North Canterbury News: July 16, 2020
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NEWS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
5<br />
New life for<br />
hardwood<br />
The sweet sounds of friendship<br />
The Christchurch City Chorusis<br />
one big family.<br />
For Janette Merrin, from<br />
Ohoka, it has beenher family<br />
over the past10years.<br />
“I lost my community in the<br />
earthquake and beingpartof<br />
the chorus provided me with<br />
support, and enabledmetoput<br />
my emotions andpassioninto<br />
singing.<br />
‘‘Oneofmyhighlights was<br />
beingonstage in Las Vegas in<br />
20<strong>16</strong>,experiencing astanding<br />
ovation from the 10,000plus<br />
audience members.Itmade me<br />
so proud to represent my<br />
country.’’<br />
Denise Duke, of Pegasus, who<br />
has been singing with the<br />
chorus for two years, thrives on<br />
the endorphinchargedsense of<br />
wellbeing aftereach<br />
Wednesday night rehearsal.<br />
“No matter how tiredIfeel on<br />
arrival, Ialways get to go home<br />
on ahigh.”<br />
All the womenin<br />
Australasia’spremiere<br />
international awardwinning<br />
acapella group have apassion<br />
for singing, take immense pride<br />
in creating abeautiful fourpart<br />
harmony,acapella and<br />
barbershop music, and love the<br />
senseofbelonging.<br />
The chorus is dedicatedto<br />
enrichingthe livesofmembers<br />
and the community through<br />
friendship,performance,<br />
education andbarbershop<br />
musical excellence.<br />
Awardwinning master<br />
directorand inhouse musical<br />
coachVirginia Humphrey<br />
On song ...<br />
Members of the<br />
Christchurch City<br />
Chorus have a<br />
strong sense of<br />
camraderie.<br />
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Taylor saysthe chorus is keen to<br />
extend its family further and is<br />
looking for new members.<br />
The choruswould love to hear<br />
from thosewho love to sing,<br />
have an ear for harmony, want<br />
to meet new friends, and are<br />
keen to learn fromtwo top<br />
musiccoaches—Ms<br />
HumphreyTaylor and Richard<br />
Marrett. They rehearse every<br />
Wednesday evening at<br />
Cashmere High School.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
ccchorus.co.nz.<br />
Repurposed hardwood poles,<br />
beams, and bridge timber are<br />
providingthe foundations for a<br />
successfulbusiness formed by<br />
Kaiapoi’s Martin Thompson.<br />
LMA Timber (Low<br />
Maintenance Architectural<br />
Timber) was born in May 2018,<br />
and teamedupwith Kennedy<br />
Timbers in Brisbane, which<br />
takes75percent of all reclaimed<br />
timber in Queensland, including<br />
about200,000 power poles.<br />
They also reclaim old wharf<br />
beams, timbers from warehousing<br />
and bridges,and turn<br />
them into beams and trusses,<br />
decking,joinery, flooring, posts<br />
and landscaping timber.<br />
Mr Thompson, who grew up in<br />
Oxford, saidhewantedtofind a<br />
product that would help reduce<br />
waste, was sustainable, durable<br />
and low maintenance.<br />
Kennedy Timbers was able to<br />
provide the quantity he needed,<br />
and todaymany of the timbers<br />
feature in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
homes.<br />
The history of each pole used<br />
in construction is known, with<br />
each having ametal tagthat<br />
datesthe pole and tags its<br />
original location.<br />
Mr Thompson says one<br />
project thatisdear to him is the<br />
Save the Jetty projectfor the<br />
Governors Bay Jetty.<br />
‘‘We are looking to source<br />
around 100 reclaimed power<br />
polesand double treat them to<br />
Marine Grade standard to use as<br />
the piles.’’<br />
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