In August, we lost our blues at Karralyka when we performed our musical, Footloose! On Thursday 14th and Friday 15th August we performed three shows to local primary schools, and the school and wider community.
Auditions took place in early February, and twice-weekly rehearsals started in late February, with everything coming together late in Term 3. Our performances are only getting more impressive, with our leads and ensembles managing an amazing three-part harmony, and many junior performers stepping into roles with solo singing. The dedication of our students to acting, learning lines, singing, and dancing is to be commended.
Alongside our cast, our stagehand team transitioned our scenes smoothly, made sure every prop was in place, and I’m fairly sure our lighting tech is soon going to be plotting and running the show himself in a few years’ time!
Feedback from the community was only positive, with compliments ranging from celebrating our whole cast’s dance moves and singing, all the way to the primary school audience being impressed with the way the scenes change in the dark.
We’re very sad to be saying farewell to our Graduating year 12 students, Laura Harrison and Summer Hathaway, who have both played integral roles in Footloose and previous productions. We hope their time on the stage is not over, and they continue to pursue the performing arts in their future.
It’s always a bittersweet feeling once the show has wrapped and we’ve bumped out of the theatre. The excitement of show week, everything we’ve been working towards, is quickly replaced with the set back in the shed, the costumes hanging back in the store room, and the MPR silent on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Thankfully, the silence won’t last too long, as we’ve have recently been successful in securing the rights to next year’s production, which by now should be announced on our socials pages! All students in years 7 to 12 are welcome to become part of the show, whether they are on stage singing, in the wings helping organise props and sets, or up in the tech box working on lighting or sound.
