Sunday June 25, 2006

Dayjob days 2

So today was meant to be a morning at the bach. But instead, I slept in.

This afternoon, Chris and I went to a Ngai Tahu hui - a bunch of us who live in and around Wellington get together once a month to practise up our waiata for the big exhibition opening. In case you haven't heard. Ngai Tahu are to be the 'iwi in residence' at Te Papa for the next two years. Our iwi exhibition opens on the July 8 - it's a big deal, dawn ceremony, two solid days of entertainment as well as the exhibition itself. Should be a happening weekend. Anyway, we want to be able to acquit ourselves well on the day, so we're all learning up. It's hard remembering to sing in dialect - even harder to remember all those actions... I never was such a kapa haka queen...

Tomorrow is another Dayjob Day - dawn till dusk. Plus I might try and record the next 3 songs in my breaks ('The next house', 'Matariki' and 'He Tuahine').

All this has taken its toll and now I feel a bit poorly. I was going to do my hours at the bach this afternoon after practice, but I feel stink. Real tired and fluey. So.

The upshot is, Tuesday will be Day 11 *and* Day 12 - rolled into one. One song in the morning, one in the afternoon. One Care Package in the morning, one in the afternoon.

Wa-hey! Go me.

I'll post again on Tuesday. Love to you's.

x

H