By Jolene Ogle
The message of empowerment was clear as more than 60 dancers took part in the Noosa One Billion Rising Event at Noosa Main Beach.
The dancers, dressed in red, white and black, gathered out the front of the Noosa Surf Club on Friday (17 February) as spectators stopped to watch the annual One Billion Rising dance (OBR).
Now a worldwide movement, the OBR dance represents women and girls who are impacted by violence and sees millions of men and woman dance to the Break the Chain anthem.
The powerful and empowering lyrics share a message of strength and unity, with the aim of stopping violence against women.
Dancers, including Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie and Councillor Ingrid Jackson, had been practicing for the past few weeks in the lead-up to the event that saw hundreds of spectators stop to watch the two, four-minute dance routines.
