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Grand prix success opens 

doors for young dancers 

DANCING QUEEN: Tamison Soppet danced her way to 

victory at the recent Youth America Grand Prix ballet 

competition, winning the junior women’s title. 

• By Sasha Watson 

ASSEMBLÉ, GRANDE jeté, plié, 

pirouette and tour en l’air are just 

a few of moves ballerina Tamison 

Soppet, 14, and danseur Hamish 

Giddens, 16, know well. 

The aspiring dancers, both from 

Convergence Dance Studios in the 

central city, used such moves in 

their performances at the Youth 

America Grand Prix finals in New 

York; with Tamison winning the 

junior women’s title in what is 

thought to be a New Zealand first. 

Hamish landed a place in the 

final heat of the senior men’s 

category. 

“No words to describe – just so 

happy,” Tamison said after winning 

the competition. 

“It is an honour to be able to 

claim the title. I am over the moon 

and forever grateful.” 

Tamison, who studies through 

correspondence, said she will visit 

Europe with her family to explore 

her options. 

In July she heads to London to 

attend the Royal Ballet School, one 

of the world’s top dance schools. 

She is following in the footsteps 

of dancers such as Alessandra 

Ferri, Margot Fonteyn, Marienela 

Nunez and Antoinette Sibley. 

Hamish, a Burnside High year 12 

student and age group national title 

holder in swimming, was offered 

spots at the Dutch National Ballet 

school in Amsterdam and Zurich 

Ballett in Switzerland, alongside 

others. 

•Turn to page 5 

PERFORMANCE: Burnside High student Hamish Giddens 

landed a place in the final heat of the senior men’s 

category at the Youth America Grand Prix. 

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Students visit site of bloody WW2 battle 

• By Emily O’Hagan 

NINE STUDENTS from St 

Andrew’s College and Cashmere 

High have visited the site of 

the Battle of Monte Cassino in 

Italy to commemorate its 80th 

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It was one New Zealand’s 

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FALLEN: More than 300 New 

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SUCCESS: Tamison Soppet will be attending the Royal Ballet School in 

London after being offered a scholarship to the prestigious institution. 

Dancers set sights on 

international dreams 

• From page 1 

Despite her nerves and it being her 

first time competing in the grand prix, 

Tamison was determined to show just how 

much talent “a little Kiwi dancer” could 

have. She was announced as winner after 

wooing the 31 international judges. 

Itwas also Hamish’s first time attending 

the grand prix. 

“It was an amazing experience. The 

competition opened a lot of doors. New 

Zealand is quite small so the YAGP has 

given me the opportunity to attend some 

big international schools,” he said. 

The pair, who both wish to become professional 

dancers, were invited to compete 

at the grand prix, which was held on April 

11-20, at a qualifying regional competition 

in Sydney in September, where Tamison 

won the junior women’s category. 

The grand prix, which has been running 

for 25 years, saw about 2000 dancers from 

30 countries compete in classical, contemporary 

and scholarship classes. 

Of those dancers, 500 juniors were 

selected to proceed to the finals, including 

the two Christchurch teenagers. 

Tamison credits her success to hard 

work, practice, never giving up, constant 

support and learning from her teacher at 

Convergence, Olivia Russell. 

Her mother Toni Soppet said Tamison’s 

highlights from the trip were getting to 

perform on the Lincoln Center stage in 

New York and meeting new friends, teachers 

and the grand prix team. 

“We’re very proud of her and still in a 

bit of shock. She has worked so hard. Her 

dedication and work ethic is like no other. 

“The talent (at the grand prix) was 

incredible with beautiful dancers inside 

and out.” 

Hamish, who has been dancing at 

Convergence for about a year after moving 

from the Southern Ballet Theatre, said 

Russell has been instrumental in helping 

with his ‘technically and artistically clean’ 

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“Ballet is an art form and one I enjoy as 

it gives me an escape from reality. I like 

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THE $5.5 MILLION 

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Citycare has been awarded 

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facilities, removal of 

contaminated material, 

planting, and a portion 

of the City to Sea 

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zone manager Dave 

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recreational assets and local 

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river’s flood capacity. 

