A night at the symphony could be on offer next year at Wanaka's Festival of Colour. Festival director Philip Tremewan presented a sneak peek of the draft 2019 festival programme at a function for supporters at Lake Wanaka Centre last week, where he noted some leading arts organisations were interested in coming to Wanaka. One was the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, which was pencilled in to perform two concerts during the festival. Three supporters had already committed and the festival needed three more to lock in the symphony performances. The festival had also commissioned a performance with the New Zealand Dance Company, which was paid for by the proceeds of a fundraising auction held during the last festival.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 26, 2018 15:22 UTC