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Spick and span: Noel Coutts surrounded by Lady Sterling s kauri finishings
It’s not widely known one of New Zealand’s finest old wooden schooners, built 101 years ago, lives on Lake Wakatipu. PHILIP CHANDLER talks to Lady Sterling’s owner, muso Noel Coutts, about how he acquired her and why he compares her to an expensive mistress
If you’re into old wooden boats, Noel Coutts reckons the Lady Sterling is ‘‘about as good as it gets’’.
The veteran Queenstown muso who is very much into old wooden boats has owned, and often lived in, the twin-masted schooner since about 2002.
After almost 40 years, performers Don Juan and Miguel to leave Sterling Renaissance Festival
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
José Granados and Doug Kondziolka perform as Don Juan and Miguel at a Renaissance festival. They performed at the Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, NY for nearly 40 years.Provided photo | syracuse.com
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For nearly four decades, the duo Don Juan and Miguel have entertained audiences at the Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, N.Y. Now, with hopes of being able to reopen to guests this year, the two performers have announced they will not return to the festival for the foreseeable future.