Easter Family Festival 1999

Arthur's Square

Saturday, April 3rd 1999

We have celebrated the New Norfolk EasterFest - another great day with a terrific crowd.



Pictures of the Action












The Festival was opened by Archbishop Adrian Doyle - not a sporting personality but one of the next generation of Church Leaders in Tasmania into the 21st Century.

The theme for this year was the Parable of the Granny Smith Apple and we had our own Granny Smith providing apples to all and sundry.

The children didn't get their apples quite as easily - they had to 'dunk' for them.


Other Pictures from the EasterFest

The EasterFest provides people with the opportunity to meet their minister in a different guise than usual - on the left is Pator David Jensen from the Uniting Church leading the team in the BBQ tent and on the right acting as a target for the wet sponge thowing competition.




For the young people there was the chance to have their faces painted - this was a particularly busy area of the Square as the 'faces' lined up for some time to get the artwork done.
Here are two examples of the skill of our artists - the cat and the clown.

But the children weren't the only ones to enjoy the day - some of the older citizens of our community were also in attendance - they stayed for most of the day listening to the songs, being part of the celebrations and simply enjoying life.

Other activities included bubble blowing, stilt races, thong throwing, craft work, geeta races and generally having a good time.

In other words, another successful day.



If you would like to read some of the story of our Easter Family Festival in 1998 click here.

Awakening 2000

Further information about Family Festivals can be found at the Awakening 2000 Web Site which contains a number of hints and information to run your own Festival.
We have included a basic Festival Plan, a simplification of the plan we use at New Norfolk, for you to print out here; also, you can find a Sample Letter to your Local Council to print out and make the appropriate changes to as well as a Registration Form for you to print and send to your Local Awakening Office.
To return to the New Norfolk Parish Home Page follow this link.

This page updated on
4th April 1999

and prepared by

The MadMonk