Celebrating Life, Art, Music, Culture and Good Times in the Bay

JULY 2014

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CONTENTS

04 Jenny 06 Marimba 07 TF&D

08 Poetry 09 Zohar 10 Art Gallery

11 Hay Fever 11 Mille 12 ZNail

13 L.A.Z 13 Katherine 14 Whats on

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You may have heard that we were all set to move out of our building for three months from 1July for seismic strengthening work to be carried out - and we were all ready - but last minute we have been advised that the work has been put off for another 18 months - so we now have gallery space available for hire! If you have artworks available and would like to hire a wall for our spontaneous Friends of Creative Tauranga

exhibition ‘Collectively Independent’ from 23 July-12 September, please register ASAP to secure a wall to display your artwork by contacting us on 07 928 5270 or email reception@creativetauranga.org.nz - or call in to see us.

We trust you are enjoying a bit of a new look to our magazine and we are certainly getting a fantastic response to the flip book model circulating through social media networks.

There is plenty on offer during our winter months, and one event you must get along to here at Creative Tauranga is Mervyn Whitley Jnr, a local poet who will be performing his latest piece ‘Halo’, accompanied by a choir, on Thursday 24 July from 5.30pm. This is truly a magical performance to experience - so please join us, we would love to see you.

Keep warm and dry……we have plenty to be proud of!

TraceyTracey Rudduck-Gudsell, Chief Executive

‘arts and culture are what make a city fall in love with itself’ Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

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our beautiful place - lets look after it!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Please note our apology that the June article on Debbie McCauley was not written by her, but by Jenny Argante.

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The Art of Beautiful LivingWritten by Kathryn Overall. Photography by Tracy Stamatakos

You can’t help but like local artist, Jenny Coker. Her smiling, wide-armed welcome, enthusiastic conversation, passion for art and zest for life all spill out of her like bubbles from freshly popped champagne. Jenny is celebrated for her beautiful renderings of home, garden and portraiture in watercolour and oil and the richness

and colour of the art is delightfully embodied in the artist.At a time when many of her peers are starting to

mellow out and slow down, this super-nana feels like she is ‘re-starting’. “I am so enjoying my artistic adventures,” says Jenny. “Art has

been in my blood since I was a child, but it’s really only been in the last few years that I have had the opportunity to embrace it

whole-heartedly, letting it take over my life and my home!”

Indeed, Jenny’s home on Devonport Road is something of an art gallery, housing works

that haven’t yet found their way into other appreciative

homes. Traditional w a t e r c o l o u r botanicals grace

the lounge, echoing in mirror image the

cultivated beauty of Jenny’s tiered city garden, framed by a

magical view of the harbour with the back of the

Papamoa hills cresting in the distance. A beautiful ‘Lavender Fuchsia’, immortalised

in watercolour takes pride of place in the lounge, drooping

with the feminine grace of a 1920’s flapper, a bold carmine heart blushing at its centre.

“Flowers are so full of drama, colour and sensuality,” says Jenny. “Every gardener knows this. I have a natural predisposition to detail and fell easily into the world of botanical art.” Jenny’s admiration of the early European botanical artists tipped into emulation when her own pot of Tulipa Parrotia bloomed. “I was smitten,” says Jenny. “I picked up my paintbrushes and flew on floral journeys surrounded by a horticultural wonderland.”

Several years ago an artist friend encouraged her to

try her hand at oils and Jenny instantly fell in love with the richly layered luminosity of the Flemish style of oil painting, which naturally lends itself to still-life scenes of kitchen and family treasures.

Jenny’s lively Facebook community have fallen in love with her ‘Nestlings Collection’, mini-oil paintings which feature a variety of eggs and nests. “These pieces speak to something in women particularly,” says Jenny. “ I chose these little eggs and nests because they appealed to me visually, but they seem to embody powerful tropes of motherhood, homemaking and creative potential. I sold one recently as a mother’s day present for a woman who chose a painting of three eggs in a nest, reminiscent of her own three children who have now flown hers.”

