Thousands of people attended the longest-running Christmas Carols event on the Sunshine Coast, with the Peregian Beach Carols celebrating its 57th year running.
For the first year, the Carols was a collaboration between two local community organisations, residents’ association Peregian Family & Friends and business association Peregian Beach Business Association (PBBA).
Peregian Family & Friends founder and president Leigh McCready said: “After months of preparation it really was so rewarding to see all the kids having the best time, dancing and singing and chatting to Santa.”
“We had a huge amount of luck with the weather, it was a perfect summer evening with cloudless blue skies so all our planned entertainment could go ahead – including a dancing troupe, face painting, jumping castle and stilt walking.”
PBBA president Nicki White said: “Santa arrived in a red vintage Galaxy surrounded by six elves and fairies who helped deliver the Christmas treats to all the children in the audience.”
“We’ve had fantastic feedback from attendees and suppliers who said that our Carols was ‘far and away the best Carols on the Coast’.”
“The crowds were entertained by a roster of 10 different musical acts, including a local school’s rock band which learned all their Carols from scratch, a community choir and local DJ team Raw Ordio, which ended the musical performances on a high,” Ms McCready said.
“The light display was a specially themed Christmas show which went for 10 minutes. It was a great way to end the night and wish people well for the coming holidays,” Ms White said.
The event was supported by a grant from Noosa Council.
