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Super troupers
14+ hour, 39+ min ago (153+ words) A local dance school director’s buzzing over how her troupe performed at last weekend’s three-day Queenstown Dance Awards — and over the whole event. Pictured are Lakes Theatre Arts (LTA) dancers, back row, from left, Rhea Poyet, 9, Lua Song, 10, Piper Somerville,…...
Violinist’s career highlight
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (384+ words) With Scottish music being her passion, Queenstown violinist Erica Hastie can’t think of anything bigger than what she got up to last month. The Scottish expat, who teaches violin and performs in local Irish band, Ceol, successfully auditioned for the…...
Invercargill dancers rock the building at local club championship
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (150+ words) The Invercargill Rock ‘n’ Roll Club held its annual club championships at the Scottish Hall on Sunday, featuring competitors of all ages and experience levels. The event included dancing categories where competitors had a slow and fast dance, not knowing…...
Artists unite to put kids in the picture
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (471+ words) After raising $16,000 in its first year, The Big Art Auction Fundraiser is returning to Rangiora on Friday, October 2. Local artists are once again putting their work under the hammer to support youth mentoring across North Canterbury. Presented by Big Brothers…...
Long-running student exhibition highlighting that ‘creativity matters’
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (585+ words) South Canterbury’s budding young artists have once again had their creativity rewarded as another edition of Artarama goes into the books. The long-running exhibition returned to Aigantighe Art Gallery this year and featured more than 400 works from year 1-13 students across…...
Paul Henry warms to his subject, despite protests at Dunedin event
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (8+ words) Henry warms to his subject, despite protests ODT...
Toddlers dancing for 20 years
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (113+ words) ODT Mainly Music celebrated its 20th birthday in Lawrence last week [Missing Credit]Lawrence Mainly Music regulars (from left) Olivia Montgomery and Elijah Ritchie-Forbes, 1, Stacee Robinson and Luke Robinson, 2, Elsie Blackmore and Toby Blackmore, 3 About 40 preschool children, family and hosts met…...