Nor'West News: July 12, 2016

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Tuesday July 12 2016
SCHOOLS
NOR’WEST NEWS
Trophies for musicians
UNIFORM CHANGE: Rangi Ruru students were able to find out
what it was like to be a St Kent’s girl for a day.
Successful exchange
for Rangi students
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School students
spent three days in Auckland as part
of an exchange with St Kentigern
Girls’ School.
The year 7 and 8 students have
recently returned after an actionpacked
sport and cultural exchange.
They participated in netball,
basketball and indoor soccer against
the St Kent girls foraging new
friendships while battling on the
court.
They also shared a combined
music performance, which was a
unique opportunity to share their
learning of the Sasa, a Samoan
dance, which they taught to their
new friends.
The girls also experienced being
a St Kent’s girl for the morning
attending classes in mathematics,
cooking and art.
A school spokeswoman said the
students learnt a lot during their
time away.
“It was a truly varied learning
experience, full of personal growth
and development,” she said.
GRAZNYA’S GIRLZ: Sarah Lawrence, Victoria Park, Rachel
McSweeney and Grace McKenzie.
IT HAS been a hugely successful
couple of weeks for Rangi Ruru
Girls’ School music students.
The school’s senior choir
Resolutions won selection for
the New Zealand Choral Federation
Big Sing Finale.
It is one of 24 schools that will
attend the event in Dunedin in
late August, and one of only four
choirs from Christchurch.
This follows two significant
wins for Resolutions at the Big
Sing regional competition in
Christchurch, where they won
best performance of a contemporary
work and the award for
the most outstanding recital
from a girls’ choir.
The school’s junior chorale
was named joint winner of the
most outstanding junior choir
award at the same regional
competition.
Demonstrating incredible
depth in music, Rangi Ruru
also has two of only 12 groups
selected for the national semifinals
and finals of the NZCT
Chamber Music Contest, to be
held in Auckland early next
month.
Graznya’s Girlz and From
Russia with Love secured their
places after their selection for
the South Island regional finals.
Graznya’s Girlz, made up of
Grace McKenzie, Sarah Lawrence,
Victoria Park and Rachel
McSweeney, won the district
contest, along with the University
of Canterbury Trophy for
the Best Performance, and then
went on to win the South Island
regional finals.
From Russia with Love, made
up of Grace McKenzie on
violin, Karen Hu on the cello
and Isabella Gregory on piano,
were highly commended in the
district contest and also a South
Island regional finalist.
In addition Vietz, made up of
Lucy Costelloe on violin, Anna
Bruce on the cello and Jessie
Anderson on piano won the
adjudicators’ choice award at the
district contest and were bronze
award winners at the South
Island regional finals.
As well as these national
selections, six girls in year 7 and
8 have been selected to perform
in the Christchurch Schools’
Music Festival special groups –
four in the orchestra, one in the
concert band, and one in the
senior choir.
All year 7 and 8 girls will sing
in the massed choir on the final
night of the Festival, which runs
October 26-28 at the Horncastle
Arena.
MATT DOOCEY
MP FOR WAIMAKARIRI
CHAT WITH MATT
I look forward to meeting you on
Thursday, 14 July, from 7pm to 8pm,
at the Belfast Rugby Club at my
Keeping Connected Evening meeting.
It’s about keeping connected through
these night meetings, my caravan
clinics or just living and working in
the electorate with my family. Please
drop in and take part.
I enjoyed speaking at the Belfast
Residents’ Association’s monthly
meeting. The group are working hard
to create a strong community and
it was good to hear from them and
explore ways we can work together.
Forty students and a lot of
questions were the order of the day
when 40 students from Casebrook
Intermediate recently took over my
Parliamentary office during a visit to
Parliament. The students attended
Question Time before descending on
my office for juice, fruit and biscuits.
I arranged for Hon Nicky Wagner,
Minister of Customs, to visit and
there were lots of questions about
Customs and the work to stop crime
at our borders.
A productive meeting I facilitated
for Casebrook residents with
representatives from a range of
agencies at the Papanui Club proved
the value of working together. I am
happy to assist in your area with any
issue.
Budget 16 and what’s in it to help
local businesses is the focus of a visit
by the Deputy Prime Minister when I
host him in the electorate this month.
I have arranged this visit to inform
our local businesses on these new
changes.
Chatting to our over 65s in Belfast
on Monday at my Super Seniors
coffee morning once again resulted in
some interesting issues being raised.
I value these opportunities to hear
from our seniors.
National
Bear
& Doll
Show
Saturday 16th &
Sunday 17th July 2016
St Andrews College,
Cnr Papanui & Normans
Road, Christchurch
Times: 10am-4pm
Adults $5.00
Children (under 12) $3.00
Children (under 5) FREE
Family (2 A + 2 C) $13.00
No EFTPOS available
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