Belmont Secondary SchoolB次元官网网址檚 music department is in full swing with rehearsals, sound checks and stage preps leading up to the annual Year End Concert June 8.
For some of the schoolB次元官网网址檚 bands, it will mark the first time this year they will perform in front of friends and family. For some students, it will be the last time they get to perform before graduating and moving on to adulthood.
Needless to say, the pressure is on, and the excitement is building.
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For some of the choirs, that practise has even included learning different languages for the performance.
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Grade 11 student Ash Andia said the concert will also present an opportunity to refine some performances which may not have gone the way they had hoped while performing at festivals and competitions earlier in the school year.
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While the end of year concert is mainly about the students, music teacher Izzy Spencer said she and her colleagues, as well as the wider school community, get a lot out of it as well.
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Admission for the concert is by donation, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and the music starting at 7 p.m. As with other recent concerts at the school, the show will be split between two different performance areas.
Part of the concert will take place in the school theatre, then following an intermission, it will transition upstairs to the library to provide each genre of music its ideal setting.
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