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Editor’s noteWelcome to the May edition of YOU magazine!

I just want to reiterate that con-structive criticism is welcomed by the YOU team and we would love to hear your views and opinions and, especially, your ideas on what you want to read in here.

The hidden illnesses stories are close to my heart, having had a friend with chronic fatigue syn-drome and heard her talk about the presumptions and rudeness she came up against.

It must be cruel to suffer pain on a daily basis and come up against people prejudiced against something they know nothing about! Well done and thank you to the three brave women who have talked to us about their illnesses and how it affects their lives every day!

Cheers, Lisa Fenwick, YOU editor

P2 who’s out and about

P4 it’s ball fever time

P10 gorgeous brunch recipes

P12 treat yourself with Jane Logie

P18 the Rubberband Boy from Geraldine

P20 fashion: Winter layers

P22 autumn gardens

P25 ‘winterise’ your body

P26 hidden illnesses

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P36 don’t miss out on Grease

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TIME TO HAVE AballBeauty therapists at Body Treats 4 U are already preparing for the upcoming Ashburton and Mount Hutt College ball seasons.

Senior therapist Dinielle Oosthuizen said the day spa’s most popular treatments this year were make-up application, spray tanning and gel nail polish.

“A lot of the girls are going a little more with sparkly on their nails this year,” she said.

With the make-up portion of the look Di-nielle said it was helpful if girls either had an idea in their head or if they brought an image along with them to show their therapist.

In terms of trends, Dinielle said gold, nude and taupe shades are popular this year, especially with the girls from Ashburton College.

“Generally you are looking at something more out there and this year the theme is Grecian, so I am presuming it will be a bit more along the nudey tones and that sort of thing, gold and taupey colour.”

For the best possible application, a bare freshly washed face and bare nails are essential, as is the prep work for those wanting a spray tan.

– Shower, exfoliate and shave at least 24 hours prior to the tan application.– Don’t apply any moisturisers or lotions to the skin as that will create a bar-

rier between your skin and the tan.– Don’t wear any deodorant or perfume to the tan appointment, as it can

also create a barrier between your skin and the tan.– Remove make up before the appointment.– Wear loose clothing after leaving your appointment and follow the instruc-

tions given by the beauty therapist.

The excitment is building as Mount Hutt College and Ashburton College prepare for their upcoming senior balls. Caitlin Porter checks in with some of the experts for some beauty tips and ball preparations..

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Sparrow’s Men’s and Ladies Fashion manager Richard Wilson said this year the trends for boys attending the ball has changed somewhat.

“We are seeing a lot more individuality as opposed to many

years ago when everybody

almost dressed

the

same,” he said. “We are seeing navy blue become very popular against black,” he said.

And along with that, brown shoes as opposed to black.

Slim-fit suits, printed shirts instead of plain white shirts and pocket peeps are also top of the trend list this year. “Gatsby old-school looks are also in,” he said.

Compared to five or 10 years ago when everyone used to hire a waistcoat to match their partner’s dress, this year the waistcoat is the same colour as the suit – a more traditional look, he said.

“They’re still complementing their partner though.”

Ashburton dressmaker Judy Thorn-ley said this ball season she is altering

dresses rather than making them herself.“This year seems to be the girls are buying

them online and then having to have them altered as in the busts and hemlines,” she

said.This is not too uncommon as every

year it alternates between her being inundated with alterations, and

then inundated with making complete dresses.

With the colour trends, Judy said this year anything goes.

“It’s a myriad of colours, all sorts of colours this year.”

“Other years they have stuck with more the blues and the blacks but this year they are from the pastels right through to the brights.”

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Pretty Things is a bridal and formal wear business in Christchurch, which caters to many girls from Ashburton and Methven.

Owner Minh Phang said this year a lot of girls from the Mid Canterbury area have been in to see her about dresses.

In terms of trend, Minh said darker colours – particularly black and navy – are really popular this year.

“And high neck or a really low plunging v-neck and it has to be low in the back,” she said.

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Ashburton’s Minx Hair Spa staff will be flat-stick working their magic on Ashburton and Mount Hutt colleges’ students’ hair this ball season.

Hair stylist Brittany Keele and Leanne Wills, creative director and owner, said this year’s trends appear to be simpler than previous balls and simpler is always better.

While last year it was all fairly formal buns and do-ups, this year it’s all about hair down, with braids and curls. “It’s a more messy, natu-ral look.”

Tips to make sure your do is how you want it:– Make sure your hair is in good

condition. Leanne said that if hair’s not in good condition, it’s harder to make hair look smooth and glamorous. It’s best to have had a recent trim and be well-conditioned.

– Know what you want done be-fore you go in and photographs of the style always makes things easier.

– Make sure your hairstyle fits the type of dress you’re wearing.

Some ideas for mixing and matching your dress with the right hairdo:

– Loose, romantic up-do and lace dress: With a lace dress, keeping your hair-

style romantic takes it from a dress to an ensemble.

– Fishtail braid and halter dress: Ball time is not the time to be afraid

of hair extensions, so if your hair isn’t long enough to get this high fishtail braid ponytail combination style, pair your halter dress with a healthy dose of fake ponytail to get the look. Side-swept waves and mermaid dress: Pair

a body conscious mermaid dress with a side-swept waves hairstyle. Chignon hairstyle and thin, strappy dress: There are few dresses more feminine than a chiffon dress with thin straps, so to complete your romantic look, opt for a low, ladylike chignon.

– Bombshell waves and backless dress: With a “business in the front, party

in the back” dress, it’s good to keep hair simple, yet sultry. Giant ballerina bun and one-shouldered gown: When your gown’s focus is on the shoulder, keep your hair off of your neck to keep the spotlight on the dress with a high

and giant ballerina bun. Volumised low bun and strapless dress: With a strapless dress, earrings or a statement necklace and the ideal accessories, balance out your look with a low, volumised bun.

– Pumped up ponytail and sweetheart neckline:

Whether your sweetheart neckline is on a ball gown or a sleek floor-length dress, a pumped up ponytail makes the look rocker chic and elegant all at the same time.

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Far right – Leanne Whiting and Phill Hooper

before the ball.

Right – Andrew Smith, Phill Hooper, Campbell Bruce and Charlie Jaine – a good night, followed by a bonfire at the river.

