Spectacular launch for La Fiesta number 12
14 Feb, 2021 09:04 PM
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La Fiesta number 12 launched in spectacular fashion on Saturday with two very different events, both equally captivating.
Ruth Tidemann facilitated a first-time workshop in Whanganui encouraging women to take charge of your life which was well received by the very happy participants.
Our official launch event later that afternoon, Woven, a concert for piano and flute performed by Ingrid Culliford and Lisa Boessenkool in the grand hall that is Big School at Whanganui Collegiate, was spellbinding stuff.
A diverse programme of music by women composers was compelling, taking the audience through time, culture, and space in true classical style. A concert which could take its place on any stage in the world performed by accomplished playing and informative chatter between the pieces which sets the scene and encourages accessibility for those less familiar with classical music etiquette.
Piano and flute concert to open Whanganui La Fiesta! festival
31 Jan, 2021 10:04 PM
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Lisa Boessenkool (left) and Ingrid Culliford will present WOVEN at Whanganui Collegiate School Main Hall on February 13. Photo / Supplied
Wanganui Midweek
Saturday, February 13 at 4pm.
Main Hall (opposite the Chapel) Whanganui Collegiate School.
La Fiesta! – NZ s Best Women s Fest - opens on Saturday, February 13 with a recital of music by women composers for flute and piano, solo flute and two flutes, given by Ingrid Culliford and Lisa Boessenkool.
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WOVEN draws its name from the title of one of the pieces in the programme, a work for two flutes by American composer and conductor Victoria Bond.
Good plans need good people to enact them
20 Dec, 2020 03:01 PM
4 minutes to read The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. – Coretta Scott King, activist
I have been so encouraged by feedback from my column last week in which I wrote about the compassionate and generous contributions of the Herspace women who donated handbags packed with self-care items for us to give away. Folk have called in to donate other items to add to the collection having been inspired by what kindness can do.
Perhaps even more importantly, women have rung up and called in to pick up handbags to gift on, or have asked for one for themselves. In doing so they have shared their own stories about how kindness has boosted them through a bumpy patch in the past, or how much this generosity is helping them to get through today.