News for 2010

Special guests for North West Film Festival (4-Sep-10) [Read more...]
The North West Film Festival is a festival for young people from rural communities interested and actively engaged in creative digital and analogue screen media.

Paintings to lead to painting (18-Aug-10) [Read more...]
Painting of the Preschool, inside and out, is the aim of the Bingara Pre school fundraising committee.

Art Exhibition/Auction draws out the best in local artists (9-Aug-10) [Read more...]
An Art Exhibition/Auction featuring art works of children and local artists will be held on Friday August 27 at the Bingara Showground pavilion, from 5pm.

Gwydir Art Show in its 13th year (30-Jul-10) [Read more...]
The Gwydir Art Show will again be held this year in October. This will be the 13th year of the show, which was first held in 1996. (A show was not held in 2008 due to the motorhome rally.) 

The Orange Festival welcomes Little Poppy for Kids (22-Jul-10) [Read more...]
‘Little Poppy for Kids’ play rockin’ live music for kids to dance and sing along to - from family stereo favorites like ‘Walking on Sunshine’ and ‘I’m a Believer’, to The Wiggles, plus classic toddler tunes like ‘Old MacDonald had a Farm’.

Festival performer comes with wealth of experience (22-Jul-10) [Read more...]
Writing a biography is sometimes hard when you are trying to describe a lifetime of music and performances in a few paragraphs, but here is a few to give you some idea of Matt’s career to date.

From ABBA to MAMMA MIA to FABBA! (8-Jul-10) [Read more...]
Abba - mania peaked in the 70’s & early 80’s. Then in the 90’s the interest in their music was renewed with the musical “Mamma Mia” & now again in the 2008 with the movie version of “Mamma Mia”.

Keeping the tradition of a legend alive (4-Jul-10) [Read more...]
Johnny Cash was a recording star from 1955 until his death in 2003. He had recorded nearly 1,500 songs on over 470 albums.

Joseph (29-Jun-10) [Read more...]
The joint Bingara Central School and North West Theatre Company production, “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” was by all accounts, a huge success. The week of performances was a demanding one for all involved, with four matinees and one evening performance in five days.

N.W.T.C. President praises Company and School collaboration (7-Jun-10) [Read more...]
North West Theatre Company President John Wearne welcomes all members of the community to attend and be involved in the joint Bingara Central School – North West Theatre Company production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, being performed at the Roxy Theatre from Wednesday June 16 to Sunday June 20.

John Wood returns to share his love of the Roxy (7-Jun-10) [Read more...]
One of Australia’s best loved actors, John Wood, was the VIP in Bingara for a special screening recently at the town’s Roxy Theatre.

The School Musical that unites a town (7-Jun-10) [Read more...]
Many schools in the New England/ North West have an annual musical production, but few if any, can say that they engage the whole town, and have all of the school involved.

Bingara Anglican Flower and Wool Show (19-May-10) [Read more...]
The Wiseman-Crowley Hall came alive with flowers, art and various displays at the annual flower festival on Saturday, May 1. 

Roxy Museum to celebrate Greek immigration (6-Apr-10) [Read more...]
A number of Greek visitors travelled to Bingara in February to witness first hand the exciting developments of The Roxy Café.

Treasures from the Roxy Café’s past return to complete restoration project (8-Mar-10) [Read more...]
In 1936 upon entering the Roxy Café, the regular patron would have been met with quite a sight. Strolling across the stunning terrazzo floor before selecting a booth, patrons would find themselves surrounded by beautiful maple panelling with mirror in-lays which lined the walls.  Above the panelling,  customers could gaze upon a series of tapestries depicting lavish scenes from the Italian Renaissance. 

The opera concert that just keeps growing (8-Mar-10) [Read more...]
Back in 2002 it was to be a small concert for a few opera and music lovers in a paddock with phenomenal  accoustics  outside Bill and Peta’s Blyth’s house on their Delungra property.

Roxy Café on track for exciting future (20-Feb-10) [Read more...]
The Roxy Café Restoration Project is underway, and is on course to meet the June 30 deadline for completion. 

Rosario to bring his “true Italianate sound” to Opera in the Paddock (13-Feb-10) [Read more...]
A couple of years ago when Rosario La Spina was first invited to perform at Opera in the Paddock he said straight away “count me in”.  Now hailed as one of Australia’s finest  tenors, the former Brisbane brick layer has found a gap in his demanding schedule to perform at Delungra’s concert under the stars this year on Saturday, March 20.