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THE BYRON SHIRE Volume 27 #12 Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777 Byron Bay 02 6685 5222 Fax 02 6684 1719 editor@echo.net.au adcopy@echo.net.au www.echo.net.au 23,200 copies every week
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BayFM subscriber goal reached
In conjunction with this year’s second annual Byron Bay Surf Festival, the ‘stART Me Up’ art competition has been announced. It’s an opportunity for young artists to be exhibited during the Byron Bay Surf Festival in October, win prizes and be mentored. Entrants as young as 4 to 18 years are invited, and submissions are sought through schools or from individuals. Recipient of first prize in the 14 to 18 year division will receive a six-month mentorship under the expert tutelage of James McMillan and the designers at REAL Creative Design Studio.
Exhibition October 27 For the remaining divisions, an ESP Surfboard, Sideways Skateboard, product packs from Volcom, Skullcandy, Circus Arts and Byron Skateboard Coaching will be on offer. And no-one will leave emptyhanded; each entrant will receive a goody bag full of treats from the fes-
tival sponsors. Three divisions are open, four to eight years, nine to 13 years and 14 to 18 years, and work is limited to 350mm x 350mm, but subject and medium are hindered only by the imagination. Photography, paint, collage or pencil; anything is welcome and an exhibition of the entries will be on display at the Byron Youth Services Centre on Saturday, October 27. The stART Me Up exhibition won’t be the only event of the day to thrill and entertain the younger generations, with the youth centre also hosting skateboard demos and safety talks from Early Skateboards and Byron Skateboard Coaching, a breakdancing contest, art workshops, live screenprinting, marine debris art creations, face painting, live music from a collection of talented young locals, even a hula-hooping workshop. Remember, schools are also encouraged to apply; visit www.byronbaysurffestival.com for more.
The cast and crew at BayFM celebrated on Sunday as their annual subscriber drive drew to a close. Yet again the community came through to keep the local station alive and the station reached their subscriber goal as hundreds stepped up to the plate with their supportive dollars. Photo Eve Jeffery
Byron’s Dendy cinema to close Events and publicity manager Rose Fox said that it was a sad day for both Staff at the Byron Dendy received the staff and patrons. ‘We have almost 20 news last Friday that the cinema will staff here and about a third of those have been here since the cinema close on October 24. Dendy national operations Man- opened,’ Ms Fox told The Echo. ager Nick Hayes said that is was a Increased rent played part difficult decision. ‘I am deeply disappointed for eve‘Increases in rent and ancillary expenses have made the cinema finan- ryone. Byron is really going to miss cially unviable for some time’, he said. the venue, it is a massive loss to the ‘After ten years, the current lease town. We get a lot of families here has now expired. We’ve explored every and this is one of the few places in possible option to keep the doors open town where young people can go that and continue to operate a cinema in doesn’t involve alcohol.’ Ms Fox said the cinema did well Byron Bay, but these efforts have unforin the town and was always busy; detunately  not been successful.’ Eve Jeffery
spite this, it was in the end a financial decision the close. ‘It is my personal hope that someone sees what a gap this leaves in the town and opens another cinema’, she said. ‘We just have to keep smiling until we close. After all, this is the entertainment business. ‘Dendy Cinemas would like to thank the staff, many of whom have been working at the cinema since it first opened in November 2002, for their dedication and hard work throughout these years. We would also like to thank the people of Byron Shire The stART Me Up crew: Diva Cory, James McMillian and Maria Nilsson got in and particularly our patrons and Club some early preparation for the festival last week when they checked out the sand art of Kieren Nugent on Belongil Beach. Photo Eve Jeffery Dendy members for their support.’
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