Sunsonics Solar Tour

Thanks again Pledgers - we are underway!
I've received the Pledger names and emails and will be in touch with you all soon to provide you your rewards. 
For now, enjoy a glimse into the Sunsonics Solar Tour from our show at the Desert Road in the attached video bite - it was so beautiful. 
Something really magical happens when we deliberatly connect with nature in a partnership. Here it was the power of the sun and the majestic landscape literally powering the music.
Come and enjoy the Sunsonics Solar Tour as it nestles in the Forest at Dickey Flat, Waikino. It's an afternoon family friendly picnic from 2-4pm beside a beautiful swimming hole and surrounded by Totara's. Listen to singer/songwriters Huia and Jason Hamon followed by sublime tunes from The Dastardly Bounder. 
This Saturday 2nd Feb, 2-4pm, Dickey Flat, Waikino.

Thank you so much! We made it!

I feel humbled and excited - so I'm putting my energy into delivering the gigs.

Pledgeme are currently processing all the pledges, so you may receive an email informing you that your pledge was successful. I really appreciate all your support.

Asking for help to put on these shows is one of the most uncomfortable things I've done. Out of the many events and gigs I've put on over the years, using traditional methods - ticketing etc seemed OK, but putting yourself on the line this way asking for pledges up front has been mentally challenging.
So thank you all for supporting me in this and I sincerely hope that many of you can get to one or more of the shows.

Rewards will be provided over the next month. Sticker printing is underway very soon. I'll be contacting you all separately to get details on where the rewards are to be sent to, or how they are delivered, depending on what you chose.

Remember the Beach gig had to be unfortunately cancelled due to factors out of our control, and subsequently the pledgeme target was reduced.

The next events of the Sunsonics Solar Tour are:

1. Desert Road with live show from Ed Zuccollo (Trinity Roots, Flite, Zuke), and DJ's AlleyKat and Matt Rapid

Huge landscapes, massive skies and tiers of keyboards - this will be an epic one-of-a-kind set by Ed Zuccollo.
This weekend!!!
2:00 - 4:00pm. Saturday 26th January, Tukino Access Road turnoff, Desert Road, SH1, Ruapehu
Car pool if you can. Spaces available from Tauranga and Waihi.

Here is the location:

2. In The Forest with 'World Famous DJ's' in NZ, with The Dastardly Bounder and AlleyKat, plus a singer/songwriter playing in the forest.
This will be a lovely family picnic surrounded by Totara's and a beautiful swimming hole. We will be supporting a worthy cause in 'Pest Free Karangahake' with this gig.

2:00 - 4:00pm, Saturday 2nd February, Dickey Flat, Waikino, Waihi.
More details on this gig soon.
Here's a lovely pic of the site :)


Thanks so much once again.

Hope to see you at the shows!

Arohanui,

Al Sorley

Sunsonics
Creative Environment

Thank you so much to all the pledgers - wow we've got this!
Just 6 hours to go to get the Pledges in to make this happen!
If you want to experience a once in a lifetime gig on the Desert Road, then Pledge right here!
Amazing Artists in stunning locations.

Next Stop:
Ed Zuccullo & DJ's Matt Rapid and AlleyKat
2-4pm, Sat 26 Jan, Tukino Skifield turnoff, Desert Road, SH1, Ruapehu

Then... we're bringing the Sunsonics solar rig back to the forest. Singer/songwriter and DJ's, a family solar picnic by a beautiful swimming hole in support of Karangahake Pest Free.
2-4pm, Sat 2nd Feb, Dickey Flat, Waikino, Mount Karangahake.

All Welcome :)

Rebel with a cause! 
Wanna make a difference but not sure how?
Sunsonics Solar Tour - demonstrating the future of powering events.
Just 1 more Day to go to make this happen! Thank you so much to the 40 Pledgers so far - so much appreciation!!!
Check out the awesome rewards when you pledge: 
Any pledge of $100 or more gets a solar power consultation session to help you get solar into your home!
PLUS you'll go into the draw for a 1hr session of family portraits with http://www.serenastevenson.com photography 
...AND... you get to come and experience a live Solar Powered gig with Ed Zuccollo (Trinity Roots, Zuke) in the Desert! 
How cool is that!!! 
Lets do this!!!

Rebel with a cause! 
Wanna make a difference but not sure how? Learn how to go solar at your place.

Just 2 Days to go to make this happen! Any pledge of $100 gets a solar power consultation session to help you get solar into your home!

PLUS you'll go into the draw for a 1hr session of family portraits with http://www.serenastevenson.com photography...and... you get to come and experience a live gig with Ed Zuccollo in the Desert powered by Solar!

How cool is that!!! 

Check out the cool rewards at https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/5923-sunsonics-solar-tour 

Come and experience a solar powered off-grid event with 9000W of hi- fidelity sound system and listen to the power and clarity with pure-sine wave off-grid power (no dirty grid power here!).

Let's do this on the Desert Road - look forward to seeing you there!

The Sunsonics Solar Tour is being filmed and photographed by the very talented Serena Giovanna Stephenson. Serena has an impressive catalogue of clients and her skills behind the lens absolutely shine through her work. Serena is super great to work with delving into the brief with her clients to deeply understand their needs. Please check out her work here: http://www.serenastevenson.com

As a part of this campaign, everyone who makes a Pledge of $100 or more will go into a draw for a set of free family portraits, taken at your place. This is a huge offer from Serena and Sunsonics is thrilled that Serena has opened up this opportunity for a new reward, and one that will stay with you and provide happy memories for years to come.

So with just 6 days to go on the campaign - please get in behind this - we are nearly there!

The reward is valid for the Auckland region, or for families outside of Auckland they can realise their reward on their next visit to the city.

Thanks Serena! You are awesome!

All the best,
Sunsonics

Firstly I want to thank the 30 people that have Pledged so far! Thanks for backing me on this one – it’s a big task and a big ask – but it’s so worth it. It’s hard to ask people for money and I’m totally out of my comfort zone…so I just want to say thank you so much for the support so far!

Life is constantly throwing challenges at us and this one has hit hard. Unfortunately due to factors out of our control, we’ve lost the location of the Mount Mauganui beach gig with Tiki Taane and Laughton Kora, and have had to cancel that performance.

While we were given consent from Tauranga City Council for the event on the beach, we have just been denied access to the beach by the Mount Maunganui Surf Club (due to the on-going construction of the Surf Club building now blocking the beach accessway). There is no other way in.

My dream was for the stage and punters to be on the sand, in a place that was obviously off-grid and in an amazing location, up close with the Artists and Solar rig. Unfortunately, without the access, that is no longer possible.

I’m gutted to have to provide this news, as it really was my dream gig to do. 

We will still be proceeding with the Sunsonics Solar Tour and the performance on the Desert Road on Sat 26th January with Ed Zuccullo, and in the Forest at Dickey Flat on Sat 2^ndFebruary – just because we can!

While we have lost a live performance on the beach – we will add a live performance to the Forest event – I’ll update the new artist soon!

Thanks so much for everyone’s support, pledges and understanding – solar power rules and there will be more opportunities to demonstrate that solar holds the future to power events in NZ….we have a new target to reflect the two events now on offer, and just 10 days left to nail this – keep those pledges rolling in - we can do this . Arohanui, Al

p.s: based on the change to the gigs - if any pledger wishes to withdraw their pledge they can do so by emailing  [email protected]