The 13th Merredin Community Awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of local volunteers and employees in the following catergories:

Voluntary Service to the Community (Group),
Vol.. more

The 13th Merredin Community Awards will celebrate the outstanding achievements of local volunteers and employees in the following catergories:

Voluntary Service to the Community (Group),
Voluntary Service to the Community (Individual),
Arts and Culture,
Business,
Small Business,
Employee,
Tourism,
Service to Agriculture or Natural Resource Management,
Long Term Paid Community Service,
Voluntary Community Service,
Indigenous,
Community Health,
Senior Sports,
Junior Sports,
Veteran Sports,
Team Achievement (Sport),
Service to Sport, and
Special Achievement (Sport).

The Awards Committee will be calling for nominations soon, so please check local press for more details and updates.

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More than a tale of football prowess…

Mount Barker’s most famous sons, Jim and Phil Krakouer
took the Australian football world by storm in the early
1980s.

Their unique and anarchic.. more

More than a tale of football prowess…

Mount Barker’s most famous sons, Jim and Phil Krakouer
took the Australian football world by storm in the early
1980s.

Their unique and anarchic brand of football, dubbed ‘black
magic’, captured the imagination of the nation.

This is the story of the challenges they faced in their rise to
the top of their game, their skill, daring and resilience both
on and off the sporting field, and the controversy and
adversity that has met them throughout their lives.
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For a truly memorable experience don’t miss this wonderful, relaxed performance of Puccini’s sublime opera, La Boheme at Merredin's Cummins Theatre.

The Bohemians are an idealistic, .. more

For a truly memorable experience don’t miss this wonderful, relaxed performance of Puccini’s sublime opera, La Boheme at Merredin's Cummins Theatre.

The Bohemians are an idealistic, penniless bunch intent on enjoying the festive season which is the context for this story. Tribulations, celebrations and the troubled triangle of Musetta, Marcello and Alcindoro provide a counterpoint to the genuine and profound love between Rodolfo and Mimi. Love’s greatest enemy, misunderstanding, threatens to sabotage their union; and ultimately their destiny, as everyone knows, is a tragic one.

Puccini’s brilliant music, presented here by a talented Chamber Orchestra conducted by Musical Director, Brian Chatterton, amplifies the drama, and, so long as we believe in these characters, this story inevitably touches our most fundamental human emotions.

Experienced choreographer/director Nick Carroll always aims to entertain, and with its blend of humour, romance and tragedy, La Boheme is fertile material for a complete theatrical experience.

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