Filmed on location in Chile by renowned photographer/cinematographer Dave Homcy, El Mar Mi Alma captures the essence of a coastal road trip and surfing journey with some of the world’s top pros – Dave Rastovich, Ramon Navarro, Dane Ward, Crystal Thornburg, Chris del Moro, Joel Parkinson, Christian Merello, Leo Acevedo and Diego Medina.

Director Jones describes the film as essentially a visual tone poem, which juxtaposes images, music, poetry and animation and inter-cuts cinematic surf sequences with littoral landscapes, local people and places, the movements of cast and crew, to paint a picture of Chile’s beauty and close association with the sea.

The film also features an original soundtrack by Chilean folk artist Manuel Garcia.

Jones’ and Velasco’s presentation is part of the launch of a month-long local celebration of international surf art and culture, taking place throughout March, showcasing new and different perspectives on our relationship with the ocean, through film, photography painting, drawing and sculpture.

It starts with Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF), which has always featured surf films and keeps a strong focus on this specialist genre throughout its 10-day 2010 program, from March 5 to 13.

BBFF Director, J’aimee Skippon Volke, says highlights of this year’s Festival include Bob McTavish, A Life in Shape, about one of Byron’s most famous pioneering surf personalities; The Arena: North Shore, chronicling the epic 2008 winter season in Oahu; and Somewhere Near Tapachula, which tells the story of an Australian couple who changed the lives of orphans and street kids in Tapachula, Mexico, with hope, love and a set of boards.

She has programmed nine surf films this year, but points out that this is just a tip of the iceberg of great films in this specialist genre.

On Friday February 26 at Harvest, she’ll join Jones and Velasco, whose film will premiere (as a sneak preview) at BBFF, to provide an insight to the latest developments and trends in surf film and docos, what she’s included in her program and why.

Then from March 11 to 25, Retrospect Galleries presents El Mar Mi Alma, the exhibition, exploring the global phenomenon of surf art across a multitude of media, from Byron Bay to Chile, the crest to underground.

The show will feature works by international surf artists, photographers and sculptors including Dave Homcy and Crystal Thornburg (Hawaii), Harry Daly (USA), Christian Tuki (Rapa Nui), Jose Nacho Vargas and Alfredo Escobar (Chile), plus leading Australian surf artists, Mambo’s Jeff Raglus, Quicksilver’s Peter Webb, legendary surf photographer Paul Witzig and some exceptional new talent such as Ryan Heywood, Luke Taaffe, James McMillan and Alberto Sanchez.

A preview of the show will be on exhibition at Harvest on February 26, and two local surf artists will talk about the unique influences that have shaped the development of their practice. James MacMillan, an Australian former pro surfer turned painter, and Alberto Sanchez, a Spanish artist/photographer/musician, who grew up in Madrid and first saw the ocean when he was aged 14,

El Mar Mi Alma (The Sea My Soul) at Harvest Café, pays homage to local surf culture and gives a view to what’s happening internationally.  Come along to meet some of the local artists and filmmakers who are a part of this incredible movement, plus enjoy great food (buffet style BBQ) and music by acclaimed singer/songwriter Danny Ross.

Starts 6.30pm, Friday February 26 at Harvest Cafe, 18 Old Pacific Highway, Newrybar. Tickets $35 per person, bookings, 02 6687 2644

Images: Hilton Dawe, Sunset Silhouette on location for El Mar Mi Alma; Alberto Sanchez, Silver Surfer.

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“All indicators point to happier, healthier lives for people who plan early for their senior years.  In order to have full control over our lives it is important to understand what is available for us as we age,” a spokeswoman said.

These seminars are designed to help people decide what is right for them. The seminars are free, informative and friendly and there is a morning tea provided.

There will be information on the following subjects:
• Supported Living Communities presented by Ruth Harrison, manager Pinevale Villas
• Disability and Aged Care Information Services,  by Dona Graham of Daisi
• Financial Planning for the Elderly by Rick Rutten, RetireInvest
• RSL LifeCare @ Home
• Wills and Powers of Attorney from Guy Latham of Sommerville Laundry & Lomax
• St Carthage’s Community Care, Lesley Martin RN.

