Performing Arts
a very busy 5-day week for all
involved, on top of school and
other extracurricular activities.
The Term 2 holidays saw
intense 8 or 9 hour rehearsals
on 10 out of the 14 days of
the holidays, as show week
was to be the first week back
of Term 3. And there it came,
Monday 1pm and a packed
show of students from schools
all around the Hutt Valley.
The show was a success, and
preceded by a 7pm show every
night until a 1pm show on
Saturday. After 9 shows we
were tired but sad the 50
strong cast/crew/production
team were going to separate
ways for the first time in 4
and a half months.
The Battalion had been a great
success, a show full of action,
memories and history. A very
special thank you to MRS
PETRA JAEGAR for putting
so much time and funding
into making the production a
fantastic success!
Bailey Bouzaid, 12JA
Faculty
Performing Miracles
M
usic is not just a subject. Students and parents
should realise the huge number of skills and
disciplines used within the subject. Music should
not be dismissed because “I’m not going to do it as
a career”. Music is not job training, music trains the person.
A musical performance by an individual is the product of focused discipline and practice, presentation skills, confidence
and self belief. A music performance by a group requires all
of the previous skills as well as a developed sense of working
together as a group to achieve the same goal.
Why write off these qualities? Don’t all individuals need these skills in
order to be successful?
These next few pages celebrate the qualities mentioned above and all
of the students on these pages must be congratulated for their hard
work.
Mass Band
This year the Mass Band involved a key group of senior students.
Josh Dominikovich - Guitar/vocals
Tama Te Kawa – Bass guitar
Ben Van Woerkom - Piano
Avito Alefosio - Drums
Logan Ngatuere-Ongley – Back-up vocals
Unfortunately Josh will be leaving us at the end of 2013 so there will be
an opportunity for all our budding musicians and singers to step up and
contribute to our masses and liturgies.
I want to say a huge thank you to these boys. Thank you for giving up
your time to play for these events. Thank you for your reliability, commitment and hard work throughout the year. I could not have done it
without you.
– Mrs McIntyre
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St Bernard’s College 2013