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A memorial fundraising concert for Warkworth counsellor Brenda Rawlings will be held at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, October 19.
Brenda, who died in early 2022, was a Warkworth resident for 35 years and co-founder of the Warkworth Counselling Centre. She supported many Mahurangi initiatives including the Women’s Resource Centre, Stopping Violence Services and Homebuilder., She also served on the boards of Kaipara Flats School and Mahurangi College across nine years.
The concert is being organised by Brenda’s husband, Peter McMillan, to fundraise for the Brenda Rawlings Memorial Fund, administered by the Imago Aotearoa Charitable Trust.
“The fund will be to support financially under-resourced couples to get relationship help when they need it and to train tangata whenua in Imago Relationship Therapy,” Peter says.
The programme will feature Imperfect Offering: A Leonard Cohen Experience. This is a show that has toured New Zealand to critical acclaim and standing ovations, from 2016 to 2022, with a full band of nine musicians, including four vocalists.
The concert will feature many of Leonard Cohen’s most loved songs including Suzanne, First We Take Manhattan, Bird on the Wire, Hallelujah and If It Be Your Will.
The couple’s singer/songwriter son Michael Llewellyn, a former Mahurangi College student, will perform a set in the first half.
The concert will also be live-streamed for free. To register for the live stream, buy concert tickets or make a donation to the Brenda Rawlings Memorial Fund go to humanitix.com
The concert will also be free on demand after the event.
Doors will open at 6pm for a 7pm concert start.
