LETTERS AND NEWS FOR OUR AUDIENCES
NZ ARTS ON TOUR 2025
'Heti and Hope are a really active and interesting group in Whanganui, with some deep 70s folk influences, and Heti has found a well of melodies and lyrics. I'm delighted to hear they'll be taking their songs around the country with Arts On Tour.'
Anthonie Tonnon.
So we’ve played on the Ferry crossing to the South Island. Getting us on board was made very easy by the helpful crew of the Interislander. First in almost and first off.
Adie is very organised and it pays off. We had everything ready; leads amp instruments mic and stands etc to take up the lift to the cafe level 8 on the Interislander where there is a designated little stage. It is small but fine for us two. Setting up was easy for me as Adie did it!
We decided to start after about 40 mins and before the rougher part of the crossing. We were fortunate the weather was great so just a gentle, still queazy making for me, roll. I found it better to stand at the keyboard and rock as I sang. Adie preferred to sit. We met a man named David who supported us with enthusiastic clapping and we had great chats in between songs. A friend Lynn appeared half way through, we hadn’t seen her for a while so that was lovely to catch up, otherwise we were seen and loved by some and seen and not so loved by others. That’s the nature of playing an unpaid gig, where there is a screen on at the same time showing sport that some people clearly want to watch.
Feed back from one attentive listener “Great Job!” I’ll take that! Thank you.
We stayed in a great self contained Accomodation; Cromwell Motel which we enjoyed before heading into Arrowtown for our evening performance in the beautiful Atheneaum Hall.
We stopped to view Roaring Meg and we read about Ngaai Tahu’s connection with Mahu Whenua, Healing the land and the restoring of Native plants and bird life to this area.
Arrowtown, a tourist attraction has many people walking through the two main streets of pretty shops and cafes through out the day.
We really enjoyed the Chinese town where there is the oldest remaining shop constructed of stone and wood; a great design with a flag stone floor and small rooms with what must have been a mezzanine above the rooms. I particularly liked the wooden, hand made door handle. I always love well made handles that fit the hands of many who’ve been and are to come following.
Thank you to Margret O’Hanlon one of our audience members, who through a great conversation and compliments, inspired Adie and I to reflect more on what we are doing with our music and performance and to know more clearly, we are Artists producing music and song for a Movement around standing up for our beliefs, like we remember from when we were all younger, watching the World around us unfolding. Thank you to Janey Rae for having us in the beautiful hall and to all who came and watched us especially the youngest member of the audience aged thirteen, whose favourite song was Sweet Bird.
Eastern Southland Gallery is definitely worth a visit. We loved looking at all the Art on display, before playing in the evening surrounded by more meaningful art work. Thank you again Jim and Marcella Geddes for hosting us so well and making a great event. Kia ora to all who came. We were so glad you enjoyed our music and so appreciate your support. We wont forget the pregnant pauses after each song before the eruption of smiling faces and clapping vigorous hands.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENING HERE. THANK YOU TO ANTHEA AND OUR OTHER HOSTS AND AUDIENCE. WE LOVED YOUR APPRECIATION AND THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS IN THE BEAUTIFUL BOOK WE WERE GIVEN FROM THE ARBORETUM. YOU MAKE AMAZING HONEY TOO!
EASTWOODHILL NATIONAL ARBORETUM
GISBORNE
Thank you Peter and Kiri for hosting us in this small beautiful village. Believe this or not, it was whilst I was in this hall, previously an old school, singing Even After You are Gone: a song about my mother after she died, that I saw in front of my eyes, an eye peering through a slit as if in the sky. I knew it was my mother’s eye watching and I knew she was proudly loving my performance. Now that was special for me.
Kia Ora Robyn, Delena, Thomas and all who helped create this evening for us to perform here. in Kaeo. Thank you to all who came, for your listening ears, your dance moves, smiling faces and delicious kai . I’m so glad we were able to come your way. I wish you growth and prosperity, ten years without drinking water on tap and no immediate support from the Government to fix this has got to be wrong.
BEFORE THE TOUR, LETTERS WERE WRITTEN AND AN ALBUM WERE MADE WITH MALCOLM IBELL
Whanganui, North Island NZ November 19th 2024
Hi, Kiaora future Audiences and friends,
If you are reading this, you may well already know that Adie and I will be heading out across Aotearoa as the duo from Heti & Hope, on what we are calling our Love Train Tour in March 2025.
Love Train is the title of one of our new original songs that we will be performing each night along with other songs such as “ Love in the 70s “ : a song with a story influenced by teenage memories of expectation, excitement and visible angst. Also musically enhanced by listening to the wonderful Joni Mitchell.
We will also perform as a duo, our newest single “ Come Flow With Me” performed and released by the full band with a stunning video by Georgie Ormond, on Youtube. January 6th 2025 available to hear on Spotify Heti Hope.
https://www.youtube.com/@hetiandhope
Adie and I are already preparing and producing old and new songs, all original, highlighting relationships and a love for the World we live in. We hope you’ll come on board for an awesome night of entertainment. We are excited to be creatively writing and producing our music, I believe, at it’s best.
Adie plays violin, electric and acoustic guitar, I sing and play keyboard. We will be performing a collection of songs you’ll definitely tap your foot to, if not want to jump up to, dance and get your groove on. The lyrics are poetic and thought provoking, the music is lively and moody. You’ll experience a full range of enjoyable sounds with a bit of humorous chatting in between songs perhaps.
I think it will be a fun night out, certainly for us and surely for you.
Looking forward to meeting you down South and up North.
Nga Mihi, with Love Heti
Whanganui December 24th 2024.
Dear Future Audiences and Friends,
Here is a short letter in which I want to mention an interview I heard on RNZ Culture 101 “From Bowie to Big Thief..” with Mark Amery talking to Tucker Zimmerman; living in Belgium, now aged 83 years old and still writing and composing songs and poetry.
The poem about the feather is exquisite. His voice is so listenable like gliding on a gentle breeze. I am inspired but more so relieved to hear of older musicians and creatives who are still working.
As I grow into my later years of living and I search for audiences to receive my songs, the mind will continue to sneer and jibe if I give way to it. Whilst the World demands I stop what I’m doing and go back to getting a paid job I will continue to nurture my space of creativity that I cherish so much. I love nothing more than having a song form in my head and to get to work on it sitting at the piano and letting what will come emerge. In music, I am excited to see where my future will lead me as I know I am on a path I want to be. I feel blessed.
May you feel blessed in what you chose to do with life. Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a Happy New year for 2025 with Love and Peace.
Heti
love train tour march 2025
love train tour march 2025
Planning is underway for the tour starting on the Ferry March 6th then second stop heading to Granity.
Our album LOVE TRAIN will be released 28th February 2025
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