Stoke Newington: When you read this you will be too late to be swept away in the audience at the 2007 Stoke Newington Opera Caberet, since it was held on December 15. The Round Chapel once again resounded to the stunning sounds of arias sweeping over an enthusiastic interacting audience. This year Farquhar scored an interview in the N16 Magazine [click on the link to down-load a 6mb PDF copy of the magazine - the Opera Cabaret Article is on page 18. The photos are from the 2006 cabaret, (and Rod can see himself in the corner if he really squints)].
F D talks modestly of the event as: "It belongs to the community, is of the community, and is not transferable". But success is contagious, and there are rumours that 2008 could see not on, but two opera events. Time to look for cheap flights to the UK ...
Val Verde: Val Verde maintains several facilities that trap and retain rainwater for future use. I think this means that there are some lakes in the area. Anyway, water board officials are happy because there's been a lot of rain - 4.84 inches overnight (that's 122.9 mm in real measure). To put this into perspective, last year (2007) was the driest on record with a total of 0.85 inches - 21.6 mm - for the year (that is what the article says, anyway). Not every one is happy - the firemen are out of sorts because the expected mudslides didn't occur. We know that Alistair will sympathise with them.
Flemington: OK so the local news paper is closed down for the holidays. So instead here is a link to a video of the worst dressed women in 2007. Caution: US content ex CBS - may offend sentient humans.
Johnsonville: Well not much to report in Johnsonville papers at the moment, either. But down the road in Paekakariki there is an intriguing exhibition by Leah Shepard at Finns, where she is showing works that are 'about feathers and how they represent people'.
Christchurch: Helen Brown is a columnist in the Christchurch Star. This is a link to a Christmas morality tale she posted for Christmas.
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