Saturday’s Glenaeon Family Fair was a feast of fabulous fun for all. A tremendous demonstration of all that Glenaeon holds dear: a focus on children and young people, and on community. In many ways, our Fair exemplifies the lived Glenaeon experience and for that reason, the Fair is so much more than a fun day out and an opportunity to raise funds for the GPA; it also acts as a powerful expression of who we are and what we do best.
Each year, it is the task of Class 4 parents to carry the overall responsibility for the Fair, in addition we extend our thanks to Kindy - Class 3 parents for your contribution. 2023 Fair Coordinators Korin Virgona and Michelle Glew-Ross were exceptionally well organised, attentive to every detail, and facilitated a keen team of stall coordinators and volunteers in the lead up to the event and on the day itself. As always, our parent body responded to the call for support and the resulting impact was a Fair laden with high quality items for sale, family-focused activities and, despite the intermittent showers, an atmosphere that hummed with a strong sense of community.
It would be remiss not to make mention of Korin’s extraordinary effort to document and digitise the many years of Fair documents and inventory that will allow future Coordinators to access a bank of resources to streamline the coordination process. We are very grateful for this.
A host of activity and stall coordinators supported the key facilitators and we are incredibly grateful to each of you for your support of this event. A full list appears below (Click 'Show more'). In addition, I’d like to call out a number of school staff and teams who worked hard to ensure the School support for this event allowed all to run smoothly and exceed expectations. Special thanks to the Event, Marketing and Maintenance teams, ably led by Aimee Taaffe, Kath Kissell and Mike Thompson, and to Castlecrag Administrator, Melony Browell, who is only now resurfacing from behind the collections of Fair related material!
All the best for a wonderful weekend,
Diana Drummond
Head of School
Fair Coordinators | Korin Virgona Michelle Glew-Ross |
Logistics Coordinator | Jochen Schweitzer |
Logistics | Paula Saunders Mike McCormack Carlos Soares |
Logistics – school staff | Melony Browell Chris Scrogie Michael Thomson Mary Goodridge Kai Shaefer Sonny Valdes Aimee Taaffe |
Marketing | Kath Kissell |
Raffle | Jochen Schweitzer Rye Harper Danielle Ferrari |
Art & Craft Silent Auction | Melanie Harper |
Treasury | Alex Pampel (GPA) Christine Ling |
Entertainment | Tim Ross |
External Stalls | Karina Schlieper Aimee Taaffe |
Tokens | Sahar Manesh Frank Manesh |
Set up & pack up | Rob St Clair Charles Lill Andre Vianna |
Electricity | Rino Petkovich |
Stage building | David Camacho (Kindergarten) |
Captain of Compost | Jimmy Zhang |
Photography | Brendan Daniel Melony Browell |
Volunteer Lanyards | Guchi Garcia Guevara – Class 2 |
Lunch Cafe | Shane Watson Kristina Watson Nick Meredith-Jones |
BBQ | Nina Juliadotter Kathy Wong Dennis Wong |
Coffee Shop | Bec Hinzack Bo Hinzack |
Chai Tent | Jennie Lill Charlotte Hendry |
Sushi Stall | Jung Ah Kim Nobuko Daniel |
Gelato | Nina Cruz |
Lemonade & Popcorn | Deahne Moore Penny Mapp & Class 3 |
Children’s Grotto | Lisa Zhou Charlotte Fayle & Kindergartens |
Parent Craft | From Class 1: Sylvia Robinson Maria Snell Charlotte Fayle Mirka Jakusova Alex Bell Alice Martin, Bodhi Sherrot ( Class3,5) & many parent crafters |
Recycled Toys | Alice Martin – Class 1 |
Pre-loved clothes | Rhys Karame-Kemp – Class 1 |
Pre-loved books | Scott Jamieson |
Produce Stall | Catherine Lee Craig Lee & Class 3 |
Cake Stall | Emma Kidman |
School showcase | Michelle Cabena Elizabeth Ellean |
Enrolments stand | Sunita Shah |
Biodynamic gardening Q&A | Sandra Frain |
Ball in a bucket | Andre Vianna |
Boat making | Marliesa Peitzman & Kindergartrens |
Beading | Alice Martin – Class 1 |
Candle Making | Leisa Tough – Class 1 |
Coconut Shy | Kristian Cruz |
Crystal Mining | Will Xue Jiao Xue |
Dunk Tank | Michael Ryan |
Face Painting | Jessica Strobl Brendan Strobl |
Henna Tattoo | Doris Antivilo |
Jacob’s Ladder | Meghan Hay |
Lollipop Climb | Will Kidman |
Paper Planes | Charles Lill |
Photo Booth | Poppy Roxburgh Rupert Roxburgh |
Prince of Pockets | Sarah de Lancelle & Class 2 |
Storytelling | Amity St Clair Sandra Frain Jonathan Shaw Natalie Choo |
Succulent Planting | Elise Pioch Balzac Pablo Chappell |
Tie Dye | Lisa Taylor Matt Taylor |
Wooden Toys | Chris Virgona Thomas Briault |