Council Christmas closures All non-essential Council services will be closed from Christmas Day to reopen 5 January 2015. This includes Council Customer Service Centres, art galleries, mainland libraries and Redland Performing Arts Centre (RPAC). For island library closures visit our website. RPAC tickets can be purchased online during the closure. Emergency contacts: For road repairs and fallen tree Continue reading…
It’s time to start warming up the vocals, with just a few days to go until Council’s Christmas by Starlight Concert, Redland’s largest free community event to herald in the festive season. Christmas by Starlight 2014 will be held on Saturday 6 December at Capalaba Regional Park – Pittwin Rd, Capalaba. The all-age, family-friendly event Continue reading…
Christmas by Starlight Saturday 6 December 2014 Don’t miss the FREE Christmas by Starlight concert on Saturday 6 December at Capalaba Regional Park, Pittwin Road, Capalaba. The family-friendly event includes an animal zoo, jumping castles, rock climbing and a visit from Santa plus plenty of food stalls from 4pm, followed by a children’s show at 5.45pm. Traditional twilight carols will Continue reading…
Redland City Council has announced a program of big name entertainment to headline this year’s Christmas by Starlight on 6 December. Redland City Mayor Karen Williams said the list of performers would feature The Voice 2013 runner up Luke Kennedy and this year’s The Voice Kids winner, Redland’s own Alexa Curtis.“Securing Luke and Alexa is Continue reading…
A stellar line-up of talent will headline the Christmas by Starlight concert on Saturday 6 December 2014. Acts include The Voice 2013 runner up Luke Kennedy, cabaret leading light Naomi Price and this year’s The Voice Kids winner, Redlands own Alexa Curtis. Luke, a former Ten Tenor, has performed at Australia’s best known Christmas concert Continue reading…
Free Christmas by Starlight Concert Saturday 7 December Don’t miss the FREE Christmas by Starlight concert at Norm Price Park – Redland Showgrounds in Long Street, Cleveland. There’ll be Santa, food stalls, roving performers, an animal farm, displays and activities from 3pm, followed by a children’s concert at 5.30pm. Traditional twilight carols begin at 6pm and end around 8pm with a fireworks finale! For more information and Continue reading…
When 17-year-old Courtney Heaton suddenly lost her boyfriend to a tragic car accident in August, it was not long before her thoughts turned to Christmas. It was just weeks after Year 12 student James Argo lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree at Burbank – Courtney was struggling to deal with the pain Continue reading…
The man at the helm of this weekend’s huge Christmas by Starlight community concert at Cleveland admits his job is a lot easier because of the talented people around him. This is the ninth Christmas concert for Division 8 councillor Alan Beard, who ordered rehearsals for the event some eight weeks ago to ensure near-perfect Continue reading…
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it You would even say it glows All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudolph Play in any reindeer games Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to Continue reading…
Having beaten cancer three times, there’s absolutely no doubt that 88-year-old June Craven is one tough lady. But the Wellington Point local freely admits there’s one Christmas Carol that can quickly reduce her to tears – Mary’s Boy Child. “There’s lots of reasons but after three beautiful girls I was lucky enough to have a Continue reading…