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Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival Program Easter 2009

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

GOOD FRIDAY 10TH APRIL 2009

10am -4pm Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal
Family Fun Day in the Police Paddocks (opposite the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre) Highlights include an auction at the rear of the Empire Hotel, carnival and children’s activities.

11am Walk of Witness
Christ Anglican Church, Corner Ford and Camp streets. Come and join this group as they walk through the town, stopping at several points along the way, to read the Easter story. At the conclusion of the walk a cross will be planted in the grounds of St Andrews Uniting Church.

12.30pm Hit off Golden Putter Golf Comp
Beechworth Golf Club – Baarmutha Park – Balaclava Road. Mixed stableford event. Visitors welcome. Proceeds go to the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal.



EASTER SATURDAY 11th APRIL 2009
The Golden Horseshoes Festival commemorates a colourful even of Beechworth’s past – the episode of the golden horseshoes. In 1855 Daniel Cameron was elected Member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Ovens District. During the wild celebrations that followed, he was said to have ridden a horse shod with golden horse shoes through the streets of Beechworth.
“the story has be repeated many times, handed from generation to generation, and like many such stories, it has changed or been embellished as time goes by. In 1954 the people of Beechworth erected a monument on the outskirts of the town to commemorate this event” From Rosalyn Shennan’s The 1855 Ovens Election and the Golden Horseshoe.

All Day Police Paddock
Car display: The Old Cranks Club
Amusements – fun rides for all the family
Air brush tattoos.

9am -4pm Beechworth Rotary Country Market at Queen Victoria Park

9am -4pm Paddy’s Market
Topend of Ford Street, Beechworth Neighbourhood Centre’s big annual fundraiser. Stalls featuring brick-a-brac, collectables and second-hand household items.

9am Beechworth Gold Annual Fun Run/Walk
Starting and finishing from Balaclava Road behind Beechworth Secondary College. Following an undulating scenic course using predominately sealed roads with great views of picturesque Beechworth including Lake Sambell and the Gorge. Walk or run 10km or 3km. Over $1500 in cash and prizes.

10.30am Shoeing of the horse with Golden Horseshoes
Historic & Cultural Precinct
“The supporters of Mr. Cameron testified their respect for him by providing the horse he rode during the election, with a set of golden shoes…’ Don’t miss this annual Festival highlight. See the horse that will lead the Grand Parade being shod with real golden horseshoes.

10am -12noon Beechworth Health Display Post Office corner
2009 is the Australian Red Cross Year of the Blood Donor. Drop by this stand for more information about what is available from our local hospital.


12noon The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group – Roving
Recreation of the opening of Beechworth’s Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum (1867- 1995) Until the early 1860s, people suffering from mental illness were accommodated in the jail system, housed in overcrowded cells alongside hardened criminals where they had little ope of adequate treatment. The Beechworth Lunatic asylum was opened in 1867 and operated as a mental health facility right up until 1995.

10am -4pm Museum Victoria Discovery Program – Camp Street
Be inspired by this fascinating museum Victoria collection of Dinosaurs and Fossils. Hold a real 150 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex foot bone in your hand and see up close life-size replica bones of a five-and-a-half metre tall Tsintaoaurus (an Asioan relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex), a seven metre Stegosaurus and dinosaur foot prints.
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10am -4pm Camp street Food Court
Don’t miss our sensational Food court, right in the heart of town. Grab a bite to eat from our variety of vendors, it down, relax and enjoy a great day’s live entertainment.


10am -5pm FREE Live entertainment
Live music from the Beechworth Bakery and street entertainment including:
Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ: Belgium-built travelling concert organ. The organ has the equivalent sound of a20 piece band and operates on air pressure generated by a bellows and regulated by a reservoir. Musicians Sean Cartilage and daughter Olivia, Murray Brass, Albury Pipes & Drums.

10am -4pm Roaming performers and buskers
Festive Factory 3-D Entertainment combines the talents of Sue Blakey and Steve Scott who spectacular giant butterflies and roaming camels will bring colour and fun to this great family day out.
Melbourne Chinese Youth Society
The eve so popular lion and dragon team will weave their way through Camp Street and once again be part of the grand parade.

1pm The Grand Parade, Ford Street
Daniel Cameron’s famous ride through town will be re-enacted with the horse with the golden horseshoes leads the Grand Parade from Church Street. Featuring dozens of colourful, historical and funny floats and entries, all vying for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy (last years winners: The Old Priory with “Sister Act”)

6pm Friends of the Burke Museum
Leaves from the Burke Museum Loch Street 6pm sharp: $5 per head


7pm Documentary screening of the Buckland Valley Goldfields From The Ashes.
Memorial Hall Ford Street 7pm. Entry $5 per head No Booking required.


EASTER SUNDAY 12th APRIL 2009
6.30am Easter Dawn Service
Sunrise service celebrating the resurrection of Christ, on the rock, overlooking the town of Beechworth. Enter at The Golden Horseshoes Monument o n Sydney Road. BYO rug/cushion and share and early coffee and bun.


11.30am Children’s Easter Egg Hunt FREE ENTRY Chinese Gardens Albert Road
Bring The children along and meet the Easter Bunny who will be stopping by to deliver Easter Eggs

10am -4pm Food Court & Band on the balcony of the Beechworth Bakery
Camp Street – Roaming entertainment

12.30pm Announcement of the winner of the Gold Fever Treasure Hunt
Relive the lust for gold and be in the running for your chance to win an amazing $2000 Gold Egg sponsored by Beechworth Gold.
To win, you must find a number of clues and be the first correct entry drawn. $2 per entry.
Collect and lodge your entry at either the Rotary Kiosk – corner Ford and Camp Streets (outside Beechworth Gold) or the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre – Ford Street. The winner will be announced at 12.30pm from the Balcony of the Beechworth Bakery.

ALL WEEKEND
Beechworth Ghost Tours
Guided tour of the former Mayday Hills Hospital, now the home to La Trobe University. Bookings essential. Phone: 0447 432 816


Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct
Explore one of Australia’s finest collections of nationally significant Gold Era Buildings. Stand in the dock where Ned Kelly stood trial, send a Telegram, explore Beechworth’s Chinese Cultural heritage at the Chinese Cultural Centre, drop into the fascinating Burke Museum or take one of our fantastic walking tours led by expert guides. Contact the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre opposite the historic Courthouse or phone 133 66 321 or book online at www.beechworthonline.com.au


Self Guided Tours
Beechworth Mayday Hills Hospital – now Lat Robe University
Follow the Pioneers brochure - $1
Cemetery Tour
See the friendly Beechworth Visitor Information staff for advice and brochures.

FESTIVAL SERVICES
Festival Head Quarters: (Sat only): Sub Treasury Building, historic & Cultural Precinct, Ford Street
St. John Ambulance: (Sat only) located in the Historic and Cultural Precinct
Combined Churches – Baby Care and & Feed Room: 10am -4pm (Sat only) located in the Salvation Army Hall top end of Ford Street