Craig Buttar

I had an anxious moment recently while performing I thought I'd share with you ...

On Friday I was up at Waiau Country Estate, a beatitiful restaurant and function centre north of New Plymouth. The band was setting up in the afternoon to play for a private function in the evening.  After the set up the guys went back into town and would be back to start at 8:30pm . Because I'd driven from Levin that day, I decided to stay on for the afternoon and relax a bit in the awesome park like surroundings and check out the beach before we played. 

After a walk down to the beach and back, I had a few hours to kill.  As I had my acoustic  guitar in the car I offered to play some background instrumental music in the outdoor dining area which the owners were OK with. Just as I started playing, a little white terrier that belonged to the owners walked up and sat directly in front of me staring into my face.

I had this moment of panic when I thought ' ...  the dog is going to start howling !!! " I sent up a quick prayer and kept playing hoping not to upset the dog,  and after a while he relaxed and lay down with its head on its paws looking like he was actually enjoying the music ! (Yay)  People who came in to eat and were kind enough to compliment the music also which was good of them, and the restaurant shouted me a meal which I also appreciated,  but the opinion  I was most grateful for was my four legged fan in the photo attached !  

See you soon

Craig Buttar

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