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  • POST FIREWORKS PARTY!

    We’re very happy to tell you that local rock outfit Goodnight Midnight will be rocking the festival stage after our fireworks spectacular on both Friday AND Saturday nights! So there is no excuse not to have a great time this year. We’re expecting a huge crowd to party with us at this years festival, so make sure…

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  • DON’T MISS WILEY REED!

    We are excited to announce that local blues legend Wiley Reed will be performing as part of our opening night spectular this year. Mark your calendars, Friday Ocrtober 26th will be rocking from 5PM with a great lineup of talent entertaining you into the evening. Wiley Reed is the living embodiment of the blues. Born…

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  • GREAT STUFF FROM THE IPSWICH CITY COUNCIL

    This years Goodna Jacaranda Festival will feature the Ipswich City Council doing a heap of great things for our community; The Health, Security and Regulatory services will be present at the Jacaranda festival this year.  Council will be providing a Pet Registration and Information Kiosk, this year you will be able to register your cat…

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  • A QUEST FOR TALENT 2012

    Get Ready!  Entries open 10th September for this year’s Quest for Talent. Remember………….you need to enter on line giving your preferences for the Heat nights.  This website will be updated to let you know how many positions are available on each night. Update: Jnr Variety – Mon only 2 positions vacant. All other Variety sections…

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  • STALL APPLICATION FORM UPDATED

    Thanks to everyone who emailed to let us know we had yet to update the stall application form. We’ve now revised it, so please get your stall applications in for 2012.

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  • 2011 DANSING WINNERS WORKSHOPS

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  • ANZAC DAY SERVICES IN GOODNA 2012

    Just a quick note to let everyone know about the Anzac day services being held in Goodna for 2012. They are; Dawn Service, 4:27am at the Honour Stone, corner of Queen & Church Streets. March commencing 7:15AM on the corner of Queen & Alice Streets. Morning Service at 7:30AM at the Honour Stone, corner of…

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  • WHERE ARE THEY NOW? SAVANNAH FORAN

    The 2011 DanSing Competition saw Savannah perform as part of “Team Ritz”, with their wonderful song and dance number “It’s a Hard Knock Life” Savannah is still enjoying all styles of Dance and Musical Theatre at the Ritz Performing Arts Centre. She competes in 8U Eisteddfod Team and is very excited about doing her first year of Solo…

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  • DANSING UPDATE – MARCH 2012

    Get ready………pick your music….write your songs…….arrange your choreography……design and organise your costumes and outfits.  DanSing is not far away. The heats commence on Sunday 21st October and go through to Tuesday 23rd October,  however, with last year’s competition proving to be extremely popular there is talk about extending it another day,  maybe even to the Wednesday 24th October…

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  • 2011 DANSING SUCCESS!

    Wow!  What a fantastic Semi Final……….AND an even more fantastic Finals for DanSing for 2011. The talent was amazing to say the least.  An extremely entertaining afternoon with the Semi Finals bringing together the best of entertainers from all three Heats.  Then there were the  Finals…….awesome talent – polished performances – a huge variety of…

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