A family wrap at the Mission Concert next month has been completed with confirmation a Hawke's Bay girl making it good in Australia is coming home to share a night on stage with her dad and and some of their best friends.
Brisbane-based Kelly Mahoney, 22, forms duo Two for Two with partner Sam Luff and is a daughter of Pat Mahoney, bassist with evergreen Waipukurau band and previously confirmed February 15 concert support act Sir Duke.
She grew up with the music of the Toner family, and is friends with contemporary Samantha Toner, who will perform at the concert with mother Celine.
The Toners also have a link to Sir Duke, with the band's female vocalist, Janeene Toner (nee Ryder), having been married to Samantha's uncle Rick.
Pat Mahoney and Celine Toner have a musical history dating back at least to the early 1980s when they were together in the band Abstract, playing at the now long-gone Greenmeadows Hotel in Napier.