The sounds of music help Art show’s musical background students find their way SONGS and music cut across all boundaries and a concert being held in Mornington this month is being held to help young people take up education rather than crime. Run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the RESET program helps students fit back into mainstream classes at Monterey Secondary College, Frankston. Concert organisers say lyrics of the song Street Angel sung by Colleen Hewitt about the plight of street kids best expresses their thoughts: “The soul of our nation shines through the eyes of her children.” The RESET - (Re-engaging Early Secondary Education and Training) - project is designed for 10 and 14 year olds living in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula who are disengaged from school and involved with crime. Since late last year the program has been run in a stand-alone room in the college grounds. While operating independently, the RESET students, who are enrolled at the college, participate in several school activities, including sport. They are helped to develop interpersonal problem solving and other skills. One member of RESET’s team is a psychologist, whose work with the students includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). The program began in response to concerns by Victoria Police and schools that young people were likely to live a life of ongoing disadvantage
and crime without appropriate help. The college provides a part-time teacher’s aide and its staff help to facilitate the transition of young people from the RESET program into mainstream classes. Money raised through the Mornington concert will help supply students involved in the RESET program with text books and stationary and pay for their transport. The concert, A Christmas Cracker, is billed as featuring a bass, a baritone, a soprano and a pianist as well as three tenors. Guest artist is Berlin-based tenor Michael Smallwood who returns to Melbourne for this month’s Melbourne Art and Song Collective at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Also on the bill is The Aspidistra Vocal Quartet, with tenors Richard Hobson and Adrian McEniery, baritone Michael Leighton Jones and bass Jerzy Kozlowski with Michael Fulcher. The program is by MC Michael Leighton Jones and will also feature the Brotherhood's own soprano Meredith Kerr. A Christmas Cracker, 7.30pm 27 November Mornington Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington (Melway 145 E2). Tickets: $60 (concession $50) include tea, coffee and wine from Prancing Hill Estate at interval. Bookings: mpearce@bsl. org.au or call 0407 145 552. The Brotherhood of St Laurence can arrange transport from aged care homes and other venues. Keith Platt
THE News Mornington Art Show has established itself as the biggest and best quality art show on the Mornington Peninsula and one of the best in Victoria, according to the comments of various show judges. Next year’s 44th annual Mornington Art show will run for six days, Thursday 21 January-Tuesday 26 January. In a change from recent years, opening night will be on the Thursday before the Australia Day weekend and will have a party atmosphere. Gourmet finger food will be served by waitresses and waiters and refreshments will be available from the bar. There will be music and the show’s feature artists will mingle with guests. Feature artists for this year will be Jayne Henderson and Eric Shepherd, whose work Sun Flowers is pictured abov.. Art show judge is pastel artist Lyn Mellady, who will also exhibit some of her work There will be more than 800 paintings for sale in a variety of media. “The great attraction of the Mornington Art Show is the wide variety of art genre from local and interstate artists employing a wide range of media,” art show director Rotarian
John Renowden said. “There will be an extensive range of original art pieces available at prices from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousand dollars.” Tickets for opening night at www./ mornington artshow.com.au or Farrells Bookstore, Mornington. Artists should submit their work through Gallery 247 from 1 Novem-
ber to 18 December. “We aim to maintain the tradition of presenting a high quality art show with a wide range of exhibits from local and interstate artists at a range of prices to suit all purchasers,” Mr Renowden said. All profits from the art show go towards Mornington Rotary Club’s community and international projects.
Citizen scientists going out for the koala count KOALAS living on the Mornington Peninsula will be included in a count being held across Victoria next Saturday. The “citizen science” project by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has been designed to “increase our
understanding of koalas and contribute to their management”, according to Environment, Climate Change and Water Minister Lisa Neville. “By registering and taking part in the count, the community can assist by recording where they did as well as where they did not see koalas.
“The citizen science data captured from the Great Victorian Koala Count will be used to inform conservation, protection and management actions for koalas and their habitats.” The count will take place on Saturday 7 November. To register go to www.delwp.vic.gov.au/koala-count.
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