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Barbershop

The StAC Street Boys – Max Earnshaw,

Gus Ellerm, Harry Grigg and Alex

McHugh – sang

You’re Nobody till

Somebody Loves You

at the Barbershop

National Finals in Wellington, and while

unfortunately not placing it was a real

accomplishment to make it to the finals.

Dance and Ballet

Meg Stuthridge (Year 10) was

awarded ‘Honours with Distinction’

in Jazz (Elementary Level) from the

American Jazz Dance Affiliation (AJDA).

She has also been offered a place in

the New Zealand School of Dance

Associates programme majoring in

contemporary dance.

Cultural catch up

The Year 2 Ballet Academy class learn

the basics.

StAC students selected for Globe trip

Two Year 13 students, William Lu and Frances Campbell,

have been selected to go to The Globe Theatre in London

to work with professional Shakespearean actors and

directors. Next July, Frances and William, along with 24

other students from New Zealand will be immersed in

Shakespeare’s world; attending performances, going

on tours and performing. They were both chosen from a

group of 48 theatrical students that converged on Dunedin

in the second week of the school holidays to form the

National Shakespeare Schools Production cast. This cast

was selected from the 550 students that performed in the

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare National Festival held Queen’s

Birthday Weekend, in Wellington.

William played the role of Hamlet and gave a chilling

and thought-provoking performance. Frances composed

beautiful music for a variety of plays including

Henry V

and

Love’s Labour’s Lost

. Both William and Frances thoroughly

enjoyed the week, citing it as an amazing and unique

experience that all students, if given the opportunity,

should do. As well as being incredibly excited, both William

and Frances feel very honoured to be stepping in the

footsteps of many StAC alumni that have made the trek

over to the birthplace of the greatest writer of all time.

Frances Campbell and William Lu (both Year 13).

Maeve Burns (Year 10) was awarded

Honours Distinction in Grade 5 Tap

exam and Jack Duff (Year 12) was

awarded Honours Distinction in Tap

Elementary Level from Ballet Australia.

Priya Bartlett (Year 2), Christian Knight

(Year 2), Siara Clarke (Year 3), Charlotte

Brown (Year 5), Tehya Laws (Year 5),

and Maya Laws (Year 6) were awarded

the grade of ‘Gold with Excellence’ at

this year’s Ballet Academy examination

results.

Chase Jordan (Year 9) competed

at the New Zealand Open Dancing

Championships where he and his dance

partner won five New Zealand titles

after two long days of dancing ballroom,

new vogue and Latin styles.

Debating

The StAC Year 11 debating team of April

Oakley, Harrison Smith and Isabella

Garbett defended their title beating

Cashmere High School to become

the Canterbury Junior champions.

The moot of the evening was “This

house would sacrifice New Zealand’s

outstanding natural landscape in order

to generate clean energy and fight

climate change” and the St Andrew’s

team were affirmative.

Film Fest

There was the usual glamour,

excitement, high fashion and red carpet

as students and staff embraced this

year’s popular and uniquely StAC event,

Film Fest. Add in the celeb interviews

and awards, and this student-led event

was definitely a highlight on the College

calendar. English and Media Studies

teacher Andy McIntosh and Cultural

Captains Sam Hollis and Sophie Wells

were MCs for the evening during which

10 of the best films from the Secondary

School were shown to a near-capacity

audience in the theatre. There were

a large number of entries this year

including laugh-out-loud comedies,

feel-good dramas and thoughtful art-

house films, and places for the final

nominees in each category were hotly

contested.

Best Film

Sophie Wells and Ella Harris –

Co-op

Best Actor

Tom Wilkinson –

Villain

Best Actress

Sophie Wells –

Gigi

Best Supporting Actor

Frances Campbell –

Gigi

Best Original Music

Isaac Shatford –

Villain

Best Lighting

Sophie Wells –

Co-op

Best Camera

William Lu –

Gigi