YALARI ADELAIDE DINNER The weather couldn’t have been better in Adelaide for our fourth Yalari Adelaide Dinner. We welcomed 256 guests to the magnificent Bonython Hall within the University of Adelaide and the night was sponsored for the third year by Broadspectrum/Transfield Services. The evening was made even more special because the Governor of South Australia, His Excellency, the Honourable Hieu Van Le and his wife Mrs Lan Le were in attendance. All guests were welcomed to the hall with a smoking ceremony performed by Major Moogie Sumner. Our students took on all of the key roles on the night with Nara MacMillan (Year 10, Scotch College, Adelaide) and Zainel Bin Busu (Year 8, Great Southern Grammar School, Albany) as our very competent and entertaining Master of Ceremonies. Tyus Arndt (Year 12, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane) sang a moving and impassioned ‘My Island Home’ accompanied by the talented and multi-skilled Llew Mullins. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house after Kaleishia Ross’ (Year 12, Scotch College, Adelaide) touching and honest address.
Tyus Arndt and Llew Mullins perform
Kaleishia Ross
We said farewell to Tim Oughton (Headmaster of Scotch College, Adelaide) and his wife Heather, who are moving back to New Zealand to live. Tim and Heather have embraced the Yalari program at Scotch College and their home has been the ‘home away from home’ for many of our students. Our dinners give us the opportunity of spreading the word about what we do, showcasing our diversely talented students, introducing our sponsors to our students and raising much needed funds to support our scholarship program. We were grateful to our Principle South Australian partner, Santos and to Lipman Karas, Pike & Franks and Bond Aviation for taking Corporate tables on the night.
From left, Calvin Hunter, Quilon Councillor, Patsy Murray, Headmaster of St Peters College Simon Murray, Adan Taat and Ryan O’Callaghan.
We couldn’t have had our dinner without the time, commitment and energy of our enthusiastic dinner committee, our wonderful volunteers from St Peter’s College, Scotch College, Medibank Community Fund and Accenture and the donations from the generous Adelaide Community.
PLATINUM DINNER SPONSOR:
PRINCIPLE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARTNER: From left, Great Southern Grammar Deputy Headmaster Richard Baird with Jaimee Ladyman, Alkira Miller, Tramaine Laterre, Michelle Berrigan, Zainel Bin Busu, Rekisha Sator, Zamahl Bin Busu and Abby Richards.
EVENT PARTNERS: CORPORATE TABLES:
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