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Shire children create Moorambilla magic By SHARON BONTHUYS A standing ovation, whoops and cheers greeted the 250 young performers at the end of the fi rst Moorambilla Voices concerts to be held since 2019. Hailing from all over central and western NSW, the young performers shone in the 80-minute performance at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre. Twelve of them were from the Narromine Shire, eight from Trangie and four from Narromine. In four choirs, the primary and high school students sang catchy original songs about the central and western NSW river systems. They also performed carefully choreographed dance and movement pieces to original music scores created during the pandemic as part of Riversong 2022. An energetic Japanese-style drumming (Taiko) performance by two groups towards the end of the concert was a particular highlight. The youngest performers in Moorambilla Voices were year three students in a choir called Birralii. They were joined by all-boy and all-girl primary choirs for years four to six, Birray and Mirray, and a mixed high-school choir called Maxed Out. Supported by a small group of operatic singers and an orchestra conducted by Moorambilla founder and artistic director, Michelle Leonard OAM, the choirs just shone on stage. Continued page 4
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Narromine NAIDOC: babies and toddlers Welcomed to Country By SHARON BONTHUYS THE fi rst Narromine NAIDOC event for 2022 took place in Narromine on Monday with an official opening and special Ceremony for babies and toddlers under two years of age. A large crowd gathered in Tom Perry Park for the event, including community members and their families, local school children, representatives of the Narromine Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC), local health service, shire council, NAIDOC committee members, community organisations and businesses. The National NAIDOC Week took place in the fi rst week of July, but local NAIDOC events in the Narromine Shire are organised to be held in warmer weather. After the cold and rain just a few days earlier, Monday was fi ne and warm and a beautiful day to gather outdoors. The event was the fi rst Welcome Baby to Country ceremony to be held in Narromine, said NAIDOC committee member, Liz Harris. “Others have done these ceremonies in other places,” Liz said, citing Bourke and Dubbo as two communities where Welcomes for babies and toddlers have been per-
Uncle Peter conducts the Welcome Baby to Country ceremony on September 19. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
formed before. “These days most babies are born off-Country,” said event MC and NAIDOC committee member Jane Kemp, who is also the 2022 NSW Aborigi-
nal Woman of the Year fi nalist. Many mothers travel away from their Country to give birth due to the lack of birthing facilities in many rural areas.
“This is a Welcome Babies to Wiradjuri Country and Narromine, their home,” she said. Continued page 3
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