After the first Being Greek Festival ran out of food last year, this year’s festival committee felt the need to put out a disclaimer: “No matter what system is in place, when several thousand people want to be fed at once an unfortunate and unavoidable fact is that people will have to wait for food,” the Being Greek Festival Facebook page read.
“Therefore, if you have young children we recommend you exercise common sense and bring something to feed them.”
Feeding a 50,000 strong Greek community in the St George area of NSW isn’t an easy task, but the organising committee made sure food was in abundance this year, with a variety of Greek themed treats and the smell of grilling meats in the air.
Greeks all around NSW, and many of those who wanted to be ‘Greek for a day’, came to celebrate OXI Day on Sunday in Crass Park, Kogarah.
Home and Away star Ada Nicodemou had the crowd a bit star struck, as did Mary Coustas, who brought out Effie for some fans.
Greek Australian DJ Krazy Kon had the crowd bopping their heads when he officially launched his new Greece Summer 2013 album. The modern interlude was well appreciated after a heavily traditional program full of Greek dances and music.