By Michelle Gunning and Christine Neville
Personal Advocacy Service Office Administrators Michelle Gunning and Christine Neville have spoken firsthand to The Record to recount the highlights of the PAS Annual Community Celebration.
“The fine weather matched the happy faces on Sunday 2 July as 160 volunteers and people with intellectual disabilities gathered at Aquinas College for the PAS Annual Community Celebration.
This event is the highlight of the year for Personal Advocacy Service and our groups spend much time preparing table centerpieces and masks, practicing our two chosen songs and talking about what will happen on the day.
It was great to see so many wearing all manner of masks to match our Venice Carnevale theme.
We also had plenty of gondoliers in attendance to steer our gondola prop through the blue satin fabric waters in our photo booth for some special group photos.
It’s fair to say our voices raised the roof with our singing of popular favourites ‘That’s Amore’ and ‘Volare’.
Let’s not forget the energetic dancing on the dance floor, especially those able to still do the Twist and the even funnier Chicken Dance.
Our special thanks to Aquinas College, who provide the venue free of charge and whose caterers prepare glorious food for a heavily subsidised charge.
Our DJ Adam Penn comes every year and throws himself into the fray on the dance floor, mixing with our friends and volunteers.
We are also grateful to the City of Bayswater and Bunnings, Bayswater for donations.
