SUDDEN singing, dancing and signing turned heads at Dandenong Plaza this month.
Wallara officially opened its pop up shop at the centre with a flash mob on Friday 5 December.
The Dandenong support service for adults with disabilities organised Michael Buble-style crooner James Farrands to kick things off on the plaza’s lower level and lead up to 60 people up the escalator to the shop.
He had the Wallara Sing and Sign Choir in tow and music played through the centre’s PA system.
X-Factor contestant Emmanuel Kelly sang outside the shop and triple Paralympic medallist Don Elgin spoke.
Children First Foundation’s Moira Kelly adopted Emmanuel and his brother Ahmed from Iraq.
Chemical warfare caused them both to suffer limb deficiencies and their parents abandoned them as infants.
Don was born without the lower portion of his left leg but never let that hold him back.
Wallara clients ran through a banner at the shop and helped to hand out fliers about employment services.
“The overall atmosphere of the event was even better than we could have hoped for,” corporate partnerships and communications manager Karen Scholey said.
