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Speaker 1: We know the very darw And Christmas Pageant. It's back

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Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three with more than six hundred and

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Speaker 1: fifty territory and set to take part. Now joining me

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Speaker 1: on the line to tell us a little bit more

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Speaker 1: about what we can expect for this year. It's going

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Speaker 1: to be bigger and better than ever before. From what

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Speaker 1: I can gather is activate Darwin City Activations Manager Costa

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Speaker 1: trakillis good morning to Costa.

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Speaker 2: Good morning coding, Good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show now, Costa, for

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Speaker 1: anyone who didn't attend last year, paint a bit of

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Speaker 1: a picture for us as to what the pageant is like.

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Speaker 2: I say, it's a great community event and stuff we've got.

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Speaker 2: We had over forty floats come on board with from schools,

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Speaker 2: from dance groups, from various community groups and stuff participating

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Speaker 2: and having fun on the day. So yeah, it was

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Speaker 2: great last year. It's going to be even bigger this year.

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Speaker 1: Costa, tell me how all out did some of those

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Speaker 1: floats go last year? Did they really put in a

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Speaker 1: huge amount of effort with setting their floats up.

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Speaker 2: So we had a range of range of people actually

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Speaker 2: putting the effort and stuff. But the whole purpose and

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Speaker 2: the whole point of the whole pat Christmas Pageant was

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Speaker 2: it's the community spirit we had from people putting themselves

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Speaker 2: in the back of a youth with a bit of

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Speaker 2: pencil to others going and doing a little bit more

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Speaker 2: and having custom made trailers and stuff, Christmas themes and

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Speaker 2: all the rest. So we had a broad range of

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Speaker 2: people and efforts through the pageant and that's the beauty

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Speaker 2: of it. It's that community spirit.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that, Like you don't have to go

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Speaker 1: all out or it doesn't need to be the conventional

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Speaker 1: kind of what you might think people are going to

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Speaker 1: set up. It can be just all about you know

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Speaker 1: what makes the territory great, and that is that community spirit.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right. And we had quite a few on

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Speaker 2: display last year.

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Speaker 1: So forty floats have signed up already this year. You

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Speaker 1: touched on it then a moment ago. What kind of

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Speaker 1: groups are taking part.

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Speaker 2: We've got community groups, our dancing groups, We've got a

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Speaker 2: range of various groups and stuff. We've got businesses participating

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Speaker 2: ashore so we've got Bunnings Palmerston so we've got cured

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Speaker 2: ice cream, so we've got the activated and float. We've

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Speaker 2: got Luxe participating this year as well, with a luxA

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Speaker 2: float this year. So yeah, we've got a range of people.

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Speaker 2: We've got quite a few schools participating, so yeah, the

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Speaker 2: list is massive.

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Speaker 1: And tell me the roots changed a little bit this

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Speaker 1: year as well. Where's the parade going to go?

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Speaker 2: So yeah, the route has changed a little bit just

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Speaker 2: to make it and move it around. So to obviously

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Speaker 2: taken consideration the thousands of viewers that we actually territories

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Speaker 2: that actually expected came last year. So we're going to

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Speaker 2: be starting from the corner of naki En Esmat and

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Speaker 2: the floats will go down and dance, walk and parade

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Speaker 2: down Cavanagh Street onto Banner Street and finishing off at

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Speaker 2: the end of Herbert Street. So that will give more

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Speaker 2: opportunities for community groups or for people attending the event

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Speaker 2: to go and spread out and actually get to physically

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Speaker 2: see the floats going in front of them.

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Speaker 1: And tell me, can people still register or is it

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Speaker 1: all just down to sort of decorating and getting those floats,

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Speaker 1: getting those floats happening now.

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Speaker 2: So we're not going to push back on anyone that

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Speaker 2: wants to actually register. We sort of registrations have flows

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Speaker 2: for quite for a few weeks and stuff now, so

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Speaker 2: people are into the process, actually stinking and starting to

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Speaker 2: put all their floats together. So if anyone's still interested

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Speaker 2: to participate, they can speak to our Christmas Pageant coordinator

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Speaker 2: and we will not knock anyone back. We will listen

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Speaker 2: to anyone and if we can actually get them over

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Speaker 2: the line. With the NBR registrations and all the ticks

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Speaker 2: and balances that we actually need to do, we're going

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Speaker 2: to try to get as many as people as we

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Speaker 2: can participating in pageant.

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Speaker 1: Our good stuff, and of course we'll also have the

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Speaker 1: Lord Mayor's annual lighting of the Christmas Tree, and I

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Speaker 1: believe the Big Man himself will rock up Santa.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly item. We've got a massive float and center

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Speaker 2: will be appearing with a massive float to finish off

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Speaker 2: the festivities.

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Speaker 1: How wonderful. Yeah yeah, and then sorry you go costa

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Speaker 1: what we're going to say.

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Speaker 2: So basically, you know, we've got lots of funds, a

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Speaker 2: full array of our program and stuff with roban entertainers,

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Speaker 2: kid activity, food trucks with lights, snacks and stuff. And

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Speaker 2: following the pageant will be the Lord Mayor with his

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Speaker 2: annual Christmas tree lighting at the Benistry Smith Street end

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Speaker 2: of the mall.

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Speaker 1: Now, mate, tell me I know that that activate Darwin

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Speaker 1: does a lot really to get those city activations going

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Speaker 1: and to get people into the city. How big a

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Speaker 1: draw card is this and what have businesses said to

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Speaker 1: you following on from last year's pageant?

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's very very important. So the reason why'll we

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Speaker 2: actually having the Christian Passion in the in mid November

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Speaker 2: and stuff is we've met with a retailing retail second

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Speaker 2: and stuff, and we did speak to them about when

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Speaker 2: the timing was, do we do it in December? Do

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Speaker 2: we do it in November? And they said to us,

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Speaker 2: doing it in December is too late. The shopping people

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Speaker 2: would have done all their shopping and everything. So hence

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Speaker 2: while we're doing it nice and early, is to support

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Speaker 2: local businesses and get people actually start shopping in our

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Speaker 2: stores and stuff locally.

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Speaker 1: Oh wonderful stuff. Well, I reckon, we're going to end

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Speaker 1: up with heaps of people there this year. It will

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Speaker 1: be absolutely wonderful and it's great to get into the

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Speaker 1: spirit of Christmas and also support those wonderful local businesses

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Speaker 1: in our city.

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Speaker 2: Definitely, hopefully we'll see you down there with your family

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Speaker 2: coating for sure.

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Speaker 1: O Costa, thanks so much for having a chat with

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Speaker 1: us this morning, Mate, I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Not a prom or have a great day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you too,