A-maize-ing music event

By Jane Gardner

In the early days of the Covid-19 lockdowns, two friends, Sharyn Jury and Fiona Williams (both singers in bands) noticed a growing number of their musical friends posting videos of themselves on social media, playing and singing at home. Sharyn and Fiona realised how much everyone missed playing music together, so they decided to create an online platform for local musicians to perform and share their talents. Thus, ‘The Stage is Yours, Central Highlands’ was born.

This Facebook page provided a much-needed place for like-minded musicians to connect with others, stay motivated, develop and expand their skills and importantly, provide an audience.

Many months and 300 members later, lockdowns lifted and ‘The Stage is Yours, Central Highlands’ formed a Working Group, which was successful in securing a $3,000 community grant from Moorabool Shire Council to host a series of live gigs around Moorabool.

The first of these three events will be hosted by Donegan’s Farm in Wallace, as part of their ‘Graze in the Maize’ season. It kicks off this Sunday 13 February. For only $10 a ticket, patrons can wind their way through a maize-maze to a large clearing, where from 12 noon until 6pm, eight local bands and solo musicians will perform across two separate stages. The clearing also includes a food hut and a bar. (BYO chairs, rugs and shade, But no BYO food or drink.)

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https://issuu.com/themooraboolnews/docs/mn_2022-02-08/4

in the 8 February 2022 edition
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