Music News - The New Zealand Ukulele Festival Announces International Guest Act
03 November 2016 - 0 Comments
There’s just one
month to go until The
New Zealand Ukulele Festival takes over Vector Arena for its 10
year celebration, with teen Hawaiian YouTube sensations Honoka and Azita announced today as the festival’s international guest act.
New Zealand Ukulele Trust Chairperson Mary Cornish says she’s thrilled that
Honoka and Azita agreed to play at the festival.
“Honoka and Azita are superstars of the ukulele world and internet stars, but
what excites me most about having them on the line-up is that they are young,
they showcase how much fun music can be - and that it can take you
places.”
The festival will be hosted by MC Jackie Clarke and will also feature
Malcolm Lakatani’s Creative Souls Project, The Nukes, a Teen Talent Showcase,
workshops, free lessons, face-painting, pop up performances, competitions and
giveaways.
But the headline act is the Kiwileles massed ukulele orchestra of 2500 children
who will perform a 75 minute set of mostly New Zealand music from the Vector
Arena stage.
Mary Cornish says that Saturday 3 December marks the culmination of months of
preparation and rehearsals for the Kiwileles who each year rise to the
challenge of learning to sing and play to an audience of thousands.
“We released the CD and songbook and started running teacher workshops for this
year’s festival in May. Ever since then, teachers and children from 122 schools
from all over New Zealand have been practicing for the big day. “It’s a huge
undertaking for our volunteers and the teachers, with schools from out of
Auckland fundraising throughout the year to allow them to come to Auckland to
take part.
“We’re very proud to be celebrating 10 years of this wonderful programme that
has seen 24,000 primary school children not only discover music, but learn to
sing and play the songs that bring New Zealanders together.
“Every year we witness a new batch of children become confident singers,
instrumentalists and performers as part of the Kiwileles initiative. It is a
transformational experience for these children and audiences are blown away by
how good they sound. Rehearsals are all but completed and our 2016 Kiwileles
are sounding better than ever and they can’t wait to say “I performed at Vector
Arena!””
The
New Zealand Ukulele Festival
Saturday December 3
11am - 4pm
Vector Arena
FREE
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