Choir sings for Concord Hospital
The RSL Commentative Rural Choir travelled to Sydney to participate in the inaugural Rivendell Flower Show fundraiser for Concord Hospital.
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Twenty girls and boys from the Southern Highlands, all members of the choir travelled to Sydney to contribute to the efforts to raise funds to support Concord Hospital Aged Care Service and Research.
The Choir sang while standing in a bed of red poppies on Friday night with the girls in the choir dressed as WW1 nurses and the boys in WW1 uniforms and street attire as the guests arrived for the grand opening.
Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO former Governor of NSW and Patron of the organising committee and Mr Don Burke OAM were among the guests.
The Choirs Ambassadors attended the evening function to mingle and speak with guests about the leadership skills they were learning and the value of the choir to rural children.
Saturday brought difficult hot weather and hot wind but the children still performed for the crowds that came to view the amazing and beautiful exhibition of flowers and to be entertained with various performances and workshops.
Sunday the choir performed again at Rivendell. Don Burke came and spoke to the Choir on the history of WW1.
Rivendell has for more than a century had links to the care and welfare of servicemen and women.
OJ Rushton Creative Director, Mrs Rhondda Vanzella OAM President War Widows Guild NSW and Alexandra Dalman musical director and opera singer were delighted with the choirs commitment to supporting this vital facility and the role the RSL Choir played in assisting Concord Hospital.
Glo Schultz
Reflect on those lost in battle
On October 31, 2017 we commemorate the centenary of the charge of the Australian Light Horse at the Battle of Beersheba, in what is now Israel.
In what is remembered as one of the great cavalry charges, Australia’s 4th and 12th Light Horse regiments rode through heavy fire and engaged the Turkish line.
Australia captured more than 700 Turkish soldiers in the charge, but lost 31 of our own with another 36 wounded.
More than 1350 Australians lost their lives in the Middle East campaigns of the First World War.
Today, I urge all Australians to stop and reflect on the Australians who fought and died in the Battle of Beersheba.
We should reflect on the nature of service and on the courage, bravery and sacrifices that our countrymen and women make in our name.
Lest we forget.
Dan Tehan
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
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