From the Editor December 2019

The end is nigh! And by that I of course mean the end of yet another action packed, utterly exhausting and insanely inspiring year is rapidly approaching. Which means the silly season (as if the silliness is ever contained to just one “season”, but hey any excuse) is rapidly approaching! YAY!
 
In previous years we’d be producing a December Banksia Bulletin (eg, this edition) and then turning around and smashing out another “Christmas” edition. But in an attempt to work smarter not harder, and let’s be honest, to not have to whip up a Banksia Bulletin during Christmas party—hangover—Christmas party again week—we’ve simply put an end to it. If you devastatingly missed that memo and didn’t get your Christmas wishes / opening hours / notices into this Banksia Bulletin, fear not—we’ll gleefully publish them all in the weekly Passion Sheets through December.
 
If you need some help getting into the festive spirit, join us for our Fabric Wreath Making Workshop (with brunch!) on Saturday 14th December. It’s $35 per person to cover all the supplies and will be incredibly low key with zero pressure to bring any crafty / fabricy /creative skills—the complimentary mimosas will take care of that.
 
As we wrap up one year and prepare for the next, we’ve got our whiteboard front and centre, plotting out dates and all sorts of ideas for 2020. If you happen to have an excellent—or in fact, an ordinary—idea spring to mind for an event, activity, workshop or other that you’d like to see on offer (or better yet, you’d like to be a part of) let us know!
 
Lastly, thank you to everyone who has shared wonderfully positive feedback and kind words off the back of our (Curtain Raisers’) epic production of Mamma Mia! I think it was gosh darn epic and it’s suitably gratifying to have our wonderful audiences agree. The generous and super fun volunteer collaboration of so many locals to make it such a success is the exact reason I continue to freakin’ love this town and our community. Bring on 2020!
 
Jill Hayes
Editor | Banksia Bulletin
Coordinator | Quairading CRC