The ‘Nestlings Collection’ has sparked a sister collection, ‘Nostalgia’ – larger oil paintings which team up nests or flowers with beloved old-world household items like antique pewter, Victorian tea-cups, strings of pearls, leather-bound books and well-loved ballet shoes. “I just love capturing these beautiful things in still life,” says Jenny. “They evoke such rich ideas and memories. While I enjoy living for today and the future, many people are propelled back into the past by historical treasures.”

Memory is an ever-present theme in Jenny’s life, of particular significance since her beloved husband Lynn has progressively lost his through a form of slow acting dementia, moving into full-time care at a home in recent years. “It’s very difficult to feel someone you love slip away from you, losing the detail of our years together,” says Jenny. “He is a wonderful man and I enjoy the essence of him still here.”

Jenny suspects that her pursuit of art has in part been a response to the loss of Lynn’s full presence in her life. “I do have a desire to create an environment of beauty; to celebrate colour and life throughout this journey,” she says. “While always refining my craft, this ‘Nostalgia’ series is a way of tending to the idea of beauty via stories and occasionally, the unexpected!”

Jenny also loves sharing her work with people and is delighted to be involved in the Tauranga Garden and Arts Festival in a new way this year. She i s speaking twice as part of the programme at ‘The Lakes’ hub, opening her city garden, exhibiting as part of the Master Class, and is hosting an exhibition at her home studio called ‘The Paintbrush & The Pixel,’ a collaboration with award-winning local photographer Tracy Stamatakos. “It will be such fun meeting so many people,” smiles Jenny. “I love all of it. I have just ordered a 48-hour day and I’m hanging out for it to arrive!”

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After its recent successful concert featuring movie music, Bay of Plenty Symphonia returns to a classical theme for its upcoming concerts on August 9th and 10th. The title ‘Major Keys’ refers to the fact that all three items on the programme are in sunny major keys – and also hints at the keys of the marimba, the solo percussion instrument in Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Concerto in D major. The marimba (not to be confused with the xylophone!) is a remarkable instrument, and quite different from other percussion instruments. It has a mellow and deep sound producing a particularly rich repertoire of colours.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of the foremost guitar composers of the 20th Century and he originally wrote this Spanish-influenced concerto for guitar. The marimba – being a relatively new instrument – is forced

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generation to classical music.By contrast, the orchestra will play one of

Beethoven’s most popular symphonies, the rhythmic and optimistic 7th in A major. The third piece on the programme is ‘Siegfried Idyll’, a beautiful lullaby by Wagner, written after the birth of his son Siegfried in 1870.

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‘Da Bradas’ Local Tauranga hip hop dance crew

‘Da Bradas’ recently placed first in the intermediate division at the National Project Hip Hop championships.

‘Da Bradas’ (self named by the dancers) is made up of 8 boys aged 12 and 13 who are taught by Eru Mikaere from Rhythmz Dance Co. Before this year two of the boys had never attended a hip hop lesson before.

The boys started training together in February this year for fun and thought that by working towards a competition they would become more unified and focused.

When interviewed by the compere at the end of the competition the crew spokesperson Tai Hemana said, “the hardest thing for us to do in getting the

routine together was to try and stop being idiots!”

‘Da Bradas’ practised their winning routine for two hours a week for eight weeks.

Michelle Roberts-Gray, mother of one of the dancers says “My son has gained so much confidence from being part of the group. He loves the social aspect and the creative outlet.

Rhythmz has a great professional approach to teaching the kids and know how to interact on their level.”

The boys will continue their weekly practice at Rhythmz Dance Co and are interested in hearing from new recruits of a similar age to start in Term 3. Email Carla Beazley for further details – carla@rdc.net.nz

Calling Creatives For 2015The 2015 Tarnished Frocks and Divas show has a date, a venue,

and a concept. It is now calling for creative people to participate in the design process.

