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There’s a chance to get up close and personal with live local marine life at this year’s Leigh Preschool Gala, which takes place on the Leigh School field on Sunday, October 27 from 10am to 4pm.
The preschool has devised a special Marine Discovery Station in conjunction with the Leigh Marine Laboratory, featuring interactive displays and touch tanks containing a variety of sea creatures, as well as a sea-themed photo booth and marine art by preschoolers and local artists.
The sea life theme is a logical choice for the event, not only because of links with the local marine lab and fishery, but because three of the preschool’s parents are dedicated marine scientists, including committee chair and gala coordinator Dr Maria Mugica.
“As a marine scientist I like sharing my passion with my son,” she says. “Day to day we encourage him to love and explore our amazing oceans because ‘we only protect what we love, we only love what we understand and we only understand what we are taught’.”
The gala will also feature the usual range of stalls, seafood, children’s rides, quick fire raffles, bouncy castles, local produce, gourmet food and drink, a magician and the ever-popular ice slide. Plus, there will be live music all day, from The Relative Major, Georgie Memphis, Al and DJ Six Fingers Discount.
Organisers are hoping to match or better the $16,000 raised last year so they can fund a covered deck extension to the preschool building.