Details:

Community Aged Care Options Seminar:
Date:  Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
Time:           10 – 11:30am
Venue:         Pinevale Villas Community Room
                   1 Star Avenue, Goonellabah
Entry:           Free
RSVP:         6624 5010

If you can not make it to this seminar keep your eyes out for the next seminar being held in Evans Head in April.

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In Fred’s Footsteps uses pictures and stories to outline the life and achievements of Fred Hollows and the continuing work of The Fred Hollows Foundation.
 
Fred Hollows was a passionate ophthalmologist who became known for his work helping restore the eyesight of thousands of people in developing countries and his drive to improve Indigenous health here in Australia. He lost his battle with cancer in 1993 aged 63.

Since 1992 The Fred Hollows Foundation has worked in collaboration with local blindness prevention and other health organisations in more than 38 countries throughout Africa, South and South-East
Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

Fred Hollow’s widow Gabi Hollows hopes the exhibition will offer locals a chance to learn more about Fred’s dream of eradicating avoidable blindness and improving Indigenous health.

“The exhibition gives people the chance to learn more about Fred’s life and the work of the Foundation, which I think is extremely important given that he remains a very significant person in Australian history,” Ms Hollows said.

“So far the impact of this work has been enormous, but there is still much to do. The health of Indigenous Australians remains at dramatically lower levels than for other Australians, and of the 45 million people who are blind globally, three out of four people don’t need to be blind.”

Following its display at the Tweed Heads Library, the exhibition will continue to tour regional and metropolitan libraries in NSW throughout 2010.

The Tweed Heads Library is located in the Tweed Heads Civic Centre in Brett Street. Library opening hours are Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 5pm, Friday 9.30am to 7pm and Saturday 9.30am to noon.

For more information about The Fred Hollows Foundation visit the website www.hollows.org.au

PICTURE: The late Fred Hollows treating young patients (Credit: Michael Amendolia).

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Locals with interesting tales to tell will act as ‘books’ to be ‘read’ by borrowers.

The Living Books have chosen a title for themselves, then tell their story to another person – called a book ‘Borrower’ – sharing their experiences in a safe environment in an informal one-on-one 30-minute session.

The Living Books are simply asked to be themselves.

Area Librarian Jo Carmody said the Murwillumbah Living Library offers you, the borrower, an opportunity to understand the lives of people in their community better.

“It is just like a regular library with one difference – in the Living Library the ‘books’ are people,” Ms Carmody said.

The Living Library project was founded in Denmark by the Danish youth non-government organisation ‘Stop the Violence’ as a means to increasing understanding between cultural groups.

It has been taken up around the world and Lismore launched the first of its kind in Australia in November 2006.

Tweed Shire Council’s Cultural Development Officer Lesley Buckley said the project’s goal was to strengthen community, democracy and social justice through celebrating and promoting diversity, encouraging understanding and respect, breaking down barriers and building bridges, and challenging stereotypes and prejudices.

Titles on offer at the first session on 26 February are:

• The Game of Breathing – living a creative life with Aspergers Syndrome
• People Helping People – living large with no money, community exchange
• A Life of Travelling – living in other cultures
• Survivor – living during tough times, a life built on art and sustainability
• Too Young – becoming a mum at 16, learned to cook, became a dairy farmer, community volunteer
• Vision Impaired Print Maker, Second Sight – print maker using tactile surfaces as printing plates, getting through life crisis
• From Test Tube and String – journey through 43 years of medical laboratory anecdotes beginning in 1942, 60 years of marriage, living in the Tweed
• Never too old to make your vocation your vacation – businessman with a passion for outdoor recreation
• Opening Maria Montessori’s Golden Gate to the future
• Curiosity motivated this Cat – following paths mapped by an enquiring mind
• Not the triumph but the struggle – Torres Strait connections – Sydney, near fatal accident, survival, rehab, involvement in sports administration including Melbourne Olympic 1956
• Oh! I See – art of seeing is generally taken for granted by most, for those with defective eyesight vision can be a goal
• Taylor Made – Two generations of community involvement
• Mum I don’t want to die – Daughter’s battle to live – double lung transplant
• Changes in society – women/society from 1940s to now
• Eco friendly homes and gardens – eco-designing your home and garden.