Jo Goodhew and “my proud Dad before the ball!My partner was my equivalent (hostel head boy) at Timaru Boys’ High School. There was some compulsory ballroom dancing and no alcohol at the ball”.

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At the end of last month I embarked on an Avalon Waterways River cruise along the beauti ful Rhine River in Europe.

The cruise departed from Basel which is around an hour out of Zurich, Switzerland and made its way through France and Germany to Arrive in Amsterdam eight days later.

I had never experienced a river cruise before and I was really interested to see how it compared with ocean cruising.

The ship was usually docked during the day so we took the chance to join the guided walking tours that were included each morning.

In the aft ernoons I was happy to wander through the beauti ful towns and villages soaking up the atmosphere.

Some days it was nice so take an opti onal excursion to see a litt le more, my favourite excursion was to the Alsace wine region in France.

We visited a local wine maker on his family vineyard that has been in his family for centuries! Of course we sampled some of the delicious wine and were able to purchase some to bring home with us. It was really nice to have a local authenti c experience with a true French family.

The cruise went through beauti ful citi es

and towns such as Strasbourg, Koblenz, Mainz and Cologne. My favourite place was Heidelberg which is Germany’s oldest university town.

Another highlight was cruising through the Valley of Castles in Germany, sitti ng in the lounge sipping on mulled wine really was the best way to enjoy the views!

The great thing about an Avalon cruise is that there is so much choice, if you don’t feel like heading out you are welcome to relax in one of the lounges on board, enjoy the sun deck, the hot spa whirlpool or even watch the water go by from your room with a panorama view.

The food on board was excellent and there was always plenty of it! Breakfast, lunch, aft ernoon tea and of course the incredible fi ve course dinner!

Each night there were a number of diff erent local wines and beers to accompany the meal.

Would I recommend river cruising? YES! It is the most relaxing way to travel and there really is never a dull moment. Whether you are visiti ng one of the fascinati ng desti nati ons or you are

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At the end of last month I embarked on an Avalon Waterways River cruise along the beauti ful Rhine River in Europe.

The cruise departed from Basel which is around an hour out of Zurich, Switzerland and made its way through France and Germany to Arrive in Amsterdam eight days later.

I had never experienced a river cruise before and I was really interested to see how it compared with ocean cruising.

The ship was usually docked during the day so we took the chance to join the guided walking tours that were included each morning.

In the aft ernoons I was happy to wander through the beauti ful towns and villages soaking up the atmosphere.

Some days it was nice so take an opti onal excursion to see a litt le more, my favourite excursion was to the Alsace wine region in France.

We visited a local wine maker on his family vineyard that has been in his family for centuries! Of course we sampled some of the delicious wine and were able to purchase some to bring home with us. It was really nice to have a local authenti c experience with a true French family.

The cruise went through beauti ful citi es

and towns such as Strasbourg, Koblenz, Mainz and Cologne. My favourite place was Heidelberg which is Germany’s oldest university town.

Another highlight was cruising through the Valley of Castles in Germany, sitti ng in the lounge sipping on mulled wine really was the best way to enjoy the views!

The great thing about an Avalon cruise is that there is so much choice, if you don’t feel like heading out you are welcome to relax in one of the lounges on board, enjoy the sun deck, the hot spa whirlpool or even watch the water go by from your room with a panorama view.

The food on board was excellent and there was always plenty of it! Breakfast, lunch, aft ernoon tea and of course the incredible fi ve course dinner!

Each night there were a number of diff erent local wines and beers to accompany the meal.

Would I recommend river cruising? YES! It is the most relaxing way to travel and there really is never a dull moment. Whether you are visiti ng one of the fascinati ng desti nati ons or you are

cruising past the beauti ful scenery you will always be pleasantly surprised.

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WHAT ARE THEY?LEDsUpdati ng lighti ng used to be a no-brainer. Now it’s a brain teaser!

The transiti on to more energy-effi cient lighti ng means having to choose from a dazzling array of products.

What are the advantages of LED lights?

• The main benefi t of LEDs is that they can be fi ve ti mes more energy effi cient than traditi onal incandescent and halogen lights and they can have a much longer lifespan.

• A quality 11w LED downlight will give out the same light as a 50W halogen. That’s nearly 80 per cent reducti on in energy consumpti on. In a standard modern home with 30 halogen downlights you will use 1500 watt s of power or use the same quanti ty in LEDs and use only 300 watt s.

• Most LED downlights will last at least 40,000 to 50,000hrs

• Most LED downlights have an IC or

IC-F rati ng which means they are able to be abuted and covered with standard insulati on. This stops a lot of heat loss into the ceiling space and spiders/fl ies coming through the fi tti ngs.

• They are durable and can handle vibrati on as well as extreme environments.

• They also do not emit infrared or ultraviolet radiati on.

Will I need to replace them?

An LED does not burn out like a standard lamp, so individual diodes do not need to be replaced. Instead, the diodes gradually produce lower light output levels over a very long period of ti me. Most LED light fi tti ngs have a life of 40,000 - 50,000 hours which generally is at 70 to 80 per cent light output so will not be noti ceable to the human eye. If you use your LED fi tti ng for fi ve hours per day that equates to approximately 27 years!

How do I compare them to my normal light bulbs?

We’ve long measured lighti ng by watt age, but that is actually a measure of electricity, not the brightness of a bulb. The amount of light a bulb generates is measured in lumens. LUMENS = LIGHT OUTPUT.

The Lumen output can vary greatly depending on the quality of the LED chip and/or fi tti ng. It is important to purchase a quality product and when comparing products you must compare apples with apples.

Great so now I know!Although LEDs may seem confusing to

begin with, they do provide some real advantages for the environment and your wallet.

But like any technology the benefi ts are only realised when the product is suited to the applicati on so we recommend you source your new lighti ng from a reputable lighti ng supplier who is established within the industry.

Laser Lighti ng is the only specialist lighti ng store in Ashburton and we are proud of the professional, effi cient and cost eff ecti ve opti ons we off er.

We are more than happy to look over your new building or renovati on plans and provide you with a detailed lighti ng plan and quote.

We are equipped with the tools to properly analyse your lighti ng needs and off er this as a FREE service as we believe it is important to get it right the fi rst ti me.

