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Otago Daily Times

Concert in place of cancelled carnival

Tahu Mackenzie is in full costume at First Church in Dunedin yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The Dunedin Midwinter Carnival is making up for the last-minute cancellation of Saturday's event with a one-night-only indoor concert. Event organiser Xanthe Naylor said the Mini Midwinter Carnival Concert, on Friday at First Church, will thank and honour those who purchased tickets to night two of the carnival after it was called off because of extreme weather. Five sessions would run throughout the evening including a special Relaxed Sensory Session at 4pm which would be followed by general sessions at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. Each session offered a magical mix of light, performance and celebration. "This make-up concert is our way of giving something back to the community that stood by us," Ms Naylor said. The one-and-a-half-hour sessions will begin with a 45-minute concert inside First Church with the butterfly house and beehive lantern installations glowing. The concert would feature Brophy Aerial's Contortionists, captivating live reading and the delightful antics of Jay the Juggler and Magician. Tahu and the Takahes will also return to the stage for a lively musical set. "Anyone who created a lantern in one of our workshops is welcome to bring it along and take part in a celebratory lantern dance," Ms Naylor said. The Burns Hall would be transformed into a dreamy cloud kingdom and the audience will be guided by the famous Moa and Aeroplane and Pilot into an immersive space filled with Otago Polytechnic School of Designs projections. Food trucks will be on-site. — APL