Ruby Group 1
Title: Be inspired - the Smokefree Stage Challenge
School Journal Part 4, Number 2, 2001
1. What does the Smoke Free Stage Challenge entail?
2. What was the students idea and how did they base their item around?
Their ideas were to develop a storyline, dance and music sequence. The students wanted their performance to reflect New Zealand and the unity of its people.They decided to feature the New Zealand national anthem.
3. How did they plan the storyline?
They put all their ideas up on a whiteboard and then put all the good ideas in sequence.
4. Why was it important to do the Haka?
Because they have performed the haka in front of assembly sometimes and Jamie O. knows all the words.
5. What was Alesha’s role?
She helped teach the others how to dance and onstage she played the role of a diva ( famous singer ) and mimed the words to the National Anthem.
6. Who was Gemma?
The sixth former who handled the choreography.
7. Why did Alesha like her job?
Because she got to teach the other kids the dance moves.
8. What was the hardest thing to do?
Was to smile while dancing
9. How did Alesha teach Hineora?
They would go to Gemma’s house and practice.
10. Why was the Haka difficult?
Remembering to look serious.
11. How did Andrew perfect his role?
By being in charge of the lighting.
12. How many rehearsals did they have before the final performance?
3 rehearsals.
13. What were some of the problems the students faced?
*They couldn’t get the lighting to work
* Andrew needed to learn how to run different equipment and they didn’t have much time.
*It was really hot onstage.
*Hineora was getting stressed at the rehearsal.
*Sometimes everything went black in the middle of a dance.
*Andrew had about four hundred new buttons to operate.
14. How was the lighting a different set up?
Because it was all computerised, and he had four hundred new buttons to operate.
15. Describe how everyone felt about the big night
*Nervous
*They were shaking
*Really focused
*Exciting
16. What position did the school come?
Performers Choice Award of Excellence.
17. What other project was commissioned?
Pou (carved post or pole) to stand at the school’s entrance.
18. How will this performance be different?
This time they would be performing without lighting or stage.Ruby Group 1
Title: Be inspired - the Smokefree Stage Challenge
School Journal Part 4, Number 2, 2001
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