Finley Brentwood, of Oamaru, auditions on Saturday for the
Otago Daily Times and Dunedin City Council's Big
Night In community concert to be held at the Forsyth Barr
Stadium in Dunedin on November 12. Photo by David Bruce.
Oamaru staged the first of auditions around Otago and
Southland to find solo artists for the
Otago Daily Times
and Dunedin City Council's Big Night In community concert.
More than 100 people will take part in the auditions, with
six soloists heard in Oamaru on Saturday.
The concert's artistic producer, Doug Kamo, said that
applications would be called later in the year from bands and
groups wanting to perform in the free concert.
The concert is to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
Otago Daily Times and the opening of the stadium.
Auditions that were to be held in Queenstown last night were
postponed because of dangerous driving conditions.
Organisers yesterday were stuck in Invercargill because of
road closures and are now looking at holding the auditions
this afternoon, weather permitting.
Kamo said he hoped to finalise the time some time after 1pm
today.
The last auditions will be held in Dunedin on July 29 and
August 1.
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