018) at the Dubbo RSL Club Terrace on Saturday, March 31 – on the Easter weekend – from 6.30pm.
Original club founders will be attending, along with former and current players, for what is guaranteed to be a night of nights for the long-running soccer club.
The night will see a few special presentations as well as a chance to catch up with team mates and supporters from the past to present.
For catering purposes, an RSVP date is set at Friday, March 23.
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MICHAEL FASSBENDER AFTER a sell-out show in 2016, the Festival of Small Halls will be back once again at Toongi Hall on March 23 with an evening of great music and community spirit.
Toongi Recreation Reserve and Hall Trust member Carolyn Pascoe has been busy preparing for the event.
“The Toongi community is thrilled to be hosting the Festival of Small Halls for the second time,” Ms Pascoe told Dubbo Photo News.
This year, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dave Gunning will be headlining the concert. Also performing will be the soulful Tasmanian folk singer Claire Anne Taylor and Dubbo-born acoustic musician Katie Thorne, who has been entertaining audiences with her personal brand of eclectic soul.
The aim of the festival is not just to celebrate great music but to shine a spotlight on the treasured community halls dotted across regional Australia that have long been the meeting places of so many.
Festival producer Eleanor Rigden said, “Folks can catch up with people they might not have seen in a long time. Young people are starting to make the move back out of cities to head home. Working adults are realising community connections can help them withstand the pressures of a busy life. Children are growing up together in these community spaces.”
Now in its sixth year, the festival will kick off in Balaklava, South Australia on March 7 and will continue through towns such as Caldwell and Batlow, before finishing up in Birregurra, Victoria on April 8.
The people of Toongi will be on hand to provide a delicious supper for concert-goers, with proceeds going towards improvements for the hall and tennis courts.
“We’ll be using the district’s abundant lemon and lime crops to host an old-fashioned lemonade stall, with refreshing mojitos on offer as well,” said Ms Pascoe.
The evening will also feature a raffle of a painting based on a 1920s photo of Toongi district tennis players by Moree-based artist, Jo White.
Tickets are $25 for adults with children under 12 free. They can be purchased at festivalofsmallhalls.com. Toongi Hall is located on Obley Road.
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Dubbo-born acoustic singer-songwriter Katie Thorne will be performing as part of the Festival of Small Halls on Friday, March 23, at Toongi Hall (above). MAIN PHOTO: SUPPLIED
HSC students experience future at Science Forum
FOUR Dubbo College Higher School Certificate students had the opportunity to attend the prestigious National Youth Science Forum at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra during the summer school holidays.
Swazi Sharma, Robin Hall, Lauren Cook and Josh Hicks were all selected to attend the forum, which is held annually in Canberra.
The keen scientists were able to hear from some of the country’s top scientists, including Nobel Prize winner and astrophysicist Professor Brian Schmidt, who is also vice-chancellor of ANU.
All four students said the science forum broadened their view of prospective future science careers