Proud to be South D. That’s me. And it’s the tag line for the first South Dunedin’s Got Talent contest held today at the iconic Mayfair Theatre in the heart of South D. An idea spawned from a desire to create a community voice for this forgotten part of Dunedin.
As I told the audience tonight, I stood for parliament because I’m passionate about building strong communities.
You can’t build a strong community by just identifying and talking about its problems. You’ve also got to celebrate its strengths. That’s what happened today and tonight.
Hundreds of people, 30 unique, diverse acts ranging from a choir of disabled people, an Elvis impersonator (in full costume) the teeny tiny rockers, child violinists, a hip hop song written especially about South Dunedin (South D) and a trainee hairdresser, who describes herself as a karioke queen, who stole the show with her rendition of Sarah Mclachlin’s In the arm’s of an angel.
Huge support from the local business community. We did t-shirts. We had supermarket vouchers as our first, second and third prizes. People came out of the woodwork to make it happen. That’s community.
The local TV station is doing a half hour doco. And I’m going to put up a couple of video clips and pix when I get them. And we’ll do it again next year.
I don’t care if you think I’m parochial. I am. And I’m proud to be South D.
great effort Clare, sounds like it went really well. As one who grew up in the mighty South D, it sounds like the community is still going strong.
Good on you, Clare,
Clare – Off topic. Barred for one week.
I was there, it was fantastic, and a great way to bring all the different members of our community together. Well done to your team Clare, they stepped up big time.
Not sure we can wait a whole year for another……
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