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Remember the song "Oh, what a night! It really was such a night....." by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?

It's become an 'Earworm' in my head after the Opening of the Melon Festival Exhibition.

Most number of entries in a Lapunyah exhibition - 128.

Fully sponsored! 100 plus people attended the Opening!

What a great supportive community we live in.

Special thanks go to Lapunyah's Volunteer family....we wouldn't exist without you. Special thanks to our Sponsors ......you are great supporters towards the well-being of our community. Special thanks to our Open Section Judge Elysha Rei, who doubled as a one-to-one Career Adviser for 6 local creatives. These interviews were well received by the creatives and we plan to have another session later this year.

Finally, all of the artists across the Open and Youth section.....you are so incredible!

RESULTS

OPEN 3D - First Place Sponsored by Energy Medical: Christopher Rigg - Sail; OPEN 3D - Second Place Sponsored by Energy Medical: Arpita Rana - Harvesting The BIG MELON Seeds

OPEN 2D - First Place Sponsored by Trina Martin: Kristen Flynn - Self-Portrait willy face with Rodin Horses and midnight flowers; OPEN 2D - Second Place Sponsored by Energy Medical: Regina Hyland - MF Pool Party ‘19

OPEN TEXTILE ART - First Place Sponsored by B&B Farming: Gayle Van Der Veen - Wrapped in My Garden; OPEN TEXTILE ART - Second Place Sponsored by Energy Medical: Robyn Christoffel - Sunset Mist

OPEN PHOTO/VIDEO - First Place Sponsored by Energy Medical: Daisy O’Leary - Trust; OPEN PHOTO/VIDEO - Second Place Sponsored by Energy Medical: Emily Green - Cheeky Angora Goat

HIGHLY COMMENDED - 3D: Steve Cant - Slice of Summer; Lee Cameron - Mixed Bouquet; 2D: Rowena Heath - Hervey Bay; Mary Porter - This Way; Machelle Flanigan - Eucalyptus Transparency; Kirsten Landers - Enjoyable Whimsy; Photo/Video: Peter Van Der Veen - Tree Scape

People's Choice (to be announced at end of exhibition) Sponsored by Drakes Supermarket Chinchilla

YOUTH 1 - Under 6 Years Old: First Place - Sponsored by Bailey’s Barkery: Leaena Belle Fatus - Miss Melon; Second Place - Sponsored by Bailey’s Barkery: Tommy Roberts - Master Watermelon

YOUTH 2 - 6 Years to 12 Years Old: First Place- Sponsored by Bailey’s Barkery: Bonnie Wensley - Mr Pelican at the Weir; Second Place - Sponsored by Bailey’s Barkery: C. Roberts - Mummy’s Bottletree Garden with the Cockatoo in the Sunset

YOUTH - 13 Years to 18 Years: First Place - Sponsored by B&B Farming: Lillian Stevenson - The Festival’s Activities; Second Place - Sponsored by B&B Farming: Josie O’Leary - Watermelon Sunrise

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Dawson Anthony Fatus - Melon Man; Eric Flynn - Spider and Jellyfish Watermelon; Caleb Rowson - Watermelon Palm Tree Man; Patrick Sheldon - The Melon Munching T-Rex; Jane Flynn - Field of Flowers; Daisy O’Leary - Sisters; Hugh Shelton - Sunset at Cattle camp; Savannah Rowson - Trainline at Sunset; Yelena Wegener - The Melon Hill; Evie O’Leary - My Dreams; Abigail Miles-Fanning - Lady in Blue Dress; Kobe Hyland - More Than Meets the Eye; Matilda Makin - Nautilus Shell; Emily Atkin - Spit the Pips, Leo; Maddison Grace Hair - Chinchilla Weir; Faith Keating - A Slice of Life; Dalayla Moore - Freckles on a Tree

Children are artists with the capacity to communicate their lived experiences, ideas, and perceptions of their environment in intentional, competent and creative ways. This exhibition presents the world through children’s eyes.

‘A Way of Looking’ asked the children of Busy Bees Early Learning Centre Chinchilla to create a painting of something that is important to them, or something they feel inspired to express. A great job done by Busy Bees Mum and Lapunyah Volunteer Kristen Flynn as Curator of the exhibition.

Comments: These artworks are so precious. All of us start life uninhibited about what we see and how we communicate our knowledge. Come and see these artworks just to remember what it was to be so carefree. Lookout for glitter footprints as you walk around the exhibition!