In the holiday spirit

Photo: Gregor Richardson
Photo: Gregor Richardson
Jazzing up George St on Christmas Eve were Otago Boys’ High School pupils and members of the joint All Blues jazz band with Otago Girls’ High School (from left) Finn Marshall, 16, Callan Power, 13, and Callum Thompson, 14.

Tenor saxophonist Callan said they had been busking for the past few weeks as a bit of holiday fun, in the leadup to Christmas, playing popular festive songs.

The trio had gone out busking on four separate occasions, but on Christmas Eve alone walked away with about $200 in total.

"When we did the first couple of goes we didn’t really expect that amount, but it slowly ramped up over the weeks towards Christmas."

The other three times they made more than $100, and the money was "a bit of a bonus" for the festive season, Callan said.

 

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