Western News: May 02, 2024

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Grand prix success opens 

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DANCING QUEEN: Tamison Soppet danced her way to 

victory at the recent Youth America Grand Prix ballet 

competition, winning the junior women’s title. 

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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. 

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PERFORMANCE: Burnside High student Hamish Giddens 

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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 

anniversary. 

It was one New Zealand’s 

bloodiest battles during World 

War 2, spearheaded by the 

Māori Battalion. 

The New Zealand Division 

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fighting in the town 

of Cassino. More than 150 of 

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St Andrew’s travel and tourism 

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being at Cassino for Anzac Day 

was special. 

A wreath was laid on behalf 

of Christchurch citizens at the 

Cassino cemetery. 

The students were selected for 

the trip as part of the Christchurch 

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“It’s a really good time to take 

them because they’re at that 

stage where they’re making decisions 

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want to travel, and it’s a good 

start for that,” he said. 

The three-week trip included 

visiting Paris and Rome. There 

are five St Andrew’s families 

who had descendants who 

fought in the battle. 

FALLEN: More than 300 New 

Zealand troops were killed 

during the battle and are 

buried at Cassino cemetery. 

St Andrew’s student Brooke 

Hughes said after doing the research, 

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you because it’s not something 

that can be forgotten and it 

should never be.” 

Morrison believes the students 

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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’ performance. 

“Ballet is an art form and one I enjoy as it 

gives me an escape from reality. I like pushing 

and showing myself through dancing.” 

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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 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

All puzzles copyright 

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y 

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz


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We need your help to fill our beds. 

Cholmondeley Children’s Centre has 

23 beds for tamariki to stay during 

times of whānau stress or crisis. On 

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Every empty bed is a missed 

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Donate today to give Canterbury 

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Cholmondeley Children’s Centre provides 

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for tamariki when they need extra support due 

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and costs just under $3,000,000 per year to 

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funding, and the remaining 80% comes from 

the generous support of the Canterbury 

community. 

www.cholmondeley.org.nz

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