DATE CLAIMERS for Year 10 - Proserpine State High School

Newsletter No. 14
FASHION DESIGN NEWS
Page 6
Mackay Student Festival of Fashion
Proserpine High students have carried the flag for our region again at
the Mackay Student Festival of Fashion, taking six prizes at this
popular annual event. Nine regional schools competed and our girls won
their awards against stiff competition from students
from Mercy, Holy Spirit, St Patricks, North,
Mackay, Mirani, Mackay Christian and Emmaus
Colleges.
Designers Laura Hurren, Marissa Oliver and Isabella
Demartini from Proserpine High proudly represented
their school and the Whitsundays and their
Whitsunday models Macy Sinnott, Jesse Young,
Natasha Coyne, Ayla Hadley and Marie Philp helped
their designer friends to success.
The judges, well known artists and designers Ngaio
Lenz, Leonie Wood and Stewart Bagley, were effusive
in their comments, praising the students for their
attention to detail, their interesting concepts and their
originality.
Laura Hurren year 10, entered a dramatic black evening dress in the Red
Carpet category, earning praise from the judges.
Marissa Oliver year 11, won the Renew, Recycle and Reinvent category,
the 150 Years of Fashion category and was runner up in the Red Carpet
category.
Isabella Demartini year 9, won the Pulp Fiction category and the Beach
and Resort Wear category and had a Special Mention in the Red Carpet category.
Whitsunday Reef Festival 2012
The annual Rotary Wearable Art Awards at the Whitsunday Reef Festival were again a great success attracting an
appreciative audience and participants from grade three to grade eleven. The strong culture of creativity in the
Whitsunday–Mackay region was reflected in the colourful and innovative student creations, with entrants from
Proserpine High, Cannonvale Primary, St Catherine’s, Whitsunday Christian College, Mackay North State High and
St Patricks, Mackay.
Proserpine High was proudly represented by designers Isabella Demartini (first and third – years
8 to 9), Lauren Teys second – years 8 to 9), Nicole O’Sullivan (VHC- years 8 to 9), Marissa
Oliver (second, HC and HC – year 11) and models Angel Shaw, Ayla Hadley, and Marie Philp.
The students first entered their creations in their age categories, with nineteen entries in four
categories. This was followed by the popular Cruising the Whitsundays category, introduced this
year to encourage the entrants to interpret the essence of Whitsunday life,
and attracting eight entries. Lauren Teys won the Cruising the Whitsundays
Award.
Wearable Art as an art form essentially involves the creation of interesting
and eye catching garments from unlikely materials and the entrants embraced
this concept enthusiastically. The recycled materials used for some of
Saturday’s amazing entries included newspaper, plastic bags, tin cans, paper
offcuts, old dress patterns, wire, poly rope and even an electric blanket while
other entrants chose to be creative with recycled and new fabrics.
The Rotary Club of Airlie Beach generously sponsored the event again as part
of their comprehensive youth initiatives program, and twenty two cash prizes were awarded to
the motivated entrants. The special award for Outstanding Creativity went to Bethany Cordwell
of St Patricks College and the Innovative Workmanship Award went to Samantha Cridland of
Mackay North State High. The full list of the prize winners in all age categories will be
published on the Reef Festival website www.whitsundayreeffestival.com.au.
FREE Workshop Plans Photos kindly donated by Reflections From Life
There are plans under way to run free wearable art and fashion illustration workshops for interested students.
These will be either weekend or school holiday events.
Sian Pole’s Youth Fashion Fund was set up to assist students to develop their skills further.
Details will be published in the newsletter when these workshops are organised.
Please email your contact details to Pam Pole, pampole@hotmail.com – so that you can receive details directly.
“Honour, Serve and Obey”