Production
'From Little Things Bigger Things Grow'
A Tale of 10 Years @ The Lakes
Thank you everyone for your incredible support for the school production. How clever are our Lakes kids. I would like to share a few facts about our Tale of 10 years.
Fact 1.
The tree that occupied centre stage was constructed by Norm our recently retired technology teacher and the many leaves on the branches were produced by the students from P-6. I am told every child contributed and our backstage crew with Andrew, Nat and Annette constructed the final product. This amazing feature will take up residence in the EY Cola where student work will be displayed.
Fact 2.
The script was written by Steph and Shana using the early diaries from our beginning and conducting lots of research about significant events. Marc then wrote the songs to support the script.
Fact 3.
The main characters represent real people The fox is Bill, the deer is Warren, the bear is Chris, the squirrel is Vera and I am the owl. The songs try to pick up the personalities and strengths of our team in supporting our learning community.
Fact 4.
The music for the show was played live by our amazing band - Caleb Year 5 drums, Naomi and Grace Year 8 Saxes, Josiah Year 9 on piano, Ophirah Year 9 (2015) bass, supported by Andrew (drums) Marc (Sax) and Bek ( guitar). Most people were not aware they were live. Supergroup.
Fact 5.
The football games was based on our successful girls football team who played for the State title at Victoria Park and the whole school went to cheer. Robbie Rabbit and Jackie Rabbit are based on Rob and Jackie from PE.
Fact 6.
The 60 new additions to the tree is a reference to the 60 babies born to our staff since we opened including a few sets of twins and the scene with the wedding represents the many we have celebrated since we began.
Fact 7.
The talent of our students was showcased for all to see and the delight in their faces bringing a tear to many and just how good were our singers, dancers and signers. Simply the best!
Kerrie
Student Reflection
PRODUCTION
BOOM! The light hit me as I went on stage. Oh sorry let me back it up a little, I just got home from school and I was about to get ready, sorry I guess that was a little bit too far. I’ll start from…. Here! I just arrived, I could hear the music and people rehearsing, I couldn’t wait to get on stage.
Night one:
The first night Mia was singing ‘Bare Necessities,’ because she is in the choir. The year 4’s danced to a song called ‘Beat It’ by Michael Jackson. Abbey wasn’t here because she is in L-Z and Mia is in A-K. The choir was the second performance of the night. It was really fun and exciting to perform to such a big audience. A while later the year 4’s did their dance, it was so much fun and I had a great time. Our teachers said we ‘Nailed it!’
Night two:
Second night Mia & Abbey are here together, you might be wondering ‘why is Mia here’ it’s because of the choir, the choir is preforming at all 4 performances. Once again, the choir performed their song. It was basically the same thing the L-Z group then got to do there dance which was the same as yesterday. Some of us were lucky enough to perform our Beat it song twice. It was so awesome
Day three:
This time there was 2 performances in one day, but there was no Early Years, it was all Middle Years students, but you guessed it, there was still the choir. This session was in the afternoon, so it was a little bit quitter than the night sessions.
The final night:
The last performance was so exciting, it was our last chance to be up on stage. Kerrie was talking about how far the school has come and how this wasn’t just a story it’s about the school and it’s all a true story. It is our 10th birthday after all, so everyone was feeling pretty proud to be a part of it.
So that’s behind the scenes of the production. It was a lot of fun and you just know that’s the school has been through a lot, but it is better than ever.
by Mia & Abbey (Year 4)
Tuesday Night
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