The show dates are 16-19 September next year. It will again be staged in the ASB Events Centre, but will be nothing like the last show. The concept remains a secret divulged only to those involved and among the first to know will be the new members of the design team.

Tarnished Frocks and Divas (TFandD) Creative Director of Design, Robyne Dowdall, points out that in looking for prospective designers for her team the word creative is the key. “We are looking for people who will relish the opportunity to unleash and stretch their imaginations to create the garments for the 2015 show.” The creative people she is searching for will be given the chance to behave like ‘a kid in a lolly shop’ among TFandD’s massive collection of retro, vintage and pre-loved clothes and accessories begging for reinvention and reworking into the myriad of amazing garments that the show is famous for. Robyne

says she adores the process and invites other creatives to join her. “I would love the company of forward-thinking women able to make a commitment to the team, to work together to create a dazzling show.”

Robyne points out that they are not looking for designers as such; there is no requirement to make patterns or sew the clothing. “They are the ideas people, people who enjoy the tactile qualities of fabric and who can see an existing garment and visualize it becoming a totally different entity. We would like to see an example of their creativity.”

The clothes do, of course, have to be constructed. TFandD has its own Make Team for this purpose. The show’s developers would also like to hear from anyone who loves to sew and to be a part of an exciting journey with like minded women.

Potential Creative Designers or members of the Make Team should go to the website www.tarnishedfrocksanddivas.co.nz to register their interest.

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Expect the unexpected!Jenny Argante talks to us about National Poetry Day 2014 in Tauranga

That annual celebration of words and music and song known as National Poetry Day (NPD) is being co-ordinated locally by a relative newcomer to the literary arts scheme. Yet Dhaivat Mehta’s family is well-established in Mount Maunganui and it’s surely from his community-minded parents he has inherited his urge to contribute.

Jenny is grateful to be handing over the reins.

“I’ve done this too often,” she laughs. “Dhaivat has the energy we need to bring the youth dynamic into this and other categories of art. He’s already proven his interest across a range of activities, including screenwriting and filmmaking, performance poetry and the

general business of being creative.”She assures us the programme is shaping

up nicely. We’ve all been watching with interest what experienced musicians and entrepreneurs Ross Shilling and Aaron Saxon are planning next for the Mauao Performing Arts Centre, and Caught in the Act! for NPD will test the stage there well ahead of its official debut in October. The intention is to create a cafe-bar atmosphere and the eminently suitable and inimitable Tommy Kapai Wilson makes the ideal compere.

“We’re so thankful for how others have got behind us,” says Dhaivat, “and grateful for a generous donation from the Mayor, who’ll be among our guests of honour. Stuart, you’re the man!”

Also roped in to help is formidable organiser Nataria Hep-Te Keeti, a staunch supporter of the arts in general and the Poi Project in particular that takes arts and artistes into the community.

“I like especially to encourage our youth to bud and blossom,” says Nataria. “Sometimes I’m a lone talent scout, sometimes with others. Like the Maori Women’s League, celebrating its 40th birthday this year in Tauranga. I wanted to add that powerful Maori element to the programme - and a few surprises!”

Overall NPD is set to be a stimulating mix of the seasoned and familiar with the new and unexpected - the previously unseen, though not necessarily unknown.

Among that night’s stars, three local favourites have been enticed into coming along (and please note: all performers are donating their time so entry is free.)

Pete Dashwood as a young man busked his way around Europe, guitar in hand, discovering the interpretation of a song

is as important as how words and music go together. Pete indulges himself now by playing old favourites, discovering forgotten songs and writing a few of his own.

Marcel Currin, once dubbed ‘the Bard of Brookfield,’ is well-known amongst the literati as progenitor of The Ministry of Ideas, both his website and the title of his first book. Marcel, a published poet and songwriter with a background in the entertainment business, claims to ‘fool around’ at the weekend with his garage band. We suspect he and wife Debbie are secretly training up their three sons as a

future boy-band.Also willingly snared is the

hugely talented Graham Clark, best known to us perhaps as the frontman for premier rhythm and blues band Brilleaux. He’ll be performing his own and others’ words and music along with Bruce Rollands. Brilleaux toured the UK successfully last

year and are already planning a return visit in June 2015. Graham recently completed The Right Note, a book some years in the making that offers insights into Tauranga’s historical music scene.

