Yuna Country Women’s Association celebrate 100 years of CWA with incredible day of workshops

Yuna Country Women’s Association was full of surprises for more than 150 people when they held a mystery event to celebrate 100 years of the CWA in WA on September 27. Event coordinator Belinda Eastough said 90 brave women attended under the premise “no one is allowed to be good at anything”, participating in a number of workshops throughout the day. Sessions included 1920s dancing, poetry, theatre sports, singing and woodwork, while younger groups were able to use TikTok, facilitated by Euphorium. All Things Dance teacher Ky Forrester, Perth creative Alex Pangano, actor Ethan Gosatti and creative writer Lorraine Chapman ran individual workshops, while Euphorium’s Minna Rankine and Frankie Mann helped TikToker’s between the ages of six to 80 create content. Lunch was served by Kiri Bolton, dishing up Middle Eastern lamb chops, couscous and hummus. Ms Eastough said the food was cooked on the Yuna stage with plenty of humour and banter to go around,” she said. “It was definitely the first time lamb chops have been barbecued on Yuna Hall stage,” she said. “The lamb consisted of local dorper and dorset prime lambs bred at Yuna, and the cold pressed canola oil from Block 275 is also manufactured locally at Yuna. “The day was innovative, exciting and different, and brought home a strong sense of a resilient Yuna community that is so important to maintain due to the declining population in the bush.” A sundowner with refreshments and local food trucks was held in the afternoon.