Southern View: April 09, 2019

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Farewell concert
planned for musician
•From page 1
The Broomfield resident has
therefore decided to make the
big move to the United States to
try his luck at breaking into the
American music scene.
“For now music is my total passion
and it is far too fun to give
up for a day job,” he said.
Everingham, 24, will fly to New
York next Tuesday before travelling
to Nebraska to take up work
as a musical director, conductor
and pianist at live theatre company
Post Playhouse.
“I am just really ready basically
for that next step and particularly
in musical theatre as you know
the US, typically New York City is
the centre of all that,” he said.
He will work at the company
over the American summer season
before heading back to New
York in August to find work as a
musician.
But before he leaves, Everingham
will play and conduct in a
special farewell concert celebrating
his years of making music in
the city on Saturday.
“I am doing a repertoire I have
always loved, artists that inspired
me early on . . . artists like Billy
Joel and Elton John,” he said.
Destination USA – A Farewell
Concert will feature musicians,
singers and choirs he has worked
with over the years along with
songs from a wide range of musical
genres he has played.
Ensembles The Vocal Collective,
Tango La Luna and the
Canterbury Lawyers’ Choir will
perform along with a line-up of
well-known theatre performers in
the city.
Everingham said it is an honour
and overwhelming having so
many artists supporting the show.
Everingham has led an exciting
career working with companies
including The Court Theatre and
Showbiz Christchurch.
His original song Fractures:
In Memoriam was premiered at
Westminster Abbey, London, in
2015 and his other work has been
performed at the Miami Fashion
Film Festival.​
Having a strong interest in
music law, in 2017, Everingham
achieved a Bachelor of Law and
Bachelor of Music in composition
with honours.
•Destination USA – A
Farewell Concert will be
held at The Piano: Centre
for Music and the Arts on
Saturday from 4-6pm. To
book tickets go to https://
www.eventfinda.co.nz
School redevelopment begins
• By Kim Thomas
WORK HAS begun on
the more than $5 million
redevelopment of Oaklands
School in Halswell.
The revamp includes
upgrading existing classrooms
and building new teaching
spaces, a library and an
administration block.
It is scheduled to take about
18 months and is part of
the Ministry of Education’s
construction programme for
Canterbury schools following
the earthquakes.
Hornby-based Hann
Construction was awarded
the contract to redevelop the
school.
Oaklands School principal
Margaret Trotter said it
is exciting to see signs of
construction on the school site
after years of planning and
anticipation.
The school’s buildings,
constructed in the 1960s, stood
up well to the earthquakes but
needed to be refreshed and
adapted for the modern learning
environment, she said.
Much planning has gone into
minimising disruption to the
more than 570 students and the
school community while the
redevelopment happens, Mrs
Trotter said.
She said this included doing
a lot construction work during
the holidays and after school
hours, she said.
The redevelopment involves
building a new office block, a
new classroom block, a new
library, and renovating all
existing classrooms and in some
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redevelopment
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School is under
way.
cases extending them.
Three new playgrounds,
which students will play a part
in choosing, will complete the
redevelopment.
The Ministry of Education
will fund building costs, while
the school and fundraising by
the Parent Teacher Association
will pay for new playgrounds,
Mrs Trotter said.
The project is expected to
take almost two years and will
happen in two phases.
The first phase, happening
in 2019, involves demolishing
some prefabricated buildings,
refurbishing the existing office
block, and constructing all the
new buildings.
From 2020, builders will
refurbish existing classroom
blocks in the second phase, Mrs
Trotter said.
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