Last updated MARCH 2025

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PROPOSED REGULAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS IN MALLACOOTA AND DISTRICT TO PLAY TOGETHER TO DEVELOP MUSICAL AND COOPERATING SKILLS AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR CONTINUED SELF-MANAGED ACTIVITIES. 

It has been flagged for some time by some local groups and individuals that an initiative to establish an opportunity for young people to come together and play musically together is a very important element of our communities continuing recovery. 

With the re-opening of The Muddie (The Mallacoota Mudbrick Pavilion) as a venue, after extensive renovation and refitting, we (Mallacoota Halls and Rec) feel that we are able to offer a venue (as well as equipment and other support facilities)) and auspicing of such an initiative. 

East Gippsland Community Foundation funding opportunities could create a pathway to such an initiative.

The Scope of the Project.

• Establish a six-month project to encourage young musicians to come together to play together.
• Organize and fund regular sessions at The Muddie for activities to take place.
• Fund a professional musician with young person workshopping experience to coordinate a project.
• Fund additional musicians to lead specific workshops, who have specific skills, to conduct workshops.
• Overall aim would be to encourage young musicians to establish stable groups of peers to play together and build skill and positive experiences.
• To build skills within the group to continue after the completion of the project and offer facilities for a continuation.
• Ideally: groups formed within the project would go onto play publicly at events that they would organize for our community. These would provide opportunities to strengthen community connectivity and goodwill amongst both. young and mature community members.

Timelines are short.  The grant opportunities were only flagged to us over the weekend.  We have been intensely occupied with the renovations of our Main Hall and Mudbrick Pavilion.  The grant application must be in by this Sunday.

We have approached a number of local musical professionals who have offered enthusiastic in-theory support for the project.

What you can do.

If you are the parent or carer of a young musician, or a young adult musician, (at this stage, we are looking at working with young people between 12 and 25) and you theoretically support the project you need to respond very soon. A short text to 0407272358 (Don Ashby) identifying yourself and your young person (if under 18) and agreeing – just a ‘YES’ will be fine and include your email address.

Clearly this proposal is short on details at the moment.  When we have an idea of the possible support from you, our community, further information will be forthcoming as we talk more realistically with our potential stakeholders.

Thank You

Don Ashby

 

Our volunteer organization manages the two Mallacoota Halls – The Mudbrick Pavilion and The Main Hall ; the Lions Park;   The Skate Park; The Community Club Rooms;The Town Oval and adjacent grounds on behalf of the people of Mallacoota and East Gippsland Shire Council.

The Halls are available for hire  for community, personal and enterprise  events. 

First Contact can be made by emailing coothandr@gmail.com or ringing/texting  0468 818 344

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE MUDBRICK PAVILION RENOVATION IS NOW ALL BUT FINISHED AND THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE START ON THE MAIN HALL – WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

 

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