Tilligerry residents can expect another great community Christmas carols event in December with the same star-studded musical guest list signing up to perform for another year.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Australian country music star Gina Jeffreys and the Bella trio – Lyn Bowtell, Karen O’Shea and Kate Ballantyne – are well-known to the Tilligerry community having performed at Carols on the Green for many years.
The four ladies will once again grace the Carols on the Green stage when it returns to the lawn of Tilligerry RSL Sports Club on Saturday, December 8.
“We’ve organised the carols for about nine years now. We really enjoy doing it,” Anthony Watson, secretary manager of Tilligerry RSL Sports Club, said.
“It progressively gets bigger every year. We even get people that travel from Sydney for it.
“We counted about 1000 people [in attendance] last year but there were a lot more than that, especially around 9pm for the fireworks.”
The sports club funds and runs the carols, assisted by the community through raffles and donations throughout the year.
Carols on the Green will begin at 5.30pm with a Worimi welcome to country and a cleansing of the land, which will include traditional Aboriginal dancing.
Bowtell, O’Shea and Ballantyne will host the evening as well as perform.
Entertainment throughout the evening will include performances by Tanilba Bay Public School children, a Tilligerry dance troop, Daniel Thompson, Tommy Contor, Max Jackson and TJ Hamilton.
It would not be a carols event without an appearance by Santa. Carollers can expect to see the jolly man in red about 7pm.
Mr Watson said this year’s carols format would be a little different. In the past Jeffreys performed at the end of the carols. This year, she will feature more regularly in the program.
“Gina is going to be on stage a lot more,” Mr Watson said. “She’ll sing with the Bella girls and do some solo songs.”
The carols will wrap up with a Kaboom fireworks display, set off from the nearby cricket field, at 9pm.
RELATED READING
Ellie-Marie Watts
A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.
A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.
