Top Ryde City Celebrates Three Weeks of Birthday Fun
Top Ryde City is setting a challenging precedent with its 3rd Birthday (since its redevelopment grand opening) celebrations: three full weekends of celebratory fun. The center might just have to give that idea up somewhere before its 25th, but for now it’s a great way to party.
Weekend one has just passed, and it was all about the little ones. Free entertainment included a jumping castle, an animal farm, a clown, a magician, a balloon artist and a face painter: everything one might get for the best third birthday possible, all in one well-packed weekend. Pint-sized shoppers also had the chance to meet with idols like Dora the Explorer, Peppa Pig, Bananas in Pyjamas and a few friendly faces from Thomas & Friends.
Weekend two is aiming for a slightly older crowd with a full weekend of free musical entertainment. Timomatic and Samantha Jade will both give 30 minute performances and 30-minute signing sessions. Jazz fans can enjoy the Vov Dylan Quartet with Donna Campbell in the evening, and shoppers can take souvenir photos in the Moochi photo booth.
Throughout this second weekend of celebrations, the Northern Sydney Institude, Ryde Campus will hang out at the center giving hourlong workshop sessions on things like edible landscapes, mocktails, and chopping like a chef.
The final weekend is a tasty one: the center is holding a Bake Off. Adults can participate in any of four categories: a butter cake iced and decorated to celebrate the center’s big day, an iced chocolate cake, ‘your favorite slice’ and a packet cake. Younger children can compete by decorating cupcakes with animal themes, and kids 9 and over can decorate cupcakes using Top Ryde City Shopping Centre’s colors: orange, red, blue and green.
