On Saturday 30 January 2016, the Prohibition Big Band is again playing for the annual Mahurangi Regatta Prize-Giving and Dance at beautiful Scott’s Landing, an hour’s drive north of Auckland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The public are most welcome to attend.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

1\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u20132.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Friends of Regional Parks sand sculpture. Prizes for under 7 years, 7 to 11 years, 12 to 16 years, adults\u2014Theme: Regatta and the regional parks\u2002
\n 1.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u20132.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Idle Alongs, Mistrals (contact Katharine Sampson), and hopefully many other classes
\n 2.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Shoreside events resume\u2014running, three-legged, sack, spud and spoon, water run, egg throwing (enter by presenting at starting line)
\n 3.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u20134.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Retrieval of trailered boats associated with regatta, at Sullivans Bay
\n 4.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Tug-of-war
\n 4.15\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Humongous annual egg-throwing competition
\n 4.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Lolly scramble (grand finale of shoreside events)<\/p>\n

Mahurangi Regatta Prize-Giving and Dance<\/strong>
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\nScotts Landing<\/strong>
\nRevived by Mahurangi Action in 2004 in the form of a regatta ball as the grand finale of Warkworth\u2019s 150th celebrations, then as a prize-giving dance, the traditional format, from the following year. In 2011, ex-tropical cyclone Wilma cancelled the regatta, and in 2012 a combination of mediocre weather and a lack of financial support precluded the event, but from 2013, largely thanks to the support of the Rodney Local Board, and from 2014 with additional help from Auckland Council\u2019s regional events fund, the future of the prize-giving dance has been secured.<\/p>\n

Free use of gas barbecues\u2014no \u2018bar and burgers\u2019 since 2010<\/strong>
\nThere is no longer a cash bar nor burgers for sale. From 2013, the format returned to that of the prize-giving dance that prevailed before the regatta lapsed during World War II, when it was on bring-your-own basis. This makes the event much less financially risky, particularly when wild and\/or wet weather intervenes, as it did, spectacularly, in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2002Mahurangi Regional Park and all 28 other region parks are now smoke free.<\/p>\n

1.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm-ish\u2003The free Scotts Landing regatta shuttle commences operation: +64 21 123 3725
\n 6.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Pre-prize-giving trio\/quartet performs
\n 6.30\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Prize-giving dance commences: Prohibition Big Band
\n 7.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Prize giving
\n 8.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Prize-giving dance resumes: Prohibition Big Band
\n 11.00\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Last dance
\n 11.10\u200d\u2009\u200dpm\u2003Last call for the free Scotts Landing regatta shuttle: +64 27 462 4872<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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