reverberation makes waves

Cr Samantha Dunn and Reverberation Festival
Director, Kathleen Snowball. Kathleen's
passion for the arts and our local community
is terrific. I'm glad I can support Reverberation
with a grant from my community ward fund.

Reverberation Hills Culture Festival is coming to the hills soon. Reverberation was conceived by a local resident’s passion and love for the Dandenong Ranges community, Kathleen Snowball.

Kathleen’s passion is link traders and community through the arts by holding a culture festival in Belgrave. Reverberation will be held at Ruby’s Lounge in Belgrave on the 20th of October 2012 from 2pm. The festival provides a snap shot into a world of arts delights that the Hills has to offer, showcasing some of the most talented local artists, musicians, crafters, writers, actors, comedians, performers and people.

I’m proud to support Reverberation with a grant from my community ward fund. Kathleen’s vision is a great fit for Belgrave and the festival will assist our local economy as well as provide a platform for a plethora of hills based artists.

If you want to know more visit the festival website here and click here for the latest event updates on facebook.

Details

What: Reverberation Hills Culture Festival

Where: Ruby’s Lounge – 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave

When: Doors open at 2pm

Cost:$20 book tickets here

Featuring: Fats Wah Wah, Lily and King (Album Launch), Ebony King and Band, Ben Kelly, The Snowball Effect, Luna and Belle, The Prairie Kings, Singers in the Round, Spoken Word, Art Gallery and a Twilight Market.

hills hoists the arts

Hills Hoisters and sponsors. From left to right:
Sound Engineer Dave Stergo, presenter Emma Johnson,
Cr Samantha Dunn - Yarra Ranges, performer
Carolyn Oates, presenter Jenny Hall, Community
Broadcasting Foundation rep Jon King and
Cr Graham Legge - Cardinia.

It's been terrific to be able to sponsor the Live Sessions on local radio station 3MDR, Hills Hoist show. The Live Sessions give local artists the chance to not only play live but they get a copy of their session which they can use into the future.

The Hills Hoist do a great job of showcasing local arts happenings in the Dandenong Ranges, it's great to be able to provide a helping hand to our local musos, who might not have an opportunity to record themselves.

I congratulate 3MDR and Hills Hoist driver, Emma Johnson, for their passion and enthusiasm for the local arts scene. They do a great job promoting the myriad of local arts events, no matter what the medium.

You can tune into the Hills Hoist every Friday at 1pm on 97.1FM (or stream here).

Hills Hoist thank their sponsors on youtube.

My attempt of reading the giguide on youtube.

library learnings

I had a great day today visiting various libraries across Melbourne and in Yarra Ranges to see first hand the potential of libraries for our communities. I’m one of the Yarra Ranges councillor representatives on the Eastern Regional Library (ERL) Board, a role I share with the Yarra Ranges Mayor, Cr Len Cox.

Libraries have changed a great deal since I was a girl and they are becoming vibrant community spaces full of activity and learning. It was a very inspiring trip. To round off the day I had the great pleasure of launching a new collection “Creative Arts” at the Belgrave Library. The collection of art books has been specifically chosen with the local community in mind and funded from the ERL new book stock budget.

One thing that struck me today was that the successful libraries were those that mirrored the needs and wants of their communities. This is exactly what this new collection of art books does. We have a community with a rich history in artist endeavours of many persuasions. The collection specialises in a great diversity of art books and many people were enthusiastically gathering up many titles, keen to borrow on the night.

I encourage you to have a look at the new titles which have a dedicated Creative Arts space in the Belgrave Library, I’m sure you’ll be inspired.