WHERE: Taupo Events Centre, 26 AC Baths Avenue, Taupo
WHEN: Saturday 19 October 2024 5:30 PM until Midnight
Ticketing
Ticket Options
All ticket purchases will be subject to a booking fee and GST
VIP
EARLY Entry from 5.30 PM
----- Table centre breads -----
Artisan breads with herbed garlic butter and pesto
----- Alternatively Plated Mains To follow -----
Fresh Herb Crusted Chicken Roulade Wrapped In Bacon, Pumpkin & Parmesan Royal, Broccolini And A Spinach Bearnais
14 Hour Braised Beef Cheek, Smoked Paprika Potato Cake, Broccolini, Mustard Mascarpone and Jus
----- Petit Four Dessert Table Centre Platter -----
Mixed Berry Chocolate Mousse Cups, Mediterranean Orange Cake With Mascarpone
Tables seat 10, $200+GST per person or $2000+GST per table
Silver
Entry from 6 PM
----- Table centre breads -----
freshly baked mixed dinner rolls with garlic and herb butter
------ Shared banquet dishes to follow -----
all served table centre for guests to share
Braised Pork Belly Drizzled With Smoky Bbq Glaze
Asian Slaw Cabbage, Mung Beans, Carrot & Spring Onion With Toasted Sesame Dressing
Red & White Gourmet Potato Salad With Parmesan Aioli
Leafy Greens With Pickled Radish, Cucumber And Cherry Tomatoes
----- Petit Four Dessert Table Centre Platter -----
Mixed Berry Chocolate Mousse Cups, Mediterranean Orange Cake With Mascarpone
Tables seats 10, $150+GST per person or $1500+GST per table
Glamstand: Mezzanine seating
Entry from 7 PM
Picnic box containing Creamy Brie, Grapes, Crackers, Pretzels, And Salami With Carrot & Celery Sticks, Hummus And A Mini Bag Of Sea Salt Popcorn
$80+GST per person
Entertainment
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False Heights
False Heights are Aotearoa's most exciting up & coming dynamic Pop/Punk duo April & Ashley Pirie. Their unique sound gives Paramore meets Jimmy Eat World vibes, and the past 18 months have been full of career building achievements for these two with a NYE slot at Rhythm & Vines, an opening slot for ZZ Top and Pat Benatar, the release of two new singles, and a summer tour.
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Matt Chisholm
You may know Matt Chisholm from the tele. The country kid ended up in the big smoke, working on TVNZ’s Close Up, Seven Sharp, Fair Go, Sunday, Survivor and Celebrity Treasure Island. At the peak of his career though, having everything he ever wanted, he’d never been so unhappy - his burn out and depression was a catalyst for change.
Nowadays Matt lives on 72 acres in Chatto Creek, Central Otago, with his wife, Elle, and their three young kids - Bede (7), Finn (6), and Bree (2). He’s a farmer, television producer, speaker, mental health advocate, and author - having just completed his second book.
Judges
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Holly Rabone
Holly started dancing when she was 5 years old doing jazz, ballet and contemporary. At university she competed in modern jive competitions around the country. She then moved on to West Coast swing where she has competed in New Zealand and abroad. Holly is a senior veterinarian and shareholder at VetPlus. She loves being involved in community events. She has been a previous dance teacher for Dancing for Life Education and has choreographed for and performed in other local charity events. Holly is super excited to be a judge and can't wait to see what wonderful routines this year's couples and teachers put together.
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Louise Upston
MP for Taupō and Minister for Social Development and Employment, Louise also hit the dance floor to support Life Education Trust Central Plateau in 2019.
Leading a very busy lifestyle, Louise has three teenage children who she loves spending time with along with doing work on her lifestyle block just south of Cambridge.
Louise is very supportive of the work that Life Education does teaching children about making healthy choices in life. She says “Thousands of children have been impacted by Harold the Giraffe and I’m keen to see this work reach more kiwi kids.”
“I have gone outside my comfort zone on several occasions since I became the MP for Taupō, but have to say being a dancer in Dancing for Life Education in 2019 was the scariest. Having been told as a child I was too “big” to do ballet or any form of dancing I really am a beginner. I hope that going well beyond my comfort zone shows others they can “feel the fear and do it anyway.”
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Andrew Leiataua
Breakfast Host of the 93.6 More Fm Taupo Breakfast Club.
Andrew was one of our inaugural dancers in our 2019 event, partnering with Sharon Wiggins and delivering a mean Rhumba. He is no stranger to the spotlight, and will certainly know what a challenge our dancers have in front of them.
“I am looking forward to the opportunity to be a judge for this amazing fundraising night of dancing & entertainment for Dancing for Life Education Trust Central Plateau.”
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Gloria Kirkaldie
I am honoured to be a judge for Dancing for Life Education.
My lifelong journey with dance began during my childhood in Perth. I credit my original ballet teacher who ignited my passion for stage performance initially on children’s television shows, dancing at community events and culminating as a soloist with the West Australian Ballet Company at the age of fifteen. Over the next eight years, I toured throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Performing regularly in the Festival of Perth and Seasons of Ballet was a significant personal milestone.
Sharing my craft through teaching when I relocated to rural New Zealand drew enthusiastic students to train in woolsheds and at a military camp before moving on to Taupo where my creative license flourished in numerous Centre Stage productions. My dancing for life education continues, returning to the ballet studio for weekly sessions with our troupe of “Silver Swans”, an international initiative to improve mobility, co-ordination and energy levels.
This event is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate dance, movement and our community. I applaud the participants, instructors, organisers and crew for their dedication and commitment to ensuring a memorable and entertaining evening.
