WARBIRDS OVER SCONE 25th March 2018 The only way to fi nd out what’s going on! Serving the Hunter for over 20 years with a readership of over 4,000 weekly! Thursday 8th March, 2018 Missed an issue? www.huntervalleyprinting.com.au/Pages/Entertainer.php FREE ENTRY 8 TAB RACES See inside Mar 18 Driving the Hunter 2018 for 60 years! TV Guide SUNDAY 18th OF MARCH GATES OPEN - 11.30AM 2018 #sconeraceclub #Countrychampionships UPPER HUNTER REGIONAL SHOW 16th & 17th March Scone Race Club *picture from www.bradleyphotos.com.au Muswellbrook Showground 434 Bunnan Road Scone NSW 2337 - 02.6545.1607 - www.sconeraceclub.com.au 3-day Horse Show 16 -18 March WIN ! a double pass to Majestic Cinemas. www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication See page 2 for details Images: Sophie at Vivid Imagination Sophie at Images: WHEN SUNDAY 18 MARCH 2018 s Demolition Derby s Showjumping 10AM - 3PM 18 s Showtime FMX s Tug-O-War MAR WHERE s Young Farmers Challenge s Whipcracking MICHAEL REID MURRURUNDI s Bulls, Broncs & Barrels s Pavilion Display LITTLE STREET s Sideshow Alley, Wife Carrying & much more! MURRURUNDI Free activities for the little people www.upperhuntershow.com.au Espresso Coffee & Catering QUALITY, HANDMADE, Live Entertainment Enquiries: [email protected] 02 6541 2014 LOCALISH GOODS AND Cooking with Local Produce Demonstration Series of Homegrown + FRESH PRODUCE MARKET Handmade Mini Workshops SESSION TIMES: THURSDAY 8 MARCH - WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH Cinema is CLOSED Mondays outside of school and public holidays 12 STRONG RED SPARROW I, TONYA (MA15+) 130mins (MA15+) 140mins (MA15+) 119mins Thu, Fri & Tue Thu, Fri & Tue Thu, Fri & Tue 11.15am, 4.25pm & 9.10pm 1.45pm, 4.10pm & 9.10pm 9.00am & 7.00pm Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed 11.30am, 1.50pm & 6.50pm 9.00am, 2.00pm& 6.45pm 11.35am & 9.20pm BLACK PANTHER (M) 134mins COMING SOON THE SHAPE OF WATER Game Night : Tomb Raider Thu, Fri & Tue (MA15+) 123mins 11.15am, 1.40pm & 6.40pm Pacific Rim Uprising : A Wrinkle in Time Sat, Sun & Wed Thu, Fri & Tue 9.00am Blockers : Ready Player One 12-15 Sydney Street 3D: 9.00am Sat, Sun & Wed 4.35pm Sherlock Gnomes : Rampage Muswellbrook 2D: 4.15pm & 9.20pm LAST WEEK Phone: (02) 4044 0600 Live in Muswellbrook? Don’t forget the Courtesy Bus is available to get you to the cinema. Ph: 6543 2011 www.muswellbrookcinema.com.au Join Erin & Mark broadcasting across the Upper Hunter every Saturday on 2NM SUMMER SATURDAY With Erin Molan & Mark Levy Saturday from 12pm – 6pm what’s on Highlighting ultimate action sports Bike lovers will rev their engines when the FMX Bikes team take to the centre ring at the Upper Hunter Show on March 17. ShowTime FMX specialise in performing freestyle moto x shows at a wide variety of large scale events around Australia. The ShowTime FMX Freestyle Moto X Team was formed in 1999 and performed their fi rst show at the Royal Canberra Show with three mounds of dirt. Since then they have cemented their position as the most spectacular main arena act in the country and with an average of 200 performances a year they are the most experienced freestyle moto x team in Australia. For more information about the Upper Hunter Show log on to www.upperhuntershow.com.au Aberdeen Golden Oldies “The Castle” Comedy - A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fi ghts city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion. Tuesday 13th March at 11.30am. Lunch $10 donation. For bookings phone Daphne 6543 8356. Shop online for tickets and vouchers at www.majesticcinemas.com.au Would you like your story, event or advertisement in Up Country Entertainer? Contact Cheri Gibson at Hunter Valley Printing E [email protected] P: 02 6545 2888 F: 02 6545 1465 PROGRAM INFORMATION THURS 8th March to WED 14th March WIN two double passes! Chris Hemsworth in 12 STRONG (MA15+) Aussie movie GOING FOR GOLD (G) $6 Tix to MONSTER FAMILY (PG) The Entertainer in conjunction with Majestic Cinemas are giving Jennifer Lawrence in RED SPARROW (MA15+) away two double passes each week to two lucky readers. GAME NIGHT (MA15+) THE BBQ (PG) Marvel’s BLACK PANTHER (M) Look for the handwritten word “WINNER” along with the OSCAR WINNERS RETURN! editor’s signature on this page above HVP logo. LADY BIRD (M) PHANTOM THREAD (M) C H E C K W E B S I T E O R P H O N E F O R S E S S I O N T I M E S Present the winning Entertainer edition to the Muswellbrook office of Hunter Valley Printing, 6 Wilkins Street Muswellbrook and collect your passes. 