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It was red, green and gold against blue skies at David Lawton’s Bob Marley exhibition, which ran from February 3 to 7 at the Rodney Rams clubrooms in Whangateau.
Around 150 people visited the event over its five-day run with attendance, unsurprisingly, peaking on Marley’s birthday, which coincided with Waitangi Day, February 6.
“Overall it was a good exhibition. The weather was fine and generally people were impressed with what was on display. We had so much stuff we had to put some of the pallets out on the deck just so people could manoeuvre around the tables,” he says. “It brought back some good memories for people who had been to Bob Marley’s concert (in Auckland at Western Springs Stadium, April 16, 1979). And for fans of his in general.”
However, Lawton says he won’t be holding the exhibition in Whangateau next year as he’s looking for a larger venue that’s more central, possibly in Warkworth.
In the future he’d like to have a permanent display at a museum.