The session on Friday 26 February is from 10.30am to12.30 pm at the Coolamon Centre (old art gallery) in Tumbulgum road, Murwillumbah.

Bookings are not necessary. For more information, call the Murwillumbah Library on (02) 6670 2427. For further information about Living Libraries visit www.livinglibrary.org.au.

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To that end, QSE’s Christina Koch (pictured) is currently touring northern NSW in search of budding public speakers and community leaders.

In a series of workshops from Armidale to Lismore, Christina will work with groups of business practitioners, presenters, and students of performance to develop vocal resonance, persuasive speaking, personal connection to text, and development of memory – all through a look at the life and work of William Shakespeare. 

Ms Koch is a theatre practitioner (voice coach, actor, director, producer) of over 15 years experience in Brisbane, working with the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Queensland Theatre Company and the Bell Shakespeare Company during that time.

Since 2002 she has trained in the Linklater approach to voice training through the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble with master teacher Rob Pensalfini, and internationally in 2008 at Shakespeare and Company in Massachusetts, where she was invited to return as a guest participant in a specialised workshop on Shakespeare’s Rhetoric.  

Back in Australia, she applied this learning to her direction of a cast of senior legal practitioners, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the former Attorney-General, in a reading of Twelve Angry Men for the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble.

Christina was assistant director to John Bell AO on Bell Shakespeare and Queensland Theatre Company’s 2009 co-production of The Alchemist, and was script writer for Kerry O’Brien’s Hypothetical at the 2009 Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference. 

Ms Koch said today that she is ‘looking forward to working with people who genuinely want to improve their connection to their audience, and to be more confident, ethical, and persuasive in their approach to public speaking – Shakespeare teaches us to be bolder in our willingness to make connections.’
 
After an enthusiastic reception by members of Armidale’s Chamber of Commerce and Dorrigo’s Dramatic Club, and calls for return extended workshops, the ‘Shakespeare’s Playground’ workshop now comes to South Grafton’s refurbished Walker’s Marina Hotel on 20 February, and to the Dorrigo Theatre on 6 & 7 March, with future workshops under discussion for Maclean/Yamba, Lismore and Ballina.

Participants in the recent ‘Shakespeare’s Playground’ workshop in Dorrigo described the session as ‘an easy introduction to the world of Shakespeare’ and expressed enjoyment of the workshop’s variety, pace and flexibility.

 Further information: Christina Koch on 0423 295 493 or christinakoch@bigpond.com

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“Hopeful aspirants from every corner of the continent start scanning their lives for material, hoping that their short time on the planet can filter into a killer 5-minute routine,” an organier, local comic Mandy Nolan, said.

“To date there are over 20 entrants in the Byron Bay heat of RAW comedy, prompting national organisors to schedule a second heat to take in all the talent.

“Byron Bay is one of the more regional areas but is a strong contender when it comes to RAW, with more entrants than some of the States.

“Byron entrants have a history of doing well, with Ellen Briggs (pictured) of Mullumbimby making it to the national final just four years ago.

“Ellen credits this with kick-starting her comedy career and giving her the confidence boost she needed to make that dramatic sidestep from tuck-shop mum to stand-up comedian. Ellen is now very much in demand in comedy rooms all around the country.

“Hannah Gadsby won RAW and found herself coming second at Edinburgh’s So You think You’re Funny.

“Hannah has been touted as one of the most promising up-and-coming comics in the country.

“Adam Hills directed and mentored her for her solo show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival last year and Hannah is now spied on the telly on a manner of programs, with a few ABC hosting jobs coming to fruition this year.

“Hannah did her first spot after a Byron Shire ACE comedy course and still uses a lot of the jokes she used for her very first performance.”

Other local success stories include Sandy Gandhi and Liam Holm, both making it to State finals.

