Rumours - Nanango
The Nanango Theatre Company will be presenting the first performance of their latest production "Rumours" (a Neil Simon farce) at the Nanango Theatre Company Playhouse at the corner of Elk and George Streets, Nanango at 7:00pm this evening (plays begins at 7:30pm sharp). Rumours tells the story of several affluent couples who gather together for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' tenth anniversary. However, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host - the deputy mayor of New York - has shot himself through the earlobe. Comic complications arise when - given everyone's upper class status - they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police and the media. Tonight's show is a supper night and will continue until around 10:00pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and pensioners (or $15 and $10 if you book and pay 7 days in advance). More details and/or bookings? Phone In Gear in Fitzroy Street, Nanango on (07) 4163-3582. Some tickets will be available at the door as well. [Note: Five additional performances will be held at the same time and venue on April 21st, 27th and 28th and May 4th and 5th]
Friday Social Golf - Kingaroy
- The Kingaroy Golf Club on the Bunya Highway at Kingaroy will holding their regular Friday 9-ers 9 hole social golfing sessions for men and women from 8:00am until dusk today. Everyone is most welcome (including non-members) and green fees are $11 for members or $14 for non-members for the nine holes - but this also includes a card draw for prizes in the clubhouse in the evening (there's also a Jackpot card draw on the last Friday of each month). More details? Phone the Golf Club on (07) 4162-1720
Kingaroy Show Ball
The South Burnett Show Society will be holding its annual Kingaroy Show Ball at the Kingaroy Town Hall in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from 8:00pm until late tonight. This fully licensed Ball is the traditional curtain-raiser for the Kingaroy Show (which will be held on 5th and 6th May this year) and it will feature live music from The Commodores; the judging (and then crowning) of 2012's Miss Showgirl, Show Princess, Show Queen and Rural Ambassador; and a great supper. Tickets are $20 per head for adults and $15 for high school students. They can be obtained in advance from Coppards Menswear in Kingaroy Street or at the door tonight. Interested showgirl entrants should phone Lorna on (07) 4162-2818.
Chopper Roller Field Day - Manumbar
- A free Chopper Roller Field Day will be held at BJ Gentry's eastern property off Manumbar Road north of Nanango from 9:00am to 3:00pm today (look for the signs on Manumbar Road). The Field Day will provide demonstrations of how to use chopper rollers to thin out over-stocked spotted gum regrowth and how they can be used to improve access for fire management and speed up the breakdown of large woody harvest debris. The Field Day - which has been re-scheduled from February - would be of interest to anyone with forested areas to manage and all you need to bring along is a packed lunch, a water bottle and a chair. More details? Phone (07) 5483-6535 or send an email.
2012 Youth Week Launch - Cherbourg
Cherbourg will be marking National Youth Week (which runs from April 13-22) at 2:00pm this afternoon with a special public function at the Ration Shed Museum at 19 Barambah Avenue in Cherbourg. The function will launch the town's new Youth Group and will also open the Ration Shed's new Youth Area - both of which have had a lot of work put into them by the town's young people. The Aboriginal Centre of Performance Arts will also be running a workshop and afternoon tea and light refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome and you can obtain more details by phoning the Ration Shed on (07) 4169-5753.
Endeavour Foundation Bingo - Kingaroy
- The Endeavour Foundation will be holding bingo games at Kingaroy RSL from 10:00am this morning. More than $1,000 in jackpots will be on offer. More details from the RSL on (07) 4162-1755
Friday Night Dinner & Social Darts - Nanango
- The Nanango and District Darts Association will be holding their regular Friday night social darts games at their club house at the end of George Street, Nanango from 7:15pm onwards this evening. They'll also be offering inexpensive home-cooked dinners from 6:30pm if you want to chow down beforehand. The club's licenced bar will be operating too, and both visitors and potential new members are very welcome.
Blue Light Disco - Murgon
The third Murgon Blue Light Disco for primary school age children for 2012 will be held at the Diggers Rooms in the Murgon Services Club in Lamb Street, Murgon between 6:30pm and 8:30pm this evening. The $4 admission fee includes a hot dog dinner and there'll be some great prizes to be won as well. Blue Light discos are drug, alcohol and tobacco free and are fully supervised by local police, Apexians, Lions and other volunteers. No passouts or early exit will be given without parental permission and/or collection. More details? Phone Lance at the Murgon Police Station on (07) 4168-1211.
DJdirex - Murgon
- If you're a bit older than the Blue Light Disco set but still fancy a great night out, the South Burnett's most popular emcee DJdirex will be spinning the platters at the Murgon Services Club in Lamb Street, Murgon from 7:30pm until late tonight. Admission is free. More details from the club on (07) 4168-1819.
Art Exhibition Opening - Kingaroy
- The Kingaroy Art Gallery in Haly Street, Kingaroy (opposite the peanut silos) will be opening a new Youth Galley at 6:00pm this evening to showcase the works of younger South Burnett artists. The SBRC's Arts, Culture & Heritage Committee chairman Cr Ceryl Dalton will perform the official opening at 6:30pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. More details from the Gallery on (07) 4162-6273 or (07) 4189-9172.
