Posted by Sam McCurdy
One of our Club members expressed disappointment that no mention was made in last week’s Spoke N Word about the contribution of several of our members to the Multi-District Australia Day Activities held at Nossal High School.
We can confirm that the omission of this event from the bulletin was certainly not intentional, but simply the result of time pressures on us from other things. Note that we were also members of the RCOB team at the event. Furthermore, we wish to emphasise that the bulletin is open for every member to submit articles on items that they deem to be important. Do not leave it to others to cover a story that you wish to have publicised, as your contribution to the weekly bulletin is strongly encouraged.
Ten Club members volunteered to assist at the Australia Day event. They were David Button, Isobel and Mark Caulfield, Jen Marshall, Sharmaine Squire, Gus Dominguez, Eric Boon, Alf Giesen, Graham Johnstone and Sam McCurdy. Assistance was provided in terms of cooking the BBQ, marshalling the food lines, transferring food from the BBQ to serving tables, or assisting at the drinks table.
The event was very well organised and while preparing for our roles, we were able to follow the main proceedings on the large TVs in the food hall. Performers included Marina Prior, Mike Brady, Josh Piterman and John Foreman OAM.
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Lots of sausages, veggie burgers and beef burgers were cooked by our expert BBQ team of Alf, Graham, Mark and Eric. We suspect there were only about 120 people at the event rather than the expected 150, as there was a lot of food left over, which President David took to a local food charity.
Our members enjoyed the fellowship and our positive contribution to the success of the event, which was acknowledged with rounds of applause from participants.