Multicultural dancing will be a highlight for audiences at this weekend’s family event.

The Baparrdu Aboriginal dancers will kick off the main stage performances at 10am with a welcome dance and didgeridoo playing.

The mood will quickly change when the Rockhampton Chinese Association present a traditional Chinese Lion Dance at 10.55am. Here you will see 2 lions waking up to the beat of a big drum and then doing a short dance. The Chinese Lion Dance brings luck and a blessing to celebrations.

At 11.30am the Bangladeshi children make an appearance, warming the hearts of all watching, followed by Nicholai von Tonslamann and Tony Widjaya from the Capricornia Dance Exchange who will perform an Indonesian dance.

CQU’s Bachelor of Performing Arts students will take to the stage at 12.20am performing excerpts from their upcoming production of the Broadway smash hit A Chorus Line.

This will be followed by an encore performance by Capricornia Dance Exchange who will perform a Romanian dance at 1.35pm.

At 1.45pm the Punjabi Bhangra Dance Group is then sure to bring the house down with their live form music and dance that originated in the state of Punjab in India. Bhangra has enjoyed a surge in popularity worldwide, both in traditional form and as a fusion with genres such as hip-hops, house and reggae.

The Bhangra team is formed by students at CQU who mainly come from India. The group has been in existence for about a year, but group members have all been dancing for more than 10 years.

The Capricornia Dance Exchange will then return for a Bulgarian, Armenian dance at 1.55pm before the day’s star music acts Seaman Dan and Sirocco.

An interactive stage will also operate throughout the day featuring Hungarian, Hawaiian, Thai, Filipino, Indonesian and Aboriginal dancing. Here you will also be treated by line and belly dancing.

Photo: Multicultural dances will be a highlight at this weekend’s CQU Multicultural Fair.