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Arts Festival

Last Wednesday we held our annual MCC Arts Festival. It was a wonderful celebration of the artistic pursuits of our students across both Primary and Secondary Schools. The Art Room, Library and other College walls came to life with wonderful artworks and sculptures. There were some outstanding musical performances on the Open Stage outside on the basketball court, Acoustica Stage in the Primary Music Room and the Recital Stage in the Music Room. The Studio Stage in the Drama Room hosted some hilarious and very skilful theatre pieces, as well as musical performances by some of our Elective Music students in Years Nine and Ten. The Sophia Stage in the Dance Studio was the venue for our talented dancers with small group performances by students in the Secondary School. The Cahill Centre hosted the Primary School performances which were as well prepared and full of energy as ever, as well as performances by our Fiddlesticks junior string group, Intro Orchestra, Flutista Sistas, String Quartet, Middle Years Voices, Senior Singers, and College Orchestra.

This year’s festival kicked off with a Year 8 Junkyard Percussion Samba parade. There were two ‘flash mobs’ throughout the afternoon. The Primary School recorder players ambushed the College Orchestra, Fiddlesticks and the Intro Orchestra with Ode To Joy, only for the other ensembles to join in with the playing. Halfway through the event, the speakers starting blasting Don’t Stop Me Now and students began dancing at all corners of the school, eventually converging on the basketball court for a big group dance.

An event such as the Arts Festival doesn’t happen without the involvement of many staff members. If I was to list them all here, the number would exceed 40 members of staff who contributed in a variety of ways. Many thanks to all of them for their hours of preparation beforehand and assistance during Arts Festival.

Our students’ willingness to be involved in the Arts Festival (and several other artistic happenings at MCC throughout the year) in large numbers never ceases to amaze me. From experienced performers and artists to first-timers, the atmosphere created by their combined artistic energies was a real highlight of the year so far in the life of our College. Many thanks to all of the students who participated in the event and gave themselves real reason to be proud of themselves.

House Drama

We have a new format for House Drama in 2019. Our students are participating in workshops to develop skills in improvisatory theatre (and have a lot of fun in the process judging by the laughter coming from the Drama Room at lunchtimes during these sessions).

Years 7 and 8 students will create a ‘In a… with a… while a…’ skit and the Years 9 and 10 students will improvise a ‘Thank God You’re Here’ style skit. Several teams have signed up from all three Houses and will be competing in heats during this week. The winners will gain a place in the Grand Finals at lunchtime on Thursday (Year 7/8) and Friday (Year 9/10) next week, which promise to be very entertaining events. Stay tuned to see who takes out the trophies this year!

Mr Dave McNamara

Head of The Arts