2-11 September 2005
- With more than 50 activities and exhibitions over 10 days, there's something for everyone!
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Mosman Festival 2005 - thank you
“Something for everyone!” was the theme for Mosman Festival and a fun-packed program of events spanned 10 days from Friday 2 to Sunday 11 September. From all of us involved in co-ordinating the Festival, thank you! We hope you enjoyed the events and we invite you to take a look at the photos.
The Mosman Festival is a Mosman Council Community Event.
The Festival blog
From the moon to Mosman, Mr Squiggle is in the news
Posted Wednesday 7 September 2005
It’s the official opening of the Festival and Mr Squiggle exhibition tonight and Squiggle and his creator Norman Hetherington have been interviewed by the ABC and Sydney Morning Herald:
Hetherington, who put Mr Squiggle together in 1959, says it was not too hard to lure the show-off out of retirement.
“I think he [Mr Squiggle] was talked into it,” he said.
“He felt like making an exhibition of himself and here he is – an exhibition.”
Even after 50 years, he and Squiggle are still good friends. He laughs at stories of ventriloquists becoming dominated by their dummies.
He still pulls the strings, he insists, adding with a chuckle that it is a bit galling to see himself ageing while up in the attic Squiggle stays forever young. “All he needs is the occasional coat of paint.”
MONDAY’S THE DAY THE TEDDY BEARS HAVE THEIR PICNIC
Posted Monday 5 September 2005
Due to wet weather, the Teddy Bears will be gathering today at the Youth Centre (behind Mosman Library).
It may not be the woods but it’ll still be a splendid Teddy Bear’s Picnic. There will be stories, songs, balloon-modelling, face-painting and prizes for the best dressed bear, the most loved bear, the cutest bear and a visit from a special teddy.
The Teddy Bear’s Picnic will start at 11am.
FESTIVAL OPENS THE BOOKS FOR DADS' DAY
Posted Thursday 1 September 2005
Mosman Festival kicks off this weekend and Mosman Library has planned two very special Father’s Day storytime sessions.
Mums will be able to take a well deserved break when Dads and Grand-dads take the children to Mosman Library Walk on Saturday 3 September (from 11am to 11.30am) to hear the male Library staff read a variety of classic stories to celebrate Father’s Day weekend.
Storytime guests will have a chance to win a $50 book voucher from Pages & Pages.
If you can’t make Saturday then you’ll have another opportunity on Sunday 4 September at the Awaba St end of Balmoral Beach (from 12 noon to 12.30pm).
There will be music, great stories and a $50 gift voucher from Kidstuff to be won.
Poet and writer Kate Llewellyn at Mosman Library
Posted Thursday 1 September 2005
Kate Llewellyn will present her latest novel Playing with Water: A story of a garden at Mosman Library next Monday evening from 7pm.
After moving from her much-loved home in the mountains, Kate establishes her new garden in a NSW coastal town. She also plants roots in the community and details the small acts of humanity that lead to friendship.
Kate Llewellyn is the author of 16 books, including the bestselling The Waterlily: a Blue Mountain Diary, which has sold over 30,000 copies. She is a highly regarded poet and co-editor of The Penguin Book of Australian Women’s Poetry.
Firefighters wear latest fashion for good cause
Posted Tuesday 23 August 2005
Four Mosman and Manly firefighters will soon be exchanging their uniforms for a range of menswear fashion to help raise funds for The Leukaemia Foundation of NSW.
Firefighters Duncan Podmore, Cameron Richardson, Doug Fisk and Daryn Hyde will model the latest menswear fashion in the Mosman Is Shopping Week Fashion Parade to be held at Mosman Cache Shopping Centre on Thursday 8 September from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
