Sun shines just in time for awesome community event

Sarah and Martin.

Don’t miss Martin Good and Sarah Van Der Kley on The Hits Hawke’s Bay from 6am to 9am Monday to Friday.

Pollen, pollen everywhere, our cars coated in golden dust immediately after we wash them ... not frustrating at all. We're full of sneezes and watery eyes.

The weather refuses to make up its mind. One day we're breaking out the shorts and tees, throwing open the doors and windows and actually hanging the washing outside.

The very next day we're all in jackets, scrambling in the wood shed for enough pieces to light the fire and plugging the clothes dryer back in.

The turn in the weather heralds the Blossom Parade, an awesome community event which Sarah and I have the pleasure of being part of every year.

I can forgive you if on Friday night you were thinking there was no way it would be going ahead - but the contrary weather decided on the day to clear and despite the cooler breeze, it was great to see so much community support and excited kids' faces at this annual event.

Every year I think the floats and entries can't get any better, but we were blown away with the detail and what must have been many many hours of work that went into them.

I'm sure it's a great team exercise and bonding experience for the businesses and community groups and a chance to get everyone involved and stretch those creative minds.

Special mention to the People's Choice winner, Bay Batucada, who gave us the awesome beats and kept great time on the day. Really added to the upbeat vibe of the parade.

Speaking of vibes and beats - is there anyone who isn't insanely excited about our station name change yesterday, or more precisely, the reason for it? Bruce FM.

Let's celebrate! He may be Born In The USA but Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are returning to New Zealand in February 2017.

From the Streets of Philadelphia to the stadiums of Christchurch and Auckland.

They'll be dropping shows on February 21 and 25.

Those will definitely be Glory Days on the calendar. Pretty sure there'll be a few couples Dancing In the Dark and a large number of ladies proclaiming I'm On Fire.

Tickets are on sale to general public from September 23 at www.frontiertouring.com.

If you're keen to be lucky and score yourself some tickets, keep listening to Martin and Sarah on The Hits 89.5 for your chance to win.

All details are available on our website www.thehits.co.nz.