Kiss My Arts is an arts and entertainment blog facilitated by THE EDGE with contribitions by staff and audience members. THE EDGE is the home of Auckland venues the Aotea Centre, The Civic, Auckland Town Hall and Aotea Square.
I was in choirs at school and even had a super-fun stint in the Manawatu Youth Choir which was a bit of a blast. Singing with other people is a craft... it is a challenge and it is a great way to meet hot-babes... well this seemed important when I was in my early 20s... I bet the hot-babes in question figured it was a safe way to get away from all the annoying hot-guys that were chasing them and hang out with the nerdy types for a while... be safe and drive them wild (or something like that). The highlight of this experience was singing in a Barbershop routine with an awesome Samoan mate... we sang a song about begging for money and it not being enough for fish and chips... it was funny when HE sang it... If I was to take lead... I could take some heat off Paul Henry for a while! The Song Company promises something super-special to me. Their About Us on their website states: "The Song Company is Australia’s leading vocal ensemble. It embraces music from around the world and across the ages. In collaboration with artists of the highest calibre, it aims to create a distinctive and dynamic new voice, relevant to the audiences of today and tomorrow." I am really quite pumped about this!!! Growing up in Central Otago bought with it a true appreciation of the Seasons. All four seasons are captured spectacularly in iconic events from my childhood. Spring was always celebrated with Alexandra's Blossom Festival. Parades and markets with kick-bottom rides were things to look forward to... much like the fruit that would soon follow. Summer in Central Otago is super-hot and brings back memories of swimming in the Clutha River... well when I say swimming... I mean "jumping-in-and-floating-a-couple-of-kilometres-downstream" as it was pretty quick-flowing. We all appreciate and have probably experienced the joys of Autumn when the trees spectacularly lose their leaves in places like Arrowtown and Winter is a no-brainer with all that it brings... Yes, the seasons are well entwined into the story of my life and I look forward to marrying these memories with a musical journey through the seasons with The Song Company tomorrow night. Here is a little YouTubery for your listening pleasure... I can ACTUALLY imagine this in the Town Hall... Mind = ready to be blown
This is an arts and entertainment blog facilitated by THE EDGE, the home of the Aotea Centre, The Civic, Auckland Town Hall and Aotea Square in Auckland, New Zealand.
The blog was set up in 2010, as a project sending six arts novices to a whole range of cultural events. They tried EVERYTHING and learned a lot. We continue to change things up - getting more bloggers on board, including insider blogs, artist Q&As and background stories.
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This is an arts and entertainment blog facilitated by THE EDGE, the home of the Aotea Centre, The Civic, Auckland Town Hall and Aotea Square in Auckland, New Zealand.