{"id":98612,"date":"2015-03-06T23:02:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=98612"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T02:35:12","slug":"schoolfriends-ready-to-have-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/03\/06\/schoolfriends-ready-to-have-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoolfriends Ready To Have Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98614\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-98614\" title=\"2015 School Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharna Mills (nee Dahms) and Nancy Stronge (nee Otto) &#8230; looking forward to catching up with old friends at the South Burnett Wine And Food In The Park Festival in Kingaroy on March 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98786\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150309-reunion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98786\" title=\"20150309 Reunion Flyer\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150309-reunion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150309-reunion.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150309-reunion-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer being used to promote the Kingaroy State High School Class Of 1995 reunion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 7, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a group of friends who are looking forward to this year&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winefood.southburnett.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wine and Food in the Park Festival<\/a><\/strong> even more than usual &#8230; the Kingaroy High School Class of 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The group are celebrating the 20th anniversary of leaving school, and they have a lot of stories to catch up on.<\/p>\n<p>Sharna Mills, one of the team of organisers, said the celebration wasn&#8217;t limited to the students who made it through to the end of Year 12 in 1995; they also want to catch up with their classmates who may have left school in earlier years of high school.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong> spoke to Sharna a few weeks ago, she had already managed to contact 50 former classmates but she was confident she would track down even more before Wine and Food in the Park on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook group has been set up to allow people to find out more about the reunion and chat with each other in private.\u00a0 It now has more than 100 members so Sharna&#8217;s efforts at tracking down ex-students are obviously paying off.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers are planning to have a gazebo, chairs and tables in the park, and a display of memorabilia and photographs.<\/p>\n<p>They want the Class of 1994 to meet at the gazebo (inside the festival grounds at Memorial Park) at 3:00pm on the Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And then on Sunday, they are planning a &#8220;family morning&#8221; (details will be available at the gazebo).<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who would like more information about the reunion should contact Sharna on 0408-723-504 or Nancy Stronge on 0439-797-222.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/kshs1995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Class of 1995 Reunion Group page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98613\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-98613\" title=\"2015 School Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015reunion2-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kingaroy State High School Class of 1995 &#8230; where are they all now?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97744\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20140307dinner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-97744\" title=\"20140307 Dinner Under The Stars\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20140307dinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20140307dinner.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/20140307dinner-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The inaugural Dinner Under The Stars last year saw Kingaroy&#8217;s Memorial Park transformed into a top-class, open-air restaurant &#8230; it&#8217;s on again on Friday, March 13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The organising committee has been busy adding the final touches to the 2015 South Burnett Wine and Food in the Park Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Committee chairman Darren Schmidt said it would be easier to simply run the exact same festival every year but that it wouldn\u2019t be fair on regular patrons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we speak to first-time visitors, particularly those visiting from other areas, they\u2019re amazed at the atmosphere, the value and quality of the wine and food,\u201d Darren said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver so many years, we\u2019re reasonably confident we\u2019ve got the basic formula right, but for the repeat customers we\u2019re always trying something different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe trialled the Dinner Under the Stars event last year, and also trialled a craft beer stall. And we are always tweaking the gourmet strip to ensure the flavours are fresh and new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dinner Under The Stars will be on again this year &#8211; on Friday, March 13 &#8211;\u00a0 and there are still a few tickets available. Cost is $80 for a gourmet three-course meal prepared by award-winning chef Jimmy Stephen. Dress is formal. Tickets can be booked <a href=\"http:\/\/trybooking.com\/123548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The entertainment on Saturday is likewise an ever-changing palette to keep patrons happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got lots of big band entertainment this year, some cool blues, and this year we\u2019ll be finishing the evening in the beer tent with some pumping acoustic artists so that\u2019ll be a heap of fun,\u201d Darren said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, as always, we\u2019ll have some quirky characters sneaking amongst the crowds and bringing the best of Queensland\u2019s street theatre right here to the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Wine and Park Festival is sponsored this year by by Downer EDI, PCA, South Burnett Regional Council and Westpac.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gates open at noon on March 14 and will run until 8:00pm. No BYO.\u00a0 Entry cost is $15 for adults while U18s are free.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a group of friends who are looking forward to this year&#8217;s Wine and Food in the Park Festival even more than usual &#8230; the Kingaroy High School Class of 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":98614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Schoolfriends Ready To Have Fun - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/03\/06\/schoolfriends-ready-to-have-fun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Schoolfriends Ready To Have Fun - 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