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PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP Pegasus Art Show to makememories By SHELLEY TOPP Funds raised at Pegasus Bay School’s threeday Pegasus Bay Art Show have been earmarked for aspecial occasion. On December 8the school will close for the day so the teachers and pupils can travel to Christchurch to see the ballet, Cinderella, as part of the school’s Education Outside the Classroom programme. The Christmas Gala Community Performance will include nearly 300 students from the Southern Ballet Theatre performing at the historic Isaac Theatre Royal. The onehour show is being billed as an entertaining, colourful production of ballet, contemporary and jazz dance, suitable for children of all ages, with dramatic scene changes guaranteed to hold the audience’s attention. Pegasus Bay School’s business manager, Micky Brosnan, says they decided to use funds raised at this year’s art show, which was held last weekend, for their Education Outside the Classroom programme because ‘‘we really want to continue to provide these memorymaking learning experiences for all of our children.’’ The Pegasus Bay Art Show is apopular event on the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> arts calendar and abig fundraiser for the school. The organisers had hoped to make it an annual event, but have decided to keep it as abiennial show for now because of the cost of living crisis. The main exhibition, which was held in the school gym, showcased about 420 pieces of art including 10 exhibits by guest artist Joel Hart of Waikuku Beach. A‘‘Kids Art’’ exhibition was also held alongside the main event and included a spectacular, large scale Space Explosion In Our Galaxy artwork. The high quality of the children’s work prompted Julianna Gale, an art lover from Rangiora, to say it was the ‘‘highlight of the whole show’’. Young poets shine By SHELLEY TOPP The launchofanew poetryjournal has unveiledagroupoftalented young poets from the WRITE ON School For Young Writers. Volume One of TheWorldCongress of Poetsliterary journal Fuego,the Spanish word for ‘‘fire’’, was launched on August 25, National Poetry Day,atthe Rangiora Library. The event was hostedbyFuego’s editorinchief Doc Drumheller,the pen name of Oxford’s Jason Clements, who is also Waimakariri Libraries learning connections coordinator. The journal contains poetry and artwork from writers and artists in Waimakariri, plus poets from the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Cancer Society Writers and Orator’s Group, the WRITEONSchoolFor Young Writers, based in Christchurch,and participants from aWaimakariri Libraries Kids Fest Haiku Hike workshop withthe youngest poet only six years old. ‘‘These localwriters are featured alongside some of the leading poets in New Zealand, membersofthe World CongressofPoetsand an impressive delegationofwritersfrom China,’’ Doc says. ‘‘We hopetoset the world on fire with this firstvolume and look forward to encouraging more poets to publishtheir work.’’ The students from theWRITE ON School for Young Writers,who had poems Big night out ... Waimakariri District Mayor, Dan Gordon, fourth from right at back, alongside the Fuego Editor in Chief, Doc Drumheller, third from right, with some of the contributors and guests at the launch of the new international poetry journal, in the Rangiora Library during National Poetry Day last week. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP published in Fuego wereinvitedtoread theirwork at the launch alongside some of New Zealand’s poetry luminaries and they stolethe show, prompting Doc to callfor the gifted young poets to ‘‘pleasekeep writing’’. WaimakaririDistrict Mayor Dan Gordon, aguestatthe function, said the council is proud of what Jasonhas achieved. He has really put Waimakariri on the world map with the publication of this journal.’’ Fuegowill be launched internationally by Doc when he attends the 42nd World Congress of Poets, on board the Divina MSC Cruisethis month.
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