Ashburton Courier: June 17, 2021

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4 Ashburton Courier, June 17, 2021
Fibre switch help
Chorus will have ateam on hand to help
Ashburton residentsyet to make the switch to
fibrenetwork.
They will be at the Ashburton RSA on
Tuesday(June 22) from3pm to 6pm.
Chorus customer andnetworkoperations,
generalmanagerAndrew Carrollsaid fibrehad
beenavailable in Ashburton for quite some
timeandChorus wantedto help those yet to
connect,sotheycould experience thebenefits
of afibre connection.
“There could be any number of reasons why
some households have not yetmade the
switch,’’hesaid.
“Whetheritisnot beingaware fibre is
available, not knowing how to getconnectedor
thinking it’s expensive to connect,wewantto
dispel any myths andgive people the
informationabout just howeasy it is to make
the change.”
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Checking out the updated Variety Theatre Ashburton history book are (from left) Glenn Vallender, Elaine Vallender and
Yvonne Harrison.
VTA history book updated,
jubilee to take centre stage
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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
The historyofVariety Theatre
Ashburton(VTA) has been updated
and thespotlight is on thejubilee
celebrations on July 3.
VTA will celebrate 60 years with a
mixandmingle event in its rehearsal
rooms followed by dinneratthe
AshburtonTrust Event Centre.
Those attending will be able to
relivethe last 10 years of shows,
snippets andphotoswith an updated
book compiled bythe husband and
wife team of Glenn andElaine
Vallender.
The pair worked longand hard to
produce In theSpotlight­celebrating
50 years, which came out in 2009 and
documents the first five decades of
VTA.
The historyupdate,called In the
Spotlight II, was completedduring
lockdownand had beenfar lesswork
than its predecessor,’’ MrsVallender
said.
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2018, ajoint show with the Event
Centre to mark 10 years of the venue,
and Sister Act in 2019.
VTAtypically putonone showa
year, butinthe pastthere were twoor
even three productions ayear.
The next show, Jesus Christ
Superstar, wasproduction number
92, MrsVallender said.
The history update includesa
section on the rebuild of theVTA
rehearsalrooms and Party People
costume hire premises, which were
completedin2016.
Mrs Vallender was first involved
with VTA in 1976 with theshow South
Pacific and has held many roles
including musical director.
Backthen the theatre group was
called Ashburton Operatic.
HusbandGlenn was firstinvolved
backstage in 1989, when he lent a
hand with Oliver.
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Thoseattending included some
with alongassociation withVTA
including founding member and
currentpatron Margaret Jackson,
92­year­old Nancy Winterand
Colleen Corbett.
Registrations have nowbeen
extended until June21, she said.
Mrs HarrisonsaidVTA showshad
entertainedand touched the lives of
so many people.
Thousands of talented people had
performed on stageand average
audiences had typically been 3500
pershow.
‘‘For every person on stagethere
areatleast three peopleoff­stage
involved withtechnical support,
wardrobe, make­up,music, front of
houseand many other roles.’’
She had thoroughly her
involvementand roles in wardrobe
andfront of house overalmost four
decades.
Anyone wanting to attendthe
jubileeoracopy of the new book can
contactElaine(021 234 8102) or Faye
(johnston.fam@xtra.co.nz).
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