Carols draw a crowd

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Carols draw a crowd

 

FAMILIES and friends gathered together on Saturday night for the annual event, Carols in the Drome held at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve.

The event featured plenty of local talent up on stage, including the Mary MacKillop Choir, a mass children’s choir, the Combined Churches Choir, the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band, Beggs 2 Differ and a children’s centre choir.

Russell Hemming once again acted as the master of ceremonies for the event and also took the stage to perform a few numbers of his own.

Other highlights of the evening were performances by Kerryn Lockhart, Aaron Gale, Marty and Hamish Box, Jackson Patterson and Ashley Geary.

Hundreds of children were kept entertained throughout the evening with face painting, a jumping castle and other games and activities, fuelled by food from a great selection of vendors, including the Leongatha Lions Club.

The night was capped off with a visit from Santa and a fantastic fireworks display.

Shire brass band president Natalie Stewart said the crowd was strong at this year’s event, which she estimated was more than 500 people.

“It was a successful night and we received a lot of positive feedback about all of the acts. A lot of people liked the performance of Little Drummer Boy to close the evening,” she said.

Ms Stewart said the games and children’s activities proved popular this year, as did the new addition of food trucks to the event.

“All the proceeds from the sale of popcorn and the glow sticks goes back into the carols for the next year, which will be our 10th anniversary,” she said.

“The aim for next year will be to get more people involved and as many entertainers as we can.”

Ms Stewart said people can expect the 2017 carols to be the biggest and best yet.

Band of Santas: South Gippsland Shire Brass Band’s Don Santin, Rod Coughran-Lane and Neville Drummond were set to take the stage at the Carols in the Drome event, held in Leongatha on Saturday night.

Band of Santas: South Gippsland Shire Brass Band’s Don Santin, Rod Coughran-Lane and Neville Drummond were set to take the stage at the Carols in the Drome event, held in Leongatha on Saturday night.

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