NELSON, USA CLUB

It would be awesome to see some USA Club families at the Richmond Festival Roadshow on Monday morning (11 July). If you could come to the bottom of the Cathedral Steps inside the marquee by 8am – we will be finished at 9am.

Breakfast will be provided and the TVNZ segment will probably be filmed around 8.30am.

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We had another fantastic club get-together for July 4th this year. The kids had fun and the food was amazing at the Lone Star in Nelson.
Take a look at our event photos….

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Lone Star Dinner: Join your fellow Americans in Nelson at the Lone Star restaurant at 90 Hardy Street Nelson on Monday July 4th for a REDNECK RIBS special!   This is a great opportunity to mix & mingle with other USA Club families and a chance for our kids to say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing the Star Spangled Banner to celebrate Independence Day.

Lone Star’s full menu will be available as well as complimentary Lone Star loaves of bread for our group and the Redneck Ribs special.  We will be meeting from 5.00pm in the bar area where Lone Star are putting on complimentary buffalo wings for us and we then plan to sit for dinner around 6pm.  Please fill in this form if you intend to come along – you’re also quite welcome to turn up at the last minute!

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Message from Paul, organiser of Richmond Festival:

Rugby World Cup Roadshow

The official Rugby World Cup 2011 Nationwide Roadshow is touring NZ throughout July, and will be visiting Nelson on Monday 11 July from 6am – 9.30am. This is an opportunity for the people of our region to get a glimpse of what RWC 2011 is going to be like, and find out about the associated RWC events happening in the Nelson Tasman region. The Roadshow consists of an oversized RWC custom designed truck with the capacity to open out into a 72m sq exhibition style space designed and fitted out with exciting features and interactive facilities. In addition to the exhibition in the truck, there will be a marquee where we can promote and display what we have planned for the Richmond Festival.

TVNZ Breakfast

TVNZ will be following the tour around NZ and broadcasting live from 20 locations and covering the highlights of each location on Breakfast with Tamati Coffey. While there is no guarantee that the Richmond Festival event will be featured on Breakfast, the more visual, exciting and compelling our display is, the greater the likelihood it will be showcased. But, regardless of the TV coverage, the Roadshow will attract a large local audience, so it is an ideal opportunity to engage with the local market to make them aware of and excited about our event.

Proposal

We propose to throw a mini tailgate party as part of our exhibition display, and was wondering if members from the Nelson USA Club would like to be involved in this party? They would be encouraged to dress up in their colours, and show the public what a tailgate party is all about. We will provide a bbq breakfast, and a classic dodge ute (with tailgate) plus the associated Richmond Festival promotional information/signage etc. Please can you let me know if this is something your interested in being involved in, and if so likely numbers for catering purposes.

• What: RWC Roadshow Tailgate Party Exhibition
• When: Monday 11th July, 6.00-9.30am
• Where: Trafalgar Street Nelson (by Church Steps)

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The Richmond Festival promotion has started and a group from the Nelson, USA Club got together for a photo opportunity for the Waimea Weekly.

Click the article thumbnail to read what was written in the paper.

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Richmond will become base camp USA for three days during the Rugby World Cup.

The Tasman District Council has been given $18,000 through the NZ 2011 Festival Lottery fund for the Richmond Festival, a three-day gala of all things American, ranging from a day of fun and games and “tailgating” (a car boot picnic) to a Stars and Stripes block party and a social sevens tournament.

The council’s community recreation adviser, Mike Tasman-Jones, said the concept came from Nelson city’s adoption of the Italian team. “We thought we would adopt their rivals, the US team.”

The coaches and players were unlikely to attend the festival but it would be a gesture of welcome, and a chance for expatriate Americans to give Kiwis a taste of their culture, he said.

The event will kick off on Sunday, September 25 with 600 junior and senior rugby players converging on Jubilee Park for the Tasman 7s Invitational Tournament.

The Monday will see Croucher St and Queen St filled with with baton-twirling, bands, burgers and classic American cars for a Stars and Stripes block party. It will culminate in a classic Kiwi picnic of the best local fare.

The final day will see a New Zealand-style tailgating party. The much-loved American games of ladder toss, cornhole and sholf will combine with traditional Kiwi activities such as the gumboot toss, wheelbarrow and sack races, terrier races and duck herding.

Richmond Unlimited business co-ordinator Keryn Sheppard said the festival was still in the early stages of planning but most retailers were getting behind the Stars and Stripes block party.

 

Mr Tasman-Jones said expatriate Americans were free to contact him to refine the ideas. “It would be great to dig out some people doing fantastic US tucker.”

Source: The Nelson Mail

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Join other Americans and plenty of football fans at 623 In The City on Monday 7 February for the Superbowl on the big screen.  Game starts at 12 noon – and coverage will be on from 8am.

623 In The City is where we had our 4th of July party – it’s at 223 Hardy Street, Nelson.

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Join other American families living in the Nelson region for a delicious roast turkey dinner & pumpkin pie dessert for only $19 ($12 for kids) at 623 In The City in Hardy Street on Sunday 4 July from 5pm. Read more

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Join local club member, Kay Pastorius Waller from A Culinary Experience Luxury Bed and Breakfast, 15 Seawatch Way, Atawhai, Nelson for a basic French cooking class. www.a-culinary-experience.com Read more

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Mister Nobody Quintet launching and performing their original CD “Over the Top” as part of NZ Music Month with Jazz in the Afternoon at Seifried Vineyard Restaurant on Sunday May 30 at 4 p.m. $5 cover Read more

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