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 26th October, 2017 Missed an issue? www.huntervalleyprinting.com.au/Pages/Entertainer.php NEW BUSINESS IN THE UPPER HUNTER See inside Locally-owned Driving the Hunter and operated for 60 years! TV Guide Mobile Woodfired Pizza Aberdeen Specialising in a delicious range of in-house made pizzas Cup Day including starter and dessert pizzas Book us for your next party or function and serve your guests SUNDAY 5th the authentic taste of woodfired pizzas NOVEMBER Plus we also deliver on order to your home or venue @ 12 noon Muswellbrook Race Club Delivering to Aberdeen, Scone, Muswellbrook, Denman & surrounding areas FREE ENTRY Contact: David/Samantha - 0488 083 175 MELBOURNE Cup Day Check us out: facebook.com/baldypetespizza TUESDAY 7th NOVEMBER Gates open 11.30am Race day packages are available Oct 27 See website for further details 2017 RACERACE DDAYAY FREE ENTRYb b 8 TAB RACESb b WHERE THERE'S A WILL FRIDAY 27TH OF OCTOBER 2017 - GATE OPEN 11.30AM 434 BUNNAN ROAD SCONE NSW *Located in the Horse Capital of Australia - Since 1944 ZZZPXVZHOOEURRNUDFHFOXEFRPDX SESSION TIMES: THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER - WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER Cinema is CLOSED Mondays during school and public holidays THE MOUNTAIN THOR: RAGNORAK GEOSTORM BETWEEN US (M) 130mins (M) 109mins (M) 111mins Thu, Fri & Tues Thu, Fri & Tues Thu, Fri & Tues 12.00pm, 4.00pm, 6.30pm & 8.45pm 11.30am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm 9.15am, 1.45pm & 9.00pm Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed 11.20am, 4.10pm, 6.40pm & 8.30pm 9.15am, 4.00pm & 9.10pm 12.00pm, 1.45pm & 6.15pm BLADE RUNNER COMING SOON THE SON OF BIGFOOT 2049 (PG) 92mins (MA15+) 163mins Bad Moms Christmas Jigsaw Thu, Fri & Tues Thu, Fri & Tues MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS Murder on the Orient Express 4.30pm 9.00am 12-15 Sydney Street DECEMBER 14 Justice League : Daddy’s Home 2 Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed 2D & 3D Wonder Muswellbrook 2.10pm 9.00am TICKETS ON SALE NOW 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 A FREE LIVE CONCERT featuring the Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music Orchestra; The Hunter Valley All Stars & Upper Hunter Children's )DLU\)ORVV6QRZ&RQHV Choir AND SANTA will also be making an appearance! 3HWWLQJ=RR0DUNHW6WDOOV5LGHV Date: Saturday 9 December 2017 6DQWD/LYH0XVLF Time: 5.45pm until late )DFH3DLQWLQJ)RRG6WDOOV Venue: Muswellbrook Race Club plus heaps more! ENTRY IS FREE as we are supporting the Upper Hunter Food & Toy Appeal – a donation would kindly be appreciated. For more information head to Bring your picnic blanket / No BYO www.2nm.com.au or www.981powerfm.com.au what’s on Great racing for Top quality Aberdeen Cup Day horses on offer The 2017 Tocal Australian Stock Horse Sale will be held at Tocal College on Sunday 5 November. Tocal College bred all of the 17 ridden horses (4 geldings and 13 mares), and the 1 broodmare in foal. The Tocal horses are by well performed sires Warrenbri Clancy, Teles Again 02, Bykool Mirror Image, Alone, Wiljohn Tempo and previous resident sire; Spin to Win and outstanding resident stallions; Peelvale Maestro and Boree BelowZero who are Get ready for a fantastic day trackside when the Aberdeen Cup Day is run at making their mark with their progeny passing Muswellbrook Racecourse on November 5. on their temperament, type and trainability. Videos, pictures and catalogue of sale The feature race is the $23,000 Shorty Cribb Aberdeen Cup over 1450m with the $22,000 Greg horses can be viewed on the Tocal College Cribb Memorial Red Crown 2yo also featuring on this day. The Aberdeen Cup Day is seen as an website at www.tocal.nsw.edu.au important lead-up to the Muswellbrook Cup (1500m) on the 8th December. The day is set to be full of fun for the whole family with kids’ entertainment. There will also be bar and cafe facilities available on the day. Gates open at noon for free entry. Beautiful variety of For further information visit www.muswellbrookraceclub.com.au Image is by Katrina Partridge and courtesy of Muswellbrook Race Club. works on exhibition Muswellbrook Ceramic Group is currently holding their MUSWELLBROOK CERAMIC GROUP INC Spring Exhibition & Sale of paintings, ceramics and POTHOUSE ARTS SPRING EXHIBITION & SALE crafts at the Pothouse from October 20 to November 19. 