<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692596031878214049</id><updated>2010-03-10T09:12:47.042+13:00</updated><title type='text'>Avidiva</title><subtitle type='html'>The official Avidiva blog about the girl group's events and news.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://avidiva.com/news/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://avidiva.com/news/atom.xml'/><author><name>Jen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16699286533195322423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692596031878214049.post-4180075179593423176</id><published>2010-03-09T13:15:00.005+13:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T09:12:47.051+13:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden Shears Celebrates 50 Years</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Golden-Shears-2-703655.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Golden-Shears-2-703650.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;The Golden Shears Awards celebrated their 50th year running in Masterton on 5 and 6 March 2010. Dozens of hunky farmers (oh and women too) competed in the weekend's many shearing and woolhandling events. Of course, what would a shearing competition be without world class entertainment - we shared the stage with the Top Twins and got to hang with them backstage!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Top-Twins-799061.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Golden-Shears-1-799029.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2692596031878214049-4180075179593423176?l=avidiva.com%2Fnews' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2692596031878214049&amp;postID=4180075179593423176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/4180075179593423176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/4180075179593423176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://avidiva.com/news/2010/03/golden-shears-celebrates-50-years.html' title='Golden Shears Celebrates 50 Years'/><author><name>Jen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16699286533195322423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08112089124618607986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692596031878214049.post-6906987244843221428</id><published>2010-02-08T14:22:00.002+13:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T14:35:57.181+13:00</updated><title type='text'>American Car Day at Trentham</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD1-730918.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD1-730884.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We really enjoyed the beautiful weather at Trentham on Sunday 7 February for the American Car Day. It also gave us a chance to wear our "cheerleader" costumes with the comfortable shoes! It was a great day for families and there were certainly plenty of children around. Oh yeah, and loads of amazing American Cars with guys standing around drooling over them. Thanks to the Turbo Rats for letting us plug into their PA - you guys rock!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD2-755503.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD3-755557.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD4-772794.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD5-772853.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/ACD6-767329.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2692596031878214049-6906987244843221428?l=avidiva.com%2Fnews' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2692596031878214049&amp;postID=6906987244843221428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/6906987244843221428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/6906987244843221428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://avidiva.com/news/2010/02/american-car-day-at-trentham.html' title='American Car Day at Trentham'/><author><name>Jen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16699286533195322423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08112089124618607986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692596031878214049.post-8109629978314802411</id><published>2010-01-28T15:38:00.004+13:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T15:51:27.768+13:00</updated><title type='text'>Festival of Lights, New Plymouth</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Fest-of-lights-1-717987.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 104px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Fest-of-lights-1-717973.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Fest-of-lights-1-708759.jpg"&gt;We were privileged to be part of the Festival of Lights in New Plymouth this year. With a diverse range of events and bands performing over the Dec/Jan months at Pukekura Park there was really something for everyone. Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday, 23 January to see us. How lucky that the rain stopped just for us!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Fest-of-lights-2-740712.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="http://avidiva.com/news/uploaded_images/Fest-of-lights-3-723020.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2692596031878214049-8109629978314802411?l=avidiva.com%2Fnews' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2692596031878214049&amp;postID=8109629978314802411' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/8109629978314802411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/8109629978314802411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://avidiva.com/news/2010/01/festival-of-lights-new-plymouth.html' title='Festival of Lights, New Plymouth'/><author><name>Jen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16699286533195322423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08112089124618607986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692596031878214049.post-4839730912343425598</id><published>2010-01-28T15:22:00.001+13:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T15:53:13.928+13:00</updated><title type='text'>Upcoming Events</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Most of our performances are private functions but if you're looking to come and see us, here's where our next public appearances are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Saturday, 6 February - Upper Hutt Cossie Club, 9:30 pm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Sunday, 7 February - American Car Day, Trentham Racecourse, 10:30 am &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Saturday, 13 February - The Johnsonville Club, 8:00 pm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Saturday, 19 February - Petone Working Men's Club, 8:00 pm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Friday, 5 March - The Golden Shears Awards, Masterton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Saturday, 20 March - Harvest Festival, Masterton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Saturday, 27 March - Americarna Car Festival, Invercargill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="  white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Friday, 30 April - Petone Working Men's Club, 8:00 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2692596031878214049-4839730912343425598?l=avidiva.com%2Fnews' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2692596031878214049&amp;postID=4839730912343425598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/4839730912343425598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2692596031878214049/posts/default/4839730912343425598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://avidiva.com/news/2010/01/upcoming-events.html' title='Upcoming Events'/><author><name>Jen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16699286533195322423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08112089124618607986'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>