Phew! It is Week 3 already! Crazy...
We are underway with the year, and things are progressing nicely.
Stage Challenge
The Year 13 girls are working on Stage Challenge at the moment. They have a terrific concept, and will be choreographing the dance sequences to their chosen music at the moment. They are currently taking names for people wanting to be in the chorus as dancers. Later they will be asking for backstage and lighting crew.
Shakespeare
We are working on our 15 minute Othello scene, and will be calling for extras shortly. The competition is in April, and we will be performing in March at Kuranui. The Senior Drama students are all competing to represent Kuranui at the Regional competition, so Shakespeare is the main focus in Drama at the moment.
Circus Troupe
We are also off on our camp at the National Juggling Championships on Thursday. We will be heading out to Fairfield Primary School and teaching a workshop there as well. On Saturday, we are running a public workshop teaching beginner juggling skills. It should be fantastic. Watch this space for updates.
Bands
The Senior Rockquest boys are seeking a vocalist for their band. See Dom, Jack, James or Tom for details. Ms Webster has also be auditioning for a junior band. She hopes to put a Jazz band together this year as well.
Glee Club
We had over 35 people audition for Glee last week, and the first rehearsal is today at lunch. They look to be amazing. We have some very talented students in the school. It is not too late to sign up for Glee..... in fact, over 50 showed up for the first rehearsal today!
Murals
The Visual Art students are working hard to complete the murals for the Turf area, which should be set up in the coming week.
There will be a lot more coming up, so keep an eye on the school notices or in Korero for details.... or on this blog of course.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Artificial Sun
We have a rock band. A funk rock band. A psychedelic funk rock band. No one can top the rock band.
The band was formed last year, and after a change of vocalist, have hit their stride and are a thing of beauty. 'Artificial Sun' made their debut in their current form at the end of last year at the Dance assessment show, and have performed numerous gigs since then.
Meet the band:
Barney Johnson: Drummer. Year 13. Barn is the master of beats and dreads on drums. Noted as Cultural leader, actor, musician and all around guru of cool. Has been seen in a dress on drums, and often leads the half-naked installments.
Louis Gray: Vocals. Year 13. Louis is an all-around winner, and speedster on the track. Worthy leader of Aorangi, and exceptional performance skills in Music and Drama. Last seen half-naked in the 'MacBeth' photo shoot.
Tom Simpson: Bass. Year 12. Genius underneath, but dreads on top, Tom is a young Mick Jagger in training (according to his music teacher). He made the bass cool again with his masterful playing with their breakout hit, "House of Funk".
Jack Giles: Guitar. Year 12. Once famous in the Jack Giles Groove, now strumming to a different beat, and aptly professor of the wah pedal. Jack oozes cool.... but lost his dreads in a recent mathematics related disaster (or so the rumour has it).
"Artificial Sun" are mad keen rockers and wonderfully awesome people. They have been working with Whitireia Polytechnic on an Extreme Songwriting course, and doing great. Below are images of songwriting and performance in practice. If you are near the rock room, check them out.
The band was formed last year, and after a change of vocalist, have hit their stride and are a thing of beauty. 'Artificial Sun' made their debut in their current form at the end of last year at the Dance assessment show, and have performed numerous gigs since then.
Meet the band:
Barney Johnson: Drummer. Year 13. Barn is the master of beats and dreads on drums. Noted as Cultural leader, actor, musician and all around guru of cool. Has been seen in a dress on drums, and often leads the half-naked installments.
Louis Gray: Vocals. Year 13. Louis is an all-around winner, and speedster on the track. Worthy leader of Aorangi, and exceptional performance skills in Music and Drama. Last seen half-naked in the 'MacBeth' photo shoot.
Tom Simpson: Bass. Year 12. Genius underneath, but dreads on top, Tom is a young Mick Jagger in training (according to his music teacher). He made the bass cool again with his masterful playing with their breakout hit, "House of Funk".
Jack Giles: Guitar. Year 12. Once famous in the Jack Giles Groove, now strumming to a different beat, and aptly professor of the wah pedal. Jack oozes cool.... but lost his dreads in a recent mathematics related disaster (or so the rumour has it).
"Artificial Sun" are mad keen rockers and wonderfully awesome people. They have been working with Whitireia Polytechnic on an Extreme Songwriting course, and doing great. Below are images of songwriting and performance in practice. If you are near the rock room, check them out.
Louis working on lyrics and Jack working on his confused look.
Thinking of a rhyme for 'down', Tom, Barn and Louis.
Blasting out the premier of the new unnamed song, and sounding mighty fine!
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