{"id":355566,"date":"2024-11-28T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=355566"},"modified":"2025-01-27T21:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:51:42","slug":"maidenwell-lights-up-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/11\/28\/maidenwell-lights-up-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Maidenwell Lights Up For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_355570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355570\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-355570\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241128maidenwell-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maidenwell&#8217;s Christmas celebrations will be centred around the Maidenwell Memorial Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 28, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maidenwell&#8217;s annual Christmas celebrations are going to be a lot brighter this year, thanks to the support of a local business and two community groups.<\/p>\n<p>Kidman Contracting, in conjunction with the Maidenwell Community Group and Maidenwell Music Mix Inc, have joined forces to &#8220;light up&#8221; the town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We plan to have the town alight before December 7 as this is the night when the local QCWA group hosts their annual Christmas Party for the children in the district,&#8221; Maidenwell Music Mix secretary Sharyn Hansen said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be a great social evening with a sausage sizzle and Santa will visit for sure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He always manages to have a gift for each of the Tanduringie State School students in attendance, and we owe a vote of thanks to the local CWA for continuing this tradition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It is always a wonderful festive event for the locals to catch up and relax before Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The lighting display is seen as a worthwhile investment in the town as we can store all lights and decorations away for the year and bring them out again next year for a repeat performance!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED with correction]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.com.au\/nanango\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" title=\"communitynews\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/core\/communitynews3.jpg\" alt=\"Community News\" width=\"740\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maidenwell&#8217;s annual Christmas celebrations are going to be a lot brighter this year, thanks to the support of a local business and two community groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":355570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[402,3],"tags":[53],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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