A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
For the past seven years I have had the pleasure and privilege of entertaining at all our rest homes plus a variety of other organisations such as the Blind Foundation, Senior Citizens, the Sherwood Club and other facilities. I have also busked to raise money for groups and organisations. This
is not a task, it is an absolute pleasure.
It is now seven weeks since I have been able to entertain my friends and I wonder when the limitations thrust upon me by Covid-19 will end.
When I entertain, I sit no closer than 15 feet from my audiences and feel that surely I will in no way be a danger. I live alone sharing my home with my cat, and I miss visitations more than most will understand.
This is probably the only thing that I can give back to my community. I cannot wait for each engagement to come around and I have no less than 12-14 bookings each month. The fact that I cannot presently visit my many beloved friends is, honestly, driving me to distraction. My greatest concern is that when I go back, some of my friends will no longer be around.
I have spent the past six weeks of lockdown learning some amazing new songs and now have a repertoire of over 900 (roll on 1000), and it's such a shame that I cannot share some of the ballads, lyrics and serenades with the people I love.
