Arts 

MATILDA MADNESS

Last week our production of Matilda the Musical drew to a close. Over the last term and a half students, teachers, parents and volunteers have worked incredibly hard to create a collective piece of work that has high production values, highlights our students' exceptional skills, and fosters our strong performing arts community.

The last few weeks have been incredibly rewarding for us all. The theatre has felt like a hive of busy worker bees, with so many different people involved in constructing props, performing music, rehearsing scenes, checking costumes, refining choreography and perfecting those British accents! Special thanks to the costume team, headed up by the amazing Catherine Kirby, who spent their evenings and Sundays on sewing machines and frantically running repairs on costumes for us, and to the dedicated set construction team, led by Pete Hamilton and Jake Kirby, who worked late at night to get painting and essential construction completed in time.  Our technical team, under  the expert tutelage of Michael Eather, learnt so much during their time operating the audio and lighting desks, mic swaps, AV content management and more. The crew channeled their inner 'ninja' abilities by moving all set swiftly and confidently, navigating backstage and managing issues calmly.  

Our makeup team were supported by alumni Imke Breayley and refined their work throughout the season to transform students into salsa dancers, school children, kids at a dress up party, Russians with extensive facial hair, and even managed to transform the charming Kyle McKinnon into the atrocious headmistress, Miss Trunchball.

The band made so much progress and are to be congratulated on such impressive musical performances. This was the first time in over a decade where we have played the entire score from start to finish including all underscoring and musical interludes - it's quite a feat that Musical Director Tim Clifton and his tribe of talented musicians pulled off.  Our vocalists were lucky to have such fantastic accompaniment. 

And finally, our cast continually worked on every aspect of their performance until the very last show. They listened to feedback and incorporated it into their work; they helped one another during tiring and stressful moments and lived up to the college values throughout the entire period. 

It's been truly astonishing to watch such a diverse array of people come together with a shared goal - that of putting on the very best production we could. Congratulations to the entire cast, crew, band and support team on their performance season. 

'AT THE MOVIES' DANCE SHOWCASE

The Sandringham College dance programs are excited to present their 2019 End of Year showcase, 'AT THE MOVIES'

Tickets will go on sale from October 25th through trybooking.com/BEIRS for 2 shows only!

Friday November 22nd 7pm 

Sunday November 24th 2pm

Head to the Sandringham College Dance facebook page to keep up to date with all our dance news and events

2020 DANCE ACADEMY

Limited spots remain for 2020 year 7-10 Dance Academy

Contact dance@sandringhamsc.vic.edu.au for more information on the program and application process

VCE Theatre Studies Monologue Evening

The annual VCE Theatre Studies Monologue evening will be held on Wednesday 16th October 2019 in the Holloway Theatre at 6:30pm. Please come along to see the students' monologue presentations before they complete their performance examinations. All family, friends and students are welcome to attend. 

House Talent Show - Sandy's Got Talent

MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to all of the students who performed in the 2019 House Talent Show! Thank you so much for supporting this relatively new house event! Thank you and well done to Mackenzie Bliss and Gizem Bektas for hosting the show, and to our house captains for helping with set up and pack up and being on standby for us.

Thank you also to our judges Amy Porter, Viv McElwee, David Hall and Jake Cameron for bravely adjudicating our contestants and for copping a lot of wrath from the audience!

Big, huge thank you also to Kylie De Niese and Tim Clifton for all of their work back stage and with auditions and everything else! It was also so great to see the year 10s and 11s come over to support the students!

To the results: each competitor receives 50 points for their house for performing. First place is awarded 300 points, second is 200 points and third gets 100 points towards the house championship total!

In Third Place - the legendary Kael D'Alterio (Nepean)

Second Place - the lovely Alexa Sanchez and Charlize Abbott-Higgins (Nepean)

And in First Place - the boss, Daniel Trevithick (Phillip)!!

VCE & VET DANCE PERFORMANCE EVENING

On Tuesday the 8th of October, our current cohort of Certificate II VET Dance students and Unit 3/4 VCE Dance students will present a showcase of their Performance Solos as preparation for their Performance Exam. 

Parents, friends, students and teachers are warmly welcomed to attend. This event provides the Dance students the opportunity to perform their VCE and VET solos in front of an audience as final practice for their performance exams. Your support of our VET and VCE Dance students is greatly appreciated.

Students currently interested in studying Dance at the senior level are strongly encouraged to attend.

The showcase will consist of two performance sessions to cater for both VCE and VET cohorts. 

Performance 1: Unit 3/4 VCE Dance - 6pm 

Performance 2: Certificate II VET Dance - 7:30pm

WHERE: Sandringham Theatre

WHEN: Tuesday 8th October 2019

Any questions about this showcase evening, please email Prue on slingsby.prue.a@edumail.vic.gov.au