Nor'West News: August 27, 2019

8 Tuesday August 27 2019
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From St Margaret’s College
to arts camp in Michigan
IT WAS A busy three weeks at
theatre camp in Michigan for St
Margaret’s College student Lara
Chiswell.
Lara applied to the camp
with a recorded audition, and
was offered a place on the
Musical Theatre Golden Age
Revue Summer programme
in the United States town of
Interlochen.
The Interlochen Arts Camp
is held annually, and each
year thousands of artists and
arts patrons travel to the US
for world-class education and
cultural opportunities.
Students can study music,
theatre, visual arts, film, creative
writing and dance at the camp.
Over the three-week course,
the students were required to
learn 20 pieces of golden age
musical theatre.
Golden age musical theatre is
considered to be from the 1940s
to the 1950s.
It is a long way from Lara’s
home in Strowan to the camp in
Michigan, and she described the
time away as “busy.”
“Our days were very busy
starting class at 8am then
carrying on to 11.45am,” she said.
The students would then have
a lunch break until 1pm and then
have a practice period, where
they had their own time to go
over dances or harmonies in
songs. The classes would resume
at 2pm and finish at 5pm for a
dinner break. From 6.30-9pm
there would be night practices
and then it was bedtime at
9.30pm.
At the end of the three
weeks, the students put on a
performance and Lara was one
SCHOOLS
SOLO: Lara Chiswell (centre) was one of two girls at the
Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan to sing a solo in the final
show.
of just two girls to perform a
singing solo.
“During my time here (theatre
camp) I learned so much and
made some amazing friends. It
was incredible to be around such
like-minded people. My time at
Interlochen has been the best
three weeks of my life.”
FUN: Beau Williams-Partington, 4, enjoys the new climbing
equipment at Bishopdale Community Preschool.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ​
‘The cube’ lands at
Bishopdale pre-school
• By Claire Booker
IT’S ALL fun and games on the
new playground at Bishopdale
Community Preschool.
Last week the pre-school
installed “the cube” – a new
climbing frame.
Centre manager Sarah Straver
said the pre-school has been
through “a bit of a journey since
the earthquakes.”
It moved from a city councilowned
building at Bishopdale
Mall in 2012 to a temporary
premises set up at Breens
Intermediate School.
The pre-school fundraised
for four years and in 2016 a
NOR’WEST NEWS
permanent premises was opened
at Breens Intermediate.
Since then, the pre-school
has been slowly developing its
playground.
Ms Straver said fundraising
was a big challenge for getting
the Cube.
“We began with grant
applications to several potential
funders, and the city council
was the first and only funder
willing to help out our learning
community,” she said.
The city council funded $3000,
which left the pre-school needing
to find $8000. In June, the preschool
decided to use its reserve
funds to complete the project.
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