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Rows of trees in bloom in Turf
Street.
Photo: John
Warrell
Jacaranda Avenue in Pound Street.
Photo: Clarence
River Tourism |
The world-renowned Jacaranda Festival is held yearly in Grafton,
Northern Rivers New South Wales, from the second last weekend in
October to the first weekend in November.
In 2013 the festival officially
starts with the Jacaranda Ball on
Saturday, October 19th and concludes on
Sunday, 3rd November.
Inaugurated in 1934, this was the
first of Australia's folk festivals and is based upon the
magnificent spectacle of the hundreds of lilac-blossomed trees
which grow in Grafton's broad tree lined avenues.
It expresses the people's
thanksgiving for the generosity with which nature blesses this
part of the globe.
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Jacaranda Festival General Meeting
The next Jacaranda Festival General Meeting will be held at
the Grafton District Services Club on Thursday 23 May,
commencing at 5.30pm. This meeting is open to the public.
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2013 Jacaranda Junior Queen Candidates
NOMINATIONS OPENING SOON
The Grafton Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. wish to advise
that nominations will open for the 2013 Junior Jacaranda
Queen – Wednesday 15th May 2013.
Read more
here. |
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Festival FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Check out the FUNDRAISING EVENTS that our Jacaranda Queen
Candidates are holding throughout the year
here.
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Nominations for 2013 Jacaranda
Festival Matron of Honour NOW OPEN
Nomination forms are available from the Jacaranda Festival
Office, Level 1, Dougherty House, 48 Prince Street, Grafton
during business hours; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from
9am to 5pm.
Read more here. |
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Junior Jacaranda Director(s) Wanted
The Jacaranda Festival Committee is seeking interest from
anyone (individual or group) to take on the Event
Directorship of the Junior Jacaranda Queen competition for
2013.
Enquiries to the Festival Manager - telephone 6642 3959 or
jacarandafest@bigpond.com |
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1st Jacaranda Queen Candidate
Announced
The Grafton Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. are very
excited to announce their first Queen Candidate nomination
for the 79th annual Jacaranda Festival.
Miss Christie Paterson proudly sponsored by Gym
Beans Espresso Bar |
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School Officially on for Jacaranda
Thursday
The NSW Department of Education has ruled out closing
Grafton schools to enable children to take part in Jacaranda
Thursday celebrations.
The decision follows Clarence Valley Council axing the day
as a gazetted half-day public holiday, and re-classifying it
an ‘event day’. In the past, schools have closed to allow
children to take part in the long-running traditional
celebration.
Read more
here. |
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2013 Jacaranda Queen Candidates
NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
The Grafton Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. wishes to
advise that nominations will open for the 2013 Jacaranda
Queen Candidates:
Monday 8th April and will close Tuesday 28th May.
Read more
here. |
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JACARANDA THURSDAY AS BIG AS EVER
JACARANDA Thursday will be as big as ever, festival
organisers say.
Despite initial concerns over the day being changed from a
half-day public holiday to an "event day", Mayor Richie
Williamson visited the committee to reassure members it
would make little difference.
Read more
here.
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2013 OFFICE BEARERS ANNOUNCED
On behalf of the Jacaranda Festival Committee I would like
to advise the Community that the Committee held their Annual
General Meeting, Tuesday 26th February 2013, at the Grafton
District Services Club.
Read more here.
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JACARANDA COMMITTEE IS PURPLE WITH
RAGE AT HOLIDAY LOSS!
The Jacaranda Festival Committee is purple with rage at the
decision to scrap the half-day holiday on Jacaranda
Thursday.
At the committee meeting on Tuesday night members decided to
galvanise and launch a campaign to save one of the Jacaranda
City's biggest days of the year.
Read the article
here. |
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GET INVOLVED!
The blossoming purple flowers may not be on the trees yet,
but it's time to start thinking Jacaranda.
The Jacaranda Festival Committee will meet next week to
start planning this year's festival, and festival manager
Janelle Ellem said she hoped for community input about how
to increase committee membership, business involvement and
community participation in the events.
Read the article
here. |
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LATEST NEWS
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The Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. would like to advise
that the office is now open for business. Office hours are
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 9am to 5pm.
* AGM to be held Tuesday 26th February at
the Grafton District Services Club commencing at 5.30pm. |
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SARA FILEWOOD Crowned Queen for
2012
Surrounded by purple blooms and tinted with the
orange glow of a splendid Valley sunset, the people
of Grafton welcomed in the reign of the region's new
Jacaranda queens and princesses. This year's
Jacaranda Queen Sara Filewood was ecstatic to hear
she had taken out the crown, how- ever it was "not
the first one" she had been given since entering the
prestigious contest. Read more
here.
For all the results of the
senior Queen Crowning visit our
Jacaranda Queen Page.
For all the results of the
junior Queen Crowning visit our
Jacaranda Junior Queen
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2012 Junior Jacaranda Queen
Candidates at
the Crowning Ceremony
Photo:
Frank Rasborsek
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