Sheilah Winn and Jean-Luc Pitcaithly.

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival win

Congratulations to the Year 13 Drama students who were involved in the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare competition this past weekend - 1st place in the 5-minute piece with an intense scene from Coriolanus: Callum Menzies and Jonathan Challies had the main roles with Norbert Muller, Jonty Challies-Gibb, Siaki Kata and Jack Latu taking the other roles and drumming by Matt McCarthy. Off to Welllington at Queen's Birthday for the national competition. Thanks of course to Ms Sullivan with wonderful photos by Niamh Sullivan.

Jean-Luc Pitcaithly in NZSSSO in holidays

Jean-Luc Pitcaithly has a busy time coming up during the second week of the holidays with his involvement in the NZ Secondary Schools’ Symphony Orchestra. Successfully auditioning on trumpet, he will join around 50 other students in a week-long course, culminating in a public performance on Saturday, 28 April at the Charles Luney Auditorium, at 7pm. There is also an informal rehearsal on Friday, 27 April from 5 – 6pm for $5 at the door.