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Australian beach volleyball champion Taliqua Clancy showed Jordan Maxwell, 5, from Chapel Hill how to paint her hand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 18, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wet weather forced a last-minute change of venue for the “Discovering The Heart Of Christmas” event on Sunday, but it couldn’t put a dent in the high spirits of the many children who took part.<\/p>\n

The event began as a project to connect 15 Indigenous kindergarten children in Brisbane with 15 children from Kingaroy, and was originally planned to be held at Kingaroy’s Memorial Park.<\/p>\n

But when Sunday dawned wet and blustery, organisers made a quick decision to relocate somewhere drier and Kingaroy Showgrounds came to their aid by opening up their main hall.<\/p>\n

The event – which was also open to local families with young children – was hosted by Jocelyn Clancy and local artist and educator Toni Philips-Petersen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian beach volleyball champion Taliqua Clancy – Jocelyn’s granddaughter – paid a flying visit back to her old home town to take part.<\/p>\n

And Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook, Taliqua’s long-time mentor, also played an important role.<\/p>\n

Over the course of several hours the kindy-aged children exchanged gifts and Christmas wishes, played games and took part in a variety of art activities that kept them busy, happy and largely oblivious to the rain falling outside.<\/p>\n

Later, Jocelyn estimated as many as 70 parents and children took part in the morning’s activities.<\/p>\n

Jocelyn said she was very happy with the roll-up.<\/p>\n

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The hall at Kingaroy Showgrounds was packed with young children and their parents after \u201cDiscovering The Heart Of Christmas\u201d was moved at the last minute due to wet weather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Toni Philips-Petersen and Jocelyn Clancy said they were very pleased with the roll-up on the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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