Arts News 30 May

Mary Poppins - Tickets now on sale!

The cast is working hard to learn their songs, blocking and choreography. Behind the scenes, sets are being built and painted, and props and costumes are sourced. We are having a fantastic time putting together this delightfully fun, heartfelt and magical musical, and we can’t wait to share it with you all! 

Get in quick to secure your seats; they are sure to sell fast!

Note: ‘Concession’ applies to Seniors 65+, Community Service Card holders

Tickets at Eventfinda: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/mary-poppins2/christchurch

To Wellington, Huzzah! Shakespeare team head to National Finals. 

Wish the very best and break a leg as our Shakespeare teams #takethefloor at the St James Theatre for the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.

They will travel to Wellington for 5 days and 4 nights and will enjoy taking part in a variety of performing arts workshops, a tour of Toi Whakaari and NZ Dance School, and, of course, showcasing their work on stage to fellow students from around Aotearoa New Zealand.

Smokefree Rockquest - Canterbury Regional Heats 2024

This year, five rock bands, one duo group and two solos represented SMC at the Smokefree Rockquest Canterbury Regionals - Fever 55, The Paper Dolls, The Lawn Flamingos, Boy Band and The Spoons all performed an original song in front of an audience at the Aurora Centre, Burnside College. Year 10 band, The Spoons, was selected for the top 16 bands (from over 80!) to perform again at the Regional finals on June 8, 6:30 PM at the Ngaio Marsh Theatre (tickets available soon through Eventfinda).  Well done to all who took part, and a big thanks to all the behind-the-scenes work that our music staff and band tutors put in to support our incredible rockers!

SMC Combined Honour Awards - congrats to our Art Award recipients.

We recently celebrated our Combined Honour Awards at SMC and would like to acknowledge again those who received Art awards at this special assembly.  We know that countless hours, effort, passion, and drive are put into making these achievements possible, and we are impressed by your mahi and determination. Congratulations.

Red Roses were awarded to:
Siena Cleugh (Year 13) - APRA Songwriting mentorship

Sofia Fan (Year 13) - International achievement in Piano

Zoe Rea (Year 12) - Speech and Drama Scholarship

Summer Zhou (Year 11) - Selected for NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra

Pockets awarded to:

Sophie Brownlie(Year 13) - Drama

Emily Chambers (Year 12) - Music

Lucia Tully (Year 12) - Music

Honours (Red Blazers) awarded to:

Sina Avia (Year 12) - Dance

Coco Brady (Year 12) - Dance

Siena Cleugh(Year 13) - Performing Arts

Hollie Cudd (Year 12) - Dance

Zoe Rea (Year 12) - Performing Arts

Oamaru Performing Arts, Society Inc 85th Festival.

Over the weekend (18-19 May), some hardy SMC Speech and Drama pioneers braved the bitter weather and travelled South to compete in the Oamaru Performing Arts Competition. It was lovely to have our talented team perform in the Oamaru Opera House and to return with medals, ribbons and a trophy. 

All three SMC Speech and Drama students were awarded a medal on day one; Rose Griffiths got a silver medal for coming second place in her character recital as Lucy from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Tessa de Wit received a second place medal for her character recital as Alyssa from The End of the F***ing World and Emily Davis brought home the gold for her recitation of her test poem, Five Tulips by Moira Andrews. A test poem is a poem selected by the adjudicator and given to all competitors in an age group that they all learn and perform. The poem is usually one that has challenging aspects for a competitor to work through. Tessa and Rose were awarded Very Highly Commended and Highly Commended ribbons for their other classes.  They faced fierce competition against performers from all over the country and truly showed their SMC spirit each time they took the floor. 

On Sunday, the only SMC student who still had classes to compete in was Emily, who continued her dream run by winning every single class she was entered in. Emily’s pieces ranged from modern classics of New Zealand literature (Jeannie Once by Renee, Huia by Bill Manhire) to an American cultural icon who wears pink on Wednesdays (Gretchen from Mean Girls)

The competitors were:

Emily Davis 

Test Poem (under 16) 

First 

Character Recital (16 and under)

First 

Humourous Item (16 and under)

First 

Recital (16 and under)

First

Winner of the Stanley Hook Memorial Cup

UP-COMING EVENTS IN THE ARTS

Big Sing - Friday June 7th

35 students in our Chamber Choir will #takethefloor to represent SMC in this annual singing competition at the Town Hall.
For all involved, keep an eye out on your emails for more information coming soon. 

Chamber Music Contest Regionals - 11-12th June

Four groups from SMC will perform at The Piano.