Local Focus: Deco weekend dances on despite cancellation
18 Feb, 2021 11:23 PM
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They ve spent the past four months rehearsing for Hawke s Bay annual Art Deco Festival, making its cancellation a bitter blow for The Encore Deco Dancers.
Organisers cancelled the festival, due to finish this Sunday, because of uncertainty over Covid alert levels.
The 50 dancers were booked to perform at 22 events. We started rehearsing in November, rehearsed all through the holidays during the days and weekends, choreographing the numbers, says Born to Move Dance Studio director Corinne Bowey.
Napier Art Deco events go ahead in spite of Festival cancellation
18 Feb, 2021 03:14 AM
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Thomas Bywater is a writer and digital producer for Herald Travelthomas.bywater@nzherald.co.nz@ThomasBywater
While Napier s Art Deco Festival was officially cancelled over uncertain Covid-19 restrictions, many events plan to go ahead following the regions return to Alert Level 1.
Over twenty events will go ahead this weekend at celebrated period venues such as the Mission Estate and Masonic Hotel.
Like the plot twist of an Agatha Christie whodunit – rumours of the 1930s-themed festival s demise have been grossly exaggerated. We already have guests here ready to have a wonderful time in Hawke s Bay, said Hawke s Bay Tourism Chief Executive Hamish Saxton.
DIY Deco: Independent events ready to put on a show in Napier
18 Feb, 2021 01:19 AM
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While official Art Deco Festival events have been canned, independent musical events including The Dave Atkin Group gig are still going ahead. Photo / Supplied
While official Art Deco Festival events have been canned, independent musical events including The Dave Atkin Group gig are still going ahead. Photo / Supplied
Indie Deco, DIY Deco, Prohibition Weekend - whatever you want to call it, the unofficial party in Napier is still on for masses of festival fans.
The Art Deco Festival - and its near 300 events - will stay officially cancelled, but the trust that runs it is now throwing its support behind a raft of unofficial events that can go ahead under alert level 1 rules.