Easter Jazz

It has been a beautiful Easter Weekend, the sun has been shining and that was great news for the 30,000 people who visited Tauranga to watch the Jazz Festival. The most popular day is the Saturday when "the Strand" is filled with people in the bars watching the free performances. Unfortunately I just hear about all the fun because I am stuck in a kitchen making hundreds of Pizzas. Mount Maunganui has it's own mini festival, they close the main street and there are players outside cafes and in the streets. The photos are courtesy of my daughter, Georgia, who reports that it was busy with traditional jazz being played. There was one performance however, which intrigued her. It seemed to be two guys beating each other up in time to the music. (see photos). When people were not watching jazz they were on the beach and then on Sunday night all 30,000 came in for pizza (I might just be exaggerating a bit, but boy we were

busy!).