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  • SIDESHOW ALLEY 2010

    Here’s a short video our webmaster Mathew shot and edited on his iPhone tonight. Thousands of show goers have enjoyed the rides this evening, it’s been a great night for it![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a02VkdJQgV8]

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  • DANSING TALENT QUEST SEMI FINALS

    The Semi Finals have been contested, and the standard was very high. A big congratulations to everyone who made it to the semi finals, you are all champions! We’ve got photos of all our semi final contests on our Facebook page. The lucky contestants who have made it through to the finals tonight will be announced

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  • SHAYNE NEWMANN ENJOYS THE FESTIVAL

    Federal Member for Blair, Shayne Neumann has been enjoying the Jacaranda Festival today, and we found him at lunch time grabbing a wood fired pizza, just one of the money tasty treats you can enjoy when you visit the festival.

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  • 2010 SCHOOL BAND COMPETITION

    The school band competition this year was great, with many local schools competing in Junior Primary, Senior Primary and High School categories. All the schools put on a great performance, and crowd this morning loved every performance. We’ve included photos of all the bands on our facebook page, go take a look. This years winners are;

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  • IT’S A GREAT SATURDAY MORNING!

    The crowds are flowing in at the Jacaranda Festival this morning ready for the Primary School Bands Competition due to start at 8:30. It’s great to see so many smiling young faces up nice and early!  We’ll be blogging and updating our facebook page all weekend, but why sit at home when there’s so much

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  • ANOTHER BLOGGER ENJOYING THE JACARANDA’S

    The writer over at Klever Klikk took some great photos of the Jacaranda Trees around Goodna recently. All of us at the festival hope to see them at the Jacaranda Festival.

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  • DANSING 2010 SEMI FINALISTS

    The DanSing heats are finished, and we are pleased to announce the finalists for this years talent quest! Junior Variety (13 years and under)Tahnee Baker-Clark : Harrison Grove : Paris Morgan : Tenielle Robinson :Brodie Scott : Ben Bradley Junior Dance (13 years and under)Becca Gill : Georgia Lear & Sarah Oakley : Tenielle Robinson

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  • LOVELY PHOTO OF OUR JACARANDA TREES

    We noticed that Flickr user “tatters” had taken a rather lovely photo of the Jacaranda Trees around Evan Marginson park, where the Jacaranda Festival will be held again this year. We thought we’d share it with you. Cick on the photo to go to tatters Flickr photo page and see more of their work.

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  • WE’RE ALMOST READY!

    Preparations are well underway for this years Jacaranda Festival, with festival organisers excited about the big turnout expected. The weather forecast is for a rain free weekend, so there’s nothing to get in the way of you coming down and having a great time. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting maximums of 26 on Friday,

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  • TALENT QUEST HEAT 1

    We saw some great talent on the first night of heats at Goodna RSL. This year’s Jacaranda Festival promises to be a feast of great quality entertainment if the first night is anything to go by. There was a great turnout, both of acts, and of supports, with everyone really enjoying the evening. We got

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