Thursday, 5 October 2023

ARC Theatre

Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (09:42): Early last month it was great to speak at a packed house at Darebin Arts Centre for the Northern Choir Fest, presented by ARC performing arts company and their a cappella choir. I would like to particularly acknowledge the work of Amelia van Lint, Anthony Ventura, Andrew Jameson and Sara Lacey in putting together such a great event. The choral fest brought together several choirs from all across the northern suburbs for a great event, which featured many schools as well as children’s choirs and adult choirs.

In a past life I was actually the president of ARC Theatre and ARCappella, and it was terrific to be able to go back as a representative of the northern suburbs, back to where I really got my start in community service. I was pleased when I was president of ARC to be able to start an initiative where ARC would donate $1 from each ticket to the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. I was really pleased to be able to announce that since I initiated that initiative back in 2011, ARC Theatre has now raised over $10,000 towards the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. So it is great to see community organisations continuing to give back to the community in which they belong.