Ashburton Courier: July 23, 2020
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>23</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Busy school holidays on Mt Hutt<br />
Numbers have beenvery good<br />
on Mt Hutt over the school<br />
holidays.<br />
Mt Hutt skifield manager<br />
James McKenzie said<br />
attendance was up 30 per cent<br />
compared with the same<br />
periodin2019.<br />
He said there was just one<br />
closure day overthe holidays<br />
and an impressive 3500 skiers<br />
and snowboarders had enjoyed<br />
the slopes on <strong>July</strong> 10.<br />
It followed on fromsome<br />
good numbersachievedin<br />
June.<br />
Regional school bookings<br />
over the coming weekswere on<br />
par with last year and there<br />
was currently agood snow base<br />
of between 55cmand 120cm on<br />
the mountain.<br />
Mr McKenzie said the<br />
skifield had scrambled to fill<br />
jobs postlockdown and had<br />
managed to do so, although it<br />
was down afew instructors.<br />
He said apopular moon ski<br />
event held in <strong>July</strong>would be<br />
repeated with asimilar event<br />
planned on Mt HuttinAugust.<br />
Athird of the ski season had<br />
now gone and he was<br />
optimistic the skifield would<br />
be open until its scheduled<br />
closure in October.<br />
Mt Hutt has takenout the<br />
title of New Zealand’s best ski<br />
resortfor the past five years at<br />
the World Ski Awards.<br />
Comedy gigs selling out, drawing big names<br />
Comedy is goingdownastorm<br />
with Mid Canterbury audiences<br />
andsold out shows here are<br />
beingnoticedbythose in the<br />
industry.<br />
The latestcomediantostep<br />
up on stage will be PaulEgo,<br />
who will top the bill at agig at<br />
Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> on August 21.<br />
The Billy TAward winner is a<br />
familiar face on comedy<br />
current affairs panel show 7<br />
Days andisalso the voice of the<br />
stickman in television<br />
advertisements for Pak'nSave.<br />
Paul Ego replacesfellow<br />
comedian Brendhan<br />
Lovegrove, who was originally<br />
settoperformhere on <strong>July</strong> 31.<br />
On the samebillisTinwald<br />
School principal and rising<br />
standupPeter Livingstone.<br />
The gig is organised by<br />
comedianand producer Bec<br />
Sandys,who is theMCfor the<br />
evening.<br />
Ms Sandys said comedy was<br />
going down wellwith local<br />
audiences.<br />
She had organised close to a<br />
dozen shows in recentmonths<br />
and all hadbeensellouts.<br />
The latest had seen Ben<br />
Hurleyperform two showsat<br />
the BluePub in Methventhat<br />
‘‘he had absolutely smashed’’.<br />
Hurley had seenthe<br />
enthusiasm for comedyhere<br />
and had been attracted to come,<br />
she said.<br />
His appearance had notgone<br />
unnoticed by other wellknown<br />
comedians.<br />
‘‘Themore exposure and<br />
supportfor shows, the bigger<br />
the names we can attract,’’said<br />
Ms Sandys.<br />
Ms Sandysisteaming up with<br />
Sara Devcich for TheThrifty<br />
ComedyTour. The tour<br />
includes agig in her home town<br />
of Methven.<br />
Tickets for the Paul Ego show<br />
areavailable from the Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> reception and<br />
online. Thosewho already have<br />
tickets for Brendhan<br />
Lovegrove, will automatically<br />
have their ticketstransferred<br />
across to the newgig.<br />
Right: Comedy producer and<br />
comedian Bec Sandys.<br />
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