Southern View: March 09, 2023

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Thursday March 9 2023
Young band flying high after
• By Darryl Baser
YOUNG BAND Zephyr are
on cloud nine after playing to
thousands of people at Selwyn
Sounds.
The members are all in year
13, with drummer Mya Cawood,
17, at Avonside Girls’ High,
guitarist Reuben Anderson, 17,
at Christchurch Boys’ High, and
bassist Scarlett Robson, 17, and
singer Cleo Cavell, 16, both at
Christchurch Girls’ High.
Cawood said playing to
between 4000 and 5000 people
was “bloody brilliant.”
“We played well as a band
and met a lot of amazing
people – Dave Dobbyn, Mi-Sex,
Greg Johnson, he was a bit of a
favourite, he was a really nice
man. Sometimes I pinched
myself and thought: ‘What are
we doing here?’
“It was such an amazing
opportunity, really.”
Cawood had a great time in
the band’s engine room, keeping
her mates in time from her
throne on the drums.
“We played perfectly,
everything went as planned, it
was a really good experience
being here. All thanks to David
Parlane.”
The band was chosen to open
the day-long Selwyn Sounds
music festival at Lincoln Domain
on Saturday by promoter and
festival director David Parlane.
Cawood said it was an exciting
experience.
“It really does amp you
up playing to a bigger crowd,
gets you really excited, it is so
good.”
Said Anderson: “It went about
as well as it could have, we all
played really well, I’m proud of
the rest of the band.
“We’re really thankful to him,
we really appreciate it.”
Robson said playing in front
of a big crowd was a big step
forward for the band.
“The energy is completely
different, it was full on – so
much fun.”
They estimated 4000 to 5000
GIG: Playing
in front of the
big crowd
at Selwyn
Sounds was
an “amazing
opportunity”
for the young
musicians.
BEAT:
Drummer
Mya Cawood
kept her band
mates in time
during the set.
people when they went on stage
at 10.50am.
“It was about 10 times bigger
than the biggest crowd we
played to when we played at
the Rockquest finals last year,”
Anderson said.
When 80s band Blam Blam
Blam took the stage after
Zephyr’s set, they mingled with
the crowd and received many
positive comments.
Said Robson: “When we were
playing, we got some good claps
and ‘whoops’ and what not.
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