North Canterbury News: October 03, 2019

Youngsters
shine in
production
NEWS
North Canterbury News, October 3, 2019
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Encore ... Rangiora’s Hartley School of
Performing Arts pupils Jasper Atkin, left, as
The Happy Prince, with Neve Aitken as Fidel
the Swallow.
Town Hall performance ... Emmelia
Williams, dancing as Reed,front, with other
pupilsfrom Rangiora’s Hartley School of
Performing Arts during the school’s
production of The HappyPrince. PHOTOS:SUPPLIED
Rangiora’sHartley SchoolofPerforming
Arts is celebratingthe success of its latest
theatricalproduction.
The schoolheld two performances of
OscarWilde’s The Happy Prince in the
Rangiora Town Halllast Saturday.
Both shows featured more than 100
pupils, aged 4to11, fromthe school’s
junior department.
Bothperformances werealmost full
houses.
‘‘Weare very happy with that —aroom
fullofproud and supportive parents to
cheer on our young cast of performers,’’
school founder DaleHartley said.
‘‘The show came along in leapsand
bounds, from aslightly hairy first dress
rehearsal on Wednesday, to anearperfect
pairofperformances today,’’ she
saidafterthe show.
Large hailstones pepper nursery
Hail rippednets and peppered plants at
CJ’s Plant Farmonthe outskirts of
Amberley on Wednesdaylast week,
leaving someplants damaged.
The storm rolled in about 4.30pm,
delivering hail stones half the size of golf
balls. Nets tore apart or collapsed on to
plants underthe weight of the hail, which
pelted theregion for about 15 minutes
before heavy rain delivered adrenching.
CJ’s owner Jeff Elliott was assessing the
cost of the storm.
He said CJ’s retail area wasn’taffected,
but the larger wholesale side, Elliott’s
Wholesale Nursery, came under siege.
The storm had hit at one of the
nursery’s busiesttimes, and not being
able to get plants out of the wholesale
area had proved to be the biggest issue.
Also, he had to waituntil the hailhad
meltedbeforehecouldget stafftostart
cleaning up, with acold night following
the storm slowing the thaw.
Thestormhad left afew tonnes of hail,
he said. Irrigation sprinklerswere also
damaged.
‘‘Itisabit of adouble­edged sword.We
saved alot of plants because of the nets,
but somewere damaged when they
collapsed and ripped.’’
He and his wife Caroline were able to
collapse twoofthe larger nets while hail
stones rained down on them, but others
weretorn, leaving holes for the hailstones
to pierce holesinthe leavesofplants.
‘‘Wewill have to thinkabit sideways to
tryand recoversome of ourlosses. We
might havetohave awhale of ahailsale.’’
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