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Locals take center stage The Nelson Winter Music Festival is in its last week with plenty of variety yet to come. Nelson School of Music manager Frances McElhinney says she is really pleased with the way the festival is going, in terms of ticket sales and the response to shows. “The Nelson Symphony Orchestra performance on Saturday night was the fifth show to reach sell out status, with solo violinist Jenny Banks wowing the audience with her mastery of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto,” she says. “I really encourage people to become part of the buzz - there are still tickets to Michael Endres playing Schubert on our new Steinway on Thursday night, to the Saguaro Trio on Saturday afternoon and to Tic Tic, Paul Barrett’s funny but touching walk through his own experience with Tourette’s on Saturday night.” The Lizard Kings’ tribute to The Doors has sold out but will be back for two repeat concerts in September, and the Dave Dobbyn finale is also sold out. The Nelson Winter Music Festival runs until July 24, and has received sponsorship from the Nelson Events Marketing and Development Programme, funded by the Nelson City Council. The programme’s objective is to stimulate Nelson city’s economy in the shoulder and off-peak season by bringing visitors to Nelson for events.
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TAKE A BOW: Ryah Blakemore of Made in NSOM performing at the Nelson School of Music’s winter festival over the weekend. Photo: John-Paul Pochin.
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he yelled he would just kill them and hung up. It Nelson SPCA says it will is awful but what can we do all it can to avoid put- do? We are bursting at the ting down unwanted seams.” dogs, but it has run out of Currently the centre has space for its canines and is 20 puppies and dogs and scrambling to find them Donna is pleading with homes. Nelsonians to come and Just last week adopt some of centre manager them. “This isn’t Donna Walzl sent a life for them, seven puppies we need loving to other centres families to come around the counand give them a try in a bid to proper home.” save their lives as The reasons for some local ownthe increase are ers threaten to kill multiple says dogs the SPCA SPCA manager Donna, but now cannot pick up Donna Walzl. is when dog regimmediately. istration fees are due at Donna says the amount Nelson City Council and of unwanted puppies and some just cannot afford to dogs at the centre is the pay the $73.50 charge on most in her five years at top of other costs. Nelson and it is creating a Other reasons are the high lot of stress for staff, heart- cost of living, owners movbroken at the situation. ing out of the region and “Just today we had a guy many are unwanted pupcall up and ask us to come pies because the owners and pick up two dogs, we didn’t have their dog deasked if he could hold on sexed. She says the centre until Monday because we SEE PAGE 2 don’t have any space and
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