Thursday, 14 January 2010
Vox Nova at the Putaruru Water Festival 2010
Click Here to listen to VOX NOVA - a Latin jazz quartet that will be playing in the main marquee on the showgrounds for the Water Festival.... look out for new information and maps due out soon on what will be happening - where and when!
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Putaruru Water Festival 2010
Can you believe that it is time once again for our Water Festival, and we have a great day of activities planned! For 2010, we have once again teamed up with the A & P Society and the Putaruru Axemen to not only bring you a fantastic 1 day event, but an evening event too—strictly for the over 18’s to finish a perfect day!
Saturday February 27th 2010
Is the date to mark in your diary, and it is ALL happening at Glenshea Park AND the Putaruru Municipal Pools!
7 events in ONE day in ONE location!
A & P Show
Axemen Wood Chopping
Top Team On The Water
Arts & Crafts
Fluid Fashion Show
Wai Jazz
After Flow * over 18’s
Market Stalls
Heaps of rides & family fun!!
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL DATE FOR WAI JAZZ WAS THE 14TH FEBRUARY 2010 AND FLUID FASHION WAS TO BE HELD ON THE 19TH FEBRUARY 2010. AS FUNDING IS TIGHT AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO HOLD EVERYTHING ON ONE DAY ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY 2010 **
Top Team
Top Team this year will take place at the Municipal Pools adjoining Glenshea Park. Entry forms for Top Team are available at the Putaruru Information Centre, and the kids race will begin at 10am, followed by the adults.
BE PREPARED TO GET WET!!!!!
We are hoping to have adults entering into the fun of fluid fashion too!!!!
2010 Arts & Crafts Programme
We have made some changes to the 2010 craft
programme as we had such a great response to our 2009 show.
All entries must be delivered to the Grandstand
building on the morning of 27th February between
8 and 9.30am. The Grandstand will be closed for
judging between 9.30am and 12 noon, and will open for viewing between 12 noon and 4.30pm. Exhibits can be removed from the Grandstand after 4.30pm.
We now have additional categories listed below:
Arts & Craft - All Must Be Water Themed
Canvas or artwork in any medium.
3 handmade cards **
12 x 12 Scrapbook Page
1 stitched item - either hand, embroidery or machine.
1 knitted item.
1 black & white photograph (mounted)
1 colour photograph (mounted)
3 decorated cupcakes (must be identical) **
Decorated Cake—min 20cm round or square *
Home Craft
1 jar of any jam or marmalade
1 jar or bottle of any sauce or relish
1 filled bread roll
1 after school snack
1 school lunch box
* Decorated cake will be judged on décor only and can be a polystyrene base.
** For Kindergarten, New Entrants, Year 1, 2 and 3, only 1 handmade card and 1 cupcake is needed.
Age Groups:
Kindergarten and New Entrants
Year 1 – 3
Year 4 OR
PRIDE Bronze medal level
Year 5 OR
PRIDE Silver medal level
Year 6 OR
PRIDE Gold medal level
Year 7 OR
PRIDE Platinum medal level
Year 8 OR
PRIDE Diamond medal level
Year 9, 10 & 11
Year 12 & 13
Adults
Entry forms are in the Prattler or are avaliable from the Putaruru Information Centre.
Fluid Fashion
Do you fancy yourself as the next GOK Wan, Karen Walker or Stella McCartney?
Pride In Putaruru will be running a Fluid Fashion Show at the 2010 Water Festival..This will now take place at Glenshea Park, 2pm on Saturday 27th February 2010...THIS IS A REAL FASHION SHOW and not wearable art..The theme for the fashion show is WATER.
Fluid fashion is open to anyone from the age of 8 upwards. Children wishing to take part can use this to count towards their PRIDE homework programme for 2010. If you haven’t already received the information from your school please call into Putaruru Information Centre and collect a information pack.
Categories
Street wear for girls or boys
Everyday - ie, what you would wear to the shops.
Party wear - Anything you would wear to a party or night out.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - This mean taking an old piece of clothing and redesigning it, to make it into something Completely different e.g. Taking an old pair of pants and making them into a skirt or bag.
