Local music teacher Judy Toomey helped to transport a group of local youth to Hawaii last week at the Cobar Shire Library when she offered students tips on how to play the ukulele. The classes to learn to play the iconic Hawaiian instrument were offered as part of Cobar Shire Council’s school holiday youth activities. The miniature four-string guitar embraces Hawaiian culture and it’s reported that just about anyone can learn to play it. Pictured with Judy (at far right) are students Oscar Degn, Isabella Degn, Ryan Jiang, Sophie Beer and Indigo Ryan.
Local music teacher Judy Toomey helped to transport a group of local youth to Hawaii last week at the Cobar Shire Library when she offered students tips on how to play the ukulele. The classes to learn to play the iconic Hawaiian instrument were offered as part of Cobar Shire Council’s school holiday youth activities. The miniature four-string guitar embraces Hawaiian culture and it’s reported that just about anyone can learn to play it. Pictured with Judy (at far right) are students Oscar Degn, Isabella Degn, Ryan Jiang, Sophie Beer and Indigo Ryan.
Library staff Jay Mitchell and Jane Siermans with school holiday activity participants Emma Cain and Mark McBride last Wednesday afternoon making pony bead bracelets and beaded bag tags. Other craft activities at the library last week included making slime and fabric carry bags.
Cobar is currently hosting two student doctors from Sydney’s University of Notre Dame to get a taste of what being a country doctor is really like. Hannah Nobes is on her second week of placement here in Cobar and has been spending her time at the Lilliane Brady Village retirement […]
