Tauranga Arts Festival opening (2017)

Date2017DescriptionTauranga Arts Festival was officially opened by a dawn chorus, Takiri Ko Te Ata, on the morning on 18 October 2017. A waiata was sung to the sun rising across the sea in celebration of our people, place and our artists. Local composer Teraania OrmsbyTeki and celebrated performer Ria Hall were commissioned to create a special waiata to be learned by school and adult choirs. Tākiri Ko Te Ata is a celebration of the power of music to bring people together. This photograph by Lee Switzer is of Ria Hall. Please note: Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Tauranga Local History basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Debbie McCauley), on November 12, 2017. Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/tauranga_local_history/images/show/12284 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International. Sometimes images contributed to Tauranga Memories by the community were uploaded by a library staff member. If this has resulted in your photographs being mis-attributed to a staff member, please let us know so we can correct this.The original Tauranga Memories site also sometimes collected the following (blank where empty): First name: Ria Surname: Hall Place of birth: Maungatapu, Tauranga Date of birth: City: Tauranga, New Zealand Year: 2017 Photographer/CreatorSwitzer, Lee

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