Students from The Grange College will be front and centre when the annual Weerama Festival parade makes its way along Watton Street on March 2.
The college has been chosen to lead this year’s parade, with 14 students asked to carry flags spelling out “Weerama”. Following them will be community groups and schools.
PICTURE GALLERY: Weerama Festival 2013
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the festival. The three-day event starts on Friday, February 28, with buskers performing at Station Place from 4pm.
On March 1, there will be a children’s “fun-fest” at Chirnside Park, a Bon Jovi and Pink show and other activities in Watton Street, and fireworks at Wyndham Park.
The festival finishes on March 2 with the street parade at 11am and a youth talent competition.
Festival director Warrick Lynch said he was confident the festival would be a fun-filled event, despite Wyndham council’s decision to cut funding from $50,985 last year to $34,650 this year, citing ‘‘tight economic times’’.
