{"id":32,"date":"2020-03-03T10:36:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T23:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/testtas\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T04:33:27","slug":"brightstars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/services-and-supports\/brightstars\/","title":{"rendered":"BrightStars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-2c060de7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1796\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-2c060de7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"d1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d1-768x958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d1-1232x1536.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d1-1200x1497.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The BrightStars dance troupe was born over 20 years ago following a Master Dance Class run by Lucinda Bryant and Scotty Martin, of Merry Makers fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BrightStars is a troupe of people with Down syndrome of all\nages and their volunteers, who regularly rehearse and perform publicly all over\nTasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many of the participants, it\u2019s also a time to socialise,\nmake new friends and learn new skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BrightStars now has dance troupes in the North and South of Tasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact us to learn more about BrightStars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"mailto:info@downsyndrometasmania.org.au\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/girl-using-laptop-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"girl using laptop\" class=\"wp-image-3164\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Email us for more information<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"tel:1300 592 050\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/girl-using-a-smart-phone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Girl using a smart phone\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Call us for more information<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Code of\nconduct<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BrightStars has a Code of Conduct for volunteers and dancers. This sets out appropriate behavioural standards to ensure our dance groups are a safe a supportive space. You can see a copy of the Code&nbsp;here. Dancers and volunteers will be asked to sign a copy of the Code as part of their participation in the group. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/04\/d2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1300 592 050<br \/>\ninfo@downsyndrometasmania.org.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187,"parent":14,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"state":[],"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/516"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}