Welcome to NZ Music Month, a great time to celebrate all the diversity of musical talent in Aotearoa. On Friday 12th of May we had a special assembly to celebrate NZ music month and “Midnight Buzz”, one of our very talented school bands, were asked to perform two homegrown songs. The band consisted of Johnny Andrews on Drums, Braithan Bailey on Guitar, Joel McKay on Guitar, Oscar Mitchell on Bass and 2 guest vocalists : Markus Allot Baty and Toi Taratoa-Bannister. They had 1 week to learn 2 songs and they did an awesome job of the song led by Toi, which was “Glimmer” by Mako Road, which has the Kiwi Reggae vibe and then “North by North” by the Bats which was sung by Markus. A personal favourite of Deputy Principal, Mr Wilson-Pyne, was the song by the “Bats” from “Flying Nun Records” and he discussed the significance of the memories it invoked for him and the link that the song had to Shirley Boys' High School. A Shirley Old Boy, Roger Shepherd, famously created” Flying Nun Records” after owning a record shop in Christchurch. That was New Zealand's first own record label and by establishing the label he helped create was was musically to be known as the “Dunedin Sound”. This sound went on to influence overseas acts and the “grunge era “ of Music. The music block at SBHS now has a plaque about Roger Shepherd and the story of “Flying Nun”. The assembly performances were amazing and were a great way to celebrate NZ music month. On May 27th the Smokefree Rock Quest and Tangata Beats took place, this is a chance for all the talented music students to write and perform their very own original music adding to the legacy of homegrown talent from Shirley Boys' High School.