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THIS MUCH: Civic Theatre fundraising supremo Ross Anderson indicates how much more needs to be raised after a ‘magnificent’ community response during 2010.
New Year’s will be a blast Continued from Page 1: Violinist Jo Moir says it will be a “blast� to headline the event, and will be made even better by the inclusion of former Waratahs accordian player Alan Norman, who plays with the band only sporadically. The five-piece band have formed a sound based on “folk-rock/country with a celtic overtone�, but the crowd can also expect some party favourites, she says.
Apart from Moir’s violin and Norman’s accordian, the band features the standard guitar, bass guitar and drums, and possibly a Hammond [electric organ] on Friday. The Hobnail Boots have released four studio albums to date, their 2002 album On With The Show gaining critical acclaim. They will play four sets on Friday between around 10pm and 12.30am at the London
Quay venue. GoMarlborough spokesperson Duncan McKenzie says details of performing bands at Blenheim’s festival were unavailable at the time of printing, but people can check online at www.gomarlborough.net.nz Local band Recommended By Your Mum right will have their work cut out for them this New Year’s Eve, as they perform at both Blenheim and Picton celebrations. Story page 15.
Katrina Whiteside
The year 2010 has seen many positive developments within Blenheim, but one particularly exciting update was the $3million fundraising goal achieved by the Civic Theatre Trust. During the past 12 months, generous Malburians have got behind the fund-raising push for Blenheim’s new $17million Civic Theatre, raising just over $3million. Civic Theatre Trust chairman Kevin Moseley says geotechnical testing is currently underway to establish what foundations the building will require. He says construction will hopefully begin early 2011 once test results are back with a proposed completion date of July 2012.
Former Shapeshifters bar co-owner Kevin Robert King was convicted of manslaughter in the High Court at Wellington on December 2, 2010. Mr King was found guilty of the death of Blenheim man 24-year-old Matthew Heagney in August, 2009 much to the relief of his parents Pat and Pam Heagney. Matt, 24, was socialising with friends at Shapeshifters Bar above the Builders Arms in Blenheim in the early hours of Sunday August 23 last year. He was found with head injuries, thought to be from hitting his head on the footpath outside the bar. He died a few hours later in Wairau Hospital. When the jury delivered their verdict Pam said one of her first reactions was surprise. “We were surprised. The trial could have swung either way especially as no other night club bouncer had ever been convicted, but overall Pat and I are happy with the outcome,� she said. “This has been really hard on our family and if it wasn’t for our friends and Matt’s friends we would never have got through this. “For us it’s something we had to see through. It’s been a hard two weeks so hopefully this can help us carry on,� Pam said.
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