What a fabulous night.

The 2018 Lindfield Concert was a huge success. All the boys really enjoyed performing and got a real buzz from the enjoyment and excitement emanating from the audience. Performing in a concert is such a unique experience. For weeks, the boys have been working on their pieces – hearing me say “that is good. Let’s do it again!” I have been quoting at them “Practice not until you get it right but until you don’t get it wrong.” The boys certainly did this.

The boys had some input into the songs that were chosen. “Believer” which was sung by the choir was one that the choir monitor Will Murray chose. I did some research into it and discovered that one of the members of the band “Imagine Dragons” had a medical condition and he was in considerable pain. “Believer” is a song about overcoming this pain and making it a strength rather than a weakness. A powerful message for the boys to sing about.

“Can’t stop the feeling” is from the movie “Trolls” and the story is about the search for happiness and what you do to be happy. Whenever we rehearsed this song at school the boys in Years 5 and 6 were dancing and singing. They had a good time in learning it.

“Zuka Zama” was a lucky find. I was listening to a lot of songs, trying to find one for the Junior boys and this came up. I then found out where it came from and as a result the boys in Junior Primary and I have been singing a number of songs from The Lion Guard. We will probably do some others from this throughout the year. They all have very positive messages.

“Sesere Eeye” has been a song I have wanted to do for a few years. I first saw it performed by the Sydney Children’s Choir. Our group of Year 3 and Year 4 are really good singers and are able to hold 3-part harmony. They did a fabulous job learning this Indigenous song.

“This is Me” was the finale. Throughout the school we have been talking about the message of this song. When the Special Olympians came to the school we discovered that this was also their theme song for their concert. The boys sang it for this special group of people and it was lovely to hear one of them say “It gave me goosebumps”.

While there was no major theme for the concert, there was a message that was running through a number of the songs – be happy and enjoy life and who you are.

Vanessa South – Music Teacher