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Gv Pride Newsletter 123 1 2 1 2 3 JANUARY 2016 ISSUEISSUE 7777 7 7 E U S S I SHEPPARTON GV PRIDE NEWSLETTER M VING OUT EVENTS • • EVENTS EVENTS COMING UP HAPPY NEW YEAR UP UP COMING COMING J ANUARY ANUARY J 17 Midsumma Carnival (Pg.1) Visit GV Pride Shepparton @ Carnival Day Day Carnival @ Shepparton Pride GV Visit ) 1 (Pg. Carnival Midsumma 17 17 Midsumma T Dance (Pg.1) ) (Pg.1 nce Da T Midsumma 17 31 Midsumma Pride March (Pg.4) - Midsumma Festival Sun 17 Jan 2016 2016 Jan 17 Sun Festival Midsumma - ) (Pg.4 March Pride Midsumma 31 FEBRUARY On 17 January 2016, Midsumma will Jump on the mini-bus departing 136 136 departing bus - mini the on Jump will Midsumma 2016, January 17 On FEBRUARY 6-7 MS MegaSwim transform the Alexandra Gardens (on Maude Street, Shepparton on on Shepparton Street, Maude (on Gardens Alexandra the transform MegaSwim MS 7 - 6 the southern banks of the Yarra River) Sunday 17 Jan @ 8am sharp sharp 8am @ Jan 17 Sunday River) Yarra the of banks southern the MARCH into the queerest party in town, and this (returns approx. 8pm - BOOK NOW! NOW! BOOK - 8pm approx. (returns this and town, in party queerest the into MARCH is your invitation to attend along with an To book your seat, Contact Damien Damien Contact seat, your book To an with along attend to invitation your is 4-7 MARDI GRAS SYDNEY (Pg.5) ) (Pg.5 SYDNEY GRAS MARDI 7 - 4 estimated 100,000+ queer-friendly on [email protected] or 0418 511 511 0418 or [email protected] on friendly - queer 100,000+ estimated Sydney Dinner @ Grill’d (Pg.5) ) (Pg.5 Grill’d @ Dinner Sydney 4 people. Visit GV Pride's stall & say 'Hi'! 562 to lock in your seat. MUST MUST seat. your in ck lo to 562 'Hi'! say & stall Pride's GV t Visi people. 4 11-14 Chillout Festival (Pg.3) Throughout the day, Carnival attendees confirm your seat NOW! Cash Cash NOW! seat your confirm attendees Carnival day, the Throughout ) (Pg.3 Festival Chillout 14 - 11 16 The Danish Girl Film (Pg.4) can sit with a picnic, watch the hours of payment MUST be received received be MUST payment of hours the watch picnic, a with sit can ) (Pg.4 Film Girl Danish The 16 free entertainment running over BEFORE boarding the bus. bus. the boarding BEFORE over running entertainment free multiple stages and activity spaces, spaces, activity and stages multiple APRIL cruise the crowd & so much more. On On more. much so & crowd the cruise APRIL 22-24 BQFF (Pg.3) the grassy lawns of the Alexandra Alexandra the of lawns grassy the ) (Pg.3 BQFF 24 - 22 Gardens, Midsumma will host over 120 120 over host will Midsumma ns, Garde stalls, populated by varying food stalls, stalls, food varying by populated stalls, community groups, government government groups, community agencies, liaison units and commercial commercial and units liaison agencies, businesses. Come along for a full day day full a for along Come businesses. of FREE entertainment, excitement, excitement, entertainment, FREE of glitz and colour as Midsumma Carnival BUS TICKET PRICES PRICES TICKET BUS Carnival Midsumma as colour and glitz brings to life the grassy parklands of GENERAL $20 MEMBERS $10 $10 MEMBERS $20 GENERAL of parklands grassy the life to ngs bri Alexandra Gardens. DIVERSITY $FREE $FREE DIVERSITY Gardens. Alexandra ALSO IN THIS THIS IN ALSO EDITION EDITION President’s Report (Pg.2) (Pg.2) eport R s ’ resident P Supported Events List (Pg. 6) Midsumma Festival: Festival: Midsumma ) 6 (Pg. ist L vents E upported S Committee List (Pg. 2) 17 January 2016 31 January 2016 7 February 2016 2016 February 7 2016 January 31 2016 January 17 ) 2 (Pg. List Committee JOY FM Schedule (Pg. 9) Midsumma 2016 opens with Pride March Midsumma 2016 closes closes 2016 Midsumma March Pride th wi opens 2016 Midsumma ) 9 (Pg. chedule S FM JOY Carnival & T Dance Dance T & Carnival PAGEPAGE 1 1 1 PAGE 231 2 3 1 SHEPPARTON GV PRIDE NEWSLETTER PAGEPAGE 22 2 PAGE M VING OUT Welcome to 2016 everyone! I hope the the hope I everyone! 