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Thursday
23 July
 Community Lantern Parade
New Zealand/Aotearoa
You’re invited
Gather your family and friends and join this magical event to celebrate the
opening of the 2009 Taranaki International Festival of Arts.
Over the last few months the people of Taranaki have been coming
together in schools, community venues, and homes to make lanterns
for this breath-taking opening of Taranaki’s tenth arts festival.
Ethereal and exquisite, this magnificent mid-winter parade of
light and sound will weave its way through Pukekura Park illuminating
the landscape with a sea of lanterns. Singers and musicians will
accompany the parade as it proceeds towards its destination at
the TSB Bowl of Brooklands.
n case of rain the parade will still go ahead (bring gumboots,
raincoats and umbrellas). In case of appalling weather, the parade
will be postponed until the following evening..
Thurs 23 July (rain day Fri 24 July), 5.15pm
Pukekura Park, starts at the cricket ground and proceeds through the park to
the TSB Bowl of Brooklands. Listen to local radio stations and refer to the
Daily News for information.
Free
 The
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
New
Zealand/Aotearoa
Eleven Ukuleles, a double bass, and a dozen strummers combine
to cause a sensational and regularly undignified scrabble for
tickets
whenever they appear across the
land. Renowned for their sing-a-long favourites, stunning dress sense, blazing
solos this group’s homage to music’s proudest and most important
instrument is lovingly interpreted in hit songs across the musical generations.
Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26 July, 7.30pm , Spiegeltent
Salon Perdu
Thurs 23 July, 7.30pm, Memorial Theatre, Hawera
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