14 Issue 53 – June 2015 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
The students won the award of Excellence for Choreography,
Costuming Character, Concept, Set, Design and Function,
Performance Skill, Soundtrack, Visual Enhancement,
Drama, Stage Use and Spirit of Stage Challenge.
After months of practising, the girls put on an immaculate
performance that moved many in the audience.
Brittany Eng, Charlotte van Boheemen and Millie Schwarz came
up with the idea for the performance while thinking about the 276
Nigerian School girls that were taken.
Their performance told the story of the kidnapped girls and the
response of their parents, before switching to Western society and
the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign.
With the school girls still missing students wanted to raise
awareness and show how social media is a great tool for spreading
messages but is often short-lived and replaced by more breaking
#BringBackOurGirls
Queen Margaret College came first at the Wellington Night 1 Stage Challenge Competition
receiving ten out of eleven awards for their thought-provoking performance.
news.
Director and Head Choreographer Brittany Eng says coming
from an all-girl school, Bring Back Our Girls was a good thing to be
fighting for and reminded of during the process.
“Ultimately, it is up to us to make a difference if we ever want
to save these girls and prevent issues like this arising in the future,”
Brittany commented.
Since Term 1, rehearsal has been in full swing with almost 200
students involved in the entire process from choreography and
performance to costume design, props and lighting.
Paula Prouse, teacher in charge, said “each person played such an
integral role in making the performance successful and all showed
exceptional commitment to rehearsals.”
“There was a real sense of unity and teamwork between all
students involved.”
They were up against tough competition, but the Sweet
Margaritas put on a fantastic performance at the Te
Rauparaha Arena in Porirua.
Head of Performing Arts Tim Jenkin was very pleased and
proud of the girls, many of whom were relatively new to Barbershop.
“We have a very strong group in Year 9 and 10, who will be the
future leaders of the chorus, so we have great potential to grow and
develop over the next few years,” Tim comments.
The 42 strong choir, with students from Year 9 – 13, sung Swing
Down Chariot and Driving me Crazy.
“They performed really well on the day and we had feedback
that the performance was the most energetic and charismatic of the
competition,” Tim comments.
“I was also very proud of the three quartets who took part. All did
well, two of the three groups consisted entirely of Year 9 students.”
The Sweet Margaritas are learning a new song Hallelujah by
Sweet Margaritas To Sing At Nationals
Our Barbershop group, Sweet Margaritas, will
be competing at Nationals this year after com-
ing fourth at the regional competition.
Leonard Cohen for nationals in Hamilton and will be working hard
on their sound, as well as adding a little extra excitement to the
performance.
Sweet Margaritas captain Kendall Tatham says it is a great feeling
that all their hard work this year has paid off and is proud to be
representing the College in September.
“I cannot wait to show the other schools from all over New
Zealand what Queen Margaret girls can do,” she comments.