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Spectacular Schools Spectacular
Born 30 years ago in 1993, Schools Spectacular has been an enjoyable and entertaining show for thousands of people. It showcases the performing arts talents of public school students throughout New South Wales. Each year, this amazing show consists of around 4000 participants and 30 000 audience members. Even though at the end it looks great, it takes a lot of time and effort to achieve this.
I was in Schools Spectacular in 2012 and I was also part of it in 2013. Last year, I was in four routines which were ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Revolting Children’, ‘Cootamundra Wattle’ and the finale. As a result, I had to take about 12 days off in Term 4!
It was great fun when we went to the Lidcombe Netball Stadium to practice for our major productions. All of the ensembles and companies met up at the stadium. I didn’t like the boiling weather though! Everyone, including myself, was hot and sweaty, and we got tired very, very easily. Luckily, fun took over the bad weather so we still had a brilliant time.
As I have mentioned before, I was in four routines. My favourite ones were ‘Revolting Children’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was always such a coincidence that my close friend and I got the same role in all the dances. Such as being the most revolting in Revolting Children and then needing to stand up on the rolling tables to pull faces, whilst everyone else was on the ground. We were both rabbits in ‘Alice’ and there was not one single second that we were not opposite or next to each other!
Even though we got into some little troubles, we still had a brilliant time!