Top entertainers at Ohakune Hotel

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 21, 15 October 1985, Page 6

Top entertainers at Ohakune Hotel

Bruce and Mary Leggatt of the Ohakune Hotel have put a lot of effort into providing topclass entertainment for Ohakune. In recent weeks Patsy Riggir and Bunny Walters have highlighted a long line of well-known performers who have enlivened cold winter evenings. "We feel it is traditional that hotels provide enter-

tainment and support the community and we hope to keep the shows going through the summer and not just the ski season — but we do need community support," said Bruce. He said that big live shows cost between $2000 and $2500 and so far they had broken even on the Patsy Riggir show and lost money on the rest. "We hear skiers saying there is nothing to do in

Ohakune but few seem to come to our shows and discos. They seem to be put off by the cover charge but they don't realise that in a city they would be paying twice as much to see these acts, and no compulsion to buy drinks if they don't wantto." The Ohakune Hotel has a number of exciting performers confirmed for the next few weeks, as well as the regular Thursday night disco. Tomorrow and Wednesday the Amco Bucking Bull returns by popular demand, while on 22 and 23 October the band Maid in Britain will be playing. In November Australian show personality Carter

Edwards, best known here for his "I did it my way" TV ad for paint, will bring his show, accompanied by Jan Cooper, New Zealand Country and Western entertainer of the year in 1984. Also in November Gray Bartlett and Jody Vaughan perform, and the Roger Fox Big Band will be here in December. Somewhere in the middle will be the male strippers if that takes your fancy. "We want to put these shows on but if the people out there want them to continue we must have their support," said Bruce. How about it Ohakune?