Linwood College at Ōtākaro’s Jazz Band has been working hard all year and proved that hard work pays off.

In the JazzQuest competition on Saturday, August 3rd, the Cheeseburgers delivered a 30 minute set at Ara Jazz School and received a Silver award for their performance.

Their second competition, at the Southern Jam Festival in Blenheim, which kicked off on the 7th of August, built on that early success for an "Amazing and incredible," performance.  The band ended up with 2 awards: a silver award and adjudicators' choice for overall best stage performance and group composition. Overall, the band enjoyed their trip and felt accomplished from doing so well.

Throughout the year the Cheeseburgers have played 8 concerts, including a final performance at the ABS theatre in Blenheim in front of an audience of over 1000 people. Swimming in the river, campfires and ultimate frisbee are some of the activities that the students enjoyed during their downtime on this 6-day festival tour.