Report- Costume making

"Bring It On"

Over the past month, around 20 students across years 7 to 11 have been donating their time to the bigger-than-Ben-Hur challenge of making over 80 cheerleading costumes for the 2016 school production "Bring It On". Students, and some very generous parents, have come to costume making workshops over the school holidays, on weekends and after school, bringing with them a keenness to learn new skills and a cheerfulness that makes the huge task a pleasure for all involved. Students have been making circle skirts and A-line skirts, making and using patterns, screen-printing, trying their hands at the overlocker and the straight sewing machine and thinking creatively the whole way along about how to solve problems and be most efficient in achieving the designs.

Both the directing team and the cast have been blown away by the results so far and are so excited to see their visions of their characters come to light.

BUT...we're only half way there! 

Workshops happen weekly on Thursday afternoons from 3.30 til 5 in B6 (the textiles room) and our next full day workshop will be Saturday May 21. If anyone - students, parents, siblings - is keen to be involved in this hands-on experience, please contact Ms. Healy. 

Ms Jo Healy