Broken Hill's Demo Club 110th anniversary celebrations all weekend

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Happy 110th Birthday to the Demo Club!

There's lots happening for the 110th anniversary of the Barrier Social Democratic Club (Demo club) over the coming weekend.

See article below for some of the details about what's on. Details of this article have been sourced from the "For Real Magazine" (via today's 19 July 2013 email subscription link), and For Real Magazine sourced their information from - The Bigger Brighter Breakie Show - 2BH 567

The Barrier Social Democratic Club in Broken Hill is celebrating it’s 110th anniversary.

The Club's Marketing Officer Jenna Millagan says with many events planned it’s a great chance for locals to show their support for the Demo Club.

“Today we have, from 2.30 – 5.30pm an outdoor broadcast… live from the Club. Then we have after 5.30pm we have our Monster Meat Raffle, followed by our Up The River promotion and our members weekly draw with entertainment from 7.30pm with the Super Hits Country Show with the Rustic Suns from Melbourne.”

“Celebrations are continuing on through on Saturday, we’ve got our Electrical Landslide from 4.30pm on Saturday afternoon followed by the Bolo Brothers from 8.00pm in the main bar area.”

“On Sunday we have our members Fun Day from 1.30pm followed by our kids karaoke, talent quest show from 4 – 6pm.”

Flyer for Demo Club Facebook page

“It would be really great to see everyone come down to the Club for the weekend and support the Club and it’s members and really get involved and see what we’ve got to offer” said Jenna.

It all sounds like a lot of fun.

I'm a member of the Demo Club and it's a great local Broken Hill club. It's a real local institution.

Enjoy, cheers, Jane D

AFL 2012 Grand Final, and Grand Final 2009 in Broken Hill

Yesterday was that “one day in September” and okay, so it wasn’t Hawthorn’s day ;-(  That’s annoying.  Anyway, congratulations Sydney Swans on winning the 2012 AFL Grand Final yesterday.  The final score was Sydney 14.7.91 defeated Hawthorn 11.15.81.

Me with a sculpture at the
Living Desert Sculpture Park

It’s all over for another year.

I’m pictured here at the Living Desert Sculpture Park on a trip this time three years ago when I was visiting briefly with some friends who’d not been to Broken Hill before.  We watched some of the game at the Demo Club (Barrier Social Democratic Club) after arriving from Mildura at about 1.30pm on Grand Final Day 2009.  Hawthorn (my team obviously) wasn’t a contender that time, that was the year Geelong defeated St Kilda.  Hawthorn’s last win was in 2008 when they defeated Geelong.

My friend Peter (left) playing with
Monkey Box at the Muso Club

My friends stayed less than 24 hours, they were on a very tight schedule.  They really enjoyed themselves.  We went to the Muso Club (Broken Hill Musician's Club) that night and one of my friends is a guitarist and the band playing that night Monkey Box let him play a couple of numbers with them which was a buzz for him, and of course made our stay more memorable!

Cheers, Jane D

Broken Hill band No Exit playing Saturday 16 June 2012 @Demo Club

‘No Exit’ the very well known local Broken Hill band are playing tomorrow night at the Demo Club.  The gig starts at 7.30pm.  I’ve seen them play at the Demo Club (Barrier Social Democratic Club/The Democratic Club) before and elsewhere and they’re great.

Address:         214 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880

I recommend it.  Lots of fun.

Cheers, Jane D