What's on in the Upper Lachlan | May 24

This annual show is held over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in the Taralga War Memorial Hall. The Taralga Art Show is renowned for showcasing original and new works by highly talented artists from Taralga and surrounding districts. All works on display are for sale. The weekend also features creative arts workshops for both children and adults.

The event will be officially opened by Upper Lachlan Shire Deputy Mayor John Stafford on Saturday, June 9 from 6-8pm. For more information please contact Jan Green 02 4840 6101

A progressive lunch for the ladies will be held on June 3 from 11am. This is guaranteed to be a day of fun, beginning with drinks and nibbles at the Criterion Hotel Crookwell, then a bus will take you to the Laggan Pub for a delicious lunch by a big open fire followed by a lovely afternoon tea at Tangled Vine Café, Taralga, then return to the Criterion Hotel Crookwell. Come by yourself and meet some new friends or book a group to help raise money for the “Why It’s Great To Be Alive” project. This project is for funding a social worker at the Wellness Centre, Crookwell Hospital.

Payment at Criterion Hotel $80pp, bookings essential by May 25. For more information please contact Jo Marshall Ph. 04089 76070

The curious question circulating in Crookwell’s Main Street is who is playing the role of Lady Godiva in the Crookwell Amateur Dramatic Society’s up and coming production of the rollicking comedy of the same name? 

For those familiar with a bit of Medieval English history, you will be aware that the Lady Godiva famously rode naked through the City of Coventry to protest the severe taxation imposed on the poor by her miserly husband. 

So who among the cast’s nine local identities will take on this challenging role just as Crookwell plunges into winter? Be assured that all will be "revealed" on the night. CADS musical stalwart, Helen Campbell, who is arranging the snatches of music interspersed throughout the show, has assured everyone that it is not her.

Meanwhile, the cast has begun rehearsing in the Crookwell Memorial Hall, home of CADS, in readiness for Opening Night on Friday, June 22, one of the four BYO supper show nights. There will be one matinee theatre seating performance on Sunday, June 24, starting at 2pm.

Grab a party of friends and form a table for some naughty but funny moments in the goings-on at Mercia Castle, or should that read some funny but naughty moments?

Bookings are open now at the Crookwell Visitor Information Centre. For more information please contact the Crookwell Visitor Information Centre Ph. 02 4832 1988