Find out who the new comedy sensations are, and cheer them on to greatness. Heat one is at the Byron Services Club on Monday 25 January 8pm. $10/15. Bookings to 6684 3443 or tix at the club. MC Mandy Nolan. Special guest judges.

The second heat is now scheduled for the same venue on Monday 8 February. Ånyone still wishing to enter RAW can do so through the website: www.comedyfestival.com.au/raw

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The Tweed Shire Australia Day Committee will host this year’s official event at Burringbar, with the program commencing at 11am.

The official Tweed Shire Australia Day Awards for 2009 will be presented by the Tweed’s Australia Day Ambassador Glenn Sargeant and Tweed Shire Australia Day Committee Chairman Don Beck.

These include Tweed Shire Citizen of the Year, an Arts and Cultural Award, sporting awards, Community Event of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

“Australia Day is a great day of traditions to remember, as no matter what country you’re from, we are all Australians,” Mr Beck said.

“Tweed residents have always been great supporters of Australia Day and we urge everyone to come out and go along to one of the many local events to celebrate this great day in our history,” he said.

Twenty-seven Tweed residents have chosen Australia Day 2010 to become Australian citizens, in a ceremony to be conducted as part of the official program by Mayor of Tweed Warren Polglase.

In addition to the official program at Burringbar, local events will be held across the Tweed, including new events at Tweed Heads and on the Tweed Coast at Bogangar/Cabarita Beach.

The focus will be on family fun at Tweed Heads, with fun Aussie-themed games in Chris Cunningham Park such as thong throwing.

Music takes centre stage at Bogangar/Cabarita Beach, with the Bellywhackers Band playing from 9.15am outside the Surf Club.

The village of Tyalgum continues its Australia Day sporting traditions, hosting the Tyalgum Cup cycle race and the hotly-contested ‘Australia versus India’ junior and senior cricket matches on Bruce Bartrim Oval.

Full program of events:

 * Celebrated former school principal Glenn Sargeant OAM is the Tweed’s Australia Day Ambassador for 2010.

Mr Sargeant was the head of Plumpton High School in western Sydney for 18 years until his retirement in 2004.

He established the Young Mothers in Education program in 1994, which ensured teenagers who fell pregnant would have a supportive environment in which to finish their schooling. More than 150 completed the program, a third finished the Higher School Certificate (HSC) and many went on to university.

Many may remember Mr Sargeant from the four-part documentary TV series Plumpton High Babies, which screened on ABC-TV in 2003. This series received huge public applause and led to much public debate over the subject of teenage pregnancy.

Today, Mr Sargeant’s program is being emulated by schools in NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and the United Kingdom.

Mr Sargeant was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australian in 2004 for his compassion, leadership, service to education and to youth. His other awards include:
• 2003 – NSW Community Father of the Year Award
• 2004 and 2005 – nominated for Australian of the Year
• 2005 – received National Australia Day Council’s Local Hero (Metropolitan NSW) Award
• 2006 – Father Chris Riley’s “Youth off the Streets”, ‘Shine’ community award.

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BURRINGBAR
Burringbar Sports Grounds, Burringbar
PROGRAM
8am Multi-Sports Competition – touch football, soccer, hockey, cricket
11am Official Tweed Shire Event at Burringbar Primary School
12pm BBQ lunch by Gumnut Community Preschool at Sports Grounds
1.30pm Flag Raising Ceremony
2pm Close of entries for Best Damper and Anzac Biscuits Competition -
Junior and Senior Sections
Local groups will hold special events such as:
Rural Fire Service display and information
Golf – nearest the pin
Bowls – nearest the jack
Fun novelty and traditional games for children
Memorabilia display and stalls
Lots to see and do!!
5pm Presentation of competition winners and award announcements
Afterwards stay for the band, food, fun and fellowship

UKI
Uki Sports and Recreation Grounds
PROGRAM
9am Cricket nominations
9.30am Flag Raising by Uki Citizen of the Year
Uki Awards Presentation
10am Damper judging, billy tea morning tea
Cricket
Children’s events

