Reviewed by Ewart Shaw, Friday 16th April 2021. Come on Bocchers write me a quintet . So spake Simon Martyn-Ellis on the genesis of the work which gave the concert its name, the Guitar Quintet in D major G 448, known as the Boccherini
Fandango, Ensemble Galante invited him and violin/viola player Karina Schmitz to come across and join them for a concert of Spanish-influenced music with guitar. I d already planned to go to both performances but had I only attended the Friday I d have been satisfied greatly by the music. As it is I went back again. I d taken a good look at the housework and decided that good look was all it was going to get.
His cousin, Tim Nott, was leaving his job as chef at the Rydges Hotel in Christchurch to be head chef. Another cousin, Ashleigh Nott, a hairdresser by trade, was joining the team too. Behind this new family business, Thomas wanted to set up an affordable and low-key place, based on what he enjoyed as a child on his way out to the Sounds.
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Cieran Thomas, with AD (Adventure Dog), plans to use only the cafe-restaurant part of the building for now. “Places like Waikawa Bay . or Momorangi Bay, they used to have those little shops with icecream and lollies, milk and bread for camping . All these kinds of necessities you need when you are out on the road.”