A birthday celebration up the coast
This was a fun gig that got a lot of people moving. The organizers have given us great feedback and apparently the crowd was good over the whole event.
Here is a thank you from Jenny who was the main organiser (and a fellow sambista herself from Samba Ao Vento in Palmy):
Thank you all so much for helping put on such a great event on Saturday. We reckon about 4000 people over the five hours. It was such a large space it never felt like that but food trucks sold out and those who were there had a good time. The MC, production, stage, sound and music were exceptional. Thank you!
Jennie Gutry
Wellington Batucada drummers and dancers perform at the 50th Birthday Celebration for Coastlands Mall in Paraparaumu. Video by Tom S Etuata.
Photo gallery
Photos by Fairlie Atkinson, Kapiti Photography and Tom Etuata. Click on any thumbnail to see the larger version:
