Live group sang old war tunes...
In the bar
Reg says it all!
On the way back to the car ( after some beers) Gray hopped in a car for photo!
In the Bar......
Sound shell on the Marine parade near the beach, live band played.
People on parade watching the band...the beach is behind them!
People all dressed up watching the air display
Air Display...Fantastic!
In the early 1930's, Napier suffered a gigantic earthquake which measured 7.8. The earthquake itself and then subsequent fires resulted in the majority of Napier's buildings being destroyed. Within a decade Napier was rebuilt in Art Deco style and the Art Deco Weekend celebrates this. There have been lots of events planned over the weekend. On Friday night, Helen and Jon came to stay for the weekend and we headed to Napier about 7.30pm. We parked up near the port and walked down to the beach...the atmosphere was electric....we had heard that a lot of holiday makers vsit specifically for Art Deco weekend and that a lot of people dressed up....it was unbelievable...we we're in the minority as we we're in 2008 clothes!!!!It was literally like we had stepped back in time, all of the men,women and children we're dressed up.
At about 7.40pm 'Those Magnificant Men' flew over the parade and did a fantastic flying display, this was made up of the RNZAF Red Checkers and the Warbirds Display Team.
After this we headed to the Sound Shell where a band where playing live 1920-1940's music...we walked around looking at all of the cars on display and generally soaking up the atmosphere. We popped to the bar for a drink about 10.00...and it was so strange being surrounded by eveyone dressed up.
We then had a walk around Napier as it was just alive with people, we stumled accross a group of guys who we're singing live on the street, a small crowd gathered and it was just fantastic...a good night had by all!!
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