To enter you must first submit a design board that outlines your whole look and the idea behind it, explaining how your design fits the theme.
The board should include examples of fabric, buttons, thread, ribbon anything that you are planning to use in the creation of your outfit. You also need to include images that explain hair, makeup and accessories and a write up explaining the tie between your design and the them. And of course, your design sketch!
The Designs Board is your entry form, and entries have been extended to 12th February to allow for the 2010 PRIDE programme. Age categories are the same as the Arts & Crafts section.
Can you believe that it is time once again for our Water Festival, and we have a great day of activities planned! For 2010, we have once again teamed up with the A & P Society and the Putaruru Axemen to not only bring you a fantastic 1 day event, but an evening event too—strictly for the over 18’s to finish a perfect day!
Saturday February 27th 2010
Is the date to mark in your diary, and it is ALL happening at Glenshea Park AND the Putaruru Municipal Pools!
7 events in ONE day in ONE location!
A & P Show
Axemen Wood Chopping
Top Team On The Water
Arts & Crafts
Fluid Fashion Show
Wai Jazz
After Flow * over 18’s
Market Stalls
Heaps of rides & family fun!!
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL DATE FOR WAI JAZZ WAS THE 14TH FEBRUARY 2010 AND FLUID FASHION WAS TO BE HELD ON THE 19TH FEBRUARY 2010. AS FUNDING IS TIGHT AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO HOLD EVERYTHING ON ONE DAY ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY 2010 **
Top Team
Top Team this year will take place at the Municipal Pools adjoining Glenshea Park. Entry forms for Top Team are available at the Putaruru Information Centre, and the kids race will begin at 10am, followed by the adults.
BE PREPARED TO GET WET!!!!!
We are hoping to have adults entering into the fun of fluid fashion too!!!!
2010 Arts & Crafts Programme
We have made some changes to the 2010 craft
programme as we had such a great response to our 2009 show.
All entries must be delivered to the Grandstand
building on the morning of 27th February between
8 and 9.30am. The Grandstand will be closed for
judging between 9.30am and 12 noon, and will open for viewing between 12 noon and 4.30pm. Exhibits can be removed from the Grandstand after 4.30pm.
We now have additional categories listed below:
Arts & Craft - All Must Be Water Themed
Canvas or artwork in any medium.
3 handmade cards **
12 x 12 Scrapbook Page
1 stitched item - either hand, embroidery or machine.
1 knitted item.
1 black & white photograph (mounted)
1 colour photograph (mounted)
3 decorated cupcakes (must be identical) **
Decorated Cake—min 20cm round or square *
Home Craft
1 jar of any jam or marmalade
1 jar or bottle of any sauce or relish
1 filled bread roll
1 after school snack
1 school lunch box
* Decorated cake will be judged on décor only and can be a polystyrene base.
** For Kindergarten, New Entrants, Year 1, 2 and 3, only 1 handmade card and 1 cupcake is needed.
Age Groups:
Kindergarten and New Entrants
Year 1 – 3
Year 4 OR
PRIDE Bronze medal level
Year 5 OR
PRIDE Silver medal level
Year 6 OR
PRIDE Gold medal level
Year 7 OR
PRIDE Platinum medal level
Year 8 OR
PRIDE Diamond medal level
Year 9, 10 & 11
Year 12 & 13
Adults
Entry forms are in the Prattler or are avaliable from the Putaruru Information Centre.
Fluid Fashion
Do you fancy yourself as the next GOK Wan, Karen Walker or Stella McCartney?
Pride In Putaruru will be running a Fluid Fashion Show at the 2010 Water Festival..This will now take place at Glenshea Park, 2pm on Saturday 27th February 2010...THIS IS A REAL FASHION SHOW and not wearable art..The theme for the fashion show is WATER.
Fluid fashion is open to anyone from the age of 8 upwards. Children wishing to take part can use this to count towards their PRIDE homework programme for 2010. If you haven’t already received the information from your school please call into Putaruru Information Centre and collect a information pack.
Categories
Street wear for girls or boys
Everyday - ie, what you would wear to the shops.
Party wear - Anything you would wear to a party or night out.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - This mean taking an old piece of clothing and redesigning it, to make it into something Completely different e.g. Taking an old pair of pants and making them into a skirt or bag.
