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New Milestone showhome now open
Parents boogie for school cash After much planning the wait is over and the brand new Milestone Homes showhome is opening at 5 Fairose Drive, Richmond this weekend. This is the second Milestone Homes showhome and follows the hugely popular home located on Daelyn Avenue which recently closed its doors. for the group. “It wasMilestone awesome Homes has been operating in Nelson to watch and great to see so many for nearly four years and Adam Hills has been people vote for us.” on board The idea of doing a show as a right from day one. Now regional
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manager, he works closely with director Simon Collett who is also the director of sister company Jennian Homes which is Nelson’s most awarded Master Builder. The focus of Milestone Homes is to provide high quality, low maintenance homes, complete with a 10 year guarantee, at an affordable price. The new home has been designed with family living in mind and also displays a brand new
Putting on heavy makeup while dressed in fishnet stockings and very short skirts – both men and women – is not the usual way one dresses for a primary school fun- Nayland Primary fundraiser draiser, but then this fundraiser is first came about when Jo’s sister far from usual. in Auckland was preparing for The 30-odd cast members of the a similar show as a school fundNayland Primary Parent Revue, raiser. Jo says she was so blown made up of parents and teach- away by the performance that ers, have made a name for them- she was thinking how to make selves for their innovative shows it work for Nayland on the plane in which ride home. they dress Jo insists up, dance she did not and lip-sync have a perin front of forming several hunbone in her dred roarbody before ing audience stepping on members. stage two The strictly years ago. R18 show “I’d never Some of the cast members ready to hit has been so done anys u c c e s s f u l the stage in last years performance. thing like that in just two years it has raised this before, it was not me at all. $30,000 for Nayland Primary But that’s not what it is about, it FUNDRAISERS: The winner our front page Kaz Halkett, top right, GARDEN: The Milestone Homesof showhome atcompetition, 5 Fairose Drive, Richmond haswith School and the secret ingredi- is about having a goodBEAUTIFUL time and DANCING other members of the fundraising team are clockwise from Kaz; Margie Meleisea, Jo Lavington, Petaent is rather simple says founder putting on a good show.great ” street apeal and a lovely garden. Jo Lavington: “we make people The crew are currently prepar- Lee Buckley, Rebecca Young and Janice Gulbransen. Photo: Andrew Board. laugh”. ing for the third show in as many invaluable and gives parents and who are just as keen to strut their After two years of driving the The group were the winners of years, Sync Or Swim. Each year a supporters of the school some- stuff as the ladies. fundraiser Jo has stepped back the Nelson Weekly front page theme is picked, with characters, thing other than fairs or galas to Show nights are the best says Jo. from this year’s event but a new competition. The entry attracted songs and chorography designed spend their money on. “The first time we were so nerv- team has picked up where she left more than 150 votes on the Week- to suit. Principal Janice Gul- The group practices every Tues- ous but during the first song of off and still contacts her for any ly’s Facebook page and via email. bransen, who is also a perform- day night throughout the year the first show the crowd started advice. Winner Kaz Halkett says she was ing member of the group, says and says any parent who wants to to cheer I relaxed because they SEE PAGE 4 stoked to see so much support the money raised by the shows is take part is in – including 12 men got it and would love the rest.”