The Chinese New Year was celebrated last Saturday evening at the Paluma Community Hall (19 February). The Hall was decorated with beautiful hanging Chinese lanterns as friends and neighbours gathered to mark the occasion with an amazing smorgasbord of Chinese dishes. Paluma’s cooks once again rose to the occasion with dishes to rival any restaurant in town. There was Vietnamese (Chinese) pork, Mongolian lamb, spring rolls, noodle salad, dumplings and of course, fried rice.
Many attendees embraced the theme of the night. The most impressive costume was Kathryn’s beautiful royal blue outfit, made by her own hand from Chinese silk. She was definitely the best-dressed on the night looking regal and resplendent. Some attendees acknowledged the ‘Year of the Tiger’ by wearing whiskers, furry ears and even tails.
The ‘Year of the Tiger’ painting kindly donated by Jennie Robinson was won by ‘Lucky Lynn Hyland’. We sold $128.00 worth of raffle tickets, so a big thank you to Jennie for her fund-raising donation and to Paluma residents for supporting the raffle.
A great deal of fun and laughter was had on the night. Thank you to Beth and Jim for kindly donating some fantastic decorations for the Hall. Barman Les excelled in his role as always and worked up a sweat over the course of the evening. Bruno locked himself out of the house before the evening was over, and was assisted in gaining entry by several surprisingly proficient ‘cat burglars’, one such burglar complete with furry ears and tail.
It’s never a dull moment at Paluma and Saturday night was no exception……!
