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Opening Night at the Theatre

It is not every day you get invited to a Sydney Theatre Company Opening Night and the world premiere of a play however two weeks ago, twenty of the College’s Drama students were invited to just that. To open the new Wharf Theatre after four years of renovations, the Sydney Theatre Company commissioned playwright and actor Kate Mulvany to adapt the classic Australian novel Playing Beatie Bow for stage. What was created was a beautiful piece of theatre that was as engaging as it was eye catching. Our students were enthralled from start to finish. As we were split across the theatre, I did not realise that ‘the lady’ that sat with the majority of our boys was Kate Mulvany herself.  Later, when I contacted Ms Mulvany about how much we loved the show, she wrote back “I’m so thrilled your students enjoyed the show. I absolutely loved listening to their conversations last night, they were so in tune with the show and I felt like I was sitting with a bunch of friends”. Her kind words are a reflection of how well our boys represented the College, although I think it may have been the boys who were more thrilled to be sitting with her.

We often see theatre that is set in overseas countries, so it was special to see a play about our stories, a play set in The Rocks and performed there. A play about growing up, finding ourselves and our voice:  “We all arrived here, somehow, and The Rocks has taken us in, taken us on, despite everything. Even when most of us have no right to it. Even while we’re still working out who we are. Who we could be. Who we should be. What stories we’ll leave echoing across time”.

 

We are very grateful to the Sydney Theatre Company for this once in a lifetime experience that our students will not soon forget.

 

Rebecca Duff

Acting Performing Arts Coordinator

 

Public Speaking – Zooming Through to the Next Round!

On Friday 5 March, twelve of SPC’s finest participated in Round 1 of the CSDA Public Speaking competition. Once again, the competition was held virtually via Zoom.

 

Despite the challenges of logins, access, drop-outs and speaking engagingly to a screen, our boys represented the College superbly. We had one of the best results in Round 1 of the competition in recent memory, with five boys moving into virtual Zone Finals this Friday afternoon.

 

Congratulations and best wishes to the following talented speakers who performed at the top of their game in their Zoom rooms. Our Zone finalists are Christopher Mok (Year 7), Dominic Short (Year 8), Jeremy Simonetto (Year 9), Shivaal Maharaj (Year 10) and Oliver Meleca (Year 11). Huge thanks to their coaches as well for their support and advice.

 

We are hoping for a face-to-face Grand Final and face-to-face debating in Term 2.

 

Denise Lombardo

MIC Public Speaking and Debating

 

The “New” Football Jersey

Many parents and boys would be aware that the College developed/produced a new Football jersey that was worn by the 2nd XI and Junior School teams in 2020. The new jersey modelled by Alex Pizzinga of Year 12 will be worn by all teams in 2021. In keeping with tradition, the 2nd XI jersey will be the only jersey other than the 1st XI that features numbers on the back.

 

The jersey can be purchased from the Uniform Shop as of this week. I would encourage any boy that has previously represented the College in Football to hold on to the yellow jersey from last season so that it can be worn at training/trials and more importantly, when we have SPC teams scheduled to play against each other on a Saturday.

 

Below are details relating to the fabric and durability of the jersey.

 

Polylock is a lightweight, smooth surface finish fabric with moisture wicking properties. Ideal for training and non-contact on-field kit, Polylock is made from 100% Polyester interlock and weighted at 140gsm. 

 

In terms of quality control, Dynasty Sport ensure fabric quality, garment construction, embellishments and all logos all pass through a strict quality control testing process ensuring all items meet the requirements before dispatch. They also ensure quality control batch testing is undertaken for all fabrics to ensure consistency takes place with all orders. This covers all areas of fabric such as:

  • colour matching, weight testing, composition
  • reporting and texture.

They also test for:

  • general fabric performance
  • burst strength
  • wicking test
  • snagging test
  • pilling test
  • colour fastness and
  • shrinkage.

The feedback the College received last year was quite positive and I hope the boys will like and appreciate the opportunity to represent the College in this new predominantly black jersey for years to come.

Steve Fochesato

Director of Co-curricular