Artsfest a great weekend with community spirit shining through!!

Putaruru's weekend of Artsfest started with an explosion of talent on show with Putaruru's Got Talent. The acts ranged from vocalists, dancing, instrumentalists and cultural displays to a unicyclist. These acts showed the vast array of talent present within our community and it was great to see a big turnout of community support on the night. Judges placings were:

1st Forest View High School Polinetia Fa'atasi group, an amazing and polished group whose performance of polynesian song, dance and instruments wowed the audience.

2nd Undercover - consisting of Joshua Sager (drums), Christopher Monteith (piano), Grady and Hayden McMahon (violin), their amazing instrumental of the mission impossible theme and spy comedy made this quartet a hit with the crowd.

3rd Brianna McPherson, although Brianna is a year 10 student, her jazz perfromance of Tequila was very professional. Expect to see great things in the world of dance from this young lady.

Saturday saw the start of a stunning community mural depicting the blue springs which will be entered into the Resene mural masterpieces competition.

An exhibition of artwork from local schools was held in the plaza and these pieces showed once again the level and variety of talent within our community. Sandra Ogle kindly donated one of her amazing paintings to the high school student whose art piece impressed her most. Claire Birks of Bella creative kindly donated a portrait sitting to a student whose photography impressed her most.

An exhibition at the Putaruru Hotel on Saturday and Sunday showcased pieces by the floral art group, quliting group, Sandra Ogle, Claire Birks, Fiona Barrett and Fireworks Pottery. Card, chocolate, pottery tile and balloon animal making classes were held which was great fun.

Throughout the weekend the community jumped on board with 'Walk the Line'. This community master piece will be displayed in the Putaruru Information Centre from next week and we urge everyone to view our community creation.

Saturday night saw teams from the Rubix Cube night invade Putaruru. This was a fun night and the winners - Mother Truckers kindly donated their prize money back to Pride in Putaruru. This genorosity shows the community spirit and heart that Putaruru has which we are proud to be a part of.

We are appreciative and proud of the community support we received throughout Putaruru's Artfest weekend and thank all involved.