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GET YOURSunday brunchI have an enormous amount of cooking books and read them like a novel to in-spire or to challenge me, or to just invoke memories of when people or a place conjures up an image of a forgotten time.

Once my interest is sparked, I then “play” with the recipe, tweaking to suit what is on hand at the time, diet suitabili-ty or the memory that I want to share and pass on to my family and friends.

Winter is generally the time when we all hunker down and stay close to home, when instinctively we start to hibernate and comfort food comes to the fore.

This month’s recipes reflect those ideals with favourite recipes to start the day with. Sunday brunch is a time when we all sit around the table before heading off to our various jobs and chores.

It’s a time when we are able to chat about how our week has been and what is to come – food being the orchestra of the moment; in all its simplicity it brings the generations together before going on our separate ways.

This month’s recipes are simplistic in nature, but provide sound sustenance for these cool winter mornings to come.

We often have this during the autumn and winter months when the cold morn-ings hit with a vengeance.

It provides everyone with a comforting and nourishing start to the day.

2C rolled oats 4C water Large pinch of salt 1/2 C (approximately) of seeds/nuts.

I use a combination of whole and ground linseed (flaxseed), sunflower and pumpkin seeds, slivered almonds and chopped hazelnuts. Also a handful

of sultanas can be added for extra sweetness.

– Place oats, water, various seeds/nuts fruit and salt in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over a medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes or until thickened and smooth.

– Serve in bowls with brown sugar and milk, cream or both (when I was grow-ing up my nana used to pop down the road and get an Agee jar of cream for the porridge) – good memories!

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These are a very purposeful, old-fash-ioned bacon and egg pie that I’ve been making forever.

They are individually portioned so that you have control over how many to make and they can be made the night before for ease of preparation in the morning for time control. Cover and pop in the fridge. Alongside grilled mush-rooms and tomatoes they make a hearty meal – just bake off the vegetables in the same hot oven drizzled with some olive oil, balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper. They also make an easily trans-portable pie for lunches on the run. Use Texas muffin tins or individual pie tins.

Flaky pastry sheets for 4 pies8 rashers of streaky bacon, or 4 middle rindless bacon slices8 eggs, preferably free range1/2 c grated cheese4T tomato relish or pesto1 tomato, sliced

– Line tins with flaky pastry and put bacon around the edge with 1T of rel-ish or pesto at the bottom. Break two eggs gently into each pie.

– Sprinkle with grated cheese and a

couple of slices of tomato. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes until golden and baked

Easy French toastMy cousin makes this when we go and stay over. For a sweet version add a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and 1T sugar for sweetness to the egg mix and top with preserved fruit and a dusting of icing sugar. With the cream it adds a heavy richness to the mixture, but you can use milk to tone it down.

3 large eggs, preferably free-range200ml creamDay old baguette sliced 1cm thick, or similar thick cut breadButter for frying

– Preheat a frying pan. Lightly whisk egg and cream to-gether. Dunk bread slices thoroughly with egg mixture soaking well.

– Cook in the lightly buttered frying pan for about two minutes on each side until golden. Serve with grilled bacon, sliced banana and maple syrup.

Some quick breakfast ideas:– Plain Greek yoghurt in a glass topped

with seasonal fruit and a drizzle of honey.

– Rolled oats, grated apple, sultanas, chopped almonds/hazelnuts soaked in apple or orange juice overnight. In the morning refresh with fresh fruit, yoghurt, milk and honey.

– Bake off salmon pieces with a squeeze of lemon and baby tomatoes, season and bake until just done. Meanwhile, in a hot buttered pan pour in a mix of beaten eggs, seasonings and cream, to cook off scrambled eggs. Let rest on a

medium heat before gently folding un-til just cooked. Push to the side of pan and add spinach until wilted. Serve on top of buttered toast, scrambled eggs, spinach and topped with salmon and tomatoes.

– Thickly sliced assorted mushrooms gently sautéed in a buttered pan, thyme and seasonings. Gently move around the pan coating with flavour-ings before adding a 1-2T of boiling water to gently steam, top with a pot lid to quicken the process. Serve with buttered toast and a slice of blue cheese to melt over mushrooms.

Winter porridge

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Individual bacon and egg pies

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This bread is robust and wholesome. It has a great dense texture that toasts well and is lovely beside a hot sweet cup of tea to either start the day or when energies are flagging at 3pm. The Power’n’Go mix can be bought at the bulk bin area at New World, it has chai seeds, buckwheat, multi-sesame seeds and other nutritious things in it but feel free to make the 1/2 C up with a combination of other seed mixes.

1/4 C milk1/4 C rice bran oil1/2 C golden syrup1t vanilla extract4 large ripe bananas2C wholemeal flour, sifted1t baking powder, sifted1t baking soda, sifted1C rolled oatsPinch salt1/2 C slivered almonds1/2 C Power ‘n’Go mix or sunflower/pump-

kin or chai seed1/4 C additional assorted nuts and seeds for

topping

– Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 10cm x 20cm loaf tin with baking paper.

Place milk, rice bran oil, golden syrup, vanilla and bananas in a food processor and blend until smooth. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking pow-der, rolled oats, salt, almonds and Power ‘n’ Go mix.

– Add banana mixture to dry ingredients and just fold through until mix is com-bined

– Pour into the prepared loaf tin, smooth-ing top and topping with additional nuts and seeds and bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean. Remove from tin and cool on a rack.

– Once cool, slice and toast and serve with butter and additional banana and maple syrup if liked.

A friend shared this recipe and it’s one my family loves.

You do need a food processor for this as the beauty lies in blitzing the oranges finely. It gives the most glorious colour and of course you are getting the whole flavour of the orange. You can use either sultanas or chocolate chips, or try adding chopped walnuts which gives the muf-fins a nice texture and flavour with the chocolate chips.

Makes 15

2 oranges, roughly chopped1 1/2 C sugar2 eggs50g soft butter1C milk3C flour2t baking powder2t baking soda

½ t salt1C chocolate chips or sultanas

– Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease a muffin tin. Roughly chop oranges into small pieces, skin on.

– Put into processor with sugar and process until fine. Add eggs and softened butter. Process then scrape mix into a large bowl. Add milk and all remaining ingredients except the chocolate or sultanas, fold until JUST mixed – the trick is to not overmix as this gives a ‘rubbery’ texture.