As for the women, this trio is back by popular demand. There’s Jenny Argante herself, stepping outside her comfort zone to trial both rap and waiata; Janice Giles, whose poetry offers wryly humorous comment on the perils of being human (or not), and Shona-Ellen Barnett, whose first collection, letterboxes: indigenous poetry was published by Oceanbooks last year.

An unusual duo of filmmaker and artist will also take the stage. Rob and Joanne Rye McGregor encore a duet of poems well-deserving of another airing. Imagine them against the background of a lush Rob McGregor landscape ...or captured on film as

The CMNZ Encompass Regional Tour to be undertaken by New Zealand clarinetist Anna McGregor and her Antithesis Quintet has undergone a personnel/ ensemble change due to an injury to one of the string players.

NEW DETAILS: To honour current publicity materials, the tour will keep Antithesis in the title to reflect the programming:

ANTITHESIS - A Programme of Opposites

New and Old from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Performed by The Dalecarlia Clarinet Quintet

The Dalecarlia Clarinet Quintet

Anders Norén (viola), Sofie Sunnerstam (violin), Anna McGregor (clarinet), Manu Berkeljon (violin), Tomas Blanch (cello)

“…it’s fantastic to see that they are taking these wonderful New Zealand works to audiences

all around Aotearoa!” Julie Sperring - Executive Director of SOUNZ

Antithesis Quintet now the Dalecarlia Clarinet Quintet

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a prizewinning short, perhaps?With ‘happenings’ promised from the floor, and the bar open, the

mood will be mellow as we segue into the last half of the evening, mainly powered by Nataria.

First on her bill will be master-carvers, performing together as Manawa, who promise a different perspective on poetry and a theme they name, mysteriously, as Unspoken Words. Five of them will travel from Hamilton especially to participate. And, among other engaging youth performers, Nataria will introduce songwriter-composer Sam Graham to share his own unique take on things.

Then it’s onward to the stunning finale with a former ‘son of Tauranga,’ Tumanako Farrell, who performs as Mana and has garnered acclaim in Australia and Europe. An amazingly gifted vocalist with a deep richness of tone, he is granting his audience the privilege of

being at the premiere of a totally new composition on the night. Mana can sing in five different languages and has taken the Maori

language out into the world, popularising songs from elsewhere in translation and persuading overseas performers to sing out the poetry that is Te Reo.The poetry that will be at the very core of Caught in the Act!Celebrate National Poetry Day 2014with Words & Music & SongFriday 22nd August 6.30 for 7pm startMauao Performing Arts Centre11 Totara Street Mount Maunganui 3116ADMISSION FREE. Bar & snacks.Enquiries: dhaivatmehta7@gmail.com

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“Fire & Water”A collaborative exhibition between Liz Clark & Nick Eggleston

Appearing at the ZOHAR Gallery, Mt Maunganui until 20th July 2014.

While the similarities between watercolours and ceramics are not immediately obvious it is with a background in ceramics that Nick Eggleston eventually came to paint using watercolour as a medium of choice.

“Both have an exciting unpredictability about them. You can only control them up to a point. And it is precisely that bit of magic, when the water and pigment flow or the kiln door is shut and the work subjected to the fire that we are in the lap of the gods. That’s when the alchemy begins.”

For Nick it feels like he is working in partnership with another entity... something almost elemental. “You need to learn trust, patience and an ability to be open to what might occur. I mean, if you have fully controlled every aspect of every stage of the process how can you experience the wonder of opening a kiln door and finding everything transformed, or committing intense pigments to a wet surface and watching the ‘firework display’ as they bloom across the painting?” says Nick.

