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Pinesongsters Mid Year Concert
Saturday 17th August 2024
A huge congratulations to Judy Nicholls and the Pinesongsters for putting on this concert under difficult conditions during our village refurbishing
The title of the concert was 'Ol'Man River' and was a presentation of African American Spirituality. A very enjoyable occasion, thank you to all who took part. Below is a video of one of the songs presented.
Pinesong Commemorates
Anzac Day
Thursday 25th April 2024
Once again a very special Anzac Day Service was held at Pinesong attended by just over 200 people. A huge thanks to Peter Singh and all who helped and participated to make this such a special occasion. To all our servicemen and women who lost their lives at war - We will remember them!
The Royal Regiment of NZ Artillery Band
We enjoyed a very special afternoon as the Royal Regiment of NZ Artillery Band came to Pinesong and entertained us with a brilliant performance.
Pinesong World Games 2024
The sun did shine, and we had a ball at the Pinesong Games on Tuesday.
There were six teams of participants, including one team from the staff lead by Leanne.
They all participated in a round of tabloid sports on the Seabreeze knoll, then were entertained by Val and her Zumba team, before wending their way around the village to try a variety of sports and activities on offer here at Pinesong.
The feedback was terrific – some had never been in the Blokes Shed and marvelled at the skill involved in the works on display there. Others had never tried Petanque or croquet or Fukiya, but think they may have found a new interest to pursue. That’s a fantastic outcome for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.
So many people contributed to the success of the day, and I wish to sincerely thank them for their behind the scenes work. We are blessed to have so many people willing to give of their time and talents – thanks very much.
We can now look forward with great anticipation to the next edition of the Pinesong Games – in 2028!
Earl Irving
'Run Rudolph Run'
The Pinesongsters Choir's Christmas Concert 2023
It was great to see our Seabreeze Lounge filled once again to enjoy a performance by our own Pinesongsters Choir. Judy Nicholls conducted an excellent performance of some of our favourite Christmas Carols & songs.
A wonderful evening and afternoon of music. A huge thank you to Judy Nicholls and all the helpers who made these performances such a great success.
Salvation Army Christmas Carol Service
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
It was so good to see the Seabreeze Lounge filled once again for our Christmas carol service last Sunday. As always we enjoyed the band playing the age old Christmas carols and always great to be able to sing along to them.
We are so thankful for your donations to the work of the Social Services of the Salvation Army at this very needy time of the year.
The total given was $942.00 which we have forwarded to the Salvation Army.
Thank you again,
Deryck Hunt
High Tea Dance
What a wonderful time was enjoyed by all those who attended the High Tea Dance last Saturday the 18th November 2023. A huge thanks to Glenda and her team who put on such a superb afternoon.
Dot Sutton celebrates her 100th year
As residents at Pinesong it was a real joy to be able to gather together in our Seabreeze lounge to celebrate our dear Dot Sutton's 100 years. What an achievement and what a joy to have her with us. Congratulations from all of us.
Nostalgia 2023
We all enjoyed two wonderful nights at our Nostalgia Show. Once again it was great to have the lounge full of residents, family and friends. A huge thanks to Bob Helleur our Producer/Director, Pam Choat our Assistant Director and an excellent cast. Thank you so much for all the hard work put in by the cast and many helpers.
Abba Dance party
A great night was enjoyed by all who attended the Abba Dance Party last Saturday night. Great music, great dancing and loads of fun. Thank You Glenda and Val and your team for all the hard work you put into this very successful evening.
Police Dog Demonstration
Senior Sergeant Chris Harris showed just what his new dog could do.It was great to have you back with us again Chris, and yes,
Chris is Leon and Sue Harris’ son.
International Nurses Day Celebration 2023
A huge thank you to Lois Lilly and Judy Horder for organising this celebration on 12th May. Our Village nurse, Sally Alison gave an excellent talk. This was such an interesting morning hearing everyone sharing their nursing journey.
Cardio
Drumming starts again 17th June
We have just completed a 6-week round of this activity, and everyone loves it!
We are in the Seabreeze lounge on Saturday mornings beating out the rhythm of some great music.
This activity is a total mind and body workout which may help you cognitively and give you a low impact, physical workout which you don’t realise because it’s so much fun.
Come and listen to the ‘Heartbeats’ and join in. - Kath
Ferry Trip to Waiuku
Some of our residents had the most wonderful day going on the ferry to Waiuku, we could not have asked for better weather.
New Year's Eve at Pinesong 2022
A great night of dance and socialising was enjoyed by our residents this New Year's Eve. A huge 'thank you' to Jean Piper, Judy Horder, Mary Lovelock, Bob Helleur, Glenda Tan (soloist) and everyone else who helped to make this evening a great success.
Come On, Ring Those Bells
Our Pinesong Choir and Rockers performed a great Christmas concert for us. Our lounge was full and our residents joined in the singing of a couple of the well known carols. I'm sure everyone enjoyed it to the full. Thank you so much Judy and your choir and all those who helped to make this concert the success that it was. The video shown below was of the last item in the programme - 'Go Tell It On The Mountain'.
