Category Archives: Music and the Arts

FEELING CREATIVE?

Food for Thought: Stop Frame Animation for YouTube and Instagram DATE: 21 January, 6.00pm to 8.00pm Networking 8.00pm to 9.00pm LOCATION:  North Lakes Library/Community Centre. Learn how to use your tablet or smartphone to make stop motion animations.  Join us for a hands on workshop to explore and play with stop motion as a creative […]

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Carnage.

I wrote this to try to slow down the senseless road deaths of our young people. Young people who are on the threshold of life.  They have been nurtured and loved, to get to this stage, they have taken on board an education, to enable them to make their way in this wonderful world, only […]

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So what’s been happening? by Ryle Winn

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A long, long time ago (1981) at a place far, far away (King Scrub) with my favorite, favorite uncle (Ben), we built my house.  I’d had a quote for $75,000 but Ben and I did it for $40,000. As I look about the house I now realize it needs a facelift.  For that matter, me […]

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DAYBORO ART GALLERY NEWS_Dec 2015

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Artist of the Month For December at Dayboro Community Art Gallery is Trevor Ryan.  Trevor lives at Closeburn, backing onto Cedar Creek, one of the most beautiful little places in our region.  He grew up in what he describes as an artistic family, and has held a lifetime interest in art and in creating art.  […]

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DANCING ON WATER

(A DAYBORO CHRISTMAS) We will dance on the water We will sing in the sun That is the promise For Christmas has come   Mists shadowing fields Open windows above Where angels sing songs To a great God of Love   Weariness passes Sun glitters the dam While a dead tree shapes The cross of […]

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So what’s been happening? by Ryle Winn

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Sorry I’ve been neglecting you all. I’m a $10 punter- race horses I mean, not pokies.  $10 on each race and no more. A couple of Sundays ago, Karyn and I went off to Caloundra races.  A trainer named Mick often has some handy horses nominated.  I’ve been told that Mick won’t bring a starter […]

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THERE WAS ‘MOOVEMENT’ AT THE STATION

by Helen Goleby  The sky lightened as the world awakened to a new day.  The sun peeped over the mountains and the cows lifted their heads to gaze at the meadow before them, speckled with morning dew.  Rabbits frisked through the long grass, birds swooped down for the early worm while kangaroos stopped to nibble […]

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DAYBORO ART GALLERY NEWS_November 2015

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The month of November features one of our newer members at Dayboro Community Art Gallery, Libby North.  Libby says of her work, “Quite simply, I love to create.  Through a love of textiles and colour, creating decorative art with an element of nostalgia or fun, creating patinas that draw you to recycling, reusing old things, […]

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ART WITH ALTITUDE

Head for the hills in the heat of November, and enjoy fine art and fresh mountain air at the inaugural Art with Altitude exhibition.  Held on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of November at Mount Glorious Community Hall, just a few minutes drive from Samford, the exhibition features many well-known artists from the creative communities […]

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CONGRATULATIONS DAYBORO PLAYERS!

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Top marks to the Dayboro Players for putting on 2 nights of great entertainment on September 11 and 12 in 2015.  The Friday and  Saturday performances each drew an audience in excess of 100, with Saturday being almost sold out. Check out the ‘normal’ faces of the cast and crew who had you practically rolling […]

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