To enter you must first submit a design board that outlines your whole look and the idea behind it, explaining how your design fits the theme.
The board should include examples of fabric, buttons, thread, ribbon anything that you are planning to use in the creation of your outfit. You also need to include images that explain hair, makeup and accessories and a write up explaining the tie between your design and the them. And of course, your design sketch!
The Designs Board is your entry form, and entries have been extended to 12th February to allow for the 2010 PRIDE programme. Age categories are the same as the Arts & Crafts section.
Monday, 11 January 2010
BP Mural
We have just noticed that even though the mural has been featured in the recent edition of the Prattler we haven't loaded it onto the blog.
If you haven't already stopped in at BP to view the mural, it is worth the stop.
What a fantastic effort by 3 local ladies - Fiona Barrett, Alison Hemming and Annie Waterworth. They completed the top layer of the mural after members of the public painted out the existing chalk drawings and created a base for the mural to be painted onto.
A huge thanks to the Creative Communities grant scheme for their support in this project!
Friday, 8 January 2010
Shop Local Prize Winners
A big thankyou to all the people who shopped local. The number of entries we had in this promotion showed us that our people are great supporters of local businesses and demonstrates the strength and support within our community .
Winners:
Unichem Pharmacy
A Rogers
Sue Dixon
Rebecca Johnson
Kerry Kearney
Val Gray
P Thrope
Kate Campbell
Rebecca Johnson
Jan Goodwin
Kassie Stockholmes
Over the Moon Dairy Co. Gift Basket - Andrea Shaw
Model Food market Gift Basket plus Voucher - Mrs Stannard
Rainbow Hall/Putaruru Fruit and Vege Vouchers - K Harker
Dales Country Wools Quilt - Raoslie Nicholson
Toy World Voucher - Vicki Feierabend
The Last Tangle Gift Basket - Judith Grey
Cassius Blue Vouchers
Johnie Jensen
Sheryl Van Dyk
Melissa Isaacson
Liz Ellis
K Bees Voucher - Denvil Spinley
Edmeades Jewellers - D Wallace
Aroha Voucher - Horohuia Cameron
The Cutting Company Voucher and Gift Basket - Ann Gressy
Steinies Barber Shop Gift Set - Nan Wine
Paper Zone Voucher - Ronnie Bennett
Putaruru Information Centre Map Books - Sarah Burrows
Late Nights Santa Stocking - J Roache
Canvas - Erin Richmond
Ladder - Paula Christenson
Tropical Trip - Kris Carson
Congratulations to all our winners and a big thankyou to all the businesses that supported this promotion.
A big thankyou to all the people who shopped local. The number of entries we had in this promotion showed us that our people are great supporters of local businesses and demonstrates the strength and support within our community .
Winners:
Unichem Pharmacy
A Rogers
Sue Dixon
Rebecca Johnson
Kerry Kearney
Val Gray
P Thrope
Kate Campbell
Rebecca Johnson
Jan Goodwin
Kassie Stockholmes
Over the Moon Dairy Co. Gift Basket - Andrea Shaw
Model Food market Gift Basket plus Voucher - Mrs Stannard
Rainbow Hall/Putaruru Fruit and Vege Vouchers - K Harker
Dales Country Wools Quilt - Raoslie Nicholson
Toy World Voucher - Vicki Feierabend
The Last Tangle Gift Basket - Judith Grey
Cassius Blue Vouchers
Johnie Jensen
Sheryl Van Dyk
Melissa Isaacson
Liz Ellis
K Bees Voucher - Denvil Spinley
Edmeades Jewellers - D Wallace
Aroha Voucher - Horohuia Cameron
The Cutting Company Voucher and Gift Basket - Ann Gressy
Steinies Barber Shop Gift Set - Nan Wine
Paper Zone Voucher - Ronnie Bennett
Putaruru Information Centre Map Books - Sarah Burrows
Late Nights Santa Stocking - J Roache
Canvas - Erin Richmond
Ladder - Paula Christenson
Tropical Trip - Kris Carson
Congratulations to all our winners and a big thankyou to all the businesses that supported this promotion.
