SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL

Students from year 7 right through to year 13 are gearing up for their performances of 'Seussical the musical' next week. They will be performing two matinees on Wednesday and Thursday next week to local retirees and primary schools with evening performances Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The musical is based on Dr. Seuss stories. Here is a picture of some of the cast trying out their costumes
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Tarawera's new recording gear!

As our music students start writing their first songs of the year we have an awesome new set up that is going to help the process along and create a much higher quality of recordings.
Our music room has been kitted out with some new gear that has been set up so students have the facilities to record their own instruments and vocals for their original songs and there is already some awesome tracks being recorded! There are over 50 students writing songs for NCEA credits this year. We are also hoping to take some of these students and their original songs to Rockquest next term- watch this space! Here are some pictures of the new recording facilities.

Young Performers Concert

On Friday the 4th a group of performers from THS performed at the Whakatane Music Society's Young Performers Concert. There was a wide range of performances from across the Bay of Plenty. Ulani Hoskin sung 'If I Ain't Got You' by Alicia Keys, and Bless Maxwell, Keesha King, Carlos Rangi-Dick and Shartina Broughton performed George Ezra's 'Blame It On Me'.

Hollie Smith visits THS

On Thursday the 3rd of September THS was lucky enough to have Hollie Smith in school to do a music mentoring session with a select few senior students from level 1, 2 and 3.  All the students performed a song for Hollie and were given feedback. Hollie will also be back in school on Monday the 14th to do another full day with the same students in preparation for their solo performances at the end of the week. Here are a few pictures of the students with Hollie....

Neverland Awaits!

Our Level 1, 2 and 3 performing arts students are currently preparing for 3 performances of Neverland Awaits a musical based on Peter Pan. Performances will be in Week 2 or Term 4.. Here is a sneak peak of a rehearsal on the outside stage...

Yeah, Nah It's Not Okay Song Quest

Some of our Tarawera students performed original songs at the 'Yeah, Nah It's Not Okay' Song quest on Saturday night. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of anti violence and bullying. It was great night with lots of talent, there were groups from all over the Bay of Plenty performing.
We had a group of seniors  Bless Maxwell, Keesha King and Somer Richardson perform an original song which is part of their evidence for their 6 composition credits for in music. Hohepa Waenga received an award for the lyrics for his original song. Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Celebrating Success

At the end of Term 2 we had a very special event in the hall before it was knocked down. The event was called 'Celebrating Success' and it was a chance for our talented student to perform to the public. The event was extra special because it was the last performance on the stage and in the hall before it was knocked down. We had dance performances from the Performing Arts Academy at Level 1, 2 and 3. All of these performances were original choreography. There was also bands performing covers and a medley of student compositions. We managed to have a staff band perform as well as our talented Kapa Haka. It was a great evening. Below is a video of the medley and a few pictures thanks to Anneke Hepi.