Dubbo College Delroy Campus met with a film crew from SBS/NITV last week to film a Christmas commercial, a Wiradjuri version of the traditional carol 'Silent Night' sung by the delroy campus choir.
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The commercial featured Dubbo College Delroy Campus Elder in Residence, Aunty Di McNaboe, the Delroy Campus choir, Yu Yang Galang dancers, SLSO Doug Gordon and Year 10 student Lewis Burns on didgeridoo.
Aunty Di met an SBS staffer at the conference, where she was a guest speaker on language revival.
"We were discussing how I had been teaching Wiradjuri and I invited her to come and see our choir singing Silent Night in Wiradjuri" said Aunty Di.
"I was thrilled when they followed through on the offer and contacted our principal".
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