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Community News www.glenelg.vic.gov.au September 2011 Justice Crew at Upwelling FReeZA INSIDE
Better Win Dinner Environment, Better Glenelg with Justice Crew pages 8 & 9 Find out how on page 11 Arts Calendar - Page 2
Senior’s Great Day Out - Page 3
Roads... who is responsible - Page 4
All about the Shire’s Economic Development - Page 5
Explaining your rates - Page 6
National Hip-Hop dance and pop stars, and winners of Australia’s Got Talent, Look after your Justice Crew, are performing at a FReeZA Event on the 28th of October, the eve of the Upwelling Festival. See page 11 for more details... - Page 6 Upwelling Festival 2011 New Tourism Coordinator starts - Page 11 Council is pleased to welcome Liz McNeill as the new Inclusive Tourism Coordinator for the Shire. Business Awards In her new position Liz will experience in the tourism industry - Page 14 be responsible for the day-to- including working for private day operation of the Shire’s three tourism operators, educational Nominations accredited Visitor Information tourism and cultural tourism in open for Centres, their staff, volunteers both Australia and New Zealand. Australia Day and business functions. She says it is an exciting time Awards Her other responsibilities to be coming to the Shire which - Pages 16 include developing effective working relationships with local “The potential for increasing New way of tourism businesses as well tourism and the Shire’s reputation contacting as regional and state tourism Council organisations, and to assist the “I am very much looking forward Economic Development and to being involved in Portland 1300GLENELG Tourism Manager to market and becoming Victoria’s newest cruise promote the Shire. ship port and working to increase or 1300 453 635 Liz has had extensive Shire tourism,” Liz concluded.
Read up to date Glenelg Shire Council advertisements in the Portland Observer and Casterton News. Listen to MIXX FM 93.7 every Friday after the midday news for ‘Mayor on the Air’ and ABC South West Victoria 96.9FM with Jeremy Lee on Wednesday mornings around 7.10am. 2 SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 2011 2011 Community Community News News ARTS CALENDAR
Ticket Prices & Bookings: Portland Arts Centre, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, OR Phone (03) 5522 2263 September to December 2011 Website: www.glenelg.vic.gov.au www.arts.glenelg.vic.gov.au
DOWNPOUR THE FOUR SEASONS – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra down your house, you can never tell. Love, lost love and everything The vitality of spring, lazy heat of summer, wistfulness of autumn in between. In ‘Downpour’, four extraordinary performers juggle, and chill of winter are brilliantly evoked by Vivaldi in ‘The Four balance, contort and hula their way through the quicksand of life Seasons’, a timeless classic which itself celebrates the passage and love. Based on a Dostoevsky short story, ‘Downpour’ has of time and the cycle of life. Music from still further back in Italy’s just returned from a season at the Montreal Circus Festival and golden past is reworked by Respighi in his exquisite ‘Ancient Airs the Melbourne Fringe. and Dances - Suite No.3’, while Graeme Koehne shakes this up Thursday, 22 September, 7.30pm, Portland Arts Centre with his lively ‘Shaker Dances’. A delightful program presented Full price $25 Concession $20 Student $10 Family $60 by the highly regarded and very talented members of the MCO. RED RIDING HOOD Wednesday, 19 October, 7.30pm, Portland Arts Centre Starring all your favourite characters including Red Riding Hood, Full price $40 Concession $35 Student $10 Family $80 Grandma, Jack the Woodsman, Tina Lasagne and the Footy VOYAGES FLAMENCO SHOW Fairy! While keeping true to the original story, there are a whole Matthew Fagan, performing on a 10 string Spanish guitar and lot of new ingredients in this adapted Australian production. the Voyages Flamenco Group, take you on a musical journey Presented in a traditional pantomime format suitable for children into the historical origins of traditional and contemporary Spanish of all ages, don’t miss the songs and comedy of ‘Red Riding \ # $ % &