The Pedder Street Gang headed up by Kay Sandersen and April-Lee Wilkinson prepare for their ever growing community Halloween Event in Pedder street. Video by Rod Thompson
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00:00 COVID kind of hit everyone pretty hard, so then we decided that everyone needs to get
00:08 out and about.
00:09 And it was really difficult with the COVID restrictions because you weren't allowed
00:13 so many people in a small space, so the line was always very, very long.
00:17 But people stuck it out and that was great, so we continued it and it just keeps getting
00:21 bigger and bigger.
00:23 So now, since the beginning, we've been giving out Christmas gifts every year and I think
00:27 now we're at a total of a thousand that we've given out over the three years.
00:31 And you set off a trot.
00:34 Sorry.
00:35 But yeah, so it's mainly just getting our community together, celebrating something
00:39 that's different and fun and by the looks of it around the community, it's gotten bigger
00:43 every year and we're not the only ones doing it now, which is awesome.
00:46 And so what do you guys love about Halloween?
00:48 Because you must love it.
00:50 Smiles.
00:51 Smiles.
00:52 The laughter, the happiness.
00:53 Kids mucking around.
00:54 So yeah.
00:55 Just the rambunctiousness.
00:56 And the imagination of people and kids.
01:00 We try and get them involved as well.
01:02 So this year we're pulling a theme out of a hat, so we're trying to get people invested
01:07 in making up a theme, put it on Facebook and then pop it out of the hat and hopefully we
01:12 continue that every year so the community's involved.
01:15 It's not just us.
01:16 Also, because our brains get tired and we forget to think.
01:20 So if we can get the community involved, then that means they feel like they're participating
01:24 in something bigger than themselves.
01:26 And plus, you want to come and see what you like.
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