The Bathurst Regional Youth Council met last week for the final time this year to put the finishing touches on their big end of year music festival Summer Sault.
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They organised the event so the city’s young people could roll into summer.
The youth council members recruited their peers, giving them the opportunity to perform in a relaxed environment.
Performers will include Jack Ayoub, Benjamin Druitt, Gabbi Bolt, Brittany Grassick and Georgia Sonter, Hamish Starr, Pulse, Georgia Vickery, Manic, Emma Seager, Xenomorphic, Sarah Harvey, Laine R, Alyssa R, Eliza T and Courtney P, Lueth Ajak, Will Armstrong and Antonia Fish.
Summer Sault will take place in Machattie Park on Sunday, November 11 from 3-7pm. Guests are invited to bring a chair or picnic rug to this drug and alcohol free, supervised event.
In addition to the fantastic music, there will also be drinks and snacks to purchase and a host of other activities.
It has been a very busy year for Bathurst’s youth council with their
successful Catapult Meets Youth Week, their Babes and Bogans Dance Party, which was held at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre in August, and Look Up, a joint initiative by the youth council, headspace, the Youth Reference Group and the Bathurst Mental Health Month committee.
Bathurst Regional Youth Council mayor Jayne Dwyer and deputy mayor Gerard O’Shea will be finishing their terms on the youth council this year.
Jayne said she thoroughly enjoyed her experience, including the opportunity to organise community events.
“Being mayor was a very rewarding experience. I’ve learned a lot about how council operates, but I’ve also had a lot of fun,” she said.
“Even the process of organising and promoting events is a great skill to have.”
She said she was not sure if she would run for the job of the city’s mayor one day.
“It’s something to think about,” she said.
Gerard also loved his time on the youth council.
“It encourages us to be more articulate and confident in putting forward our opinions,” he said.
Bathurst mayor Gary Rush said if the qualities these young people exhibit were anything to go by, the future of the city and community would be in great hands.
“As a group they work very well together. They obviously enjoy the process of pulling events like this one together,” he said.
“Not only do they get to practice meeting procedures, it also teaches them about civic leadership and responsibility.”