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Wednesday January 11, 2017
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Little Theatre celebrates highlights of 2016
Pop Up Book Workshop A Pop Up Book Workshop will be taking place next Tuesday at the Wainuiomata Community Library. The free event will teach children how to design and make a pop-up book or card. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, January 17 at 2pm. Suitable for ages seven and over.
Wainuiomata Little Theatre celebrated successful year in 2016 and now look forward to their next two shows in 2017. President of Wainuiomata Little Theatre, Trevor Williams, said 2016 was “another busy year” for the group. “We rehearsed and performed two major shows during the year. Preparation and rehearsal for a show takes about four months before the actual performance. So it’s a credit to our members that we were able to achieve this,” he said. “The first show of the year was “Annie”. This is a special show which appealed to people of all ages. It has a well-known story and songs, lots of children and even a dog. It was a great success. “The second show of the year was a little different to “Annie”. “Little Shop of Horrors” revolves around a flower shop and a large, human eating plant. This was hugely enjoyable was another success, notwithstanding the earthquakes and floods during the performances. Both shows kept our members busy and audiences entertained,” he said. Trevor said the little theatre now looked forward to their shows in 2017, with their first show “Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” already cast. “We would like to thank the community for their fantastic support during 2016. We look forward to entertaining you once again in 2017,” he said.
Stories in the Sun Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout January the Wainuiomata Community Library will be hosting stories in the sun. The story time sessions will take place at 2pm each day and are suited for ages up to five-years-old however, others are welcome too. Meet on the grass outside the car park entrance to the library.
Geocaching Geocaching is an outdoor activity played worldwide like a treasure hunt using clues and GPS coordinates to find different things. Locals interested in learning more about Geocaching this summer can head to a workshop at the War Memorial Library in Lower Hutt tomorrow. The free, all ages workshop will be taking place on Thursday, January 12 from 5pm until 6pm.
Brooke Raitt, who played the title role in “Annie” earlier in the year.
Unfinished business reunites local band
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A local band has reformed to celebrate the release of their debut EP 30 years after the first vinyl edition was issued. Wainuiomata post-punk band Vietnam will be reuniting for a show in the New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington next month. Vietnam was for med in 1982 by Wainuiomata College friends Shane Bradbrook, Peter Dransfield, Leon Reedijk and Adrian Workman. The band had a brief career touring in New Zealand before relocating to Australia and disbanding. Their EP, released
in 1985, will be reissued by Spain based record company B.F.E. Records. Vietnam’s bass player Adrian said the idea to appear at the New Zealand Fringe Festival, over 30 years after the original release, was “mooted” within the band. “We’re not too serious about creating any kind of magical aura for the show; it’s really more of a celebration. We never officially launched the EP, as I moved to Australia about a month after its release, so there’s definitely some unfinished business involved.
“We’d like to attract some of the punters from that time, and also some younger generations who have an interest in the post punk genre,” he said. They will be joined in the concert by other incarnations of bands from their era including Unrestful Movements. Adrian said the band originally formed at a time when Wellington had a vibrant and independent post punk music scene. “It largely grew out of the frustration of being rebuffed by the mainstream venues who wanted cover bands. Eventu-
ally the mainstream venues softened to the collective voice of local musicians and began opening their doors, but the alternative gigs continued. New venues came and went, and Wellington enjoyed a period of mayhem and music like it had never seen before. And it has probably never seen anything similar since.” Vietnam will be playing on Saturday, February 18 at Meow, 9 Edward St, Wellington. The show, titled ‘Indie Redux – WLG 1985’ starts at 6pm. Tickets are $12 through www.fringe.co.nz
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