Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mitchell's Fire and Water Spectacular

Prepared to be amazed was how I felt as I sat to watch a one hour spectacular put on by 177 children from Mitchell State School, St Pat's, Mungallala and Dunkeld State Schools and Charleville School of Distance Education. Brightly painted T-shirts, lanterns, banners, silvery plumes, a shadow river scene and campfire, and as the finale, the burning of two giant fish and crayfish.
Meanwhile, moonlight lit the faces of the crowd who watched in awe as every child from every school performed. In typical outback Queensland style, several roadtrains thundered by, loaded with cattle, while flying foxes swooped overhead on their way from the river to feed on silky oaks in the town. Tonight the whole community came together in a spectacular celebration of fire, water and artistic endeavour.

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