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Melbourne rules!
Today we had a fabulous day in the RCH SER with many things happening all day. With five Captains, four vollies and heaps of kids, the room was full of action all day!! It was an anything goes day! Giant games of Pictionary, Charades, Uke lessons, Basketball competitions, dance offs and plenty of crafty glittery goodness, the kids were having a blast!
Our rad volunteer Lilli was showing Captain Bounce some new and exciting ways to use the face pain it turns out butterfly brushes are amazing! We ended up with peacocks, butterflies and a few snakes hanging out in the room with us. It was an excellent way to add colour and pizzaz to the room for the day.
Here is a photo of Lilli hanging out with a patient on the Wii. (Check out the cool Simba hat.)
Have a great weekend everybody!
Love Captain Bounce and Captain Cool
WA's Very Own Australia Day Top Music Countdown!
LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!
It was an exciting Australia Day in the Perth SER this year when we decided to hold our very own version of Triple J’s Hottest 100 by having not one BUT TWO massive music polls during the day. Our 12 O’clock show kicked off the TOP 10 “TOON TUNES” as voted by the kids (with a few of the Captain’s fav’s thrown in for good measure!) We played all the most popular tracks from Animated movies (Highlights included The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Toy Story and Shark Tale and MORE!)
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL FOLKS! We had such a blast we opened up voted to include ANY SONG (with no rude words in it) that the kids of Princess Margaret Hospital were really into and the 3 O’clock show featured the HOTTEST 11 TUNES of the year. Katy Perry, The Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and the cast of GLEE featured heavily and how could we possibly have a Starlight Room music countdown without THE BEIBS! It was a rocking afternoon but a crazy mission behind the scenes of Starlight TV as Captain Fabulous and I raced around the control room trying to get all the music videos loaded and ready to play in time!
It was an epic task, but we all agreed it was worth it when we got to spend Australia Day listening to some great music and having a groove with all our little buddies in the Starlight Room!
Same time next year?
-Boy Cap (WA)
Intergalactic Australia Day in The Starlight Room
The Adventures Of Captain Starlight - The Comic Book!
The only thing I love more than reading comics is drawing them myself.So with that said, I’ve created the first ever "Adventures Of Captain Starlight" comic book series with the help of Captain Cool and the brilliant imaginations of the kids who visit the Starlight room.Each episode will be about a different Captain and their adventures on Planet Starlight and its surrounding universes.The very first issue finds Captain Cool becoming so cool he freezes solid and Blondie and I have to discover a way to thaw him out.What’s even more exciting is that later in the year, Captain Cool and I will be turning the comic into a cartoon for the Starlight TV Channel so keep eye out for that.Hope you like it.Captain ZiggyP.S. Batman isn’t actually very good at foosball.I usually just let him win as he gets quite grumpy when he loses.
Australian Faces
Surprise Visitor to Randwick
We love surprises at the Randwick Starlight Express Room, and in particular, we love surprise guests! As the Captain Starlights, volunteers and kids were busy playing games, painting the craft wall and watching the movie, a silent, not so little mouse, snuck into the Starlight Room to offer us all a big surprise.
We were all so delighted to see Mickey Mouse in the house, complete with sparkly jacket and pants to match. Mickey posed for many, many photos, and even played a PS2 game with one of the kids!
Possibly the most delighted of all was Captain Freckles. She was so excited to meet the Mickey. Stay tuned for more adventures and special guests from the Randwick Starlight Express Room.
Captain Plaits
Aussie Stingers Make a Grand Entrance
Fresh off their history making win at the Water Polo Pan Pacs, the Aussie Stingers headed to Sydney for a 3 match test series against the USA, and took a detour to the Randwick Starlight Express Room. This was the first visit from the Aussie Stingers to a Starlight Express Room but it took them absolutely no time to join in the fun. With Just Dance on the big screen, the team members jumped at the chance to dance, and to compete for dancing title. One team member was quoted as saying, "I think we should stick to the water". A big thank you to the Aussie Stingers for their much appreciated, impromptu visit, and a massive congratulations from all the kids and Captain Starlights on taking out the 3 match test series against the USA.
Captain Starlight gets Crafty!
Thanks to our friends at the Gallery of Modern Art here in Brisbane (GOMA), we had a fantastic day getting all arty! As part of the Matisse exhibition, GOMA is touring a ‘Drawing life for kids’ Workshop, celebrating artists. We here in the Starlight room were lucky enough to be included in this amazing workshop. With our very own journals and templates, kids were able to create art works based around themes such as ‘all about me’, ‘My imagination’, as well as being encouraged to observe everyday life. One of our favourite activities were the self-potraits of our 18-year-old selves – as most of us Captain Starlight’s are well into our 4000’s, this was quite a stretch!
Take a look at our creativity!
The Ultimate Volunteer Challenge!
Today in the Victorian Starlight Express Room, Captain Starlight and the kids were graced with the presence of not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 AMAZING volunteers! So we put them to the “ULTIMATE VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE” to see who would come up trumps.
First they had 3 minutes to make the best headband out of pipe cleaners. With the kids being the judges, there was a tie between Rachelle and Lucy so paper, scissors, rock determined Rachelle to be the winner.
Next challenge was Just Dance on Nintendo Wii. David was the winner of this challenge and even won the kid’s vote of Best Dance moves!
The last challenge of all was a game of Uno Stacko. It was a long and intense game with kids and Captains gathered around to watch who would be the first to make the stack fall to the ground. In the final moments, David managed to scrape by without the stack toppling over and Rachelle put her piece on top without it falling over too… until she celebrated too early and kicked the table, making Uno Stacko fall to the floor!
So, it was David who won the Ultimate Volunteer Challenge but in the end it was agreed upon that all of our Starlight Volunteers are the ultimate champions.
GO TEAM STARLIGHT!
The ultimate dog pampering experience with The Hoff
A HUGE thank you to everyone who turned up to have their pooches pampered by the Hoff - David Hasselhoff and his celebrity team mates at Sydney Park as part of the first Celebrity Apprentice Australia challenge and in support of Starlight.
To keep our programs for seriously ill children running, The Hoff and his team invited all dog owners to come along and show their support by making a donation and in return have their dogs washed and get a photo shot with the whole team.
Thank you to The Hoff and his team for supporting Starlight and of course our lovely volunteers, supporters and their four legged friends for coming along. It was so great to see you all turn up to lend your support! :)
And don’t forget, you can help Starlight grant life-changing wishes at any day by donating, becoming a facebook fan or holding a Star Party!!!
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