On Sunday 15th September, numbers of Columba students participated in the celebration of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival at Chinese Garden.

A group of Chinese students performed the Chinese Dance “Qing Bei”. Year 5 student Rainny (Yumeng) Li played “Guzheng”, which is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a more than 2500-year history. Year 4 student Simba (Xuanming) Tang sang the Peking Opera, which is the most popular and the most influential of the traditional Chinese theatrical performances. 

Year 13 students Joelle Gatenby and Eleanor Dunn won second and third prize in the Chinese Gardens Essay Competition. Their cash prize of $250 and $125 was presented by Consul-General Mr Wang and Dunedin Mayor David Cull at the Moon Festival at Chinese Garden. 

Jodelle and Eleanor also won the equivalent cash prize for Columba College which was received by Mrs Duthie at the event.