Well Done, StageOne!

Now well into its sixth year of operation our programme for youth, StageOne, recently completed the first public season of 2010. Based on the fulltime Company's Scene+ format the StageOne students presented a series of scenes with excellent feedback received on the performances.

The students showed high levels of professionalism and ability as they switched characters and adapted to audience reaction, it was certainly a learning curve for all involved and another successful season for the StageOne crew.

Enrolments are still open for Term 3 - you can find details online at www.stageone.co.nz

Head of Dance Retires

It is with great sadness and reluctance that we announce the retirement of Sheryl Robinson from her positions of Head of Dance and Director of Hagley Dance Company.

Sheryl retired at the end of Term 2 due to illness and we wish to thank her for her tireless efforts towards building the Dance programmes on offer at Hagley College. As well as developing dance studies for the College (years 11-13) Sheryl also founded the fulltime Hagley Dance Company, a programme that has achieved national recognition and celebrated 10 years of operation in 2009.

Sheryl also took charge of Dance within Hagley Theatre Company and her contribution, innovation and unique choreography will be missed.

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Not Without A Bang

We weren't prepared to just have an ordinary morning tea to farewell Sheryl Robinson, the Performing Arts staff at Hagley are a bit more creative than that!

Thanks to connections we were able to take Sheryl for an afternoon at Tanks For Everything, and a fun afternoon it was!

Sheryl and Associate Artistic Director Darryl Low took charge of a Ferret, drama teacher Fiona Brownlie roamed McLeans Island in an FV 432 and Artistic Director Cameron Mattox waged war on all in command of the Russian beast, a T-55AM2 tank.

Tanks For Everything is actually the weekend job of our Head of Drama, Wendy Lahy-Neary. It really is a great experience and we have no shame in plugging www.tanksforeverything.co.nz

Season Proves Popular

Now well and truly part of our performance calendar is Scene+ , a short season held each term that features a collection of scenes from various plays and authors, highlighting some of the excellent work our students achieve in their regular classes.

The most recent Scene+ was sold out and those who did manage to secure tickets gave plenty of positive feedback regarding the talent on display - both on stage and off (see below).

The next Scene+ has been scheduled for September and will include some scenes with students from our StageOne classes.

Team Hagley

It's no secret that Hagley College offers some of the most diverse and innovative courses to students, quite unmatched by other secondary schools.

Over the past couple of years we have used talent from the College's School of Fashion for costuming our major performance pieces and this year we have begun utilising the fantastic team from Hospitality.

Our Scene+ seasons include complimentary platters during Interval and in 2010 they have been provided internally by the hospitality students, under the guidance of Chef Jacinta Quinn. The situation is a win-win as we have more control over the platters and the hospitality students experience a real catering job.

Feedback has been amazing and the strong relationship between departments looks set to grow even further in 2011.

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