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 Our first sponsor for 2012 is Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd. Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd have taken over Cemex who took over Readymix. In all its iterations, this company has provided financial support to our festival for many years. We are very grateful to Paul Curtis and his team at Holcim Limited for once again sponsoring our festival.

Kleenheat Gas are a new sponsor for the festival this year and we are delighted to have them on board. Kleenheat supply LPG and bottled gas Australia wide with local office conveniently located in Beechworth. Kleenheat are sponsoring the Town Hall this year.

Welcome to All Mod Steel Buildings also known as Ranbuild as a sponsor to the Festival. This year the sponsorship if for the Concert Hall at the sports park. They are a local company, live here in Yackandandah and have a keen interest in music and performing. For further information about the company please see their website: http://www.allmodsteel.com.au/ Contact details:46 Wigg Street, Wodonga, VIC 3690. Phone 02 6024 3333

As well as hewlping us build a great festival for you all, JWP will also be involved in building and renovating the Shire offices in Yackandandah. Live local, work local, build local and we all appreciate this new initiative from JWP.

WAW have increased their contributions this year and have taken naming rights on the Shed - our youth and young people and young at heart venue. WAW offer great financial products and services and are the start out financial institution for many of our younger people in the region.

We love our piece of Victoria. Yackandandah is the best hide away this side of the universe, but if ever you can tear yourself away there are so many other great places to visit around this wonderful state of ours.

Indigo Shire continue to look after their communities and it is not easy when you are spread all over the place. Our Shire help, not just Yackandandah but continue to support many festivals and other major community activities all year round. If you have not yet paid your rates, please do as we need their money to run the festival.

The Border Mail continues to help us with in-kind support and it can't be underestimated just how important these relationships are for us. The best newspaper in Australia, probably the whole of the free world with great subscriptions. We are dependent on good publicity and the Border Mail has helped us with that in spades over the past 15 years. Cheers chaps!

  Anything Solar have joined us to sponsor the Yackandandah Earth Hour. These guys are providing the solar lighting for the stage for the totally unplugged acoustic showcase on Saturday. A festival highlight last year and back again for 2012

The Hume Building Society continues to help support us, so thank you again - it's sponsorship that helps the Festival continue. We appreciate your contining support. It's very important to have links with our community banking facilities, and we have built up a strong relationship over the years with the Hume.

The team at Foodworks have been a huge benefit since they took over the general store in Yackandandah with a great range of products and as well as supporting our Folk Festival, these guys also make contributions to many other not for profit groups within the community. A true community support organisation. 

  WAW Credit Union is a new sponsor for 2011 – welcome to them. WAW has a full-time branch in Yackandandah – a valuable asset to our community. The Festival Committee appreciates the offer of sponsorship and looks forward to a continuing relationship with this important local banking institution. Contact details: Head Office, 

  http://www.wawcu.com.au/

Foodworks is our local supermarket. Not only do they sponsor the Yack Folk Festival, but they are very generous employers of many of our young people. Don't you love these synergistic links? Thank you, Foodworks. Please support them and our local businesses in return.

Yackandandah Newsagency  

A huge thanks to the Yackandandah Newsagency for a donation to assist with the parade and town decoration. Not only do the owners help with this type of sponsorship, but they are both very much involved in community groups and projects in the town - more power to your elbow! Thanks James and Cassandra from all on the Festival committee.

Vintage Alley

One of our lovely quirky shops in Yackandandah - offering clothing from the past. Take the time to swing past and look at the wonderful offerings there. It will take you back to the days when we had time to stand around and have FUN. Just like the Festival Weekend. Thanks, guys, for your very kind sponsorship.

Butcher Dale

Our great local butcher's shop has kindly supported us this year. Butch is a wonderful community member and has been involved in many of our local clubs for a long, long time. Butch also was voted Indigo Shire's Yackandandah Community Member of the Year 2010 - and well deserved too! Thanks Butch from us all.

IN-KIND SUPPPORT FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY

We have a number of sponsors that also help us with in-kind donations, and we thank them enormously. It's a big job - this festival - and our generous sponsors have come up with "the goods" year after year, and we can't emphasise enough how grateful we are to them. We hope that you may have the opportunity to use their services sometime.

They include:

The Yackandandah Township Motel

Karalilla Bed and Breakfast, Yackandandah

Sue Ellen Drapers

Yackandandah Taxis