Fanfare results really impress

This week our instrumental music ensembles had great success at the 2024 Fanfare State Schools Festival of Bands and Orchestras. On Monday Ms Hampson and Ms Ellison took our Senior Strings group on the bus to Pimpama State School to perform. They played their hearts out and came away with a Platinum Award- the highest ranking in the festival. After speaking with the adjudicator, Ms Ellison learned that up in the Central Queensland division, 120 ensembles performed with only 2 achieving the Platinum Award ranking. This speaks measures of our talented and dedicated our Senior Strings ensemble are!

On the following day, Mr Donnelly and Ms Ellison returned with both our Junior and Senior Band Groups. They also blew the adjudicators away bringing home two Bronze Awards for Coomera Rivers. For many of our band students, this was their first ever public performance which is a massive achievement in itself. We were thrilled with how the students conducted themselves and can’t wait to see more performances as they turn their attention to our upcoming Mid Year Showcase Concert and Gold Coast Eisteddfod.

Thank you sincerely to our Arts team of Mrs Ellison, Ms Hampson and Mr Donnelly on their fantastic work so far this year.

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Dancing star

Olivia recently competed in the Evolution Dance Competition in Brisbane. She placed: 1st Contemporary, 1st Any Style Solo, 2nd Lyrical, 2nd Musical Theatre and 1st Overall Highest Scoring Solo in Evo Elite 8-9 years. This means she qualified to compete for the National Title in January. Her goal was to dance her new solos well and qualify for nationals so she was super happy to achieve this. 

Congratulations Olivia - you are incredibly talented.