Nick wanted to collaborate with Liz for this exhibition because, as potters and water-colourists, they both have experience of working with this magic. 

Liz Clark has been working with clay for 19 years and has as much passion for it today as she did when she first felt the clay between her fingers. The work in this exhibition is an extension of the work that evolved during Liz’s study for the Diploma of Ceramic Art, which had a huge influence of how she translated her thoughts into clay form.

Fire & Water is integral to every part of ceramics: from the natural processes that formed parent rock; the erosion and sedimentation that created the clay; to its working on the wheel to make the material

develop form; and finally the firing and vitrification, which completes the cycle.

“Influenced by nature – the Kaimai Nikau forest, or perhaps the tortured trunks of coastal Pohutukawa - each piece of my work takes on life of its own. With such a malleable material comes the ability to create form and with it the ability to further alter that form, and I love to explore and extend the boundaries of my work, feeling it move, stretch and develop – and sometimes deform The cycle is complete – with a little bit of me thrown in. I love the entire process!” says Liz.

And they both “get it”.

This exhibition runs at ZOHAR Gallery, 104 Maunganui Road, Mt Maunganui for three weeks so do take the opportunity to visit. All pieces on show in the exhibition will be available to purchase.

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Black Rainbow Over TaurangaVisitors to Tauranga Art Gallery can now

see and explore the stunning works of two leading New Zealand artists, the late Ralph Hotere and Michael Parekowhai.

This extraordinary exhibition was developed – and is toured -by Te Papa and features five ‘black paintings’ by the late Ralph Hotere, some of his best known works. They sit alongside M i c h a e l Parekowhai’s s c u l p t u r a l work, an i n t r i c a t e l y c a r v e d , S t e i n w a y grand piano, He Kōrero Purākau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu: story of a New Zealand river.

Gallery Director Penelope Jackson says having the exhibition in Tauranga is thrilling.

“Our Atrium is not only wonderful for exhibiting art but it has fabulous acoustics.   Having Michael Parekowhai’s piano here is a real coup; the piano is so entrenched in our history and this example is superb,” she says.

“Visitors will be treated to a wonderful schedule of concerts organised by the Gallery.   For those who are skilled pianists there will be the opportunity to play the piano themselves on designated community

days. Parekowhai’s piano is accompanied by Ralph Hotere’s work, the combination is one that simply rings of New Zealand’s cultural heritage.”

The Te Papa curator behind the show, Megan Tamati-Quennell, says the works were brought together as a tribute to Hotere, and

to acknowledge P a r e k o w h a i ’ s standing as a c o n t e m p o r a r y artist.

She says both artists can be described as ‘Māori Internationals’. In the early 1960s, Hotere became the first Māori artist to be embraced by this country’s art mainstream. Decades later, in

2011, Michael Parekowhai represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale, where his cherry-red grand piano was his central work.

Tamati-Quennell says, “The two artists are of different generations and although both are determinedly individual, both use colours and ideas to actively engage the viewer and make the complex seem effortless.”

The public are invited to play He Kōrero as part of the artwork, and this sits in stark contrast with Hotere’s silent and minimal paintings.

“The exhibition took on a greater poignancy when Ralph Hotere passed away

in February 2013, a little more than a month before it opened at Te Papa,” says Tamati-Quennell.

Parekowhai has spoken of his wish for the piano to be played, and the Gallery has come up with a fantastic programme of events during the exhibition.

Saturday 26 July, Sunday 17 August and Saturday 13 September are the Gallery’s three Public Playing Session days between 1pm and 3pm. Fifteen minute playing sessions are available and can be booked by calling the Gallery on 578-7933.

Karen Mason, an associate director at the museum, is delighted to see exhibitions like this from Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa, touring New Zealand.

She says, “This reflects a real desire to share the country’s art treasures. Black Rainbow is a welcome addition to the touring programme, which works with museums and galleries around the country to ensure communities can connect with more of the national collections.”