Laingholm Kindy Christmas Concert 2022
Any performance involving children is delightful, especially when they come from a Kindy. These children were beautiful and certainly created the Christmas spirit. Thank you to their teachers and helpers. It was a very special time.
Melbourne Cup Day
Always a great day in our village. Thanks Allan and your team for all you did to make this another successful afternoon.
Nostalgia 2022 - Tenth Anniversary of our shows.
A great success
A big CONGRATULATIONS to the Nostalgia performers and a BIG Happy 10th Year Anniversary! I attended the show on Saturday, along with Earl, our CEO and Theresa. All three of us were very impressed with the performances, costumes, and effort that you all went to, to put on a great show. I’ve been reminded that being part of the Nostalgia Show is in my job description (need to read the fine print), so look out next year!
Leanne MacDonald
Village Manager
We were so grateful and wonderfully surprised to have Deborah Norris arrive unexpectedly from Australia to perform on our tenth anniversary show. Deborah was an original staff member on our cast and performed beautifully in the first few years of our shows. What a delight it was to have her back for this special occasion.
Deryck Hunt
Pinesong says 'cheers' to Friendship at our Biggest Happy Hour Event.
Pinesong Celebrates the life of her Royal Majesty the Queen with an intimate afternoon tea.
It was 'Showtime'
With the Pinesongsters' Choir
It was great to see our Seabreeze Lounge filled once again to enjoy a performance by our own Pinesongsters Choir. Judy Nicholls conducted an excellent performance of some favourite songs from much loved musicals - Cabaret, Sound of Music, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz. Mary Poppins and Carousal.
A wonderful afternoon of music. A huge thank you to Judy Nicholls , Kathryn Mansell, John White and all the helpers who made this afternoon such a great success.
Arch Jelley celebrates his 100th Birthday
13th August 2022
We enjoyed a very special occasion as we were able to congratulate and celebrate Arch Jelley's 100th birthday. Wow, what an achievement and really, you'd never know he was 100. And so along with all those that he has coached over the years and the amazing successes, he continues to inspire us as residents here in our wonderful village at Pinesong. The TV3 interview below and some photographs will hopefully give you the feeling of this very special event.
NU2U Fashion Parade
June 2022
Well----what a lovely afternoon we had on Saturday!!!!
It was so rewarding to welcome so many of you to our first social event for a long, long time---- I think we were ready for it!!!
So pleased to see Leonie Rae there, who inspired the event along with her daughter Katrina who designed and supplied the posters, tickets and donated one of the raffles. Leonie has been unwell recently and we wish her all the best for a full recovery.
Thanks must be given to Deryck Hunt for his unfailing contribution in the way of time and music to our events, Barbara Hunt our in-house photographer, Doug Lilly for the amazingly creative floral arrangements, Rex Wass for his clever and practical floor plan (this will be used again I'm sure) and Grant Aldridge and Rob Perry for transporting residents in our very own Buggy. My own huge personal thank-you to the NU2U Team---the unsung heroes. They have worked extremely hard during the planning stages for this event and on Saturday all day. They are the reason that the NU2U project is the success it is and continues to flourish!
And what about those models!!!! Ladies, You were amazing!!! You did it with such poise and good humour. Thank you all! No doubt you’ll be getting a call from Anna Wintour soon!
Thank-you Orit for the delicious nibbles, Michael and Peter for giving up their holiday to set the scene for us---a huge job--and to Lima the night porter for clearing it away in the wee small hours. Thank-you Kate for giving up your day to do all that running around and for you support during the planning stages.
OUR VILLAGE MANAGER: Angela---what can I say? You carried the evening! Your non-stop compering for over an hour was informative, well- researched and hugely entertaining!! On be- half of Village Management you kindly donated much of the food and refreshments---we thank you for that. You have supported us from the planning of this event to its outcome and we are truly grateful.
You will be taking from Pinesong our love and appreciation and best wishes for your next adventure. You will be missed!
Jean Piper and the NU2U Team
RAFFLES FOR FASHION SHOW
The raffles for the fashion show were donated by New World Green Bay, Green Bay Liquor Store, Green Bay Chemist and Leonie Rae. Contribution from Green Bay Florist.
Winners were----Joan Gasparich Irene Williams Jocelyn Shackleton and Lil Gosling.
An initial amount of $1800 will be going to St.John Ambulance----more on that later.
Easter Celebration &
Bonnet/Hat competition
What a wonderful time our Social Co-ordinator Kate Clayton put on for us. A great display of bonnets and hats along with Easter eggs and tasty Easter muffins. Thank you to all who participated, you helped to bring our village to life again.
Judy entertains during lockdown
Judy Nicholls has made a wonderful contribution to helping us through this lockdown period by playing our keyboard for an hour and a half each week. We have amplified it from the main lounge balconies and depending on the wind, it has been amazing how far the sound has travelled around the village. Feedback has been encouraging from many as their walk around the village has received a new lilt.
