Mulled wine and winter chills

Well it's been a surprisingly busy winter for us.

There has been a few mornings at Matakana markets when it's been a little difficult to  get our fingers moving in the icy air. The help of lovely stall holders with their deliveries of warm food and hot coffee has been much appreciated!  We were warmed up after one these mornings with some delicious warm mulled wine at the Leigh Bowling Club for their mid winter Christmas function. Great night playing for these lovely folks. 

We were invited back to one of the cutest community halls in New Zealand to celebrate a 40th. The hall looked amazing complete with Leigh sawmill beer on tap. What great hosts!

Wine and Sunshine

If there was an award for the friendliest audience we think it would have been won this day at Ransom Winery. Lovely winter sun was shining for the end of harvest celebration and everyone was definitely into enjoying some live music.

Thank you to Ransom winery for being good sports and giving away some free bottles of wine to the tables that sang the loudest! We highly recommend getting along to this winery and trying one their platters along with a glass of wine.

Thanks also to Girl Friday for their wonderfully sweet vocals and amazing song arrangements.

Our biggest shout out  has to be to our wonderful audience on this day for really getting into the music with us and making it such a fun show.

Good times in Leigh

Well what a great night we had at the Leigh Sawmill at this corporate function. What started out as a quiet evening ended up quite the opposite with singing and dancing on the tables. Plenty of fun was had as we tried our darnedest to keep up with these guys. Good times. As always the Leigh Sawmill provided an amazing spread with delicious food and warm service. See you again! 

Oh how we love summer

The sunshine just keeps coming through March!

No better way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon than playing some tunes at this iconic Kiwi venue. The Leigh Sawmill Cafe were happy for us to take our gear outdoors and join the diners in the yard. Complete with beautiful views, fun staff, crisp local beers and amazing wood-fired pizza's the Sawmill is definitely a place worth visiting. 

Big thanks to Geoff Ong for joining us on this road trip and sharing his amazing musical skills and also Karl Apao our 'sound monkey' for his flawless work on sound.

Getting all professional and stuff...

Well, a few people have been asking what we sound like with quotes so Bonnie's house was turned into a studio for the night for us to record at.

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Any musicians looking for a professional, affordable and mobile recording engineer should definitely look up Karl at Sounkard Recordings He does a great job at a very competitive rate. After recording Thursday night we had a finished product to send to our client by Friday afternoon....now that's efficiency!

Karaoke nights

This 40th had it all. Wonderful food, wonderful hosts, dancing, dodgy karaoke and a few folks enjoying a beverage or three. We were flattered to be asked to play on late and appreciated our hosts gratitude...and we were sent home with lovely home baked pies....yummy! 

Bowls and beers

Thanks to the Mission Bay Bowling Club for their hospitality at this corporate dinner. First time we've been able to watch some bowling in action whilst we were playing a few tunes.

Scallop and bacon rolls

What a great event the Leigh fishing competition is. Fantastic to see so many people out supporting this day with all proceeds going to the Westpac rescue helicopter. Our guitarist's impersonation of the helicopter landing was priceless. We had a blast playing for you all and enjoyed a cold beer and scallop and bacon rolls afterwards. Thanks Leigh community!

Crayfish sliders!

Beautiful Sunday evening playing at this friendly, laid back wedding up north. Thanks to our hosts for the delicious crayfish sliders and mussel fritters! We felt very welcomed and had loads of fun playing for you all.

Sunflowers sun and wine

Another busy weekend playing despite the rain and extreme humidity trying to put a stop on things Saturday. Thanks heaps to the Parnell Farmers Market stall holders for all this yummy produce at the end of the day!! 

A beautiful day with a fun crowd in this lovely setting on Sunday. Thanks to Artisan for inviting us along as part of their summer sounds series and all the guests that were up for a bit of dancing and singing along!

What A View!

Had a fun Saturday morning playing at the Oratia Farmers Market. Thanks to the stall holders for all the yummy food!

Check out the the view we had as our backdrop for some tunes at this private function a few hours later. Not bad eh?! We had a great night thanks to the warm hosts at this party and all their guests getting their groove on with us. We hope to see you all again soon.