MAC Magazine 2018

The Last Minute Charlies
The Doodlebops, or as our teacher says ‘The Last Minute
Charlies” is a jazz combo comprised of five talented
musicians from Mt Aspiring College. We have Maxwell
Lusty as Vocals, Rory Johns on Keyboard, Flynn Rosie
on Drums, Daniel Hadida on Bass and Devlin Lynden on
Saxophone. On Friday 19th October we attended The
Secondary Schools Jazz Fest in Invercargill. After weeks of
rehearsals with our jazz band teacher, Alistair Monteith,
and a productive morning of warm ups we left Mount
Aspiring College at lunch to start our journey down to
Invercargill, We arrived at 5pm and had a sound check at
6pm then we waited for our time to get up there and jam.
We all had loads of fun up there, playing together in front
of an audience, knowing that our hard work had come to
fruition. We achieved second over all and Rory won best
keyboard for the third time in a row. I think that as a band
we would all like to congratulate and thank one another
for our efforts and for being such an awesome crew to
play with. We would like to thank Alistair Monteith for all
the hours that he put up with our antics and guiding us
through to the place that we needed to be. He is a legend
and we couldn’t thank him enough. We would also like to thank
Mr Doyle for organising our trip, Driving us there and making it
all happen, We couldn’t have done it with out his efforts and are
truly grateful for all the work that he puts in behind the scenes.
SERVICE
Committee
Definitely Jazzy
Jazz band (we call ourselves the ‘8th Dimension’) has, this
year, been full of opportunity and fun! We started with
the school musical ‘Catch Me if You Can’ which was one
amazing feat! Soon after that we were back in the LWC
performing in MACStock with new and old members. The
rest of 2018 we have been rehearsing very busily with lots
of funky new songs up our sleeves! Here’s what the band
has to say: “It is a great place to play together with other
instruments and people,” “A great way to ‘blow off’ steam
during lunchtime. All puns intended!” “It’s pretty cool!” “It’s
a great place to work with such dedicated and enthusiastic
students,” “Definitely jazzy!”
Junior Jazz Band
BACK: Max Byrne, Oscar Goodwin, Otis Murphy
FRONT: Aria Thor-Poet, Grace Gillies, Helen Carter (CONDUCTOR),
Max Porter, Jessica Gould, Isabella Noble-Kirkbride, Pete Stevenson
(MUSICAL DIRECTOR)
SITTING: Amy Benson, Erica Hudson, Evelyn Armstrong, Abi Croft,
Matilda Metcalfe, Charlie Bowmer-Lea
ABSENT: Grace Heath, Noa Hunter, Olivia Helmore, Lulu Pettit, Bayne
Deaton, Layla Brooks
Ollie Williams-Holloway Wilfred Spearing Sonya Palmer Alex Plimmer Matthew Wilson Sam Coupland
Annabel Fairbairn Peta McKay Samantha Wilkinson Alyx Nyika Bella Fraser Simone Johnson
Max Hall (Absent)
Service is the act of giving back to our school and community, and at MAC we strongly believe in this ethos. This year
the Service Committee has had a great time organising events and activities to encourage the celebration of personal
success and to promote bonding and friendships between students. To begin the year we held an “Amazing Race” which
aimed to incorporate new students, hostellers and existing students into the Year 13 cohort. This enjoyable afternoon has
been a tradition at MAC for many years now and is looked forward to by many of the students.
Some of the smaller events throughout the year, fun and exciting nonetheless, include Valentines Day where students
and staff can purchase chocolates for each other and then we deliver them. The Polar Plunge is an activity that Year 13
students can sometimes feel a little apprehensive towards, and understandably because who would want to jump in the
freezing cold water of Lake Wanaka on the shortest day of the year?! Towards the end of the year, the Year 11 Dinner
and the Leaver's Dinner become our priority. These evenings are an enjoyable experience for the students, often creating
memories that will last a lifetime.
I feel very privileged to have had this opportunity to work alongside some amazing and hard working people this year and
on behalf of the Committee I'd like to thank Karyn Munro for supporting us to be able to achieve all of our endeavours.
Sonya Palmer
8 th Dimension
BACK: Nikki Cotter, Kaia Cassaidy, Lauren Rimmer,
Kimiya Byrne, Liam Williamson, Helen Carter.
FRONT: Max Porter, Tao Hawkey-Hight, Ollie Blyth,
Luca Van Maren, Matia Wells
SITTING: Max Byrne, Otis Murphy
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