What do you hope to be doing come November of this unprecedented year?
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Does kayaking on the Wimmera River while watching a fireworks display synchronised to the rhythm of a Queen rock anthem take your interest?
This is one idea organisers of Horsham's Kannamaroo festival are running with, as they look to stage the annual festival in a COVID-safe way between November 27 and 29.
Northern Fireworks' Matthew Batty, of Ballarat, has been enlisted to make this entertainment - dubbed a "pyromusical" - a reality.
"Normally we would have a PA system set up and just play the soundtrack to the audience, but with a lot of uncertainty around COVID (restrictions), we are looking at allowing people to still watch and listen even if they can't attend," he said.
"We have designed the whole display in a simulator that animates what the fireworks look like, and it runs to a soundtrack so we will have bursts on drum beats and more fireworks when the dynamics of the music pick up. The show will end up being exactly the way it appears on the simulator, so a lot of work and effort goes into it.
"Hopefully it pays off and people think it's better than your typical fireworks display."
Mr Batty said he would set up at Horsham's greyhound track, and that a plan had been made to use the largest and highest fireworks if people could not attend the venue.
He said his industry had been "completely wiped out" by the pandemic, making Kannamaroo the first event he will stage since the pandemic began.
"This is the first event we've done where we will look to broadcast it by radio, rather than play it back to the event," he said.
Event president Di Bell said the committee was deciding between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" for the song.
"Everything is being planned so it can go ahead even if restriction levels change. With the fireworks, if the restrictions have lifted people will be able to walk along the river and watch it, or if not they can watch from their driveway," she said.
"We are negotiating with another organisation in town, but we are waiting until after Sunday to work out what we can and can't do.
"The show amusements and rides would be in line with like what (Melbourne's) Luna Park did between the two waves: They had a limit of 500 people in the venue and every time one person went in, one would go out."
"We won't be closing the main street, but there will be smaller events throughout the town in venues where we can manage people numbers. We just want to give people hope."
Horsham Carols by Candlelight committee member Simon Risson said the group would meet in a few weeks to discuss their plans for the 2020 event, traditionally staged in December.
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