A Room at the Inn
Over 600 people came through the doors at this years Room at the Inn. A big thankyou to Mark Reynolds of the Putaruru Hotel who donated the use of the hotel and the Putaruru Combined Churches for supplying the supper and manning the door. This year the community raised over $700 for the Putaruru Bible in Schools programme so a big thankyou to the community for their support.
All of the 2009 rooms were well planned, of high quality and varied greatly. The voting results were:
1st Megan Ince with Santa's Brain. This room was full of orignality and humour and was a snapshot of what goes on in Santa's brain during preparation for christmas.
2nd was the team of Sue Heslop, Helen Haigh and Gillian Robbins with Sugar and Spice. An amazing gingerbread house was the centre piece of this room and the decorations were in harmony with this centrepiece.
3rd was the Putaruru Floral Art group with the Tree Room. An array of beautifully decorated trees made out of different materials filled this room . Angels, flowers and other beautiful decorations added to the impact of this room.
The prize money for the winning room was $120 and a big thankyou goes to the winner Megan Ince who kindly donated her prize money back to Pride in Putaruru.
Putaruru Christmas Float Parade
The theme for 2009 was Tropical Paradise and Putaruru had the pleasure of seeing over 26 floats. A big thankyou to our judges - Gordon Blake, ex South Waikato Mayor, N icola Warrington the Manager of the South Waikato Perfoming Arats Centre (The Plaza) and Megan Ince a South Waikato based Social Worker.
Winners of the 2009 float parade were:
Overall Winner St Marys Catholic School
Youth Section
1st - Te Waotu School
2nd - Putaruru Childcare
3rd - Putaruru Playcentre
4th - Glenshea Kindergarten
Commercial Section
1st - Stenies Barber Shop
2nd - Peter Glidden Honda
3rd - Putaruru Unichem
Service Section
1st - South Waikato Safer Community Council
2nd - South Waikato SPCA
3rd - The Salvation Army
Light Up Your Home
Joint winners of 2009 were Gladys Crickett and Carol Bernhard with their amazing displays. Third place went to Ngaire Wallace with her eye catching display.
Light Up Your Business went jointly to Tanner Industries and Putaruru Unichem. Third place went to Edmeades Jewellers.
The street taking out the title of 2009 Light Up Your Street was Myrtle Grove with Overdale Street coming in second.
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Its all happening at Christmas time this year!!
Who needs Willy Wonka? Putaruru has it's own golden tickets..........
Shop Local and Win!!
By supporting local business, you have a chance to win a tropical holiday to get that much needed R&R. The winner of this years prize will be able to choose a holiday in either Fiji, Vanuatu or Samoa!!!
Participating shops are also offering a prize instore where the only entrants will be their customers and the prizes being offered are very generous, a great reward for shopping local.
Late openings is being offered by participating stores, the nights are:
Friday 11th December - until 6pm - why not come into town early and do all your Christmas shopping before the float parade?
Saturday 12th December - until 2pm
Friday 18th Decemebr - until 7pm (Christmas show at 6.45pm)
Saturday 19th December - until 4pm
Customers taking advantage of late openings will go in the draw to win a stocking full of prizes. With all the rewards being up for grabs this year, why shop anywhere else?
A Room at the inn
After the popularity of this event last year we are running A Room at the Inn once again at the Putaruru Hotel. This years rooms really are masterpieces and appeal to all age brackets and style types. Public viewing and voting is currently happening on Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays 7-9pm until the 17th of December, entry is a gold coin donation. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced on the night of the Christmas Variety Show at The Plaza on Friday 18th of December.
Christmas Float Parade
This years parade will be happening on Friday 11th December on Overdale and Princes Street at 6.15pm. The theme this year is tropical paradise, a place that we all dream about being this time of year. Why not come and support our community groups by viewing their fantastic floats, head to A Room at the Inn afterwards and then out into the community to view the entrants in Light up Putaruru.
Lighting up Putaruru
Some members of our community have been hard at work creating fantastic displays for the community to enjoy. Please support their work by taking the time to view their displays, maps are available at the Room at the Inn.
