new year's eve parade
Hepburn Wind ended the year in fine style with our float in the Daylesford New Year's Eve street parade. And to top it off, celebrated singer of traditional and contemporary folk songs and Hepburn Wind member Danny Spooner wrote and performed a special wind power shanty for us.
(left to right) Martin May, Vicki Horrigan, Gemma Dineen, Mim Dineen, Danny Spooner, Scott Kinnear, Gael Shannan
The cool change brought a dramatic wind-powered finale to the parade.
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The wind power shanty by Danny Spooner
Listen or download the wind power shanty.
Blow your winds the day long
Blow your winds hi ho
Drive the mighty vanes around
And let the power flow.
We can help our planet
By using wind you know
To move the mighty vanes around
And make the power flow.
People used to use the wind
For ships and mills and so
We should use it once again
to make the power flow.
Nature’s power can help us
We’ll use it and we’ll show
How the mighty wind will blow the vanes
And make clean power flow.
Blow the winds the day long
Blow the winds Hi ho
Drive the mighty vanes around
And let clean power flow.