Noted artist Lloyd Hornsby has been donating his time and expertise to encourage other emerging artists among the Glen Innes Public School student body, and the group is currently working on an important festival project.
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So far they’ve been practising dot painting, decorating boomerangs to practise their aboriginal art skills. The next project on the horizon, however, is the task to create the two big snowmen who will grace the roundabouts on the northern and southern ends of town directing traffic to the Chill N Glen Festival on July 22/23.
The students are currently in the process of designing the two-metre tall, two-sided characters, before work begins on cutting them out (Glen Industries is supplying the plywood) and decorating them, with the help of Mr Hornsby who’s also providing the paint.
The snowmen will then be proudly advertising the inaugural Chill N Glen festival in the weeks leading up to the big weekend, and it’s this kind of community involvement which is pleasing festival organisers who witnessed how it made the recent Australian Celtic Festival a success.
They’re inviting visitors and the local community to an exciting program of activities themed around a European-style Christmas market, with all the atmosphere of the European winter set against the town’s heritage buildings.
The aim is a family-friendly and affordable event, with the European atmosphere enhanced with themed street decorations, snowflakes effects and even a snowman, who will ultimately become the Chill N Glen mascot. A group of program portfolio managers who have been dedicating their time to ensure every detail is considered within the planning process.
The number of domestic overnight trips to regional New South Wales increased by 6.9 percent on last year and by 18.2 percent compared to four years ago, and organisers are very keen to keep pressure on this winning formula to ensure those tourism numbers increase.
