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Beef Week wins Community Event of the Year

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Richmond Valley Mayor, Col Sullivan presents Beef Week president Stuart George with the Community Event of the Year award
Casino Beef Week was awarded Richmond Valley Council's Community Event of the Year in the recent Australia Day awards.

Beef Week President, Stuart George, said he was honoured to accept the award.

"Beef Week prides itself on being a festival for the community," he said. "Winning the award is recognition that the community enjoys Beef Week."

Mr. George said the award is also a reward to the community members who make Beef Week possible.

"Without our volunteers and event organisers, Beef Week wouldn't be possible. It is also reward to the sponsors who support us."

Beef Week is gearing up for the 2010 festival, to be held from May 22 to June 1, 2010. The theme this year is "Wild, Wild West. 

 
Beef Week and Chamber share resources

Donna Yager
Donna Yager who will work as coordinator for both the Chamber and Beef Week
The Casino Chamber of Commerce and the Casino Beef Week Committee have entered into a partnership that will see both organisations share office space and staff.

Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of Casino Beef Week Mr Stuart George said both organisations have many areas in common.

"Both committees are excited to be working more closely together to achieve the common goal of creating a community that is appealing for residents and visitors,” Mr George said.

The partnership will see the chamber sharing space in the Beef Week Office at 155 Canterbury Street.

The new faces that you will see at the office are Donna Yager who will be involved with all facets of events co-ordination for both committees.

Donna has a background in Local Government economic development, event co-ordination and small business operations.

“My working philosophy is about open communication and collaboration and I look forward to bringing this to my new role,” Donna

Cherie Holdsworth
Cherie Holdsworth provide administrative support for both organasitions
said.

Cherie Holdsworth will take charge of all aspects of administration for both organisations.

Cherie is a licenced conveyancer and brings with her exceptional skills in office administration.

“I am very excited to be involved with Beef Week and to be able to build upon the previous success of this great community event," Cherie said.

Both Donna and Cherie are employed on a part-time basis and will be in the office on Mondays and Tuesdays and additional days as required.

 
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The dates for the Country Energy Casino Beef Week 2010 festival are May 22 to June 1, 2010.
 
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Casino On ParadeThe Country Energy Casino Beef Week 2009 was a huge success. One of the biggest crowds ever lined the streets of Casino on the main Saturday topping off a fantastic week of festival fun.

From the first day when local shops dressed their windows and staff in keeping with this year's Carnivale theme, through to the classy fashion parade, the stunning Masquerade Ball, the Beef Industry Breakfast and the main Saturday, and more, people flocked to Casino from all over the state.

The parade was more colourful than ever with many floats and walking exhibits. A new event - Casino On Parade - saw the Samba Blisstas drummers lead the parade. They were joined by local people trained in free workshops thanks to a grant from the Regional Arts Fund. The grant also brought Spaghetti Circus to town where young people received training in circus skills, along with fabric artist Anne Leon who taught fabric art to the Jambama aboriginal artists who designed flags hung in the street.

Beef Week President Stuart George was thrilled with the success of the festival.

"All events have been well attended," Stuart said. "We had a lot of inquiries through the office from people outside of Casino.  The motels filled up pretty quickly, which indicates that Beef Week once again attracted a wide range of visitors to Casino."

Stuart was particularly pleased with the quality and numbers in the led steer and stud competitions.

"The numbers were up this year with 91 steers and 50 stud entries," Stuart said. "And the spectacle for people sitting around watching the led the judging and auction was great."

Stay tuned for news of next year's Casino Beef Week.

 

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