J Rock!!

I took 10 kids into town yesterday for J Rock (the primary school version of the Smokefree Stage Challenge) and have already decided that we are soooooo entering next year. We were in the Activate group - which is an introduction to J Rock (10 schools took 10 kids each to be a part of the opening performance. The kids worked with 3 choreographers from Unitec to put together an 8 minute dance). It was awesome, and watching them perform last night you wouldn't have thought they'd all just met and learned it all on the day :)

The organisers were amazing and the whole day went so smoothly. The kids were kept busy all day and when they weren't dancing there were competitions and games in which they could participate. It was just such a great experience, for teachers as well as the kids! I was highly impressed with the choreographers :) They are not teachers yet they managed to get 100 kids who didn't know each other to work cooperatively, follow instructions and perform in front of a huge audience.

What a fantastic day! I am soooo looking forward to next year when we're going to have a dance team entered. Now.... to think of a theme, ideas for music and start working on choreography (Not that we need a year to get ready, but we're all still on a high!)