– Then fold sultanas or chocolate until JUST mixed through.

– Fill muffin tray topping with spare chocolate chips if you would like. Bake for 20-25 minutes until baked through. Remove from tin and cool on a cooling rack.

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Are you continually living in a stressed state, feeling low and running on empty? Are you pacing the treadmill and feeling like you can’t make a step to the side, to take a break?

With Mother’s Day just been, perhaps it’s time to reflect on what mothers actu-ally do for their children and those loved ones around them on a daily basis, to keep the train moving steadily forward and keep it from falling off the tracks.

And for those who are mothers reflect-ing on the special day that has been, to remember to take more time out to enjoy the delights life has to offer, instead of running yourself into the ground con-stantly and not allowing any recharging to take place.

Perhaps today could be a day for you to reflect on what it is that you want to do more of in life that makes you feel whole and fulfilled and having a balance to it.

Many mothers today are so stressed try-ing to keep up with all of life’s duties, that no time is put aside to just be and be in the present moment, like stopping to read a book, a magazine, taking time out to do an exercise class or partake in an outdoor activity to breathe in the fresh air, away from everyday stress and trying to be a perfect mother.

Does this sound like you? Do you feel like you are missing the small delights life has to offer? Are you being too self-sac-rificing trying to keep all of those around you happy, that you have forgotten about yourself along life’s journey.

Learn how to relax by doing an exercise class, receiving a massage or practising to breathe correctly.

Make sure that you are getting plenty of restorative sleep, making sure that your room and bedding is at the appropriate temperature and is restful, dark and has no distracting light.

Make sure that you are exercising at least three times a week. Whether it be walking, cycling, swimming or running for 20-60 minutes each time is highly benefi-

cial. Try to include foods that are nutrient rich with potassium which aids the stress response and healthy functioning of the adrenal glands.

Foods to include in your diet more regularly are – bananas, apples, oranges, potatoes, avocados, carrots, tomatoes and spinach.

Try to reduce your daily intake of stimu-

lants – such as coffee and alcohol – as much as possible. Partake in a calming and relaxing herbal tea before bedtime. Chamomile tea or a digestive tea such as peppermint are good ones to try.

Taking a daily multi-vitamin could help you to stay on track and cope with the daily stressors of life.

Find some time and set it aside, to plan

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Left – Decadent chocolate mousse. PHOTO AND RECIPE JANE LOGIE

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Chocolate mousse is a symbol of sheer indulgence – to enjoy life’s precious mo-ments.

It’s not every day that you may make or sit down to a creamy mousse, but today could be a day for indulging in a little bit of sugar.

This is a simple recipe that allows you to eat a dessert at home that could be found on a restaurant menu.

Serves 4.

150g dark eating chocolate, melted (at least 50 per cent dark chocolate)

4 eggs, separated 1 1/2 T castor sugar 3T Baileys

– Melt chocolate in a stainless steel pot over a small amount of water heated on medium heat and set aside.

– Separate the eggs; whites into a mixing

bowl and yolks into a large bowl.– Add caster sugar to the whites, and

add the Baileys to the egg yolks.– Beat egg whites in the mixer until soft

peaks form. Add the cooled, melted chocolate to yolk mix.

– Lastly gently fold the chocolate mix-ture into the egg whites. Do this in three batches, a third, fold together, another third, fold together and the last third fold together. Making sure all of the chocolate is folded through the egg white mixture.

– Place the mixture into small drinking glasses, fill three-quarters full or shal-low tea/coffee cups. Cover and place into the fridge for 30 minutes to set.

– Enjoy. Bon appetite.– Option – For a non-alcoholic version,

replace the 3T of Baileys with 3T of cream and refrigerate for at least one hour.

life’s delightsDecadent chocolate mousse

and put into action more activities that are going to make you feel whole again and make you feel more like you, before your children came along.

Remember that your life doesn’t have to stop due to the children taking up more of your time and energy. The few hours you can find for yourself can be so powerful and liberating and can help make sure that you

don’t hit the wall of exhaustion time and time again.

Make sure you take some time out to enjoy life’s precious moments that are set aside just for you.

With the compliments of Jane Logie, amedicinal herbalist, clinical nutritionist

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Left – Decadent chocolate mousse. PHOTO AND RECIPE JANE LOGIE

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by Stu Oldham

Shay Horay reckons he’s discovered the secret to younger, much-more supple skin.

It’s cheap and easy – but it might hurt and you’ll look like a freckled rolled roast.

The unexpected breakthrough came when he asked a skin specialist about the impact of his day job.

Shay wraps rubberbands around his face and he was worried about what that might mean for his looks.

“I mean, it couldn’t have been good. I didn’t want to spend more than 10 years putting rubberbands on my head to get side effects, or to look like I’m 80 when I’m 50,” the stand-up comedian, unicyclist and pogo-stick devotee says.

“Actually I was quite concerned. I thought, I’ve had a good run, maybe now’s the time to get out and get on with life without the rubberbands.

“But the specialist had a look and reck-oned the bands might even be good, they might improve elasticity. They might be like getting a facial once a week.”

That explains why Shay, “36-years-old but approaching 40 at high speed” was recently asked for ID when buying a bottle of wine. It also hints at further fame and fortune.

“I might contact Suzanne Paul – maybe the rubberband facial is what the beauty industry has been waiting for. Maybe it’s the product that’ll change everything.”

If it’s not – and there is every chance it isn’t – then the Geraldine-raised Shay is pleased to settle back into his very busy and so-far successful life as a globe-trotting comedy entrepreneur.

The Christchurch and Barcelona-based performer is “unexpectedly sort-of” well-known as The Famous Rubberband Boy – a character whose face is made hilariously horrific when bound with rubberbands.

Rubberband Boy has appeared at count-less shows and international festivals in at least 25 countries and has the Guinness World Record for wrapping 78 rubber-bands around his head in a minute.

It’s a remarkable feat that helped kick-along a career in which Shay performed at the likes of the Glastonbury Festival in England, and hung out with the world’s smallest woman and the world’s strongest man.

“Who would’ve thought rubberbands would get me there? Did I think I’d get to do that when I was at Orari Bridge School? Not really, but I would’ve wished I could.”

