Final Note- “Don’t be shame, Be game!”

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As a girl in Brewarrina said “ Don’t be shame, be game”.

I was really interested in hearing your stories about your place, your town. I am really proud of those of you that had the courage to stand up and speak your mind. It is a really important skill and one that I would be happy to come back and help you develop further in the future. I witnessed a lot of pride out there from all of you, pride in your towns and the people who inhabit them. There was also some criticism and participants identified what they did not like about their town or school, without be completely negative and that is an important skill to have and is part of having a voice in a democracy.

You all are the leaders of the future and its important to stand up and start to be heard, in clear and loud voices. I would like to come back and to train further and work on ways to develop your voices and stories in dynamic and vibrant ways that represents the wonderful people you are and the great towns that you come from.

I’m really happy to have met you all and really hope to come back and do some more training in dance and drama with you all. Maybe even work together to create a show? Keep training in dance and drama, in classes. If you don’t have classes ask your school to have classes in dance and drama. If that is not possible keep dancing yourselves, keep singing, keep writing and telling stories, keep performing and being creative and expressive in whatever form you like.

It’s really important to give things a go, even if you think its not possible, try new things, broaden your out-look. Don’t be worried about looking silly and people laughing at you, laugh back and say “you try doing it better!”. Don’t look down on anyone giving it a go, work together with your classmates to make stuff up and make it happen. “Don’t be shame be game!”