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.

Shear Comfort! In the Woolly insulated home!

Nicki  from Shear Comfort Wool Insulation is shown below in the roof of the festival house filling the ceiling with “supa fill”. Supa-Fill is a machine blown loose wool fibre product for the ceiling with a thermal rating ranging from R2.6. According to Nicki “Supa-Fill is a cost effective, quality insulation, which allows you to put your health and well-being first.” I checked out their product and it is soft and beautiful to touch! For more information on wool insulation check out their website: www.shearcomfort.co.nz

The nearly completed home!

Wow! I was just up the Wanakafest House and it is looking incredible! They have painted all the walls, the kitchen is nearly fitted. It is now fully carpeted, tiles, water is running… even the garage is carpeted! Well done to everyone involved in the project!

Here are some of the latest pictures from today:

This is me in the new “Dream Kitchen” donated by Dream Doors!

Ian Bell installs the front door.

Here is me again… in front of the beautiful new house.

Digger work on the landscaping all sponsored by Nichol Garden Centre. It is looking fantastic!

Wanakafest “Choc-Off”

As a part of our Food, Wine and Chocolate Affair on Sunday October 18th. We are searching for the Best Wanaka Chocolate Dessert! If you have a delicious chocolate speciality dessert, you are invited to to our Choc-off! To enter you need 2 identical desserts one that is prepared for 6 judges and one prepared for auction. The auction will act as your entry and a fundraiser for the future of our community festival!

Categories include: “Best Commercial Chocolate Dessert”, “Best Homemade Chocolate Dessert”, “Most Original Chocolate creation”  and “Best Overall Chocolate Dessert”

Judges will be a combination of 3 pre-selected judges and 3 randomly selected judges from the audience.

Painting and Plumbing

The house build is coming to completion thanks to all the hard work of loads of local tradespeople! To check out which local businesses are involved, check out our new sponsors thank you banner at the A&P show site or go and check out their progress at the house site. Pictured below are  Grant Anicich and Darren Jobling from Jeff Demott’s Painting putting on the first coat in the living room.

Below is Paul Hawkins from Laser Plumbing hard at work changing the water feeds to the house.

Passion 4 Fashion set for success

This years Passion 4 Fashion is gaining momentum and looking like it will be a spectacular event!

The show has attracted backing from successful local businesses Edgewater Resort and Wanaka Pharmacy who are the major sponsors of this years show. Leigh Stock and Aaron Heath have joined forces to support this show and the festival to ensure that it is a night to remember!

Wanakafest Event organiser Laurel Morrison says, the progress that this show has seen this year is all down to Kasha Szot.  Kasha is the Local Wanaka Owner/Operator of K-Dance Studios. She also runs and co-ordinated the local modelling agency and has been working with her models to co-ordinate the show. Kasha has taken this spectacular show under her wings and is turning it into an event to be respected nation wide! She has  gained the assistance of Gena Bagley-Konia as a proffessional make up artist for the show and the two of them have managed to attract  support by  International Make-up Brand Revlon. With Revlon on board, this is a fantastic opportunity for the growth of Wanakafest, as well as the Passion for Fashion show.

Kasha has attracted many local shops and designers and is excited about the momentum that the show is gaining. One this is sure, this is one night not to be missed!

Tahuna Breaks Free Live Concert Confirmed!

Be prepared to have your socks blown off at this years Willowridge Wanakafest grand opening! Floats, Lanterns, Music and a special FREE Concert by Tahuna Breaks has us lined up for a great night!! Thank you BASE for bringing them here for us!! Mark Friday October 16th in your calendar now!

Bundle up warm get a good spot along Ardmore street on Friday Night. The Party kicks of with the annual Harcourts Street Parade brought to you by Kahu Youth. Kahu Youth is working hard to make sure this parade  spectacular and has insisted that all floats be decorated, have lights and music! Following the Street Parade, local Wanaka band LATE eightyeight takes the stage at the lake front. And finally, The streets of Lake Wanaka will be rocked by a Free Outdoor Concert by Tahuna Breaks!  There will be food and drinks at the lake and it will be a great night out. For those of you just warming up… continue the party at Mint Bar after the show with a full Tahuna Breaks Show!

Building into the sky

With the “Gus” the dog and help from Mark Evans Building. The frames of the Wanakafest house continue to rise into the sky. The house is really looking good now! We have also had some of the underground electrical work laid down by Jeff Limmer Electrical and continued supply of much of our building materials by Placemakers. Thank you to everyone who is working hard to make this project a success!