TWEED HEADS
Chris Cunningham Park, Wharf Street, Tweed Heads
PROGRAM
7am- 9am Mad Sports – fun games in the park for kids and adults
Thong throwing, Thongy Ball, Cricket, Aussie rules,
Zinc face painting, and more
7.20am Flag raising ceremony with the Australia Day Ambassador
8am Prizes for the best Aussie Day outfits
9am Australia Day giveaways at Visitor Information Centre,
Corner Wharf and Bay Streets, Tweed Heads

KINGSCLIFF
Lions Park, opposite Ambulance Station, Kingscliff
PROGRAM
7am-9am Kingscliff Lions Breakfast in the Park, includes steak and sausage
sandwiches, juices and tea & coffee
8am Flag raising ceremony conducted by Kingscliff Rotary
Aussie Style Musical Entertainment by Paul Ensby Band
Traditional Tug o’ War Competitions
Australia Day Quiz
A pair of his and her bush hats will be raffled at the end
Australia Day Tuesday 26 January 2010
Tweed Shire Event Program

TUMBULGUM
Brian Breckenridge Field, Bawden Street, Tumbulgum
PROGRAM
8am FREE BBQ Breakfast (including fruit, tea & coffee)
Face Painting for Children
8.45am Display by Tweed Area Street Rodders
Live music
9.15am Flag raising ceremony & National Anthem
Tumbulgum Awards presentation
Visit from Australia Day Ambassador
9.45am Children and Adults Novelty Events (register on arrival)
Best decorated push-bike, gum boot throwing, penalty shoot out, etc
The Tumbulgum Australia Day Committee and Tumbulgum Rangers Sports Club have
worked together to present a day of fun and entertainment for all the family – your
attendance can make it a great success.

MURWILLUMBAH
Knox Park, Murwillumbah
PROGRAM
8.30am Rotary Breakfast BBQ
9.30am Flag Raising and Address
9.45am Murwillumbah Australia Day Awards Presentations
by the Australia Day Ambassador
Novelty Events with Three Legged Races, Sack Races and more
10.30am Close
Australia Day Tuesday 26 January 2010
Tweed Shire Event Program

TYALGUM
Tyalgum Hall and Bruce Bartrim Oval
PROGRAM
7am Tyalgum Cup cyclist sign-on at Tyalgum Hall
Toast, tea, coffee and soft drinks available in supper room
8.30am Junior Cricket Match Australia -v- India at Bruce Bartrim Oval
9am Deadline for entries to damper and Anzac biscuit competitions at
Hall supper room – Categories: Senior & Junior. Prizes to be won
9.10am Judging of Anzac biscuits and damper competitions
9.30am Morning tea with Anzac biscuits and damper at Hall supper room
Sausage sizzle and drinks available all day at Bruce Bartrim Oval
10am Conclusion of Cycle Race (approximate)
Australia Day March from Norco Park
Flag raising at front of Tyalgum Hall
Tyalgum Australia Day Awards presentation in Hall
10.15am Tyalgum Cycle Cup presentations in front of Tyalgum Store
11.30am Senior Cricket Match Australia -v- India at Bruce Bartrim Oval
Children’s games, prizes and fun activities

CABARITA
Outside the Surf Club, Cabarita
PROGRAM
8.30am BBQ Breakfast
9am Flag raising and Australia Day Address
9.15am Bellywhackers Band music entertainment
Australia Day Tuesday 26 January 2010
Tweed Shire Event Program

POTTSVILLE
Pottsville Bowls Club
The Bowls organizers have prepared a fun day of bowls for Australia Day and the name of
the game is “shirts & skirts” and it will be a competition between the men and women. The
dress for the day will be whites.
The Club will be appropriately decorated to suit this special celebration and the day will start
with a flag raising accompanied by the National Anthem. This will be an appropriate and
enjoyable way to celebrate Australia’s birthday.
Other features of the day will be a damper and ANZAC biscuit making competition and
presentation of sports awards.
Damper & ANZAC Biscuit Competition
Entries must be received at the Pottsville Bowls Club for judging by 9.00am
PROGRAM
9.15am Flag raising ceremony and National Anthem
Mens and Ladies Bowls Club Presidents to officiate
9.30am Bowls Spider by gold coin entry
11.00am Comfort stop and sampling of the damper and Anzac biscuits
11.30am Recommence Bowls
1.00pm Presentation of Bowls Awards and cooking competition winners
Proceeds for the day will be presented to the Pottsville Branch of the
Tweed Coast Rural Fire Service

