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Posted on Wednesday September 21st at 8:50 a.m.
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With her second album, ‘Red Blue Grey' released this week Mel Parsons is one of New Zealand's rising songwriting stars, her bewitching vocals have been stopping audiences in their tracks for the past few years.
The Alpine Concert is the first performance in Mel's album release tour and will be the ‘unofficial' launch party, however performing in this mountain environment is not without its challenges. The Top Hut where the concert will be held can only be accessed by skiing up the field's rope tow of a 30 minute hike.
"I am bringing my full band with me and the logistics of getting the double bass and other instruments plus the musicians who don't ski up the rope tow is going to take some kiwi ingenuity but that is something the Mt Olympus Clubbies are renowned for so I am sure we will get everything there in one piece," Mel joked.
"I am so excited to be starting the release tour at Mt Olympus - it's my favourite place in the world, and not often that I get to go skiing in between sets but I hope the springtime sun is with us so my fingers don't freeze to the strings!"
The Alpine Concert is the final instalment in the Mt Olympus Back to Reality Festival which was made possible with a grant from the Real NZ Festival. The other events included Alpine Curling which was held on the mountain tarn at the top of the ski field and a Big Mountain competition.
"The Festival has been a huge success for the Club and helped bring back curling which was a sport the founding members took part in as well as skiing over 75 years ago, although never on the tarn which was a very special venue for the competition," Club Captain Thomas Stephens said.
"These events have been fantastic for the Club in so many ways, many of our members have been affected by the earthquakes and it was a great way to lift spirits."
"This just would not have been possible with out the grant we received from the Real NZ Festival which was government initiative to run alongside the Rugby World Cup. Many people are just focused on the rugby but having this huge event here has so many benefits that will last well past the final whistle."
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