21 Ryan Ave, SINGLETON Ph 6571 5252 (must be claimed within one week of publication date) 2 - Up Country Entertainer - Thursday 8th March, 2018 www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication what’s on Get ready for exceptional racing The country racing championships are coming to the Upper Hunter this autumn. Created in 2015 the Country Championships support and promote NSW racing in country areas, ensuring that horses from across the state are part of The Championships in Sydney in the autumn. The fi rst and second horse in each regional race will qualify for the $500,000 Country Championships fi nal to be held at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Day 1 of The Championships, Saturday 7 April 2017. The Scone Championships will be held on March 18, while racers will saddle up in Muswellbrook on April 1. Image is by Tanya D’Herville Photography and courtesy of Scone Race Club. Go pink to say no to bullying The Upper Hunter Youth Council is hosting a Pink Shirt Day on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 to bring awareness to bullying in schools, workplaces and generally life. Approximately one in four year 4 to year 9 Australian students report being bullied every few weeks, or more often during the last term of school. That means that 27% of students in those school years may not be enjoying their school life and that number is too high. The Youth Council is encouraging schools and local businesses to support this great cause. Donations to local charity, Where there’s a Will, will be collected at Upper Hunter Shire Council Administration Offi ces in Merriwa, Murrurundi and Scone to raise funds to continue the promotion of prevention through education for strong mental health and wellbeing for the young people of the Upper Hunter. GETTING YOUR PINK ON: Youth Council members Kayley Kennedy, Ryan Weatherly and Phoebe Weatherly with Upper Hunter Shire Council’s Youth Services Supervisor, Mary Spora. New Scone Motor Inn Conference Centre exhibition opening Affordable 4 star Accommodation The 45th Annual Muswellbrook Art Prize offi cially King Suites, Spa Suites and Two-Bedroom Apartments opens on March 10 at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre. Corporate Rates and FREE Wi-Fi Internet See the fi nalist works on exhibition as part of the 45th Muswellbrook Conference and Meeting Facilities Art Prize, enjoy complimentary food and drinks on offer by local Licenced Bar and meals Monday to Fridays sponsors Two Rivers Wines, Hunter Belle Cheese and Pukara Estate, cast your vote for the People’s Choice Prize and be sure not to miss Breakfasts 7 days including Room Service the adjudicator announce the acquisitive prize winners for 2018. If you can’t make the grand opening, don’t fret, the exhibition will be Cnr New England Hwy & Mount St 02 6545 3079 on show until May 6. www.sconemotorinn.com.au Exhibiting > 11 March– 6 May 2018 $71,000 Opening > 6pm Saturday, 10 March 2018 TOTAL PRIZE MONEY Corner of Bridge & William Streets, Muswellbrook NSW 2333 t 02 6549 3800 e [email protected] w muswellbrookartscentre.com.au Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5pm Weekends 10am - 1pm Mondays by appointment only Closed public holidays www.huntervalleyprinting.com.au/Pages/Entertainer.php Thursday 8th March, 2018 - Up Country Entertainer - 3 out & about Sun shines on council facilities Image: It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s solar panels. A new structure in the carpark of Council’s Administration Centre in Scone will soon have solar panels, reducing the building’s energy costs. Around 300 square metres of solar panels will soon be providing free electricity to help power Upper Hunter Shire Council’s Scone Administration Centre. The 60 Kilowatt solar PV system is predicted to supply over one third of the power the building requires. The successful tender for the project is Smart Commercial Solar. The company plans to make this a showpiece for future car park solar projects across the Hunter. Solar panels will also be installed at the Early Learning Centre in Scone. Gummun Place Hostel in Merriwa already has solar panels, reducing the building’s energy costs. Celebrating International Women’s Day International Women’s Day (IWD) 2018 will be celebrated with lunches in Merriwa and Scone and a dinner in Murrurundi on Thursday 8 March. Everyone is welcome to attend. The special guest at the White Hart Hotel in Murrurundi is Janie Jordan, a former journalist turned professional communicator, who is recognised globally for work in crisis management and authored a best-selling book on the topic. In Merriwa the speakers will be Sue Duggan, award-winning Hostel Supervisor at Gummun Place Aged Care and Dr Noman Jawaad who will speak on the topic of women’s heart health. Image: Janie Jordan will speak at IWD in Murrurundi at the White Hart Hotel during the evening on Thursday 8 March.