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The Australian artist spent 20 years working on a series of paintings inspired by the Gallipoli campaign and underpinned by personal tragedy.

Australian War Memorial Director Steve Gower said: “Sidney Nolan: the Gallipoli series constitutes a personal and public interpretation of a campaign that cost so many Australian lives.

“Nolan donated this collection to the Memorial in 1978 in memory of his soldier brother, who died in a tragic accident before the end of the Second World War.

“This travelling exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to view these striking and iconic works, displayed together for the first time in 30 years.”

One of Australia’s most complex, innovative and prolific artists, Nolan was born two years after the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915.

Nolan said the events of the First World War permeated his life as he grew up in the suburbs of Melbourne. However, it was not until he was living on the Greek island of Hydra in the mid-1950s that he started to explore the idea of a series of works with a military and heroic theme.

He made a one-day visit to Gallipoli and was profoundly moved by the place that had seen so much Australian blood shed.

The Director of Tweed River Art Gallery Susi Muddiman said: “the Tweed community should be proud that the Gallery was selected as the first regional gallery to host this significant and compelling exhibition.”

A number of public programs have been scheduled to coincide with this landmark exhibition.

Prior to the opening at 5.30pm on Friday 22 January, the curator of the exhibition, Lola Wilkins, from the Australian War Memorial, will present an exhibition floor talk. This talk will be repeated on Saturday 23 January at 2pm.

In a first for the Gallery, an exciting Bring in your memorabilia event has been scheduled for Thursday 11 February between 10.30am and 2pm (DST). Members of the public are invited to bring along any military heritage memorabilia in their collections.

A team of experts from the Australian War Memorial will be on hand to discuss your items of military heritage, and to assist individuals with the identification and preservation of items which may be in their care.

Firearms should not under any circumstance be brought to a BIYM event, and while comment may be made by staff on the relative rarity (or otherwise) of items, formal valuations will not be made.

Sidney Nolan: the Gallipoli series is on display at the Tweed River Art Gallery from 22 January to 14 March 2010, before travelling to other venues throughout Australia.

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The event was first held in 1961, and since then it has drawns tens of thousands of visitors to the town.

Events at the festival are highlighted by the woodchopping competitions, and this year there also will be a masters surf lifesaving event, an athletics carnival, sand modelling and a 50-year reunion get-together.

As well, the local lawn bowls and golf clubs are holding competitions.

The program includes:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
9.30am: Hotel Brunswick’s Brunswick masters surf carnival.
2pm: Fishing competition registration (Housie Shed, Banner Park).
9pm: Festival fireworks display, Banner Park.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10
8.30am: Brunswick Heads Bowling Club athletics carnival, Stan Thompson Oval, Brunswick Heads Sports Fields.
10am: Fishing competition weigh-in and presentation (Housie Shed, Banner Park).

MONDAY, JANUARY 11

11am: Sand modelling registration Brunswick Heads beach – south wall in front of VRA tower (competition from 11.30am-12.30pm).

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12
6.30pm: ‘Celebrating 50 Years’ reunion get-together, Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13
1.30pm – 5pm, 7pm-9pm: woodchop carnival program, Banner Park.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
Noon-6pm, 7.30pm-9pm: woodchop carnival program, Banner Park.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
9.30am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-5pm,7pm to 9pm: woodchop carnival program.
5.30pm: Mullumbimby Show Society barbecue, Banner Park.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16
Cobra Car Club of Queensland display Memorial Park, Brunswick Heads.
Noon-5pm, 7pm-9pm: woodchop carnival program, Banner Park.

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