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Never have so many scraps of material, bottle tops, rubbish bags, feathers, milk cartons and crocheted patches looked so fantastic as they did at the recent Catwalk Arts in Warkworth.
The creativity on show, representing hours of painstaking work in the 30-plus entries, covered everything from giant sea creatures and turtles to honky-tonk angels and road workers. Doing a double act as comperes at the sell-out matinee and evening shows were long-time hospice volunteers, Shona Pickup and Lesley Ingham.
The event raised just over $30,000, which will be spent on hospice services in the Warkworth/Wellsford area. The afternoon show featured some of the original Catwalk Arts organisers who did a parade to Those Were the Days. The line-up included 97-year-old Joan Ballantine.
Pickup says she personally wanted to thank all the volunteers who made the show possible.
“It just wouldn’t happen without them,” she said.
Major sponsors Mason Containers and Northland Waste were also thanked for their long-standing support of Harbour Hospice and the event. The Supreme Award went to Carolyn Gibson for her creation Rock Me Amadeus.
Other results:
Besoul Fantastic Families (Youth and Families) – Sluginker by Sophia Gilmour 1, In the Bag by Leila Jones 2. Besoul Youth (Youth and Families) – Water Warrior by Nathaniel Dalton-Wilson 1, Behind the Eye of the Feather by Andee-Grace Tilling and Brooke Burger highly commended. Amazing Aotearoa – Pukana by Sophia Gilmour 1, Green Turtle – Honu by Diane Ruth Rimmer, highly commended. Warkworth Oaks Bizarre Bras – What a Crackin’ Pair! By Anna Holmes-Libbis 1, Maliboobs by Julie Moncur and Philip Earles highly commended, Pinky Blinder by Avis Cadwgan highly commended. Wearable Advertising – Covid Warrior by Kowhai Surgery 1. Mason Containers/Northland Waste Open – Rock Me Amadeus by Carolyn Gibson 1, Iridescent Regalia by Rebekah Thoroughgood and Samantha McIntyre highly commended. People’s Choice – Iridescent Regalia by Thoroughgood and McIntyre. Recycling Award – New Zealand’s Next Top Bottle by Lesley Ingham 1, Cleo‘cap’tra by Katie Holmes-Libbis highly commended. Marvellous Mannequins – Rosie by Paddy Sullivan 1.
