Manly Jazz Festival
This weekend has been a 3-day jazz festival in Manly which is an annual event, now in the 30th year. We hadn't been last year but Sue and I went with Rebecca on Saturday morning to see the start and then as the girls were off with friends today, Sue and I returned for the last few hours this afternoon. There were 5 stages set up at various points throughout Manly with a variety of performers ranging from local schools to international acts.
We saw the end of a performance by a boys' private school 'big band' who were excellent, followed by a small American group on the Corso. We finished the evening at the main beachfront stage and watched a jazz-funk band for an hour who were superb. It's great to listen to good live music sitting outside in the warmth with the sun going down! Afterwards we went for a meal at a fish restaurant before walking back along the coastal path to where we had parked the car.
It was the Labour Day public holiday today as well and the whole weekend has been warm and sunny again. We had also been out to a restaurant in Dee Why on Saturday night to meet with Ro & Arthur (relations of friends from Crowborough) and on Sunday we'd had Carol and her children here for lunch as Paul is currently back in the UK.
Sunday night also saw the big 'footie' final at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney which was televised and is the showpiece conclusion to the NRL season (rugby league) - the main spectator sport in this region. Local team Manly Sea Eagles had finished second in the table and were playing Melbourne, who had won the table as well as both teams having qualified through the play-offs to get to the final. There was lots of local support for Manly from this area but in the end they got trounced in the final 34-8, which was a disappointing result. I'd never expected to have watched rugby league and enjoy it either!
We saw the end of a performance by a boys' private school 'big band' who were excellent, followed by a small American group on the Corso. We finished the evening at the main beachfront stage and watched a jazz-funk band for an hour who were superb. It's great to listen to good live music sitting outside in the warmth with the sun going down! Afterwards we went for a meal at a fish restaurant before walking back along the coastal path to where we had parked the car.
It was the Labour Day public holiday today as well and the whole weekend has been warm and sunny again. We had also been out to a restaurant in Dee Why on Saturday night to meet with Ro & Arthur (relations of friends from Crowborough) and on Sunday we'd had Carol and her children here for lunch as Paul is currently back in the UK.
Sunday night also saw the big 'footie' final at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney which was televised and is the showpiece conclusion to the NRL season (rugby league) - the main spectator sport in this region. Local team Manly Sea Eagles had finished second in the table and were playing Melbourne, who had won the table as well as both teams having qualified through the play-offs to get to the final. There was lots of local support for Manly from this area but in the end they got trounced in the final 34-8, which was a disappointing result. I'd never expected to have watched rugby league and enjoy it either!
posted by Hawkins Family @ 7:48 pm
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