AOTNZ tour Rangiora

Rossburn Reception, Rangiora. That's more like it. Great venue with an attentive crowd,

close on 200 I would think. Standing room only. All organised by Sandra and

Dorothy from 'Events with Attitude', who have plenty themselves. Rossburn is the

home of Dawn & Richard Spark - Richard has lived there for 66 years and has

never thrown anything away. He has more sheds than NASA and a museum that would

rival Te Papa. Home cooked apricot scones (Richard has a sweet tooth) and a

typical South Island breakfast with home grown bacon & eggs. We had the best

Thai takeaways I have ever had before the gig. Mr & Mrs Drifto came out so we

could Ride With Bob and it was lovely to hear those lyrical guitar lines wafting

around. James sang 'Night & Day' and they were swooning all over the place. Bob

sang 'Your Feet's Too Big' and brought the house down. Sold a swag of CDs - even

a couple of our recently-reduced DVDs. It's 9.30am, just gassed up, it's a

glorious day and we are on the way to the Mussel Inn - it doesn't get much

better than that.

Andrew