Carols on the Lawn rescheduled
He’s on his annual holiday at his hometown but world-renowned hairstylist Patrick Cameron will still host an event for charity.
Cameron, who grew up in Taranaki and was trained by New Plymouth hairdresser Lyndsay Loveridge, is renowned as one of the world’s best long hairstylists.
But every year, for two months, he comes back to his holiday home at Tapuae Estate on the coast near New Plymouth.
‘‘I’ve been living away 33 years now, but this is my home,’’ he said.
On January 12 he is putting on a special event for hairdressers at the pavilion at the Tapuae Estate.
He will talk about how he found international success in the industry and demonstrate some of the trends in long hair styling.
‘‘A lot of Kiwi hairdressers really know me. They know my success, they know what I’ve done. But very few of them know the journey,’’ he said. ‘‘Normally for a hairdresser to see me they would have to fly to a big event.’’
Cameron left New Zealand in 1978 with just a backpack and his hairdressing qualification. He now lives in London and has his own training school.
All ticket sales for the event go to local charity, New Hair Project, which sources wigs for those who suffer hair loss.
‘‘They are doing phenomenal work. They are not only sourcing great wigs for these women, but they’re cutting them and styling them,’’ he said.
Tickets cost $130 for non-NZ Association of Registered
Hairdressers or $99 for members.
He said he did not want hairdressers to miss out.
‘‘This is a one-off event that they would have to travel the world to get to and it’s here on their doorstep,’’ he said.
Taranaki can look forward to a winter wonderland of mulled wine and Christmas carols – in July.
Beverley Glover had planned to stage her popular Carols on the Lawn event on the front yard of a friend’s home in Shelter Grove, New Plymouth, on Tuesday night. But the evening, which features the Taranaki Male Choir and last year attract more than 250 people, had to be cancelled after heavy rain and strong winds battered the region.
‘‘It absolutely bucketed down all day,’’ Glover said. ‘‘We were very disappointed. We had to be realistic - people do not want to come out in the rain.’’
Instead, Glover and the choir have decided to plan a midwinter Carols on the Lawn, with mulled wine and Christmas lights, and a possible postponement day if the weather is bad.