For all with a Passion for Fashion.

Tickets go on sale for Edgewater’s Passion For Fashion Tomorrow! (September 1^st)

The show has had a facelift this year after some excellent community feed back on previous years shows.

Nine of Wanaka’s fashion outlets, including: 47Frocks, Frost, Bella, Cherry, Structure for Men, BASE, Soul Clothing, Sassy Pants and Big Tums Little Bums, will be showing off this years styles and fashions from their unique perspective. Many great aspects of the show will remain and 2 new features have been added.

The new “Fashion Pioneers competition” has had a great deal of interest. New Designers from Wanaka, Otago and throughout New Zealand entered their own unique pioneering fashion designs. These are being judged now and the 10 finalists will be displayed on the catwalk, with the winner announced on the night.

There will also be a showing from 3 invitation designers. Two of these include Mr So&So and Soeur. The third will be announced on the night!

After the show we will continue the party with music and brand new trade stall area, ready for perusal. This gives the audience a chance to interact directly with shop managers as well as check out the clothes from the catwalk up close.

And finally, the BNZ Piggies for Fashion are back. For those who saw some of the incredible creations last year, they know that this is not to be missed.

This show is set to be better than ever! We’ve kept the same great ticket price of $25. Get your tickets tomorrow as this show will sell-out quickly!

For an entertaining night out tickets to the much loved showcase of fashion, style and design go on sale September 1^st (tomorrow!) and are available as BASE in Wanaka.

Show Date: October 20, 2010

Time: 7:00 pm doors open!

Wanaka Food and Wine Fest

Willowridge Wanakafest Food and Wine Fest.

A combined effort from 5 Wanaka vineyards and several of Wanaka’s top restaurants has created a food and wine fest to be held in conjunction with this years Willowridge Wanakafest.

For the first time, this is a solely Wanaka event. Only grapes grown in the Wanaka area and food prepared by local chefs will be involved. People will have the opportunity to head to Pembroke Park and sample some of our town’s top wines and foods, while listening to some relaxing music and socialising with friends.

The event has been largely driven by the Wanakafest community trust with help from Mount Maude wines and Rippon Vineyard.

“ We are really excited that this has come together and we truly believe that this has the potential to become a really big event, secured on our annual calendar” Laurel Morrison, Wanakafest event co-ordinator says.

“Wanaka is a fantastic place with so many wonderful facets, one of those being our amazing food and wine. This is our opportunity to show off how good we really are!

The Willowridge Wanakafest will be held on Labour weekend, October 23 and 24. The Food and Wine Fest will be on the Saturday the 23rd October from 11am until 5 pm. The vineyards that will be there will be Rippon Vineyard, Mount Maude Wines, Cardrona Terrace Estate, Archangel Wines and Drafters Gate. At the time of writing 2 chefs have been confirmed and several others are possibilities. At this stage chefs from Edgewater and the Landing will be showing off their talents.

There are many other great events going on over the weekend. The very popular Urban Downhill Bike race is back and will also be held on Saturday. There will be the Ruby Island Circus and of course Passion for Fashion.

The Fashion show is looking better than ever and will be held on Wednesday the 20th October.

Check out www.wanakafest.co.nz to see the full schedule of events.

For more information please contact:

Laurel Morrison

Willowridge Wanakafest Event Manager

T: 03 443 2273

M: 027 430 1332

info@wanakafest.co.nz

www.wanakafest.co.nz

Fashion Pioneers Competition

 We have just launched our Fashion Pioneers Competition.

 If you are interested in taking part in this creative competition and have your design shown on the catwalk. Then get your registration form filled in and start designing!

Please email info@wanakafest.co.nz and I will send you a registration form!

Check out last years AWS Urban Downhill on You Tube

Check out this fantastic video made by Dan MacMullans ( the race co-ordinator and of FreerideNZ ) brother. It really shows what a fantastic event it was. We are really looking forward to this years race, but are still in need of some support. Whether its full sponsorship, through to a couple of hours of volunteering; lets make this years event better than ever.

House Build HUGE Success

The Stonewood Homes House build was a massive success. More than 200 people cam to the NO RESERVE house auction and the house sold for a great price.

All the proceeds from the auction will go to the Wanakafest Charitible Trust. These proceeds will be put towards a community project that everyone can enjoy.

Thank you so much for all the efforts from all those involved. It truly highlighted what a fantastic community Wanaka has.

Counting down to 2010!

The dates have been set for 2010… we will be running the festival from Wednesday October 20th to Sunday October 24th.

We are really looking forward to bringing you more fun and festivities for all the family to enjoy.

Ideas for a Community Asset.

One of the ideas put forward is an adventure playground at Eely Point.

With the successful sale of the Stonewood Homes House Build House and planning for the 2010 festival underway, we now have plans to turn some of the proceeds into a community asset. The Wanakafest Community Trust is currently deliberating on what to create as a community asset and they would like you, the Wanaka community, to have your say.

During the 2009 Willowridge Wanakafest and associated Stonewood Homes House build some money was attained for the trust through the help and support of local builders and contracters, who gave their time, services, and products at heavily reduced cost or even for free. Subsequently, the festival was a success, the Stonewood homes housebuild house sold for a great price at an auction and so now it is time to give back to the community that gave so much..

It has to be physical… something that we can touch and see, it has to have a wide benefit to the community, it of course has to be based in Wanaka, and we would like to see it have a life expectancy of around 20 years or over”

Some options that have been tabled so far are: an adventure playground at Eely Point, a transportable trailer stage, a band rotunda at Pembroke Park and a water park as part of the dinosaur park at the lake front. The Trust is still settling the exact amount that will be available for the asset, and we are planning on doing additional fundraising to top up what we have raised so far. As a guideline, we are looking for a project around $100,000.

Hurray! A great festival!

Whew! we made it! What a great festival!! Thanks so much to everyone who helped out Here are some pictures from the weekend…

Here come the floats! The fantastic Mitre 10 float all part of the Harcourts Street Parade by Kahu Youth that kicked off the festivities.

Superman! Into the lake at the Radio Wanaka Ray White Polar Plunge! Good thing McGregor’s brought the pies and Kiwi Tubs brought the hot tub!

Just one of the many incredible floating cardboard boats entered in the Kahu Youth Cardboard Boat Race on Saturday!

Here goes Punk the Clown in the Ruby Island Circus.

Agility training for young recyclers as part of the Wanaka Wastebusters Wheelie Bin Races.

One of the higher stacks just toppling down at the Meadowfresh Crate Stack Competition. Thanks to Aspiring Cranes and Wanaka Rock for providing the Cranes and Rock climbing gear.

Passion for Fashion 2009 DVD

Whew! What a great night last night. To a sold out house, local designers, shops, hair stylists, dancers and make-up artists put on a fantastic fashion show!!

Mike, from The Photographers is currently putting together the show DVD. If you would like purchase one of these. Contact Mike enquiries@wanakaphoto.com

Volunteers Needed for Bike Race!

With the festival just around the corner and loads of great events all set to give you a great weekend. There are still a few spaces that need to be filled with willing volunteers for the AWS Legal Urban Downhill Mountain Bike Race!

If you have time on Saturday October 17th from 11:00am – 4:30pm. Please let Laurel know! 443 2273 or info@wanakafest.co.nz

The Race is all set to be a fantastic spectators sport! Get yourself a great spot on the course, a Subway lunch and a beautiful new T-Shirt!!!

Look forward to hearing from you soon

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