Black Rainbow: Ralph Hotere and Michael Parekowhai runs at Tauranga Art Gallery through to 12 October. For more information: www.artgallery.org.nz

Image: Michael Parekowhai, He korero Purakau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu: story of a New Zealand river, 2011. Original Steinway grand piano (Model D), wood, brass, automotive paint, mother of pearl, p?ua shell, upholstery.

Purchased 2011 with the assistance of Friends of Te Papa.

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The Z-Nail Gang

The Z-Nail Gang has today announced its plans to hold the world premiere of the film in Te Puke’s Capitol Cinema on the 31 July 2014.

It will be a red carpet, black tie event with 300 guests attending and a further number invited to the function afterwards which is being generously hosted by The Te Puke Hotel.

The evening will be a celebration of local community, with guests representing the hundreds of individuals, organisations and businesses that helped resource the production of the film.

Actors will be attending from Auckland and it will be the first time they have seen the completed product.

Following the premiere The Z-Nail Gang will be viewing to the public at Te Puke’s Capitol Cinema, Tauranga’s Rialto Cinema, Whakatane’s Whakamax and Rotorua’s Basement Cinema; so that the rest of the Bay of Plenty community can celebrate this home-grown achievement.

The film will then be released in the region that inspired the story, the Coromandel, with Thames and Whitianga cinemas confirmed to host it from the 14 August. It will then be widely available throughout the country by 28 August.

Although not a typical distribution model, by releasing first in the Bay and then Coromandel, filmmakers Anton Steel and Kylie DellaBarca Steel were keen to honour the very communities that have placed this story close to their hearts. It also gives them a chance to be present during the release period, which is really important to their kaupapa.

Many of the volunteer community groups who played an important role in the production of the film will directly benefit from any profits made from the release. This is all part of the commitment to valuing and appreciating the community that rallied behind its production.

At a successful test screening last weekend, some of the feedback included: ‘moving, inspirational, funny;’ ‘staunch Kiwiana, fun and strong, very cool;’ ‘thought provoking;’ a great home-grown movie, with current storyline and great humour as well’ and ‘funny moments – too many to count.’

With such a unanimously positive response Anton and Kylie

are confident the film will be well-received, not only in the Bay of Plenty but throughout New Zealand. They are already receiving emails from communities and local interest groups from around the country to book screenings.

Other venues are also being booked, including Auckland, Christchurch, and Motueka. The response has been incredibly encouraging with cinemas keen to support an independently produced New Zealand film telling an important and timely story. Details of hosting cinemas will be made available on The Z-Nail Gang website www.znailgang.net.nz in the coming weeks. In the meantime, remember to check out the official trailer http://youtu.be/3BJkZVtbyfU

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Born Laza Kimai Karaka in small town Tokoroa in your typical rural small town surrounding. Raised in a lower-working class enviroment by a young teenage mother and a hardworking and also alcoholic father. At times when they weren’t able to provide, he would be shipped around to live with his grandparents . In his short life he has lived in many towns and cities, attended over 15+ schools and worked over 20+ jobs as a labourer in his teen years.

Tired of this cycle of living and with a

hunger for more out of life, he decided to takes his future into his own hands and tell his story through the artform of rap. With little education, due to leaving school to work as an apprentice at 15, but then being laid off a year later, Laz decided to make things happen and started working on his own material and later in life, making connections in the hip hop scene at only 18 years of age. Now 23, he has independently accomplished organising a national tour, playing alongside his idols at festivals and has collaborated and performed with some of his favourite artists.

In the past couple of years, his work has been recognized through-out the nation and globally and he is often referred to as ‘one of New Zealand hip hop’s hardest working MC’s.’ From the time spent working on his craft as an MC, producer and director, to the time spent on travelling to different cities on tour and perfoming beside his idols at festivals, he says he’s ‘Ready to take it to the next level.’

