The Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival

Now, a lot of you are wondering what the poster on Room 9’s window is about. It is about the Music Festival in the Town Hall that people all over Canterbury go to. It consists of many groups such as choirs, an
orchestra, a concert band, a recorder ensemble, plus some other groups joined together to make a piece. The theme is Pathways. The Orchestra is going to play Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Concert Band is playing Cartoon Symphony, which includes two Bugs Bunny themes, The
Simpsons, (Meet) The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Pink Panther, and Animatics. So now you know heaps about the festival, but how do you get into the orchestra, choir or concert band?? A lot of people try to get in but most don’t. What you have to do is to do an audition with someone. After that they judge the best
people to be in the festival. About two months after you did your audition, they tell you if you were successful. Some people in Thorrington School got into this festival. These
people are Jonty Schmidt, Benny Schmidt, Millie Peate-Garratt and Ella Somers. Jonty and Benny got in for the Concert Band, Millie got in for the Junior Choir, and Ella got in for the recorder ensemble. Also all the choirs in Christchurch schools go to the festival to make the massed choir. So we will see the Thorrington School choir there. The festival will be on the 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd of October. So now you know heaps about the festival and I hope you tell your friends and come along. This is their website, where you can see photos, read about
everybody who is playing and more… http://musicfestival.school.nz/
By Jonty Schmidt