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Shay was 8-years-old when he dis-covered how much he enjoyed making people smile. He and his cousin would sing in the school choir, run off stage, and return between songs to sing as bananas in pyjamas.

“Afterwards, it was amazing that all these parents would come up and say we were great, that they loved what we did. I really got the bug.”

The family moved to Christchurch when Shay’s dad, Mervyn, left the grocery busi-ness to return to building. Mervyn was keen on Shay hitting the hammer, but Shay had other ideas.

He left Burnside High School in his mid-teens and kick-started his perform-ing career as a warmup act at the World Buskers Festival in Christchurch. He’s performed at every one, ever since.

Slowly but surely, one festival led to another, and another led to another country, and the do-it-yourself performer and promotor built a career – and a fol-lowing – spanning the globe.

His biggest crowd was north of 8000

people, excluding television work for the likes of New Zealand’s What Now. An hour-and-a-half signing 150 rubberbands for a school group in Finland taught him to carry more props.

These days, Shay lives in Barcelona with his partner, Lucia and takes Rubberband Boy and super-kitch, quintessentially Kiwi bingo caller Keith Preene (a 65-year-old man with old-uncle jokes) to shows through Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East.

Middle Eastern gigs have their own challenges. He cannot touch female volunteers to help them into position and he keeps his shirt on rather than risk deportation for what might amount to lewd misconduct.

“You have to be aware of the culture you are in, that’s one of the things that makes performing such a challenge – even a family show has its limits in some places.”

But there are no limits to Shay’s enthu-siasm.

Back in New Zealand, where he adds corporate functions to the mix of festivals

and shows, he has plans to go multi-media with his talents.

Keith Preene’s Golden Goose Bingo would be the ideal basis for a New Zealand touring show in the style of Selwyn Toogood’s It’s in the Bag, and he is toying with the idea of a television pilot.

“That’s the key thing when you’re doing something like this: to work hard and to be as diverse as you can be. It’s not the easiest job in the world, but there’s something about reinventing yourself and getting out of things what you put in.”

And if the television shows run their course, there is an admittedly slim chance the blue-suited star of the MyTax tele-vision commercial will make his own adverts for rubbery skin enhancement.

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With daylight savings now over, it sure makes the late autumn days feel that bit shorter.

Our new rain gauge is smiling and there is green life replacing the cracked earth. Only time will tell which plants and shrubs have not survived our hot summer. Even the birds are chirping louder. I’m sure there is a huge shortage of worms in a drought.

I love Easter on a few levels. The weather always seems more predictable and the maples in our garden are a delight. The Acer Accountafolium again this year cascades like an orange waterfall and the Acer Senkaki, I can see out of my kitchen window, is a stunner.

Autumn is certainly the season in which you can see the value of buying ornamen-tal trees that have wonderful foliage.

You should also remember the many wonderful specimens that have fabulous bark and trunks. The maples again come to mind. Acer Griseum with its shining dark-brown peeling bark. Acer Capilles with its snake-like trunk. The Silver Birches also have wonderful features, of note Betula Jacomondi.

Another wondrous aspect of autumn for me and my family, is going mushrooming. Dad would pile a heap of us kids into the car armed with paper bags (didn’t really have supermarket bags as we know them today) and we would be off in the Holden Kingswood on a mushrooming adventure.

These traditions stick hard.Only last week, I found myself off for

a ladies luncheon to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday. I knew there were mush-rooms on “that thar farm”, so armed with my small vege knife and plastic bag, off I drove.

Later that day I visited my parents in Christchurch and my Dad purred as I handed over that bag. I think I gained a few brownie points that day!

We also have in our Mt Somers garden two patches of those wonderful bright-red toadstools Amanita Muscaria. They are on completely different sides of the garden. This fungi genus is at home in the North-ern Hemisphere and was unintentionally introduced to the southern. It is a symbi-ont with pine and birch plantations. In our garden they sit like little gnomes at the feet of silver birch trees. Now that genus has become a true metropolitan and parties with a bigger in-crowd of deciduous and conifer trees.

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Oxalias is all around my garden, I have tried many different products, which both are effective for a short time but it comes back as thick as ever. I put weed mat down covered with peastraw and the jolly stuff is coming through that now as well. It is very frustrating; I love my garden and will spend many hours outside in both vege and flower gardens. Is there anything else that will work? I have even thought about digging plants out, sieving the soil to get rid of the wee bulbs, that could be a big job but it may work?

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Scattered around our garden we have different pieces of garden art that can also show off the trees they are near. My broth-er, Allan Coleman, is a sculptor in his spare time and we have two beautiful limestone korus that sit peacefully under a cherry and maple tree.

They have gathered moss and to me they

look very much at home in our garden. The koru is a symbol of new life, which is an apt concept at Eastertime. We also have a wire fish that has been placed in our dry creek. It appears to be rising above the tide. Wooden bridges, alcoves and archways – made by grandad Millichamp – now, after 20-plus years, have plants adorning them.

Plantings of structural perennials can also give great form to a garden. The mass planting of Echinops (globe thistle) adds form and colour to the autumn palate. I love the blue of them.

TulipsWe have a great range of tulip bulbs this

year.Tulips can be planted now for spring.

Plant in small clumps in a well-drained site or pot. Add a teaspoonful of Osmocote or the like and use bulb potting mix.

These bulbs are all grown in the South Island so shouldn’t need to be refridger-ated before planting.

LiliesWe have just started to harvest our lily bulbs.

If you have lilies in your garden this is the time of year you can split them.

Remember they are gross feeders, so when replanting or planting, prepare the soil well. Fertilise with blood and bone, and a well-balanced slow release fertiliser.

Lily bulbs do not like animal manure around their roots. The last of our lilies are flowering in our fields as I write this. The variety is Raveena and is a pink, fragrant oriental. Beautiful.

Well, that’s about it for this month’s me-anderings. Get those spring bulbs planted. Plan to have more ornamental trees that have both bark and foliage appeal.

Let the autumn leaves crunch under your feet and the warmth of the sun touch you daily.

