Arts News Term 3, Week 8

ARTS SOIREE

SMC Senior Arts Council Presents
The Mamma Mia Arts Soiree
Thursday 17th October 2024
6pm | SMC Cafeteria

Our annual Arts Soiree will take place on Thursday 17th of October in the St Margaret’s Cafeteria at 6pm. This event is a wonderful opportunity for all students and their parents to gather together and celebrate a phenomenal year in the performing arts. Over a greek inspired dinner with mocktails, we will enjoy music, games and company in a Mamma Mia inspired environment. So come on “dancing queens” (and kings) “feel the beat of the tambourine,” grab your feather boas and don your sequins, let’s bust out some of ABBA’s greatest hits.

Tickets can be purchase for $50 via Trybooking

https://www.trybooking.com/nz/TTZ 

ARTS AWARDS

Tuesday 17th of September at 2:30pm, Charles Luney Auditorium

We welcome you to join us as we celebrate success and achievements in Performing, Creative, and Visual Arts across the Senior school at SMC.

Select students will receive Pockets and Honours (Red Blazers) for their Participation and Service to the school, plus their regional and national successes in their chosen area.
We will also award Red Roses and Special awards from select events and performances. 

Enjoy a celebration of the arts with music, dance and more. 

MUSIC SHOWCASE

Tuesday 17th of September at 7:00pm-9:00pm, Charles Luney Auditorium

After celebrating our Arts Awards we come back to the CLA in the evening to enjoy a repertoire of music and songs for our Annual Music Showcase.
Featuring pieces from our Orchestras, Rock Bands, Jazz Band, Instrumentalists, Choirs and more, it is an evening not to miss! All are welcome to attend this free event. 

ITINERANT MUSIC CONCERT

Congratulations to our Itinerant Music performances for another great concert this week. We recognise the hard work you put into learning your instrument and honing your craft, and we appreciate your willingness to perform! Thank you to all our amazing Itinerant tutors for the mahi, care, and love for music you bring to teaching our students. We couldn’t do this without you.

COLLECTIVE CABARET 2024

Collective Cabaret is run by the Senior Arts Council, and is designed to offer a chance for students to come together and practice their performance skills in an encouraging and welcoming space. It was delightful to see sisters pairing up to sing, more duets and even a great dance! Thanks to all those who participated and supported this event.

DANCE NZMADE

DanceNZmade celebrates and embraces the strength, diversity and passion of dance in New Zealand, and is a wonderful opportunity for dancers to shine on stage.
Indie Symonds and Stella Dick competed at the Christchurch regionals for Dance NZmade on Friday 30th August, representing SMC in the Duet section, placing 3rd out of 14 participants.

Congratulations Indie and Stella!

DANCE SHOW

On Saturday, August 31, we celebrated the work of our dance students, enjoying pieces from both NCEA and IB dance choreographies. Students from our wide range of co-curricular middle and senior school dance groups # tookthefloor to showcase their hard work from the year. 

Once again, we were blown away by the pure talent, hard work and performance level that every dancer brought to the stage. Congratulations on another successful and beautiful dance show. 

We appreciate and thank all the teachers, tutors, and staff involved in preparing for and bringing the show to life. 

CURRICULUM PERFORMANCES

Seeing curriculum learning take the stage last Tuesday at the Middle School Curriculum afternoon presentation in the Auditorium was wonderful. Miss Goldsworthy's year 9 dance class performed a beautiful lyrical dance. The girls learnt this at the beginning of the term, and many of them had never danced before. 

Ms Woods's Year 10 Music class did a fantastic performance of Coldplay's Viva La Vida. The class has only been together for a few weeks, and many students had never performed on stage before. 

We are incredibly proud of this group of students for having the confidence and courage to #takethefloor in a curriculum performance to an Auditorium full of parents and students. Well done!

OPPORTUNITIES:
AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT!

Ahoy, there me hearties! Luminaires is seeking singers, dancers and actors for their next major show, “Pirates of the Curry Bean”

For ages 8-25. No experience is necessary.

For more information and to register go to

https://forms.gle/PaGDwAc7gNDMP49P7

If you have any questions or would prefer to be involved behind the scenes, then find us on social media or email us luminairescharitabletrust@gmail.com