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Phoenix Puzzle Master

Are you great at creating small puzzles? The Phoenix is looking for puzzles to include in our newsletter. Contact Jo: editor@phoenixnews.nz

Food and Kai Security

Are you an ideas person? Do you have experience in a large kitchen environment?

A keen fruit preserver, biscuit maker, quick cheap meal extraordinaire?

Our Community Kitchen is getting close and we would love to hear from people who are keen to be involved in the planning of kitchen courses, workshops or could supervise the safe production of community kai.

Please email jo@fcc.nz

Digital Seniors Coaches

Join a friendly team of Coaches who meet and help people over 65 years old with technology support. Tasks and responsibilities include:

• Support and empower Seniors with tech

• Attend the Hub to be present to offer support Email: contact@digitalseniors.co.nz

Op-shop Helpers

The Featherston Op-Shop is looking for proactive, friendly, and trustworthy volunteers. Contact Chanelle: featherstonsopshop@gmail.com

Community Patrol

Volunteers needed for community patrol in both Martinborough and Featherston neighbourhoods Martinborough email: martinborough@cpnz.org.nz Featherston email: featherston@cpnz.org.nz or private message on Facebook

Wisdom & Wellbeing

We are looking for an organiser for our group. If you can spare a half day once per week, February to December we would love to hear from you. If you are responsible, interested and caring, please contact Indigo via info@fcc.nz

Many of these volunteer opportunities can be found on Be Collective - a digital platform matching volunteers with opportunities. Find more details at nz.becollective.com (search for opportunites within 25km of Featherston).

Piano Trio ConcertRakuto Kurano, Gabriel Baird and Boudewijn Keenan

Juliet Cooke

The Greytown Music Group is pleased to be supporting young and innovative Rakuto Kurano, a versatile performer and composer. As a multi award-winning violinist, pianist, conductor and composer, Rakuto has completed numerous concert tours around New Zealand, and currently averages 60 concerts each year! He has played twice previously in Greytown, and for this Greytown Concert on 30 July his fellow musicians will be Gabriel Baird on piano and Boudewijn Keenan on cello.

The programme features Piano Trio No1 by Anton Arensky (Russian, 1861-1905), Piano Trio by Guy Ropartz (French, 1864-1955), “Fantail in Tokyo” by Rakuto, and a new composition by Gabriel Baird.

Gabriel is a pianist, bassoonist and composer. He frequently performs with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and is an accompanist and musical director for local choirs and ensembles. He has been described as “having a unique sense of creativity” and “an inspiring young musician”. He played in Greytown in 2021 in a concert with Professor Mark Menzies.

Boudewijn is a second-year music student at Otago University. For a cellist of his age, he has had extensive orchestral experience with Dunedin Youth Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra and now Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of Rakuto’s Magic Carpet String Quartet that toured the South Island last year and is delighted to be part of this new series of trio concerts. Rakuto made his debut as a composer in 2016 with his composition “Angelic Glow” selected as a winning work in the NZ Harp Duo composition competition. In 2019 his “Fantail in Tokyo” was selected as a winning work in the NZ Trio competition, and it was performed by the NZ Trio in Auckland. In 2021 he was commissioned by the Baroque Music and Educational Trust of NZ to compose a Concerto Grosso, a neo-Baroque style work for three soloists, string ensemble and harpsichord, for a national tour. The work was met by a standing ovation at every concert!

Piano Trio Concert - Rakuto Kurano, Gabriel Baird and Boudewijn Keenan: 4pm Sunday 30 July at 57 Wood St, Greytown. Admission $30 adults, children $10. For bookings, contact Ed and Juliet Cooke on efjacooke@gmail.com or Ph 06 304 9497.

To find out more about joining Neighbourhood Support contact Ava Sanganoo nsswcoordinator@gmail.com

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