L.A.Z is currently based in Papamoa

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Recording the Heart of Katherine EPby Alex Price

Martin first got in touch with me after hearing a few projects Nathan Sowter and I had been involved in, namely the Mounts Electric Duo, Please Please, our Brian Wilson, Matt Bodman and the Valentine Grind, Folk Boys Oh Mary, as well as Neesh, formerly of Kidz In Spaces debut solo album ‘Future Human’. I was really impressed by Martins efforts of busking & playing live to get his crowd funding up.

His voice also stuck out to me as something that was different and had real character. The first drafts of the songs he sent through were very basic, mostly recorded on his iPhone with just him playing at his keyboard. Throughout every song he sent there were moments that were really good. Whether it was a piano line, chord structure or melody there was something in each of them that was interesting to me and made me want to do the project. We re-wrote the majority of the songs together at my studio (La Petite Maison) once Martin was here. Keeping the good parts and re-writing the rest to make four

great songs that sound quite different to the initial demos Martin sent through but kept enough of them to still be his own, unique sound.

Martin was really dedicated to getting great vocal takes and worked hard on his performance and the results speak for themselves.Once we had finished tracking I sent them to Nathan to mix and master.

After a few back and forths Martin and I were happy with the masters and the songs were released. Nathan brought another positive element to the process and took the production quality of the songs to another level in the mixing process.

Nathan and I both love working with new artists as well as those who have been doing it for a while. We believe in great music and that’s what we want to keep creating. https://www.facebook.com/lapetitemaisonstudio

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Modern Millie The combined

2014 Tauranga Girls’ and Boys’ College Production of Thoroughly Modern Millie is in full swing!

While the show is not well known it was winner of the best

musical at the 2002 Tony Awards and is a high energy musical, based on the popular movie but with a full score of new songs and dance numbers. Set in 1920s New York, this musical tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz - a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behaviour were changing forever. Audiences will delight in the glitz and glam of this intriguing era.

The cast of 40 students have been busy throughout the term learning music, choreography, and blocking scenes with director Daniel Pepperell, choreographer Caroline Gill, and vocal directors Glenese and Michael Blake. The production team are all extremely pleased with the hard work the students are putting in. They are well supported by a band of 20 student musicians made up from both colleges capably led by band director Leon Gray-Lockhart.

Things are also taking shape backstage with a large team of 50 students from both colleges and a number of staff and parent helpers working hard on props, costumes, hair and make-up design, set construction and painting, and technical requirements.

You do not want to miss this one so be sure to get your tickets! The show runs from Monday 21st to Friday 25th July at Tauranga Boys’ College Theatre. The cost of tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students and senior citizens and are available for purchase through ticketek or from the box office at the Baycourt Theatre.

Hay Fever Detour Theatre is taking a trip back to the flamboyant and charming 1920s England in their latest production, Noel Coward’s comedy masterpiece

Hay Fever.In this sensational sizzling 1920s comedy

each member of the eccentric Bliss family has invited a guest to stay for the weekend. Chaos rapidly descends when innocent games turn to ruthless and hilarious battles. Romantic alliances are tossed aside and the guests begin to rue ever accepting an invitation from the inimitable Blisses.

“Hay Fever is one of the best-loved of all Coward’s plays,” says director Kim Williamson. “We were looking for a twentieth Century classic that would be a huge amount of fun for both the actors and the audience alike, and Hay Fever fitted the bill perfectly. This is a work of comic genius bursting with eccentric characters, wit, and romantic chaos. It’s fantastic entertainment.”

At the centre of the chaos, is the

glamorously eccentric Judith Bliss, played with a charismatic vigour by Geraldine Broderick. Judith is an actress who can never quite leave the stage, and she commands attention from her spoilt children, acted with spirited aplomb by David Holt and Mikayla Williamson. Michael Morris takes the role of her tortured writer of a husband; a character with his own fair share of idiosyncrasies. Guests to the nightmarish weekend retreat include a proper diplomat, an athletic boxer, a shy flapper, and a fashionable socialite – delightfully played by Quentin Pidduck, Dylan Frewin, Katherine Knight and Nadine Tibbits respectively. These afflicted guests, each once so excited about the weekend with the Blisses, become conspirators in escaping the madness they’re now subjected to.

