{"id":18857,"date":"2012-12-10T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=18857"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:16:51","slug":"yarraman-kumbia-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/12\/10\/yarraman-kumbia-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Towns Celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 9, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual round of South Burnett Christmas carnivals continued at the weekend with Yarraman and Kumbia residents turning out in force to celebrate the festive season.<\/p>\n

At Yarraman, the Christmas Carnival took over the Recreation Grounds in Margaret Street on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

There were stalls, hot food prepared by various community groups and live entertainment.<\/p>\n

The ham and chicken wheel proved as popular as ever as did Santa, who took time out of his busy schedule to drop by and say g’day to the children.<\/p>\n

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Yarraman Catholic Ladies were cooking up hot chips … \u00a0from left, Maree Frohloff, Bianca Lilley, Margaret McNae and Marie Emms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eden Ellison, 14, and Tyeson Hennessy, 13, were helping Wayne Emms on the hamburger stand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Shirley Castle was selling raffle tickets to raise funds for the Yarraman Over 50s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The Barkers Creek Bush Band kept the music coming at Yarraman … from left, Lyn Lake, Eddie Lake, Paddy O’Donnell, Jane Erkens and Leon Wyvill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Kumbia, the 13th annual Kumbia Christmas Markets and Carnival were held in the grounds of the Kumbia Memorial Hall on Sunday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Children enjoyed a jumping castle, merry-go-round, face painting and other amusements while adults browsed market stalls selling anything from hats to home-made jams and pickles or enjoyed the sausage sizzle and live musical entertainment.<\/p>\n

Santa put in an appearance later in the evening – much to the delight of children – and after repeated washouts of the event in 2010, thirteen didn’t prove to be a bad omen after all: the weather was perfect throughout.<\/p>\n

This year’s Carnival also marked the end of a very busy 12 months for the Kumbia Hall Committee members who played a major role in organising Kumbia’s year-long Centenary celebrations.<\/p>\n