
APRIL 2012
Rushworth Easter Heritage Festival and
Moora Working Draft Horse Muster
SATURDAY 7th APRIL & SUNDAY 8th APRIL 2012
Each year Rushworth hosts a huge weekend of activities to celebrate Easter. The event is managed by the Rushworth Easter Heritage Festival Inc. and the Goulburn Valley Arabian Horse Club. It will officially commence at 9.00 am on Easter Saturday April 7th at Rushworth and will conclude at Moora at 4 pm Easter Sunday April 8th.
This will be a great oppurtunity for our members, their families and friends to enjoy a wonderful weekend. Our artists will get their folk art juices and ideas flowing for future projects and, the kids (including the big ones) having a whale of a time.

The festival will be held at Rushworth on Saturday the 7th and at Moora on Easter Sunday. Moora is 7 km from Rushworth and there will be a free mini bus service from Rushworth. Entry to the Moora racecourse Reserve is: Adults $5 - Pensioners/Students $3 and Children $1
The folk painting demonstration will be held in the ‘CRAFTS’ marquee, and will demonstrate ‘live’. Various different types of Folk Art as well as having a few exhibits on display.

PROGRAMME |
Sat 7th April 2012 - RUSHWORTH - from 9am |
Sun 8th April 2012 - MOORA |
- A market in High Street
- A firewood and produce auction
- BBQs
- Live music
- Family entertainment
- Jumping Castle
- Easter Egg Hunt
- Bush poet
- Animal Farm
- Street parade with horses, vintage vehicles, machinery, cars and floats
- Art exhibition
- Tour of David Barton’s mining museum, Jones Eucalyptus Mill and Mosaic Garden
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- Demonstrations of working draught horses
- Vintage games for children – eg sack race, egg and spoon, etc.
- Tug of War between horse and children
- Children’s attractions
- Interaction with draught horses
- Demonstration of heritage crafts – lace making, bookbinding, basket making, corn dolly making and folk painting
- Food and drinks
- Livery Stables
- Blade shearing
- Blacksmith’s Forge
- Harness Shop
- Coach rides
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Any society member wishing to participate or would like further information should
contact Lyn Rumble on (03) 5856 1605 or mobile 0419 207 988 or email
Festival web site http://rushwortheasterfestival.org.au
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