Moonambel Arts & History Group

MCTC presents 'New Directions'

15/9/2018

The Cast

The Moonambel Community Theatre Company took the challenge of creating new directors in this production.
Steve Lane stepped back into acting while Sanne Malkaer and Marnie Reece-Wilmore applied their skills to directing.
Gwynn van den Bergen was once again a main director.
The 3 plays were very different in their content but all entertained the audience.
This is a new development in the Company and proved to be very successful.

Would you trust this detective (Bernard Abadie) with your daughter? Definitely!

THE CRIMSON COCOANUT
by Ian Hay
Directed by Gwynn van den Bergen

The villains (Micheal Matthews & Jan Curtis) watching waiter (Steve Lane) seat a gentleman (Graeme Akers) and his daughter (Robyn Akers)

A corny situation where all but the two anarchists win, just as it should be.

Harry Sims (Tony Wood) practising being knighted in front of his wife.

Tombes the butler (Graeme Akers)

THE TWELVE POUND LOOK
by J.M.Barry
Directed by Marnie Reece-Wilmore

Lady Sims (Jenny Mackay) closely observes the typewriter used by Kate (Sanne Malkaer)

The play took a twist at the end we didn't really expect.

TEMPTATION SORDID OR VIRTUE REWARDED
Directed by Sanne Malkaer

Lady Lucre (Jenny Mackay) with her heroine daughter Arabella (Marnie Reece-Wilmore)

Jan Curtis as The Chairman

A melodrama which kept the audience laughing
while joining in the with the boos and hoorays!

Lady Lucre, Fanny the villain barmaid (Kaye Hutton), Arabella, hero Clarence Whiteheart (Bernard Abadie) and villain Sir Jasper (Mick Matthews)

A fitting end!

All photos by Ray Curtis

MAHG AGM President's Report for 2017/18

9/8/2018

President's Report.
This is our seventh Annual General Meeting but also the fifteenth year since the first Arts Event with the inaugural Easter exhibition. We have won a National Volunteering Award in the past and prove to still be a strong volunteer group committed to bringing art to the area for the community to enjoy. The history component of our agenda is also being addressed.

Since our last Annual Meeting we have been involved in the following activities:
September 2017:

'Hogan & Fox' Art Exhibition & Sales at the Recreation Reserve.Two locala artists, Merri Hogan and Barry Fox branched out with new ideas for this two person exhibition. Merri explored etching and printing from nature while Barry included fantasy with his animal carvings. A beautiful combination of talent.

October 2017:

The Mechanics Hall information sign was set in concrete ready for the big 80th anniversary event.

November 2017:

MCTC's 'It's Raining at Lulubel's' was performed at the Moonambel Mechanics Hall as part of the 80th anniversary of the 'new' Hall. We were given an impression of the times back then with comedy playing a big role.

November also saw the third Remembrance Day service commemorated at the Moonambel Memorial.

March/April 2018:

'Capturing Character' photo competition was our Easter exhibition. The standard was very high with a record number of entries. The judge chose 17 highly commended photos, usually just a couple. Merri Hogan proved that she is a photographer as well as a printer by taking out the major prize.

'Plastic & Ink' Workshop with Heather Featherstone and Barbara Chancellor unfortunately had to be postponed due to lack of participants. (Pyenees Unearthed was happening in Avoca the same time). We plan to run it in 2019.

June 2018:

Open Studio @ Maggies Place. Once again local artist, Maggie Barnes-Oake, presented an Open Studio experience at her mud brick house.
This year she invited Sanne Malkaer, Jacqui Drever and Russell Drever to exhibit with her.

MCCC Officially opens. We congratulate Adrian van den Bergen on his mammoth effort of getting the Moonambel Community Ceramic Centre officially operational. This is now another sub-committee of MAHG and we hope many creative pieces af art 'rise from the ashes', so to speak. This centre incorporates a gas fired kiln and a wood fired Raku kiln for use by the commuity.

July 2018:

MCTC was invited to help Steve Lane's beautiful sound and light performance at MEI's inaugural Midwinter Festival. We congratulate Steve on managing to incorporate the Pyrenees Chorale singers with lights being paraded near the bonfire. Quite an atmospheric event.

Our website mahg.org.au keeps our activities documented for all to see.

Market stalls, barbecue and devonshire teas continue to be a drawcard when we have events staged at the Moonambel Recreation Reserve.

Projects on the go...

The Moonambel Lockup project at the Common. Still on the books but slowly coming together. We are determined to see this happen! Information boards are the first part of this installation to be created. Once again we are held up waiting for information from Melbourne.

Art workshops in varied media.

Installing historic information plaques around the township.

Once again our small team of dedicated workers make our projects work. The creative members need the level headed art & history lovers to make these things happen and vice versa. We have built up a wonderful reputation in the Pyrenees district basically due to our respect of our team and supporters. Well done all.

