Western News: September 29, 2022

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Thursday September 29 2022
Inaugural festival celebrates all
• By Geoff Sloan
A DREAM became reality as
dancers jived and jitterbugged
their way around the dance floor
at the inaugural Vintage Fest NZ,
held at the Lincoln Event Centre
over the long weekend.
The brand new event was the
brainchild of Sharvelle Mackay,
a long-time fan of all things
vintage.
“This was an opportunity to put
the love of vintage into one place
and make a really prestigious
event for all of our vintage lovers,”
she said.
The festival showcased
everything vintage, with the
theme of wartime and the victory
era. Classic car and military
vehicles were on display, along
with vintage stall-holders and a
best dressed pageant.
Mackay said she worked with
her fellow committee members
for a year-and-a-half to create the
community event, but admits to a
few sleepless nights.
“It costs a lot of money to put on
an event like this, and to have the
money up front, to be able to pay
for certain things has been quite
difficult. So that has definitely
been our biggest challenge”.
Any proceeds will be reinvested
back into next year’s event, which
she hints might have an ‘old
Hollywood’ theme.
- Public Interest Journalism
funded through NZ On Air
DEDICATION:
Vintage Fest
NZ event
manager
Sharvelle
Mackay from
Rolleston.
Left – The
Starlets.
PHOTOS:
GEOFF
SLOAN
• Watch the video on
starnews.co.nz
STYLE: Jasmine Aitken
‘Jazzylicious’ (above) from
Ruapuna was runner up in
the Miss Vintage Australasia
pageant.
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