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Working, parenti ng and our busy lifestyles can all impact on our exercise routi nes but choosing to exercise in the colder months can prove immensely benefi cial and has been proven to boost your immune system. If, however, you fi nd it a struggle to brave the outdoors, make it fun … use your family as the tool

to get you moving. Practi ce netball, rugby or soccer skills with the younguns - a gym work-out or bike ride or even walking to and from school can give you that lift you need. Endorphin levels increase just by being outdoors so combining it with exer-cise could stave off those pesky bugs.

Sitti ng in front of the fi re with a box of choccies on a biti ng winter’s night may seem like heaven but ditching the junk food and fi lling up on fruit and winter veg-etables will undoubtedly make you feel bett er long term. Blueberries, mushrooms and garlic are your best opti ons for help-ing to boost immunity.

Plan your meals around vegetables and try replacing sandwiches with a hearty vegetable soup instead. If you have a sweet tooth snack on raisins or frozen raspberries.

Drink more milk during winter. Low fat milk and dairy products such as cheese and yoghurt are great sources of vitamins

A and B12 – all essenti al to the health of our immune system.

Water is vital in our systems and yet most of us, despite knowing its value, don’t drink enough of it. Adequate hydra-ti on has a huge impact on our immune system and fl ushes toxins from our bod-ies. We need to be drinking two litres (8 cups) a day, so keep a water bott le handy and sip it regularly.

And fi nally, the start and end of our day are just as important as what takes place in between. Eat a hearty breakfast such as porridge as it gives you energy and keeps you feeling fuller for longer and stops the unhealthy snacking we are all prone to.

Night ti me can be the only chance you get to unwind but remember sleeping eight to nine hours a day will help your body re-energise for the day ahead. Switching off our electronic devices and making an early bedti me a priority will al-low our bodies to get the rest they need.

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by Nadine Porter F ive Tips to staying well this winter:

• Exercise outdoors or at a gym at least three ti mes a week

• Load up on fruit and vegetables especially blueberries, mushrooms and garlic

• Drink more milk and eat more low fat dairy opti ons

• Ensure you drink two litres of water a day

• Eat a hearty breakfast and sleep at least eight hours a night.

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HIDDEN illnessesImagine a life where everyday activities such as eating ice cream or going for a swim with your kids could kill you.

Imagine not being able to peel potatoes or hang out washing without breaking out in painful hives.

For 48-year-old Fairton woman Chrissy Plumridge, that is her reality.

Ten years ago Chrissy was diagnosed with a condition known as cold urticaria – to put it simply, she’s allergic to the cold.

For years Chrissy and her friends had joked about her aversion to anything cold, not realising that her condition could potentially have serious consequences for her health.

Cold urticaria is a rare condition that can cause hives, swelling, and in rare cases, anaphylactic shock.

The first serious sign that something was wrong occurred 10 years ago, when Chrissy and a friend were walking ponies at the river.

Chrissy’s feet began to feel numb, and she passed out.

“She got me out of the water and my legs were all swollen,” she said.

“I sort of came to and I was really nau-seous.”

Chrissy was taken to see the doctor, where tests revealed she had the condi-tion.

“I said ‘you’re kidding me’, because we’d been joking about it,” she said.

The rare condition has had a serious impact on Chrissy’s day-to-day life.

She had to give up her day job working on potato harvesters as it was making her “wheezy”, she can’t drink cold drinks or eat ice cream because her throat swells up, and even hanging out washing can cause a painful reaction.

“It’s not allergy hives, it’s a real ‘burny’ presentation,” she said.

“It’s really, really sore and uncomfortable, and that can linger for anywhere up to 24 hours.”

Even trips to the frozen section at the

supermarket can leave her feeling drained.“I rug up, I’ve got my jacket and three

layers of clothing and people look at you like ‘what’s wrong with you, it’s sunny’,” she said.

“I whip around there really fast and by

For hundreds of thousands of people around the world, each day is a struggle. The may be living with debilitating pain, chronic fatigue, or other conditions that seriously impact on their day-to-day lives. However, for many of them the struggle is made worse by the fact that on the outside, they appear perfectly healthy. People with hidden illnesses often feel isolated or not taken seriously, simply because there are no outwardly visible symptoms of their illnesses. For those living with rare illnesses, the isolation is even worse. Reporter Daisy Hudson spoke to three Mid Canterbury women about their day-to-day struggle with hidden illnesses.

Where cold’s a killer

Chrissy Plumridge.PHOTO DAISY HUDSON 110515-DH-026

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the time I get home I need to have a nap.”It is not known how many people are

affected by the condition worldwide, but Chrissy says the condition is far more com-mon overseas than in New Zealand.

“My doctor in Temuka sent me to a spe-

cialist in Timaru, and he had to ring a man in America because he’d heard about it but he’d never had to deal with it,” she said.

Because of the lack of awareness about the condition in her own country, she has taken to social media for support.

“I’m in a couple of groups on Facebook and they’re really helpful,” she said.

“It’s quite nice, people actually under-stand what you’re talking about.”

That support has been extremely impor-tant for Chrissy, as explaining the condition

to people can be difficult.“It seems trivial to a lot of people, they go

‘oh it’s just a cold allergy’, and that’s quite frustrating,” she said.

“They get really shitty with me, like I’m making an excuse.

“Some people are just ignorant, a lot of people don’t want to know, or they don’t care because it’s not affecting them.”

One of the hardest things for Chrissy has been the effect her condition has had on her grandchildren.

“I can’t play outside with them, because they want to squirt me with the hose and they want me to get in the pool,” she said.

“I’ve been told by specialists that I may be able to go swimming in a heated pool, but I may have a really bad reaction when I get out.”

She does a lot of reading about her condi-tion, but she says it’s frustrating not being able to fix herself.

Chrissy wants people to be more aware and accepting of people who have “hidden illnesses”.

“It’s really opened my eyes up,” she said.continued over page

It seems trivial to a lot of people, they go ‘oh it’s just a cold allergy’, and that’s quite frustrating. They get really shitty with me, like I’m making an excuse.“

A selection of support groups

– New Zealand Endometriosis Foundation 0800 733-277

– www.butyoudontlooksick.com

– Associated New Zealand ME Society (for sufferers of Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

– New Zealand Pain Society [email protected]

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On the surface, Melissa Shimmin appears confident and content as she runs her Ashburton shoe store.

As she chats away animatedly with her staff, you would never suspect that in reality she is nearly crippled by constant pain.

