MAC Magazine 2015

MAC
STOCK
At the end of term two this year Macstock took place in the Lake Wanaka Centre
full of fantastic musical talent. Macstock is an annual concert where students from
Year 7 to 13 perform on stage in a real life rock concert. After hours of rehearsals,
students took the stage and performed their best, full of adrenaline and nerves.
The night was divided into three sections, starting with a quieter, acoustic feel and
building up to a much heavier finish, and the night ending with DJ Kaoz and his
EDM madness. The night was a huge success, the Lake Wanaka Centre was packed,
and everyone had a blast. The senior music classes would like to thank all the
parents that came along and helped, the office ladies for all their help with ticketing
and refreshments, and the fantastic crowd who supported the musicians by being
an awesome audience! As said by MAC student Ella Maluschnig, ‘It was legitness!’.
Special thanks to Grenville for the superb sounds heard on the night, and also to
Michael and James Hay, Todd Buckley, Sam Sandri, and Duncan Muir for their epic
light show. A massive thank you to Mr Doyle for putting everything together and
making sure the Year 12 and 13’s actually rehearsed (especially Isaac).
Yr 12-13 music students.
JAZZ BAND
On Friday the 16th October the MAC senior jazz band travelled down to Invercargill to compete in the Southland Jazz Festival. The
competition was held at the Ascot Park Hotel where there were 9 schools that attended in total. We were the furthest travelling school
and also the largest band with 10 members ranging from Year 8 to Year 13. We played a set of four songs, opening with "Girl from
Ipanema", and followed with a range of tunes including upbeat jazz, "Chameleon", and a bossa nova tune, "Fly Me To The Moon", to
show our range of skills. For the set piece we played our own arrangement of "Oleo" by Sonny Rollands which was a success - the
judges comment was "well rehearsed". We placed third in the group competition, placing behind James Hargest College and Wakatipu
High School that placed first. The judges commended our band for "having a lot of potential" and having a "nice sound". As a band, we
are very proud of this achievement and would like to thank Mrs Mote, Mr Doyle and Bruce who have helped us at weekly jazz band
practices and in organizing this trip to allow us to reach this success.
Daisy Thor-Poet
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