Whangarei-based
entertainer Mark de Lacy (aka The Minstrel) has been
touring around New Zealand since 1990, becoming
well-known at corporate dinners and at schools.
He
is a singer/songwriter who also compares, performs
comic floor shows, leads sing-a-longs. and plays
dinner and dance music.
He is also well-known for his songwriting - satirical
and serious - writing and performing material specific
to an event or occasion. The Otago Regional Council
commissioned his Albatross
of Taiaroa celebrating 150 years of European
settlement there. He has made television and radio
appearances with his songs about the All Blacks, the
Silver Ferns and our America's Cup win, as well as
about topical issues such as the French nuclear
protests.
Every Saturday afternoon, for more than eight years,
he has sung a topical sports parody on Newstalk ZB.
Visit The
Minstrel website.
He
is also a sports psychologist and has collaborated
with Peter Belliss to publish "Think and play better
bowls."