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Director of Culture | Mr Matt Cocking
Music success at the state level
Well done to the 35 students who have been accepted into the State Honours Ensemble Program. Terrace Music is proud of our 21 successful and 14 reserve students.
Debating the road to Darwin | Alexander Sullivan, Vice Captain of Debating
Over the past five weeks, many Terrace debaters – including Scott Moran and myself – have participated in the Queensland Debating Union’s state team trials. The purpose of this is to earn the privilege of participating at the National Schools Debating Championship in Darwin. We are hopeful that we might be able to follow in the steps of past Terrace state team debaters like Xavier Redmond (GT 2015) and Tristan Hurree (GT 2017).
The initial trials consisted of a weekly debate, halving the pool of the participants after each trial. With only one hour to prepare and multiple adjudicators for each debate, the trial process has been extremely difficult and unforgiving. Despite this, Terrace students have been very successful this year with a number of top 48 placements.
This culminated in the selection of a top 12, which, this year includes two Terrace debaters, Scott and myself. Once in the top 12, a debater has a session each day of the weekend, spanning four hours for three weeks. These contain two short preparation debates, general knowledge quizzes and priceless information on how to improve your debating. Furthermore, as it comes to the end of the trial process to select the state team from the 12 debaters left, we would like to extend an invitation to come and watch the final debates. These will be held on Monday 25 March at the Abel Smith Theatre at the University of Queensland.
Please click here for all Debating Results
Madagascar Jnr starts to dance | Assistant Director, Mr Greg Moore
Our first Sunday rehearsal for the Middle School Musical 'Madagascar Jnr.' took place on Sunday 17 March. Our students showed up full of energy and ready to participate in their very first choreography call with our guest choreographers. After some physical warm up exercises, it was time to start piecing together one of the most popular songs from the show, 'I Like to Move It', and boy did they ever! This song is a work out in itself from the very beginning, right through to the end with plenty of jumps, fist pumps and some clever foot work. It didn't take long for our talented cast members to 'find their feet' and by the end of the day our ensemble and leads, led by the popular character King Julien were proving that not only could they 'move it' but 'move it' well! Not even the passing storm could match the energy coming from our rehearsal space. The day was a huge success and our young gentlemen are certainly looking forward to our next dance call, and even more so, getting on to the stage.
Madagascar Jnr – Save the Date!
Ticket sales will open soon for our Middle School Musical via trybooking. Please keep your eyes open for information via our social media sites.
The show runs over three nights: 9-11 May.
Support Group Meetings
- Tuesday 7 May, 5.30pm in the Old Boys’ Room, Debating Support Group
- Tuesday 7 May, 5.30pm in the Callan Centre, Terrace Performing Arts
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