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Glen Innes Celebrates with Free Christmas Community Lunch

Glen Innes Celebrates with Free Christmas Community Lunch

The Glen Innes Town Hall will once again host the annual Christmas Day meal, a heartwarming tradition led by Astrid Scheer and her family. Starting at 11:30 am, the event promises an abundance of food, gifts, and festive cheer, welcoming everyone in the community. Each year, this beloved gathering serves an average of 150 people, with additional preparations ensuring no one goes without. No RSVP is required, making it easy for anyone to join in the festivities. The event, now in its twelfth year, originally began in the Girl Guide hut on East Avenue. However, as the number of attendees…
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Our History: The Town Hall

Our History: The Town Hall

Our magnificent Town Hall is certainly the centrepiece for ‘Christmas in the Highlands’ on Friday November 29, and for the 23rd year it is the venue for the Red Cross Community Christmas Tree displays. The Hall has hosted performances by Dame Nellie Melba, Noella Cornish, school frolics, drill nights for the Volunteer Defence Corp, grand balls, weddings, troop home coming celebrations, Baby Shows, film nights, Macca, The Wiggles…. It provided the stage for Mrs Mackenzie’s early Musical Society shows and later the Glen Innes Arts Council, until 1984 when they produced My Fair Lady as the grand opening show in…
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