Christmas Variety Night
Friday 18th December, 6.45pm at The Plaza
Tickets $5 Adults, $2 Children. Available from the Putaruru Information Centre and The Plaza
Come and celebrate the festive season with us this year at the Christmas Variety Night. Come along and see a variety of Christmas dance, songs and Christmas carols with a twist and join in the community Christmas spirit.
All of the towns Christmas promotion prize winners will be drawn between acts on this night.
Rangiura Dementia unit charity house $1 reserve auction
Don't forget that on Saturday 12th December the Rangiura Dementia unit charity house auction will be held at the old South Waikato Marine yards along SH1. There will also be a market day where there will be a range of products on offer. The house auction will start at 1pm.
Who needs Willy Wonka? Putaruru has it's own golden tickets..........
Shop Local and Win!!
By supporting local business, you have a chance to win a tropical holiday to get that much needed R&R. The winner of this years prize will be able to choose a holiday in either Fiji, Vanuatu or Samoa!!!
Participating shops are also offering a prize instore where the only entrants will be their customers and the prizes being offered are very generous, a great reward for shopping local.
Late openings is being offered by participating stores, the nights are:
Friday 11th December - until 6pm - why not come into town early and do all your Christmas shopping before the float parade?
Saturday 12th December - until 2pm
Friday 18th Decemebr - until 7pm (Christmas show at 6.45pm)
Saturday 19th December - until 4pm
Customers taking advantage of late openings will go in the draw to win a stocking full of prizes. With all the rewards being up for grabs this year, why shop anywhere else?
A Room at the inn
After the popularity of this event last year we are running A Room at the Inn once again at the Putaruru Hotel. This years rooms really are masterpieces and appeal to all age brackets and style types. Public viewing and voting is currently happening on Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays 7-9pm until the 17th of December, entry is a gold coin donation. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced on the night of the Christmas Variety Show at The Plaza on Friday 18th of December.
Christmas Float Parade
This years parade will be happening on Friday 11th December on Overdale and Princes Street at 6.15pm. The theme this year is tropical paradise, a place that we all dream about being this time of year. Why not come and support our community groups by viewing their fantastic floats, head to A Room at the Inn afterwards and then out into the community to view the entrants in Light up Putaruru.
Lighting up Putaruru
Some members of our community have been hard at work creating fantastic displays for the community to enjoy. Please support their work by taking the time to view their displays, maps are available at the Room at the Inn.
Christmas Variety Night
Friday 18th December, 6.45pm at The Plaza
Tickets $5 Adults, $2 Children. Available from the Putaruru Information Centre and The Plaza
Come and celebrate the festive season with us this year at the Christmas Variety Night. Come along and see a variety of Christmas dance, songs and Christmas carols with a twist and join in the community Christmas spirit.
All of the towns Christmas promotion prize winners will be drawn between acts on this night.
Rangiura Dementia unit charity house $1 reserve auction
Don't forget that on Saturday 12th December the Rangiura Dementia unit charity house auction will be held at the old South Waikato Marine yards along SH1. There will also be a market day where there will be a range of products on offer. The house auction will start at 1pm.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Putaruru's weekend of Artsfest
This weekends Artsfest kicks off with a showcase of the great talent the South Waikato has. "Putaruru's Got Talent" is on Friday night at the Plaza (not at the Arapuni Hall as previously advertised), starting at 7pm and entry is free!! Refreshments will be able for purchase during the show. The program has a wide range acts and it would be great to have a huge turnout of people to support the talent in our community.
- Check out the Schools art exhibition at the Plaza - Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 4pm. Each school will take turns providing light refreshments during the day as a fundraiser.
- If you're in town - 'Walk the line' - look out for the big canvas in town and paint on a simple line to help create an artistic masterpiece.
- Sign up to be part of the Putaruru community mural, where painters will create a scene depicting the Blue Springs. We shall then enter this mural in the Resene Community Mural Competition.
- Call into the Putaruru Hotel on either Saturday or Sunday to see displays of art work, floral displays, photography, patchwork and pottery. On Sunday learn how to shape balloons, make cards and chocolates in addition to all of the above. Charges apply to some classes and places are limited. Contact the information centre on 883 7284 for information on these.
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