SUNDAY APRIL 1 2018
The Queen’s Baton Relay
The Queen’s Baton Relay will commence at 12 noon with a welcome ceremony at Rotary Park Lookout before baton bearers proceed down Main Western Road onto Main Street concluding at 1pm with an official ‘Community Stop’ - Scenic Rim Welcomes the World on Main Street across from the Tamborine Police Station.
Scenic Rim Baton Relay Event
The Scenic Rim Baton relay will run from 2.10pm just after the Queens Baton Relay on Main Street and involve children from the 30 schools, Guide and Scouts groups, Youth Groups and Sports Groups in the Scenic Rim region. The children will run in groups of three, two holding country flags and the other carrying our ‘black bean’ baton. The baton will be passed from baton runner to baton runner, and the country flags will be returned to the main stage on Geissmann Oval at 3pm for an official ceremony where they will be placed into a stand that will display all 71 flags
Tamborine Mountain Shared Fire Community Celebration
Tamborine Mountain Shared Fire Community Celebration will run from 1:30pm to 7pm on Geissmann Oval and will include fun sports activities for children and families presented by Kelly Sports, food trucks, a cabaret stage, roving performances, community storytelling around artisan fire pits, artisan markets and an evening performance telling a Tamborine Mountain story featuring traditional welcome, Tamborine Mountain Peoples Orchestra, poetry, dance, theatre and fire ceremony and performance
MONDAY APRIL 2 2018
Beaudesert Shared Fire Community Celebration
The event will run from 4pm to 7pm and will include traditional welcome, fun sports activities for children and families presented by Kelly Sports, food trucks, a cabaret stage, roving performances, community storytelling around artisan fire pits, artisan markets, a vintage car and motorcycle display. There will also be a light show presented by the Beaudesert Chamber of Commerce, local community performers, the Beaudesert People’s Orchestra and a fire ceremony and performance. Beaudesert Shared Fire Event is Jubillee Park, Beaudesert.
TUESDAY APRIL 3 2018
Boonah Shared Fire Community Celebration
The event will run from 5pm to 8pm and will include a Tastes Of The Commonwealth food experience,
a traditional welcome, roving street performances, roving musicians and music groups, who have worked on the ‘Boonah Peoples Orchestra’ project with composer Andrew Veivers. Community storytelling around artisan fire pits and a fire ceremony will also be included. Boonah Shared Fire Event is High St, Boonah.
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SATURDAY APRIL 14 2018
Fire on Water Finale - Ramada Resort Kooralbyn Valley
The event will run throughout the day and evening on and around the billabongs and lagoons of Ramada Resort Kooralbyn Valley.
10:00 Opening of the Kooralbyn Connection Trail
Resort Activities – Golf, paddle boats, clay pigeon shooting, helicopter flights, Aussie muster show,
lawn bowls, putt putt golf, Aussie BBQ
Shared Fire Activities and Entertainment – artisan markets, arts workshops, food vans, sports
activities, jumping castle, face painting
Local Entertainers on main stage
4:00 Storytellers around the fires
6:30 Fire on Water Ceremony / Performance
Daytime activities will include fun family sport activities presented by Ramada Resort Kooralbyn Valley and Kelly Sports. You’re invited to join the Windows to the World Message Project and
Flock lantern workshop which is open to all the community (lantern will be used in the evening performance). There will also be food trucks, a cabaret stage, roving performances, community storytelling around artisan fire pits, artisan markets and live streaming of the Commonwealth Games.
By evening - watch Kooralbyn transform with fire and light! Enjoy a lagoon side performance featuring lighting projections, traditional welcome, storytelling, Flock Of Birds lanterns trail, the Scenic Rim Peoples Orchestra with Andrew Veivers and the Fire on Water fire ceremony finale.
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