What can we say about the Hastings Blossom Festival?
We go every year, we love it – it’s like an annual school trip for the band, we get to stay over and hang out at the marae and do daft party-piece performances for each other, and best of all, we get to hang out with sambaistas from some of the other batteria around the country and perform together in the Blossom Festival parade. What’s not to like? Continue reading
We had a brilliant time down on the waterfront before the Bledisloe Cup game. We were invited to lead the fans from Queen’s Wharf along the waterfront to the stadium, Pied Piper style – a bit like what we did for the World Cup games.
After sending a few drummers off to various parts of the fan trail to drum up support, we gathered under the sails for a short impromptu gig-ette, and then headed off down the waterfront with a large contingent of fans following along behind. Once at the Stadium we played a few more numbers for the fans heading along the walkway to the game, then most of us headed back along the waterfront to find somewhere good to watch the game – pausing for a quick jam with our friends Niko Ne Zna on the way. Continue reading