So Happy
'So Happy' by Jan Hellriegel from the album Sportsman Of The Year.
With corresponding book and podcast Sportsman Of The Year - A Suburban Philosophy
Go to janhellriegel.com for more information and song credits.
So Happy. A Short film.
In 2019 after 25 years, Jan Hellriegel decided to tour to promote her album and book Sportsman Of The Year - A Suburban Philosophy. Here are some highlights.
Cast (The Players)
Jan Hellriegel, Mark Hughes, Ben King, Ben Fulton, Brett Adams, Mike Burrows, Wayne Bell and Friends from the road.
Credit information.
Thank you to all the venue, events and books stores for letting perform and much and much appreciation to everyone who turned up to the shows. Plus a big thank you to everyone who told me they enjoyed the album and the book. You feedback means a lot.
Regards, Jan Hellriegel
Video Editing & Additional Footage by Harley Alexander, Creative Cavalry, Kerikeri, NZ
Photos, creative and video snippets;
Emma Robertson, Corrine Rutherford, Martin Brown, Robert Fink, Grant Stantiall, J.Lynette Dian, Desmond Hunt, Fiona McKenzie, Simon Mark-Brown, The Luv Daleks, Kendal Simich, Katie Kerr and Charlotte Yates and friends, family and audiences along the way.
And a thank you to the proprietors of the following venues and booksellers:
Meow, Wellington; Page & Blackmore Booksellers, Nelson; Room Twenty5, Nelson; The Martinborough Book Shop; Wardini Bookstore, Napier; Paisley Stage, Napier; IPSANZ conference, Noosa; The Phoenix Summit, Auckland; The Jam Factory, Tauranga; Nivara Lounge, Hamilton; Good Thing - Fine Gifts, Mt Albert, Auckland; Women Of Influence Awards, Auckland; Cassels Blue Smoke, Christchurch; Grainstore Gallery, Oamaru; Bark!! Dunedin; Mt Eden Village Music, Auckland,; Poppies Bookstore, Howick, Auckland.
So Happy
Written by Jan Hellriegel and Wayne Bell
Published by Songbroker New Zealand
Courtesy Blind Date Records / Seahorse Swim
Opening Titles
Love And Conviction
Written by Jan Hellriegel and Wayne Bell
Published by Songbroker New Zealand
Courtesy Blind Date Records / Seahorse Swim
End Titles
Neptune and Me
Written and performed live at the Nivara Lounge Hamilton by Jan Hellriegel
Published by Songbroker New Zealand
Nelson author's coming-of-age novel fits every time and place
Growing up in East London, Robert Jenkins whiled away long summer days at a neighbourhood pool. The Whipps Cross Lido was filled in in 1982, but the memory of those formative summers has been resurrected in the Nelson-based author's first novel, The Fell. The coming-of-age drama centres on a boy trying to make sense of the world's challenges and wonders, Jenkins said. The lido is the only link tethering the novel to real life. READ MORE: * Greek mythology helps author make good on her wishlist with release of fourth novel * Nelson author's international write of passage * Upper Moutere author's latest installment makes ordinary people, extraordinary The stories in the book don't belong to anyone, so anybody reading it can identify with it, Jenkins said. Despite the novel's unspecified time and place, Jenkins has been contacted by readers from Scotland, Latvia and Canada to ask if the book was set in their home town. All three think it's based on where they went to school and where they lived. One reader told him she was certain the book was based at her Scottish boarding school. I thought, wow, you poor kid, because it's not a great environment they're living in. While The Fell is his first published novel, Jenkins has written on and off throughout his life, writing short fiction and plays, and tinkering with film scripts. The novel's stream-of-consciousness narrative style has divided opinion, Jenkins said. People either love it or hate it. They say, no I can't get on with that, or, I'm absolutely in love with it. That's what I want, polarising people; that's cool. Jenkins' use of punctuation, which he describes as lean, has also been a topic of debate. I went through several editors, and in the end we negotiated more commas. The novel was published in the United Kingdom in April. Jenkins, who has lived in Nelson for 10 years, didn't think it would make it to New Zealand. I wasn't sure if I wanted my worlds to collide. However, the owner of Nelson bookstore Page & Blackmore heard about the book's release and ordered 50 copies, he said. I am really curious to see whether it gains traction in New Zealand. I didn't think it would, but people reading it here are reacting positively.