The

1st Te Wera Festival of Creativity, Arts, Music and Culture was held at the Te Wera Valley Lodge (Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand)
December 2006 to January 2007 and it was GREAT!
The facilities:

The ‘Upper’ Cabins
The ‘Concert’ Hall
The Camp Ground
Kitchen and Dining Hall


The fun:


Organising


Self-managing


Getting in the mood


The Streetworthy travelling crèche and laundry



Ukuleles rule!!


. . . and rule!

   

. . . and rule OK!!

Catriona without her beloved banjo



Micheal’s ‘McGyver’ manadolin – doubles as a frying pan, paddle, tennis racquet, mirror etc.


Alastair ‘super ukulele man’ and his mandolin workshop


Helen and Frances launched their CD


Sunsets art workshops went down a treat!



Jammin’


Carol’s finger-picking workshop


Carol’s finger-picking workshop



And if you mix this with that you can have hair the colour of mine!


The Wild Things




Thanks to Carolyne and Bob Murray – custodians of Te Wera Lodge.

Thanks to all who came.

Will there be another one?           Watch this space.
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