“Restoration of the river’s delta 

environment is a core objective 

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of the regeneration plan and one 

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co-governance establishment 

committee and collaboration 

with the University of 

Canterbury Ngāi Tahu 

Research Centre.” 

Little said it was pleasing 

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1 tbsp olive oil 

Salt and pepper to taste 

4 small apples 

3/4 cup fresh bread-crumbs 

2 tbsp finely chopped sage leaves 

1 shallot, diced 

1tsp crushed garlic 

2 tbsp table spread 

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Mustard and 

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500gm pork steaks 

1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 

¼ cup pomegranate glaze 

1 tsp Chinese five-spice 

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• Cut steaks into four portions. 

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300-400gm pork schnitzel 

½ cup flour 

Flaky sea salt and freshly ground 

black pepper to taste 

1 large egg 

2 tbsp coconut milk or plain 

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1 cup dried breadcrumbs 

3 kaffir lime leaves, deveined 

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2 tbsp each: chopped coriander 

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2-3 tbsp rice bran oil 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 9 

10 11 

346 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

246 

6 

P X R 

T O E 

12 13 14 15 

16 

17 18 

19 

20 21 22 23 24 

How many words of three or more letters, 

How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six 

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 16 Very Good 20 Excellent 24 

Solution 245: Ant, ante, ape, apt, ate, aunt, eat, 

nap, nape, neap, neat, net, nut, pan, pane, pant, 

pat, pate, paten, pea, PEANUT, peat, pen, pet, pun, 

word. punt, put, tan, tap, tape, tau, taupe, tea, ten, tun, 

tuna, tune, tup, unapt. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 16 Very Good 20 Excellent 24 

25 26 

27 28 

29 30 

31 32 

33 34 

Across 

1. Damned (6) 

5. Provide evidence (6) 

10. Face to face (Fr) (3,1,3) 

11. Vivid red (7) 

12. Halo around the sun (6) 

15. Simple, easily achieved (6) 

16. Act of betrayal (7) 

17. Search (4) 

18. Small land mass (4) 

19. Measure of sound (7) 

20. Prejudice (4) 

22. Alien sightings (4) 

25. Vine (7) 

27. Whinnies (6) 

28. Remember (6) 

31. Inspect (7) 

32. Glassworker (7) 

33. Ebb (6) 

34. Break apart (6) 

Decoder 

Down 

2. Boost (7) 

3. Learned person (6) 

4. Shallow food container (4) 

5. Part of foot (4) 

6. Traditional headdress (6) 

7. Alcoholic drinks (7) 

8. Expels (6) 

9. Erase (6) 

13. Debts (7) 

14. Sailor (7) 

15. Always (7) 

20. Old car (colloq) (6) 

21. Give life or energy to (7) 

23. Delicate (7) 

24. Annual pay (6) 

25. Option (6) 

26. Stay (6) 

29. In this place (4) 

30. Donkey’s years (4) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Cursed, 5. Attest, 

10. Vis a vis, 11. Carmine, 

12. Corona, 15. Facile, 

16. Treason, 17. Seek, 18. 

Isle, 19. Decibel, 20. Bias, 

22. UFOs, 25. Creeper, 

27. Neighs, 28. Recall, 31. 

Examine, 32. Glazier, 33. 

Recede, 34. Sunder. 

Down: 2. Upsurge, 3. 

Savant, 4. Dish, 5. Arch, 6. 

Turban, 7. Spirits, 8. Evicts, 

9. Delete, 13. Arrears, 14. 

Mariner, 15. Forever, 20. 

Banger, 21. Animate, 23. 

Fragile, 24. Salary, 25. 

Choice, 26. Remain, 29. 

Here, 30. Ages. 

WordBuilder 

EXPORT, opt, ore, oxter, 

per, pert, pet, poet, pore, 

port, pot, pox, pro, rep, repot, 

ret, roe, rope, rot, rote, 

toe, top, tope, toper, tor, 

tore, trope 

Sudoku 

DECODER 

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We need your help to fill our beds. 

Cholmondeley Children’s Centre has 

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