By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
THE Destination Tecoma Community Group is seeking volunteers, participants and sponsors for its inaugural Tecoma Spring Carnival.
Destination Tecoma is a community organisation that was formed from community forums in the past few years.
The group is organising a carnival to showcase to locals and tourists what there is available to do and see in Tecoma.
Head of Destination Tecoma Karen Rook said they needed more people who are willing to participate to get in touch so they could begin better organising the event.
“We’re trying to include everyone from young and old,” she said.
“We’ve been talking to RSLs, Scouts, the local primary school, the local high school, and people giving services for free like music and singing, but we want more people to get involved.”
Plans for the festival are already taking shape with an up-cycled fashion parade, doggy dress-up, face painting, market stalls, and carnival rides and more already in the works.
A local crafts market will be operating similar to the “out the back market” but on a larger scale.
Stalls from the market will generate the funding for the rides that will be set in the school oval and the pony rides around the town.
The local CFA is involved, and Destination Tecoma is hoping the SES will get involved to show people what they do and signing on more volunteers.
There will also be representatives from the Yarra Ranges Council running a “have your say” consultation where residents can write down what they would like to see in the town.
Mrs Rook said the carnival was planned to go ahead on 7 November and would like people to have registered to participate by the end of August.
If you are interested in participating in the festival, you can email the Destination Tecoma Team at TecomaSpringCarnival@gmail.com or DestinationTecoma@gmail.com.
