COMMUNITY ROCKS!
WE SAID that we were hoping to be double the size by the end of August and we are almost there! When we were coming out each week, we were 12 pages and with our fortnightly print schedule we have been aiming to be double the size which is 24 pages by the end of August and this edition is just shy of that. We thank everyone who supports us week in and week out for their continued support of our little independent voice which is here to represent our amazing community.
Speaking of community, I was lucky to go along to the Coolum Civic Centre on Saturday night for the ‘Playlist’ event which showcased the songs which make people think of Coolum. Produced by local arts production company – ‘Red Chair’ this sold-out event was a musical love note to Coolum and featured Warumpi Band’s evocative ‘My Island Home’ sung by the Cool Harmonies Choir, the live band belting out the punk anthem ‘Smoko’ by the Chats and then there was of course, ‘Music Makes Me Happy’ by the formidable Oka. These were just a small snippet of the songs played and to close off the night the choir and band joined forces for ‘Sounds of then’ by Gangajang – I guess you can say you’ve lived here awhile if you do in fact remember the cane fields burning along Coolum/Yandina Road! We are very lucky to have such a creative community here in Coolum.
The Playlist was also part of the Horizon Festival and I encourage everyone to set their alarm early for this Sunday morning and to make their way to Stumers Creek from 5am for the ‘Dawn Awakening’ event which closes off the festival. This event allows us to be bystanders to the ceremony of the oldest continuing culture in our world and we are all the better for this understanding and representation as a collective community. Dawn Awakening is a real highlight and is completely FREE!
Further showing how great our community is was the ‘Paint the town read’ event put on by Coolum State School for their youngest students. What a truly unique day of learning this was which saw the young students literally read to by representatives from local businesses and culminated with a ride on the Ferris Wheel. What great memories our young students will have created!
Of course, I am biased, but we do have the best community here – whether you’ve lived here for 70 years or just one day- our community is great at supporting each other and here at the Advertiser we thank you all for your continued support, especially over the past two months as we transitioned to our new print schedule.