The Arts “If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't
Led by Stacy May Goldsworthy, this year's performance
walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving”. The
celebrates heroes of Aotearoa. Intertwining music with
motivating words of Martin Luther King Jr could
real audio soundbites from our heroes fills our hearts
certainly inspire our arts students this year, as the
with pride, evoking life and colour to significant
theme of ‘Taking Flight’ can be tested with all the set
moments of our shared history. Over the coming
backs, cancellations, and challenges this Covid climate
months the production will continue to be refined,
can throw at us. Our girls are putting one foot in front
rehearsed and then ready to wow audiences at the
of the other, and rising to the occasion to see the Arts at
regional competition in June.
SMC celebrated and engaged with throughout the whole school, with plenty of creative excitement to join in on.
Music
The Arts Council, lead by Chloe Taylor, is cracking into
There will be plenty of music filling the school this
participation events, such as the Cushion Cabaret and
year! Eight rock bands have signed up to make some
‘Middle Schools Got Talent’ – a chance for our girls to
noise, and will work with tutor Steve Fowler to develop
display their creative talents and be encouraged in the
their own unique sound, and write and produce their
arts and public performance. The movement to include
own original songs – with the hope to bring them to the
all and grow a real sense of community within the arts
stage at this year's Rock Quest competition.
at SMC is continuing to expand and we look forward to
Both our Chamber Choir and Combine Choir members
seeing and experiencing all the wonderful expressions of creativity that are brought forth.
Performing Arts A sense of excitement and anticipation is filling the Performing Arts corridor, as students start working on
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the building blocks of this year's Show Quest challenge!
are rehearsing for the ‘Big Sing’ competition, which will hopefully still be running mid year. They are working on some exciting and challenging pieces, and already sounding fabulous!