Our future projects, whatever they may be, are almost guaranteed success due to this dedication and wonderful harmonious community team spirit. I thank you all.

Garry Hutton.

MCTC performs at Moonambel Midwinter Festival

16/7/2018

Moonambel Community Theatre Company was invited to take part in the inaugural Midwinter Festival, an MEI event. Being a small but vibrant community, the theatre company was only too pleased to assist.

They helped to create the atmosphere of Steve Lane's original refrain by joining with the Pyrenees Chorale to walk lights towards the welcoming bonfire. While beautiful music filled the air hot air balloons were released into the night.

Hopefully, the Festival will be repeated in the future.

Ceramic Centre open for business

7/7/2018

Adrian van den Bergen taking Raku pots from the kiln.

Moonambel's ceramic centre is now officially operational thanks to the hard work and patience of Adrian van den Bergen leading this MAHG and initiative.

At this stage, the centre comprises of a 3 cubic metre LPG kiln and associated kiln furniture, a
kick-pottery wheel, a wood fired Raku kiln, a work bench, a storage rack and a sturdy lockable cupboard.

The opening in June was celebrated by an all day firing in the Raku kiln and a demonstration run of the gas kiln.

Acknowledgement signs were also unveiled.

Maggie's Open Studio

29/5/2018

Once again
we are excited to present Maggie's annual Open Studio.

Maggie will be working
at her house all weekend
so feel free to talk
to the artist at work.

Maggie is also exhibiting
work by local
Moonambel artists
Jacqui & Russell Drever and ceramisist Sanne Malkaer.

The beautifully renovated
mud brick octagonal home,
all done by Maggie herself,
is a pleasant back drop
for these talented artists
to display their art pieces.

Moonambel Community Ceramic Centre

29/5/2018

At last!

All approvals are finalised
so that Moonambel now has
a community ceramic centre.

The facility now comprises
a large LPG kiln and associated kiln furniture,
a kick pottery wheel,
a wood fired Raku kiln
a workbench, a storage rack and a sturdy lockable cupboard.

A pottery workshop will be held at the Centre on Sunday, June 3 from 10.00 am till about 3.00 pm leading up to the official opening Sunday, June 17, with an all-day firing of both
the wood fired Raku kiln and the gas-fired kiln.A fee of $10.00 per participant will apply to cover materials for two pots.
There will be an additional firing fee for pots to be fired in the gas kiln.
To obtain a workshop entry form, contact
Adrian van den Bergen on adrianvandenbergen@yahoo.com

Check out the poster
for our official opening...

Capturing Character well & truly captured

5/4/2018

The weather was kind for our Easter photo exhibition with the crowds coming to both days.
The standard was very high and we had
a record number of entries with the judge choosing
seventeen Highly Commended photos (it is usually just a couple
It took a long time for him to finally choose a winner.

So here are the final results.

JEFF

BEST OF SHOW
Independent Judge

JEFF by Merri Hogan

CHILDREN
12 & UNDER
Independent Judge

GRAMPS by Jet Ward

GRAMPS

MT EMU CREEK

MOST HUMOROUS
People's Choice

HAVING A LAUGH by Barbara Edmonds

MOST POPULAR
People's Choice

MT EMU CREEK by Bill Blackburn

HAVING A LAUGH

We would like to thank all the photographers for making our show such a high standard.
Without you there is no show.

The Saturday market

Saturday crowds enjoyed the market with the children enjoying an egg hunt.

Children enjoying the Easter egg hunt

Exhibition Day is near...

22/3/2018

Easter is near and so is our Exhibition. We have many fantastic photos in the competition and a market with lots of variety of goodies for sale. The Easter egg hunt for the children should be fun and the Sunday 'Meet & Mingle' is always a winner.

Just remember in your Easter weekend to come to the exhibition in Moonambel either Saturday or Sunday.

Capturing Character Photo Competition & Exhibition

13/2/2018

Once again we are holding an Easter Photographic Competition.
The theme, 'Capturing Character', is opening up a world of imagination and we expect to see many different interpretations.

Entry forms are available from Jan Curtis (see poster)

MCTC Performs at Local Hall 80th Celebration

27/11/2017

The Moonambel Mechanics Hall had a weekend of celebrating the 80th Anniversary of 'new' hall. (The old one washed away in the floods of 1937!)

MCTC performed 'Its Raining At Lulubels's where we were entertained with an impression of how it must have been back then with the community coming together to build the hall we know today.

Lots of music, comedy and entertainment as we were taken through the 4 years it took to build.

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2019

Easter Art Show "Exhibition Without a Title.'
Ceramic centre events
Workshops
History at the Common
Historic signage
MCTC Production

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