Finally the CD is here!

Hello! It's been ages.....well, around 6months. Finally our CD, recorded live at The Boathouse gig, has arrived. It's fantastic to have a collection of our original songs and some of our favourite covers, recorded for us to listen to in our old age ;+)And a few others are enjoying listening too which is good to know. Meg said some lovely things on Facebook Thanks Meg.

I still haven't caught up with all The Nanices properly since coming back from Auck. But we will eventually.

It was nice to end on such a great note (excuse the pun) and like I say, have a record of it.

Happy rainy Sunday!
Kath

The Nancies' Farewell Gig

The Nancies held the farewell concert, (hopefully just for the time being,) last night at The Boathouse. It was great fun, but a little sad. We thank you for all of your encouragement and support for The Nancies in the last few years.

But I also have a good news, and that is we recorded the concert live and it will be available as our first Nancies CD. If you are interested in the CD, please email me once I settle down.

Settle down where? Later today, I, Kath, will be on the ferry heading north to Auckland to pursue my kids' songs career. So you might see me on the North Island in the next two school terms.

It's sad to say good bye, so for now, "See you!"

Kath, Liz, Katrina and Jane

Fairfield House

posted by Kath

We held a concert at Fairfield House on 21 November. Unfortunately all the photos I have, turned out blurry. But here's a photo of the venue. http://www.fairfieldhouse.org.nz/

It was a lovely concert. Full up and everyone had a good time. We added a few new songs including a classic by Dave Dobbyn and a song written by myself, which made everyone laugh - which was the intention!

Thanks to Jo and Catherine at Fairfield and to Kat and Liz who did a lot of the 'touting' and promoting and organising.

Our next four gigs are:

Friday 9th Jan, Street Beat as part of Summer Fest, outside ANZ Bank Trafalgar St, 12.30-1.30pm

Friday 30th Jan at the Bayley's Twilight Market top of Trafalgar St, Nelson, 5.30-7.30pm

Sunday 15th Feb at the Brightwater Wine and Food Festival, 11.15am-12pm

Sunday 15th Feb at Nelson's 150th Celebration at Founders Park, 2.30-3.30pm

Hope to see you all there. Also............a "Nancies" CD is getting closer........

The Nancies - Live at the Playhouse!!

Hi Katrina here, doing my first ever blog.

Last Sunday night we 4 girls had a gig at the Playhouse in Mapua.

Liz & Kath had gone out earlier in the day to do set-up and sound.
We're very self-sufficient. I personally thought the sound was perfick on the evening, which is a real credit to L & K. We're not trained in that area at all, that I know of.
They raced back to Nelson, just in time to hurriedly change clothes, put on some lippie, and travel out together in Jane's groovy new 4WD, gifted to her by her lovely Dad who died recently.

After dinner at the Playhouse, we took to the stage, and sang two 45 min sets to a very appreciative crowd. We had a couple of "newies". "Whatever gets you thru the night" from Lennon's "Wall & Bridges" album, and "This old love' by Lior. Google this guy. He's amazing.

All in all I think the gig went really well. We sang beautifully!! Rob's lighting was great. And his smoke machine added ambience. We didn't choke on it, so that's always a bonus!!

Oh, and Kath's nephew started the call for an encore at the end. Thanks Louie. We owe you ;)

Photos from the Playhouse gig

Here are some photos from our last gig at the Playhouse. Katrina is going to write about it.

Short and sweet

Right, well now, again a long time has passed!

Our last gig was at the opening of the Festival of Lights in Motueka. It was a freezing, rainy night and there weren't many people out on the street - understandably! But, although my fingers were so cold I could hardly play guitar and our toes were getting frost bite, we sang on through the pain and those who stood to watch or walked passed under umbrellas, smiled at us. And a smile can warm anyone's heart (perhaps not their extremities though!)

Oh and as a bonus, (well, I thought it was a bonus) Damien O'Connor MP for Tasman, Minister for Tourism and Associate Health Minister, joined us for tea later in the evening.

We have been practising hard and getting some new songs together. Our next gig is at The Playhouse www.playhousecafe.co.nz on Sunday 24th August at 8pm. Bookings are essential and there is a $10 cover charge.

More to come soon...............

What's been happening I hear you ask.....

posted by Kath

Well, I'll tell you!

Firstly.........we had a trip to Kaikoura planned for the 5th April. We were going to sing in their amphitheatre in the middle of town as no one has performed there since it was built and it's a very cool space. Unfortunately we had to cancel because quite a few weeks earlier, Liz had caught a bad virus, which went to her chest and she coughed and coughed (and coughed and coughed....) and as a result had a very croaky voice. As you will know, you just can't sing if that happens and there's not a lot you can do about it either! And she did try, believe me! Garlic, lemons, homeopathics, other natural remedies....you name it, she tried it!! And even resorted to antibiotics when none of those things worked, but it seemed it just had to run it's course. If Celine Dion can do it, so can we!!

I was lucky enough to have been part of a small tour the previous weeked. My friend Mel Parsons www.myspace.com/melparsons had organised it and asked me to 'opened' for her band and sing some bvs too. So, on the spur of the moment, I suggested that we travel down to Kaikoura in place of The Nancies. I didn't expect her to say "yes" as she had just got back to Christchurch and Shaun (the drummer) had just got back to Wellington. But they both said "yes" and Shaun got on the boat, I got in my car and picked him up on the way, Mel drove up from Chch and Kaikoura got some music afterall! It was a lovely weekend and very successful - both Mel and The Nancies have been invited back at a later date. Kaikoura have this lovely old theatre - I'm hoping we can sing in there sometime soon =) Thanks to the Kaikoura Arts Council and to Darran who organised it all.

We were asked to sing at the Chandrakirti Music Day in Sunrise Valley and so on the 13th April tootled off and sang for around 50mins. It was a lovely peaceful place to hang out actually. Beautiful views, lovely peaceful atmosphere and gentle people. It was also a beautiful sunny day. Liz's voice held out, but only just and she knew, much to her disappointment, it still wasn't quite right.

We met to discuss what to do about our upcoming Fairfield House gig. After lengthy discussion it was decided that because of us all being so busy with our 'other' lives and also to give Liz's voice a chance to heal fully, we'd take a small break over the winter months. In conclusion we thought best to postpone the Fairfield gig until after winter and have booked for the 1st November - sounds like the perfect date to me!

We were also booked to play at Mot on High on 27th April, but the weather just wasn't playing the game and it was cancelled. Jacqui, the organiser asked if we would play at the Festival of Lights on 4th July instead and we thought this would be a very cool idea. It sounds like it will be a really lovely evening. We are all looking forward to it! Hope to see you there.

That's about all for now. Stay warm, keep singing and we'll see ya soon! =D

Oh and congratulations Katrina! The winner of the Regional non-breakfast host in the 2008 NZ Radio Awards!!

Kath, Liz, Jane and Katrina