Forty-one-year-old Melissa suffers from a rare chronic pain condition called sphincter of oddi dysfunction, which means the sphincter muscle does not open when it should.

That prevents the bile and pancreatic juice from flowing through, which can result in bouts of severe abdominal pain.

Melissa believes around 4 per cent of the population has the condition.

It mainly affects women, particularly those between the ages of 30 and 50.

The condition means Melissa has to take 11 different types of medication each day, not including painkillers.

As well as the constant pain, she must adhere to a strict, primarily liquid-based diet. “Normally it’s one to two liquid meals and then steamed veges and white meat, or toast,” she said.

“Every so often I’ll be really bad, where I can’t tolerate liquid or food at all, and then you’ve got to go on IV fluids and strong medication.”

The impact on her day-to-day life has been significant – she doesn’t make plans or go out often, because of the intense

pain. “Going out for meals is a nightmare because you’ve got to check the menu before you go,” she said.

“It just sucks, really.”She also can’t drink alcohol as it gives

her pancreatitis.Melissa first started having trouble nine

years ago and she had her gallbladder removed as a precaution.

Two years later she started having tests done and two years after that she was finally diagnosed with sphincter of oddi dysfunction.

She had a sphincterotomy performed, which is where surgeons cut the sphinc-ter muscle to try and release the pres-sure.

The procedure gave Melissa four years of relief but the condition flared up again in January last year.

Because the disorder is so rare, she has turned to social media for support and guidance.

“I’ve got a really good support group on Facebook,” she said.

Melissa said people often don’t take her

condition seriously because there are no outwardly visible signs that she is unwell.

In the past people had also believed she was “putting it on”.

Melissa will have to live with the condi-tion for the rest of her life and all doctors can do is try to relieve the pain.

She was not aware of anyone else locally who had the condition, but she would love to meet someone who was going through the same issues.

“Unless you’ve got it, you don’t know,” she said.

Living with constant pain

Melissa Shimmin.PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 080515-JJ-010

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On the outside 21-year-old Darcy Plumb seems like any other healthy and happy young woman.

She has a good job as a receptionist at a dentist’s office, which she enjoys, and a loving and supportive partner.

However, Darcy, like 120,000 other women in New Zealand, is suffering from a painful condition called endometriosis.

According to Endometriosis New Zea-land the condition occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is found outside the uterus, where it shouldn’t be.

The tissue can appear to be red and inflamed, but it can also form nodules and cysts.

Endometriosis is believed to affect one in 10 women, with at least 176 million women suffering from the condition worldwide.

Darcy was diagnosed with the condi-tion three years ago, but she has been experiencing the symptoms since she was much younger.

Symptoms of endometriosis include painful periods, bowel problems, back pain, fatigue and even infertility.

Darcy said she takes pain medication most days just to cope with the condition.

“Some days I’m in chronic pain,” she said.

She will also have trouble having chil-dren, something she says her partner has been very supportive about.

There are certain foods she can’t eat because of her bowel issues and she sometimes has to take days off work because the pain is so severe.

The condition made school tough for Darcy, who was a keen young athlete.

“I was very athletic, but my pain limited my ability to participate,” she said.

The pain gets so bad that sometimes she can’t even take her dog for a walk in the evening.

She also gets “debilitating” migraines, which can be so severe that she can’t eat.

Darcy said she doesn’t tend to go out and socialise, because she is so tired and sore.

There is no guaranteed cure for en-dometriosis, but there are a number of surgical and medical treatments available that can help manage symptoms, de-pending on their severity.

Getting people to understand the condition was difficult and she did a lot of research to help her explain it. “I totally find it hard, because you can’t see it,” she said.

However, she does attend a support group for women with endometriosis in Christchurch. Endometriosis NZ has sup-port networks around the country that ar-range casual events, information sessions, fundraising events and more.

Darcy said she wanted to encourage other women experiencing the symptoms of endometriosis to see their doctors, as many people simply lived with the pain without seeking treatment.

“You need to know that other people are dealing with it too,” she said.

Another cruel condition

Darcy Plumb.PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 300415-TM-013

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CHICK FLICK MOVIE REVIEW

You’re Not YouA movie that could have been directed by famed romantic Nicholas Sparks, You’re Not You was a chick-flick with some sass.

In actuality the movie was directed by acclaimed American playwright George C. Woolfe who is known for other such films including Nights in Rodanthe and The Devil Wears Prada.

You’re Not You starred one of my favourite silver screen actresses Emmy Rossum (Shameless) as well as Hilary Swank and Josh Duhamel.

The movie hooked me in from the beginning, a chatty girl and her hectic big-city life was bustling around her home, getting ready for a dinner party – but was met with some difficulty. Then the penny dropped, something was wrong with her. From there the plot progressed, Hilary Swanks’ character Kate had ALS and was learning how to deal with it. Then came Emmy, she played a brash college student who helped to care for Kate.

From there a friendship developed and the rest is history. I am not exactly an avid chick-flick watcher, and so as to be expected, the movie lost me about three-quarters of the way through when it all became a bit sappy. Other than that it was a great watch, with some good laughs thrown in.

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When Valerie Henderson joined Finesse Fitness two years ago she had low expectati ons.

Aft er years of trying a variety of fi tness regimes including a diff erent gym, she had litt le hope it would be any bett er.

“I got bored quickly with everything else I tried.”

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“Variety sets it apart from other gyms.”Valerie says although she is ‘not the

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“It doesn’t matt er what you look like.”By working out four ti mes a week, in

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by Sheryl Stivens

As the leaves fall and temps drop, the crisp autumn air brings a whole new load of possibiliti es with the new season.

A driveway covered with fallen leaves may seem like a mess. But hidden in all that decomposing foliage is the perfect organic matt er for a great pile of compost. At the same ti me it keeps these materials out of landfi lls and saves you fuel and energy carti ng them away.

Compost is a rich, organic soil conditi oner for your lawn and garden.

Tips for compostingautumn leaves

Composti ng autumn leaves is so easy. Put raked leaves and other garden waste

into a compost bin or make a pile near where you want to use the compost in the spring.

