Wedding-o-rama

Muchas weddings this summer season. Tomorrow is the fifth or sixth (and last) I’m attending this season, and also the most important – my sister’s. First of us childer to marry herself off, and about time too (even if I do say so myself… it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a blog must be in want of a wife, etc etc.)
So, with the travel in there too, it has been a busy time. There are some major things I want to write about here but I’m waiting until I have enough time to do them justice, instead of writing blog posts in unseemly haste like I’ve been doing all month.
Last night went to the International Wellington Ukulele Orchestra gig in the Botanic Gardens, part of a long series of free concerts in January. Their version of Outkast’s “Hey Ya” was my fave moment. Even though the weather has been memorably poor, and even though this is the only one I’ve been to this year, I understand it has been another good season of free gigs so far. A few more to come, as well as other free shows at the Petone festival and the Cuba festival and so forth. Truly, the abundance of free music in this city over summer is something to be treasured and celebrated.
People were out in force for the ukulele players, too – thousands of folk crammed into the soundshell area, they were turning people away it was so packed. Love it. And what I love best is the ukulele players maintain the session that started it all, gathering in Deluxe cafe at 8am on Thursdays once a month to play for people grabbing pre-work coffees.
Wellington’s ukulele champions have a website you can check out here. They play next at the Fringe festival picnic.
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Tomorrow the wedding, and the long-delayed Return of the Kilt!