Caught up in the hilarity is the long suffering housekeeper, Clara (Vivienne Holt).

The Detour Theatre is a delightful venue for this classic play. The building, which once served as the city’s original Baptist Church, is over 100 years old. Now lovingly restored with comfortable modern seating and heating, it stretches the audience’s experience beyond the lively nostalgic 1920s play to the theatre itself.

Hay Fever runs from the 18th of June to the 5th of July. Bookings are available at Baycourt and online at www.ticketdirect.co.nz.

Information on the Detour Theatre Trust can be found at their website: www.detour.co.nz

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IlluminArt 2014 - Friday July 11, 6pm Spank the Funky - July 11, 9:30pm Eugene Van Der Merwe Exhibition

Cadwick Rd, Greeton, All ages. FREEGreerton Village will be dazzling the night sky this July with the annual winter IlluminArt festival. This spectacular display of light will showcase the best of fire dance, shadow puppets, lanterns, light sculptures, projections, UV lights and more. A free family event, it promises to be a great evening.

Ivory the Mount, R18, FreeHigh energy funk and tasty arrangements. The Mounts craziest funk band bringing high energy groove to the streets of Mount Maunganui! Featuring Aaron Saxon, Joel Shadbolt and Jason Crawford.

Greerton Library, 139 Greerton Rd, Greerton, Tauranga June 2014, 12:00am 29 July 2014, 12:00pm Part of Matariki - Aotearoa’s New Year Festival All Ages. Admission: Free

Dine By Fairylight in a Christmas Grotto Mervyn Whitley Jnr - POETRY reading TE AO – The Creation

Trinity Wharf Tauranga, 51 Dive Crescent, Tauranga, Tauranga Tue 15 Jul 2014, 6:00pm–11:30pm Wed 16 Jul 2014, 6:00pm–11:30pm Thu 17 Jul 2014, 6:00pm–11:30pm Fri 18 Jul 2014, 6:00pm–11:30pm Restrictions: All AgesBuy Tickets +64 7 577 8714

Mervyn Whitley JnrPOETRY reading'Halo' accompanied by choirCreative Tauranga Commmuntiy GalleryThursday 24 July5.30pmRSVP: reception@creativetaurtanga.org.nzAn experience not to be missed!

This performance is the  creation story of ‘Te Ao’  told in te reo Māori . Event: Exhibition Room, Baycourt.Bookings: Tauranga City Library Ph 577 7177. Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:30a.m. - 11:30a.m.Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:00p.m. - 2:00p.m.

Nick: An Accidental Hero Sunday, 27 July Mana Wahine Tuesday - 29 July Katchafire, July 4, 8pm

An inspiring true story about an ordinary man overcoming extraordinary challenges. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. This is the ultimate story of friendship, of triumph over adversity and of love. Sunday, 27 July 2014 @ 7.30-8.30pmAt BaycourtSuitable: for all ages

The power, strength and beauty of women is at the heart of Okareka Dance Company’s new work Mana Wahine. Baycourt Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:30p.m. - 11:59p.m.

Brewers Bar, R18, Fresh from their International tours of the US and Australia, Katchafire return to New Zealand for their annual Winter tour!

EVENT NAME? IS IT FREE? R18? WHEN? WHERE? TELL ME MORE!

Book your space today for our Friends of Creative Tauranga Exhibition: ‘Collectively Independent’ 23 July - 12 September, 2014. Spaces are limited for this last minute exhibition, so grab this opportunity now!email: reception@creativetauranga.org.nz phone: 07 928 5270 or call in to our community gallery on 112 Willow Street, downtown Tauranga.

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WHAT’S ON IN THE GALLERY THIS MONTH…

Matariki 5 -4 JulyOpening Hours: Weekdays 9am - 4:30pm, 112 Willow Street, Tauranga

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