MAC Magazine 2018

Be yourself and make your own noise.
Henry McConnell
House Singing
This year the annual house singing event took
place in Term 2 and involved both dancing
and singing for all four houses. Iron came out
triumphant getting first place in this event with
their performance of ‘Dynamite’ by Taio Cruz.
Pisa came second with ‘Don't stop believin’ by
Journey followed by Roy with ‘Why does love do
this to me?’ by the Exponents. Barker came fourth
with their performance of ‘Slice of Heaven’ by Dave
Dobbyn. It was a great morning and everyone was
very enthusiastic and gave it their best go.
Rockquest
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Well just a little about Rockquest is that we all knew what we had
to do and why we were doing this. It was all just a job of getting it
done on time, and all we wanted to do was have fun and play as a
band and after our two years together we ended up doing it well,
The regional final this year was held at the
Lake Wanaka Centre on Saturday 16th
June, MAC had a total of 11 bands entered
in the competition. MAC band ‘Better than
Nothing’: Henry McConnell, Clarke West,
Harry Anderson and Archie Orbell took out the
People’s Choice Award. As a Year 8 student
Clarke West also took out the musicianship
award - we’re excited to see where his
music takes him next. Jessie McKenzie from
‘Iridescence’ received the APRA Lyric Award
for the songs she wrote for her band, ‘O 2
(Oxygen)’ and ‘Lighthouse.’ Finally, Year
11 band ‘Not Yet Rated’: Owen Lea, Quinn
because of teamwork and determination from our parents, friends
and ourselves.
Harry the Bass Player Anderson
Curtis, Ethan Carleton, Tom Heather and Gary
Poilvert won the Fatboy Style Award for their
bands look and stage presence. Thanks to all
the students, parents and friends who came
along to support our talented students!
Riley Christie
MACstock
The last day of Term 2 was
MACstock; a performance
opportunity for Years 7-10 and
an assessment opportunity for
Years 11-13 at the Lake Wanaka
Centre. This year there were 29
acts, a huge number from the
Year 11 classes. As well as a wide
genre of covers, we heard some
great originals including ‘Better
Than Nothing’, ‘Easy Riders’ and
Dylan Rimmer. It was great to
see a large amount of younger
bands getting up on stage to
give the senior students a bit of
a challenge!
Riley Christie
MAC Choir
This year has been a whirlwind of incredible opportunities for the MAC Choir. Starting
in Term 2, we began working on what would be our Stars in Your Eyes song, ‘This is Me’
from ‘The Greatest Showman.’ Many weeks of rehearsals later, we performed at the
Rippon Concert in late September alongside the Treble Tones and the MAC Chamber
Group. It was great for all of us to perform in a space with such good acoustics! Only
days later we were in the Lake Wanaka Centre completing the dress rehearsal for Stars
in Your Eyes, working with musical professionals from across the Upper Clutha area; it
was yet another awesome experience! The show itself was a real hit, and despite being
very tired by the end, we were all super proud of the things we’d achieved.
We were very fortunate to be joined by so many Year 7 and 8 students this year as
without them we would not have accomplished the sound that we did. It will be exciting
to welcome more next year! And as we welcome even more members, we also say
farewell to Luci McDougall and Max Lusty, two very valued hostellers who will be
missed as we continue singing in 2019. It was also nice this year to have a great group of
confident tenors and basses. Next year we plan to build on this, possibly even starting
our own barbershop group!
In the New Year, we will be representing MAC in the Big Sing, a nationwide school choir
competition, which we have already started to prepare for. It’s been so incredible
working as a part of this big family, I can’t wait for what’s to come!
Ollie Blyth
The choir members that sang at Stars In Your Eyes were:
Josh Arthur
Ashley Bates
Ollie Blyth
Jemma Brake
Danielle Carney
Chloe Cartlidge
Kaia Cassaidy
Hana Dean
Thea Erichsen
Ngaio Groenen
Isla Henderson
Owen Lea
Emily Leahy
Anja Malmo
Henry McConnell
Luci McDougall
Oceania McFadgen
Jessica McKenna
Jessie McKenzie
Mihi McLachlan
Stars In Your Eyes
Stars In Your Eyes 2018 was a last minute
decision for me and I am so glad that I put
myself out there and did it. Over show week
my confidence on stage as a soloist grew
hugely, I sung Kelly Clarkson’s idol version
of ‘Piece by Piece’ and learnt through Stars
how to express emotion while I was singing
and direct it towards the audience. The
backstage experience is something I really
miss. I was given an opportunity to perform
with others who share the same passion and
interests as I do; the Stars team was very
supportive.
Stars In Your Eyes is an amazing production
and I would highly recommend younger
students to give it a go, especially with all the
support they give to our school.
Jessica Curtis
Star Performers
Brianna Curtis
Jessica Curtis
Jessie McKenzie
Dylan Rimmer
Matilda Metcalfe
Jasmine Murray
Dylan Rimmer
Laura Watkins
Indy Wilton
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