Back to the 60s
Staff entertainment during lockdown
Special chocolate treat for Fathers Day
Delivered in style at Pinesong
Westside Sounds
It was great to have the Westside Sounds Orchestra return to Pinesong. They played some beautiful music including some of our old time favourites, amongst others, Danny Boy, Amazing Grace, Hine e Hine, Summertime and Elizabethan Serenade. A most enjoyable performance. A big 'thanks' to Pauline and all the members of the orchestra,
Robin Hood Social & Dance
Another great event, another special occasion. A huge thanks to the Social Committee who put so much work into making this evening a great success. Many, many, thanks.
Nurses International Day Celebration
A huge thank you to Judy Horder and Lois Lilly for organising this celebration on 5th May. This was such an interesting afternoon hearing everyone sharing their nursing journey. Looking forward to the next one.
Margaret Clark. 817 5943
Police Dog Demonstration
Police dogs Floyd and Iti are from the Auckland Police Dog Section and put on a display in our Seabreeze lounge. Iti is an explosives dog who protected Prince William, when he came to NZ after the mosque attack in Christchurch. Floyd is the Australasia drug dog Champion.
Their handler....Senior Sergeant Chris Harris showed just what they could do.
It was great to have you back with us again Chris, and yes,
Chris is Leon and Sue Harris’ son.
Birthday Afternoon Tea with St John Ambulance
The final Birthday afternoon tea for the year was another great occasion. Guest speakers were from St John Ambulance service. The NU2U team led by Jean Piper have had a wonderful year with great support from our residents. During the 2019-2020 year they made a total of $9035!!!! Out of this, on this special occasion it was great to see them being able to donate $7635 to St. John.
Memories of Nostalgia film screening
What a special evening we enjoyed as the film “Memories of Nostalgia” was screened in our Seabreeze Lounge. We were able to look back to scenes from our shows starting in 2012 to 2019. Unfortunately due to Covid 19 we had to cancel the live show for this year, but instead we were able to look back to our past productions. A huge thanks to Bob Helleur who started and has produced our shows for us. For Angela and staff cast members and other resident members of our casts who came in costume, popcorn, ice cream and all! - just wonderful.
Deryck Hunt
Carl Doy Live at Pinesong
How privileged we were to have one of New Zealand’s most successful musicians perform a concert for us at Pinesong where our lounge was filled to capacity. A day and performance that I’m sure will remain in all our memories for the rest of our lives, His gift, his musicianship - just outstanding. We could have listened for hours as each song brought so many memories to us and I think more than a few tears were shed. Thank you so much Carl for coming to us, I can’t really find the right words to express our gratitude!
Deryck Hunt
Celebration
What a wonderful occasion it was to be able to celebrate the enjoyment of the freedom of coming back into Level 1. Seated at tables of four our cafe staff and residents committee members served us beautiful savouries and cakes. Oh my! We enjoyed the live music of Silver Strings who encouraged many to work off some of the extra calories of the afternoon tea. Many thanks to the Residents’ Committee, Nu2U and Orit and her cafe’ staff for making this such a special occasion.
Deryck Hunt
Wearable Arts Fashion Parade
What an amazing afternoon we enjoyed this week. The Wearable Arts Fashion Show was a huge success. The creativity that has gone into so many costumes was awe inspiring. Thank you so much Delwyn for your organisation. Thank you for all those who participated and all the helpers, this is what makes Pinesong so special. The photos below are just a small look at the over 300 photographs taken. These will be made available in the next few days. Finally, thank you to all who came - Seabreeze Lounge was full once again. Well done everyone.
Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Young Achievers
We were treated to a very special performance by three of the young Achievers of the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. A delightful presentation and oh so talented. Many thanks.
Nu2U
I would like to take this opportunity to thank some people who have helped us to get started on this project. Jacqui, Heather Kearn’s daughter who designed and printed our price cards. Roger Pagani of Pagani Clothing, who gave us our clothing racks and hangers. Katie for her encouragement and support. Mark for supplying us with storage and working hard to tidy it up. Robin for our fliers and advertising. Judy for creating an atmosphere with her piano playing. The team of ladies who appear every Wednesday morning with a fresh supply of clothes etc. Last but not least all the ladies who keep donating their goods - keep it up! I love seeing the bags of goodies at my door when I come home. At the end of our first month I shall let you know how much money we have collected, thanks to your support. Regards,
Jean Piper & the Nu2u team. 8179054 pipers@xtra.co.nz
Thursday Walkers
The Thursday walkers on a foggy morning. Under the Harbour Bridge, along the boardwalk, over the motorway footbridge and back to Point Erin.
Croquet Singles Finals
Here are some photos of the croquet singles finals.
The largest ‘gallery’ for croquet for a long time - like the Centre Court at Wimbledon - watched the match last sunny Sunday afternoon. Terry Adolph won with Judy Horder being runner-up.
Congratulations to the winners and runner up
Winners
Bob Campbell Bruce Hathaway
Runner up
John Crow Bill Mules
