News for 2012

Next year’s Opera in the Paddock concert cancelled (16-Dec-12) [Read more...]
Delungra’s 12th Opera in the Paddock concert will not be held next year due to harsh economic conditions and a significant drop in overall sponsorship dollars.

Judge praises high standard of artwork (19-Oct-12) [Read more...]
Armidale judge, Geoffrey Lonergan praised the high standard of art works at the Gwydir Art Show. He felt that this exhibition was equal in quality to that of other art shows in the region.

Gwydir Art Show opens on Thursday Night (11-Oct-12) [Read more...]
The official opening of the Gwydir Art Show will take place at 7.30 pm this Thursday with the announcement of prizewinners and a preview dinner. Patrons may wish to bring their own drinks.

Big Band Concert not to be missed! (10-Oct-12) [Read more...]
This Thursday 11th October there will be a combined Big Band Concert at the Roxy.  Performing at the concert will be Chatswood High and the Gwydir Band (Warialda High, Bingara Central  and Warialda Primary students).

Fifteenth Annual Gwydir Art Show (4-Oct-12) [Read more...]
The fifteenth annual Gwydir Art Show opens on Thursday, October 11, at 7pm in the Bingara Civic Centre.  A Preview dinner will follow the presentation of prizes.

“Big River Dreaming” World Premiere just a week away. (31-Jul-12) [Read more...]
All of Gwydir Shire is talking about the up-coming world premiere of the musical “Big River Dreaming”. Rarely does a community get to tell its story on stage and even more rarely in the form of a musical.

Bingara sisters chosen to play in Hong Kong music Festival (31-Jul-12) [Read more...]
The Gwydir Concert Band is celebrating the selection of six of its members in the West of the Divide Concert Band, which will represent Australia in the Hong Kong International Youth Music Festival that will be held in April 2013.

Lights, camera and action in Bingara (5-Jul-12) [Read more...]
The Imperial Hotel will become a film set next week when a young screenplay writer Henry Young, gets to make a film.

Burwood Girls High School band visits Bingara (4-May-12) [Read more...]
Burwood Girls High School band is making a return visit to Bingara on May 6 after quite a few years and is looking forward to enjoying Bingara’s friendship once again.

Opera in the Paddock and Inverell Art Society congratulated in NSW Parliament (10-Apr-12) [Read more...]
In NSW Parliament last week, Duty MLC for Northern Tablelands Sarah Mitchell congratulated the organisers of Delungra’s ‘Opera in the Paddock’ for another successful year of bringing classics to the regions.

Sam Kennedy and his band are coming to town (21-Mar-12) [Read more...]
Sam Kennedy plays with Newcastle band, The Brass Arcade, and they have been booked by the Bingara RSL Club to play on Saturday 24th March 2012.

Opera stars head for Inverell for Paddock’s biggest concert (20-Mar-12) [Read more...]
The eleventh Opera in the Paddock on Saturday March 24 will once again attract some of the biggest names on the Australian operatic scene to Delungra.

Big River Dreaming, the musical, to feature as a Gwydir wide celebration. (12-Mar-12) [Read more...]
The 150th Anniversary of public education in Bingara in 2012, will provide the backdrop for an original musical involving students and staff from Bingara Central School, Warialda High School and the wider Gwydir community, along with the North West Theatre Company and Bingara Pre School.

A Chorus of Females for Opera in the Paddock (27-Feb-12) [Read more...]
Fourteen talented young singers from Armidale, Inverell and the surrounding districts are currently in rehearsals to be the first chorus group to perform at Inverell’s Opera in the Paddock on Saturday, March 24.

A lively second decade in the paddock (24-Jan-12) [Read more...]
Opera in the Paddock enters its second decade this year with a number of new faces on stage for its concert at Mimosa, Inverell on Saturday March 24 and Twilight Recital at the Inverell Town hall on March 23.