To contain the leaves make a leaf circle out of netti ng or use recycled wooden pallets, wet leaves down or layer them into your compost bin with food waste

and prunings. You can also pile leaves straight onto

raised beds and gardens and start a compost garden bed. Layer leaves with any parti ally broken down compost you may have in your compost bin, lawn clippings and prunings, then cover the layers with wet newspapers and mulch. Covering beds with carpet over winter will keep the soil and leaves dark and moist so that worms and other micro organisms can do their work and build soil.

If you use a bokashi composti ng bucket for your kitchen waste you can bury the fermented food so easily through the winter months under the carpet mulch. Come spring when you remove the carpet you will have a weed free rich soil to plant your food into.

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YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT OTHERS ARE

suffering throughContrary to popular belief, I have a friend.

We’ve been friends about as long as our children have been alive, because we met through a parents’ centre meeting of first-time mums. So that’s a good 17 years plus.

I’ve known about her suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (formerly known as Tapanui flu) for a long time, but it took her a while to trust me with this information. (The good news is, she is finally well and able to hold down a fulltime job and manage life on a ‘nor-mal’ level).

Why did she not tell people about her illness? Mainly because of their rudeness and ignorance.

Many would intimate that in fact she was suffering from laziness (nice! I’d love to see your doctor’s degree) or maybe that she was a hyperchondriac, that maybe – whisper whisper – she was making it all up.

She would get some awful muscle pain and fatigue that would not allow her to get out of bed.

But most of the time I wouldn’t know what she was going through because she very rarely told me.

I feel disappointed and fairly feisty over the fact that people feel they have the right to judge what they know nothing about, especially when it involves some-one I care about.

That old saying comes to my mind: “Before you criticise a man, walk a mile in his shoes.”

And let’s be honest, we are human – we criticise and we judge. We have to judge, or we have no bar to make decisions against, we would have to bypass our intuition and our survival instinct would have to be ignored.

But we don’t have to use our “criti-cal thinking” capacity to make negative judgement calls, we don’t have to make a person who is already struggling with life feel worse about things.

Some may call it subtle cruelty, but it’s

cruelty nonetheless. And it’s arrogance ... do you know for sure that that person is not suffering in every way they say they are? No you probably don’t ... sorry, last time I looked, you hadn’t been given a thorny crown and nailed on a cross.

It is so easy to be negative and judge-mental, and it’s so damn hard to turn that thinking around and bake that per-son some bread instead, or offer to mow their lawns.

I had another friend once (yep, that’s right, just one) whom I judged constantly in my head, so I was no friend at all.

I tried really hard not to do it, but I lost that battle every time. She was a stay-at-home mum whose partner did not earn a lot of money, but he worked hard.

He would come home from work, the children would be filthy - like I mean baked-on-for-two-days filthy. He would then turn around and cook and the house was dirty.

My house is never a palace, and never will be; but this was genuinely chunder material. I didn’t want my young children in their house.

She was a woman who had kind of latched on to me and before I knew it,

she was around at my house all the time.Her dirtiness offended me, but most of

all, her laziness made me crazy. It even came across in conversation.

She would sit and have nothing to say that was even relatively interesting beyond her husband and children. Don’t get me wrong, I can (and do) sit and talk about my kids for hours on end, but it’s not ALL I can talk about. I just use them as diversionary conversation so I can take a break from talking about myself.

But who was at fault in that “friend-ship”? Well me actually, I was the one doing the judging and if I didn’t like how she lived, I should have helped her do better or discouraged contact.

How did I know what she was going through? Maybe she was suffering from depression, maybe she had chronic fatigue syndrome and never told me?

The point is, it wasn’t my place to judge and I was the bad guy in all of that, not her.

PS: My friend that used to have chronic fatigue would kill me if I didn’t mention her house was always kept in immaculate condition even when she was really sick.

MUM ON THE RUN

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Variety Theatre of Ashburton’s latest production ‘Grease’ puts a modern twist on the original version. But it still promises to be a toe tapping experience for the audience with all the musical’s popular songs, and more, included.

It runs at the Ashburton Event Centre from May 15 to 23.

Director Alice Sollis has teamed up again with musical director Jo Castelow. The pair have worked together in many diff erent producti ons over the years, including Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School. In Grease, they are joined by choreographer Julia Bell.

The 34 strong cast – 17 lead speakers - have met three ti mes a week since February in their build up to opening night. They include mostly seasoned performers from Mid Canterbury but there are some from just outside the district.

The cast includes Nikita Hyde (Sandy), Luke Glendining (Danny), Greta Casey-Solly (Rizzo), Matt Williams (Kenicke) and Michaela George (Frenchy): T-Birds’ Chris Woods (Doody), Awa Timothy (Roger) and Luke Cossey (Sonny) and Pink Ladies Amanda Fleming (Marty) and Gabrielle Stringer (Jan).

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone plays celebrity television dance judge Vince Fontaine.

Grease is a classic love story of boy meets girl but with all the drama, and comedy, of senior high school students fi nding a place in their world. It is set in Rydell High School, a 1950s era high school with greasers and jocks maintaining their cool as they vie for social supremacy - and the girls.

The producti on off ers the audience everything they expect from the popular show but with a modern twist.

The favourite songs such as Summer Loving, You’re the one that I Want, Hopelessly Devoted and Greased Lightning are sti ll there to get the audiences feet tapping but Jo says the

new version is bett er, has more harmony and more happening. There are also more group numbers.

“People want to come along and know they will hear the great songs they know,” Alice says.

And they will: however there will be few additi onal songs not in the popular movie version featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

Early rehearsals saw cast members focus on learning lines, before adding songs and now dance to their performances.

“The cast is working really hard…everything is on track,” Alice says.

The modernised show also features an eight pieced band, high powered dance from a “high calibre, really energeti c cast”.

“We have got a cast of really great singers,” Jo says.

Although the show is diff erent to the original, it sti ll has the best parts with a modern edge.

“I think the audience will really enjoy it. There’s something for everyone,” Jo says.

The cast have been absorbing their lines and routi nes, their choreography, and singing in four-part harmony all the while keeping the persona of their 1950s character, which they have been doing with “great aplomb”, Alice says.

There are more than 20 crew involved in various aspects behind the scenes.

Grease will be performed at the Event Centre from May 15 to 23.

It starts at 7.30pm on show nights, with a mati nee performance on May 17 at 2.30pm.

Tickets are on sale now from the Event Centre or via TicketDirect.


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