Community News
The Colour Ya World Event is back again this year!
Join us as a participant or a volunteer. Contact the Apex Club of Bairnsdale via bairnsdale@apex.org.au or check out the colour ya world website www.colouryaworld.com.au
Drama Camp – Theatrecraft Youth Unlimited
A big hello to all reading this! My name is Sam Dolan, I’m a former a student and school captain of BSC. Since graduating, I’ve completed my BA in Acting for Stage and Screen at Federation University in Ballarat, then I moved to Melbourne to pursue my acting career, I’m glad to say it’s gaining some momentum.
I’m currently involved in running a program of drama camps with Theatrecraft Youth Unlimited, a branch of the Victorian Drama League. We facilitate camps that strengthen skills in theatre and acting, and other stagecraft areas if that’s more your thing. We’ve got an exciting year coming up, running three camps in each set of school holidays. Our first camp ‘Grounding’, in Autumn, heavily focuses on developing skills to work together as an ensemble and devise works specifically in physical theatre. We have more than 15 sessions over the course of the camp, each working towards an in-house performance. It’s going to be lots of fun and I can guarantee you’ll learn a great deal.
Following that camp we have our ‘Distilling’ Camp, in Winter, with a focus on text work, and writing and developing theatre and story. Our ‘Blooming’ camp in Spring is about bringing it all together, movement, writing, and enriching rehearsal and theatre skills.
I was a participant in these camps since 2017 and having since graduated from university, I’m now spearheading these camps. I’ve learnt so much from incredible and dedicated leaders, with many skills still prominent in my practice.
The camp is open to people, aged 13 to 21 - however we have had particularly keen 12 year old participants join us too; if that’s you, please get in contact! Our Autumn camp is running from the 19th to the 23rd of April based at Urban Camp in Melbourne.
To register or enquire, email tyu@vdl.org.au Joanne Watt is the program coordinator and has been organising these programs for over 10 years!
If you have any other questions about the camps, or would like to chat about the path to tertiary education in theatre, or acting in general, feel free to email me at sammywdolan@gmail.com
All the best for to you for your year at BSC
Sam Dolan
ESU Young Leader Bursary 2022
The English-Speaking Union (Victoria Branch) has a Young Leader Bursary currently open for applications.
This award provides up to $3,000 to enable the successful applicant to undertake a development program or an experiential leadership course (e.g. an Outward Bound course or similar program).
Applications are warmly invited from individuals who meet the following criteria:
- Australian citizen (or permanent resident)
- Aged between 18 and 25
- Resident in regional Victoria (i.e. living outside the Greater Melbourne region)
- Keen to develop leadership skills
The closing date is 11:59 pm on Friday 30 April 2022 (Melbourne time). Full details and the online application form are available via: https://esuvic.org.au/content/young-leader-bursary-0
For further information, please contact the ESU's Awards co-ordinator by email: awards@esuvic.org.au
Greetings from ParentZone Gippsland!
We are excited to present to you our April edition of the ParentZone@Home Newsletter!
We hope you enjoy the activities and find the resources helpful.
Please let us know what you think, what you would like to see, and any tips you would like to share with others.
Do you know other parents that may be interested in receiving resources from ParentZone? Contact us at parentzone.gippsland@anglicarevic.org.au to be added to our mailing list.
Parent/carer information session- Building safe spaces together
As a part of GCASAs activities during the Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), in conjunction with Latrobe City Council, we are proudly hosting a live face to face event as well as streaming it to parents and carers across Gippsland. In line with this year’s theme ‘Building safe online spaces together’ we are hosting Marnie Lyon – Digital Forensic Officer from the Cybercrime Squad of Victoria Police. Marnie will be talking about the types of online/social media that young people are accessing, some of the experiences young people have had, including local information, how adults can work together with their children and young people to stay safe online and more.
Tickets can be booked through our Eventbrite ticketing system and are limited for face to face participation.
For more information please contact Alisha Gilliland or myself on 51343922 or at prevention@gippscasa.org
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/building-safe-online-spaces-together-tickets-310911985117
Youth girls football
Training is on Monday & Thursday 4:30pm at the Bairnsdale Football Oval. It does not matter if you haven't played before, we are a supportive and inclusive club.
Come and be involved in the youth girls football team (13-17 years)
Contact Glen Gudgin (coach) 0407 532 383