Frontseat, this Saturday 5th May

Frontseat, this Saturday 5th May, @ 8.00am on TV One.

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THIS SATURDAY:
- It’s the final show in Frontseat’s Autumn season, so we celebrate in the appropriate manner by heading to Wanaka’s Festival of Colour.
- Chad Taylor asks Jonathan Lemalu about puckering up before a big gig.
- Josie McNaught samples happy hour at the Auckland Philharmonic with willing guinea pigs.
- Oliver asks dance and anthropology scholar Georgina White about the proper way to request the next dance.
- We announce the winner of the search for New Zealand’s Best Fictional Character, and hop on a bus with the star-studded Jubilation Choir.
- And Sam Neill pops up for a chat.

SCHUMANN- SHAKEN OR STIRRED?
A sure-fire way to attract custom is to add the prospect of drinks to proceedings. The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra recently launched ‘Happy Hour’, a chance for audiences to ‘taste test’ a concert with a cocktail in hand. Josie McNaught tempts one avid concert goer, and an interested but inexperienced couple to give their verdict of the experience.

THE FRONT ROW: COUGHS, COLDS AND LA BOHEME
Chad Taylor meets bona fide operatic star Jonathan Lemalu, back in New Zealand for a series of concerts with Malcolm Martineau. Jonathan comes clean about his introduction to opera, what motivates him in his career, and why he might not sit next to you on a bus in winter.

HOW TO ASK SOMEONE TO DANCE
Continuing our musical theme, Oliver meets dancer, author and anthropologist Georgina White, whose book ‘Light Fantastic’ looks at the history of dance floor courtship in New Zealand. From war time dances to the dreaded school ball line up of blokes one side, sheilas the other, Oliver and Georgina take a waltz down memory lane.

AND THE WINNER IS!
No way are we spilling the beans. You’ll just have to watch our last episode of the series and find out who wins the poll to find New Zealand’s Greatest Fictional Character. Are they black and white? Or in full colour? A tight race it turned out to be, but a fair one.

ARTIST AT HOME
We meet luthier (instrument maker) Steve Evans in his rural Whangarei studio, where he makes his Beltona resonator instruments. Like the one Mark Knopfler plays. In fact, exactly like one that Mark Knopfler plays!

AND THERE’S MORE...
The stunning golden backdrop of a Wanaka autumn, a brass band boogie, and Sam Neill, who picks some personal favourites from recent Kiwi films, and sings the praises of one particular vineyard’s pinot.

And that’s Frontseat for this Autumn season. We’ll be back in touch! In the meantime, keep an eye on TV One’s Winter arts season… coming very soon.

Thanks to Resene, the paint the professionals use.

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