Exhibitors sought for inaugural Coastal Lifestyle Expo
Exhibitors are being sought for the inaugural Coastal Lifestyle Expo to be held at the Ballina RSL Club on Sunday, November 28.
The event is being organised by the Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association, and it will also offer about $10,000 in prizes, including a trip for two to a Samoan resort. The prize includes airfare and is valued at $5500.
Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association chairman Phil Myers said the expo was ‘not a corporate thing’.
“We’re promoting local businesses to local people,” he said.
“It’s a big opportunity for local businesses to get their product out there.
“We want to make people aware of the diversity of businesses in the area.”
Any profits from the expo will be donated to groups such as Australian Seabird Rescue, Landcare, the Ballina jet rescue boat service and youth groups.
“One hundred per cent of any money we make is going back to the community. That’s why the expo is being held,” Mr Myers said.
The organisers are hoping for a wide range of exhibitors, and not just surfing-related ones – for example, photographers, artists, crafts people, home-based businesses, fishing and boating retailers, makers of beauty products, women’s clothing, health and fitness businesses, and local food and beverage producers are among those on the organisers’ wish-lift.
By attending, patrons will be in the running to win prizes such as the trip to the Sa’Moana Resort Resort in Samoa, surfing-related products and art products.
One of the prizes is a 1950s-era wooden toothpick-style surfboard made by Ballina man Barry Regan.
It already has helped towards the costs of the expo, with surfing reserve association members selling raffle tickets over the past few months.
The expo also has been given financial backing by Ballina Shire Council.
“We’re really thankful for the council’s support,” Mr Myers said.
The expo will run from 10am until 4pm, and from 7pm will feature live music from Beau Young, Will Conner, Mal and the Longboarders, and Dennis Nattrass, who will play live while footage from film-maker George Greenough is screened.
There also will be a fashion parade organised by Le Chelle Boutique of Lennox Head.
Archival photographs and footage being collected by the Lennox Surfing Reserve Association also will be on display.
It is free to exhibit at the expo, but organisers would like donations of products to be given away to patrons. Product sales will not be allowed on the day.
Exhibitors can come from anywhere in the Northern Rivers, and not just coastal areas..
Enquiries can be made to Phil Myers on 0403 230 892 or the event co-ordinator, Mike Lycenko 0421 694 669, email: coastalexpo2010@gmail.com or fax 02 6687 5633.
October 28th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
I am a marriage celebrant and wondered if this is the sort of thing you are looking to having there.