2016 o t Welcome Holiday Season has found you all well rested, rested, well all you found has Season Holiday relaxed and rather excited about the year year the about excited rather and relaxed ahead. The summer season is in full swing swing full in is season summer The ahead. and there is a lot happening during January, January, during happening lot a is there and February and March! This time of year can be be can year of time This March! and February one of inspiration, positivity and hope. I would would I hope. and positivity nspiration, i of one encourage you all to jump on these feelings, feelings, these on jump to all you encourage thoughts and emotions as they appear and and appear they as emotions and thoughts use them to your advantage for both yourself Thank you too all the wonderful people who attend Pride March I didn't think it would would it think didn't I March Pride attend who people wonderful the all too you Thank yourself both for advantage your to them use and for others too. This community has the joined us for our Free Christmas BBQ on have the impact on me that it did. I still still I did. it that me on impact the have on BBQ Christmas Free our for us joined the has community This too. others for and ability to offer so much to us all, as that very windy, hot 38 degree day (or was it believe that it was one of the most pivotal pivotal most the of one was it that believe it was (or day degree 38 hot windy, very that as all, us to much so offer to ability individuals, members, friends and family. If over 40!) the week before Christmas. It was moments in my life and I strive to make it it make to strive I and life my in moments as w It Christmas. before week the 40!) over If family. and friends members, dividuals, in you want to be more involved, please contact lovely, as always to see so many of your every year. It was simply that as I marched marched I as that simply was It year. every your of many so see to always as lovely, tact con please involved, more be to want you us, come along to an event, catch us for a smiling faces come along to celebrate the along the street with my rainbows proudly proudly rainbows my with street the along the celebrate to along come faces smiling a for us catch , event an to along come us, brunch or dinner. If you want to go to an Holiday Season with us. To all that braced displayed I couldn’t help but smile at all the the all at smile but help couldn’t I displayed braced that all To us. with Season Holiday an to go to want you If dinner. or brunch event that we haven't heard about, tell us! the weather and came, thank you so much, people who were smiling and cheering me me cheering and smiling were who people much, so you thank came, and weather the us! tell about, heard haven't we that event and all those who couldn't be there, I hope on. We are currently in the process of of process the in currently are We on. hope I there, be couldn't who those all and In the lead up to Christmas we had a a had we Christmas to up lead the In we get to see your smiling faces again soon. organizing a way to get you there from from there you get to way a organizing n. soo again faces smiling your see to get we wonderful team of volunteers help us wrap wrap us help volunteers of team onderful w Shepparton, so if you have been thinking thinking been have you if so Shepparton, presents in the Maude Street Mall. It was so Join us at the Midsumma Carnival on on Carnival Midsumma the at us Join so was It . Mall Street Maude the in esents pr about going, this is the year! Keep up to to up Keep year! the is this going, about lovely to see so many of your faces bringing Sunday January 17th from 11.00am 11.00am from 17th January Sunday bringing faces your of many so see to lovely date with what is happening via our our via happening is what with date joy to others! I had some lovely conversations onwards. Goulburn Valley Pride will be be will Pride Valley Goulburn onwards. conversations lovely some had I others! to joy Facebook page and closed group for for group closed and page Facebook with some of the people i got to wrap down at our stall so make sure you come come you sure make so stall our at down wrap to got i people the of some with members and friends. friends. and members presents for, during one of the afternoons. It along and say hi if you're there, take a picnic picnic a take there, you're if hi say and along It ns. afternoo the of one during for, presents was amazing to recieve such admiration and blanket and relax in Alexandra Gardens with The month of March means Mardi Gras in in Gras Mardi means March of month The with Gardens Alexandra in relax and blanket and admiration such recieve to amazing was support from the broader community.
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