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Otago Daily Times
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Serving up breakfast with a side of live music
There will be music in the air all around town at Bayleys Tussock Country this weekend, starting with a helping of live entertainment each morning from a Main St cafe. Table Talk co-owner Sandeep Kaur is encouraging locals to come and grab a seat to enjoy the music alongside their coffee. She said they hosted a private event with live music during last year's festival, which was "just amazing". She took over the cafe with her husband in 2023 and said for a year they were living in Invercargill and driving up every morning to work at the cafe. The family have since moved to Gore and their work-life is much more relaxing, she said, with only a two-minute commute. In past years, she said she could see the excitement in people during the festival. "This year, we are actually experiencing that excitement," she said. Festival event co-ordinator Annabel Roy said the live entertainment on offer at Table Talk this weekend would be solo and duo performers, which was perfect for a cafe. One of the artists playing is Molly Harrison, 16, from Ashburton, who will also perform at the Rising Stars of Country Music on Wednesday night at the RSA. The cafe entertainment begins on Friday with the Gorgeous Country Breakfast, tickets for which are already sold out. From 8am on Saturday, live music will be available with breakfast, as well as next day. Molly will be playing at a lunchtime slot on Sunday from noon and there will be another musical breakfast on Monday. Mrs Kaur said she did not know what to expect but imagined it would be a fantastic experience.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
4 Bathinda women take phulkari embroidery to int'l stage at Creativa Dortmund
1 2 Bathinda: Hailing from the Malwa hinterland, with modest backgrounds and not much access to the outside world, four women from Bathinda villages have taken Phulkari (a flower pattern embroidery) to well-known boutiques and design stores of Cologne. After rubbing shoulders with renowned handicraft designers at the Creativa Dortmund fair in Germany, these women successfully brought Phulkari to the global stage by showcasing their work at one of Europe's largest and most creative exhibitions in March. Creativa is a large European creativity and handicrafts fair, known for showcasing the latest innovations and trends in the creative industry. "My maternal grandmother gave me a Phulkari at my marriage, which piqued my interest towards this artform. I received a formal training in this folk art and even provided training to certain women. Now, when I got a chance to showcase this talent, I prepared Phulkari bookmarks to be handed over to foreign delegates, which were highly appreciated. I had a chance to hold a debate over creativity and collaborations to take Phulkari to other levels. Upon visiting design centres in Cologne, I got an understanding of German fashion fiestas," says Satbir Kaur from Ramsarra village in Bathinda, who acted as a Phulkari trainer at a centre prepared by Guru Gobind Singh Refinery. The refinery collaborated with Nabha Foundation in sending the Phulkari trainers to the Dortmund exhibition. Apart from Satbir, Manpreet Kaur from Mahinangal village, Sandeep Kaur from Malkana village, and Lakhbir Kaur participated with Nabha Foundation executive director Shubhra Singh and Guru Gobind Singh Refinery CSR head Vishav Mohan Prasad. Manpreet Kaur says, "I was studying privately at home and never imagined that I would attend an international creative fair, but aligning with HMEL Refinery's Phulkari project gave my life a whole new purpose. During the German visit, I found that, like the Kashmir Pashmina Shawl, the naturally coloured Indian creativity could be taken to further heights with trending designs." Sandeep Kaur said after participating in a bag-making workshop at the fair, she learnt a lot about world designs and prepared bags as per the European styles. Over 700 exhibitors from across the world participated in Creativa, where these women initially found themselves to be inferior but won laurels with their creativity and designs. These four women earlier received training at a centre set up by the refinery and later turned out to be trainers. Nearly 300 rural women have received training in Phulkari making in the last few years. MSID:: 120405404 413 |
