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Hawke s Bay piper Ian Lee competes in national championships in Hastings for last time 17 Mar, 2021 12:52 AM 6 minutes to read Ian Lee gets the pipes ready for one last championships fling this weekend in Napier and Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland Doug Laing is a senior reporter for Hawke s Bay [email protected] At age 80 and having competed in more than 25 national pipe band championships, Taradale piper Ian Lee will be making this week s big event in Hastings his last fling. His retirement from competition with the Hawke s Bay Caledonian Pipe Band was confirmed to Hawke s Bay Today just two days before the annual national championships are held in the Bay for the first time in 19 years. ....
Free summer concerts in the parks are back 18 Jan, 2021 10:03 PM 6 minutes to read Hawkes Bay Today The popular free summer concert series that includes Jazz on the Village Green in Havelock North and Summer in the Parks in Cornwall Park in Hastings will kick off on Saturday, January 30, and run till Sunday, February 28. . The concerts are a wonderfully relaxing and easy way to pass the summer weekend afternoons and offer a social hub for families and friends who gather with picnics to enjoy the summer groove. Arts Inc Heretaunga community arts development manager and chairman of Summer in the Parks Pitsch Leiser says the summer concert series has become an integral part of summer recreation in Hawke s Bay and will feature a diverse programme of music for a wide audience. ....