Bulldozers, busses and bands

Not very far from where we live! No wonder it seemed to be very cold over the weekend!

The unexpected snow on the desert road and surrounds over the weekend took most people by surprise and since Jo was 'on duty', it was his phone that seemed to ring incessantly as they closed one State Highway after the other because they had become so treacherous.

The South African singer Nadine came to New Zealand last week on a whirlwind tour and had gigs in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, New Plymouth and Wellington. At the last minute it was decided to get the Wanganui SAcans organised and take a small busload to Palmerston North for the concert. As the photographs suggest, a great time was had by all!

And Junay wins a bottle of wine in a lucky draw on the bus!

Towards the end of the concert, Nadine invited couples to 'langarm' on stage with her while she performed and here we have our very own Andre from the Top Ten holiday park dancing with Marieta - and the two of them walked off with the prize for the best of the three couples!! We're sure it's the first time these two have danced together and they did a sterling job!

The intrepid bass player - as always with a smile on his face in spite of all the effort of lugging heavy equipment to and fro and setting it all up!

We are once again involved in getting some more music going at the Top Ten holiday resort for the SA church services which are held there from time to time. Jo and Johann and I went up to the park on Monday to do a general set up and sound check before the service and our first 'performance' on Sunday 18th Oct. Boy are we glad for all our own instruments and sound system this time - it helps so much having our own things with us!

For those of you who have mailed and Facebooked about our living arrangements since we are now technically 'on the street' - never fear! Our new place is done and dusted and we are moving in over the weekend of the 30th October. Four bedrooms mean a music school venue and a second bathroom mean your own one when you come to visit!!

We'll post photographs as soon as we have some! But it's a really nice place in a very pretty street!

Dis al!