20 October – 5 November; 18 & 19 November 2017 Lions Park, Lower Brook Street Muswellbrook Works in the exhibition include artists Linda Camac (Medowie), Elena Mendoza (Camden) and locals Anne Cameron, Josie Clarke, Carol Works exhibited include artists: Scaramuzzi, Georgina Mason and Scott Douglas Cooper. Linda Camac, Elena Mendoza, The Exhibition will be open 10am - 4pm Tuesdays through to Sundays Carol Scaramuzzi + many more until November 5 and also the weekend of November 18 and 19 for the Open from 10am – 4pm: Upper Hunter Arts Trail. Tuesdays – Sundays (from 21 Oct to 5 Nov) An Open Day with Raku Firing will be open to the public on October PLUS 18/19 November (Upper Hunter Arts Trail Weekend) 29 with the opportunity for visitors to glaze and decorate their own ceramics for a small fee and will include demonstrations in watercolour, Open Day with Raku Firing – 29 October pencil and acrylic mediums. For further information contact Scott Douglas Cooper on 0427 101 697 For more information contact Scott Douglas Cooper 0427 101 697. 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 26th October to WED 1st November WIN two double passes! Chris Hemsworth in THOR RAGNAROK (M) THE SNOWMAN (MA15+) GEOSTORM 3D (M) SON OF BIGFOOT (PG) THE FOREIGNER (MA15+) The Entertainer in conjunction with Majestic Cinemas are giving Solve your own murder in HAPPY DEATH DAY (M) away two double passes each week to two lucky readers. Harrison Ford & Ryan Gosling in BLADE RUNNER 2049 (M) SPECIAL PREVIEW for HALLOWEEN TUES 31st - JIGSAW Look for the handwritten word “WINNER” along with the Kate Winslet and Idris Elba in editor’s signature on this page above HVP logo. THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US (M) Present the winning Entertainer edition to the Muswellbrook office of Hunter Valley 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 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 26th October, 2017 www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication what’s on Calling all artists Start walking and feel better Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre (MRAC) invites artists to submit expressions of interest for the 2018 Muswellbrook Artist in Residence (AiR) program. The program aims to provide an opportunity for the creative development of Image: Some of the walking group members: Heather Ranclaud, artists in the diverse surroundings of the Upper Hunter region; contribute to Rodney Swansborough and Sandy Archibald. the long term cultural development of the local community and encourage Murrurundi community members are encouraged to arts practice and creative engagement between artist, community and keep healthy by joining a new walking program being place. held every Monday departing at 1pm from Murrurundi Applications close Friday 1 December 2017. Library. For further information contact MRAC on 6549 3800. The program has been set up by The Wilson Memorial Community Hospital Local Health Committee (LHC), in cooperation with Hunter New England Health, the Heart Foundation and Upper Hunter Shire Council. It is designed to give people an improved sense of wellbeing Local artists vie for and an opportunity to make new friends. Regular walking is a great way to improve your fi tness and encourages weight management. If major awards you have a dog, feel free to bring along too. For enquiries about the walking group, please contact Council’s The annual Muswellbrook Local Art Awards to be Community Services Offi cer Heather Ranclaud on 6540 1356. held at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre are exclusively designated to artists of the Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter Shires. Scone Motor Inn Recipients of the prizes have in the past been a wonderful showcase of local big names, undiscovered talent and fi rst-timers who go on to Conference Centre become regular entrants of the Awards. Affordable 4 star Accommodation With such a variety of art forms in competition for a prize pool of $6,000, it’s no wonder that the Muswellbrook Local Art Awards are a drawcard King Suites, Spa Suites and Two-Bedroom Apartments for steadfast loyal locals who make it the successful and popular art Corporate Rates and FREE Wi-Fi Internet event that it is today. Special guest adjudicator will be Debbie Abraham, Gallery Director of Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery. Conference and Meeting Facilities Exhibiting from 29 October to 22 December 2017, the opening Licenced Bar and meals Monday to Fridays night kicks off at 6pm Saturday 28 October 2017. Free entry with refreshments courtesy of Hollydene Estate Wines, Hunter Belle Cheese Breakfasts 7 days including Room Service and Pukara Estate. Cnr New England Hwy & Mount St 02 6545 3079 For further information visit www.muswellbrookartscentre.com.au www.sconemotorinn.com.au Opening 6pm Saturday, 28 October 2017 OK