Infinite Dance Crew

For anyone in Lower Hutt, please consider attending the fund-raising event for Infinite Dance Crew. This event is to help them get to The Netherlands to compete in the FISAF world championships.

Date: 25th September, 2010

Time: Doors open 6 pm, starts 6:30 pm

Place: City Church, 22 Marsden St, Lower Hutt

Price: Adults $10, children under 12 years old $5.

Tickets at the door, or Pre-sales from: Langi’s Island Style, High St, Lower Hutt.

More Information: Infinite.worldofdance@gmail.com

Submissions

Hi all.

First of all thank you very much for all your submissions. We have been snowballed with a fantastic response but it does mean that our response time is going to be slower than we anticipated. I will hope that we can contact everyone by the end of September/beginning of October. As a writer myself, I do appreciate the agonising wait!

For those who have expressed concerned about the 7.1 earthquake that hit NZ on the 4th of September, thank you for kindness. Tamara and I are based in Auckland, far out from the devastation. All my friends in Christchurch are accounted for so a good outcome!

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