What an amazing achievement for our students to preform Annie last weekend. 48 students stepped onto the stage to bring life to this production that has been rescheduled four times over two years. We were the first school in Metro Melbourne to perform to a live audience. I could not be prouder of the students, staff and Leadership team who enabled this to happen. As well as the cast, we had over 20 students help with hair, make-up, backstage and front of house. This really was a collegial event that the students will never forget.
Thank you to the cast who remained committed and engaged for the whole year despite the circumstances we faced due to the pandemic. The cast worked so hard, rehearsals after school, on weekends and sometimes even lunchtime! These students shined on stage, and I encourage them to continue to pursue their passions for Performing Arts.
To our parents, thank you for your support. For the back-and-forth taxi pick-ups to the countless hours of rehearsals and to having your children prepared with everything we asked for. Thank you for trusting us to produce this Musical, we could not do it without your support.
To our staff, although our Performing Arts team is small, we are a family and our wider family of you; all staff is something we cherish. To the staff that dropped us food and coffee, to the staff that gave up their weekends to supervise. To the messages of support in the lead up to the support in the busy production week, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
To the College Leadership team, thank you for never wavering on your support and drive to get this done. We were never once told “no” or "maybe next year". Instead, we were championed to achieve what we had set out to do. Thank you from the production team for this amazing commitment to Performing Arts.
Overall, it has been a very busy, crazy time to produce a musical. To the Production team Dr Chris McGillen, Ms Laura Mason, Mr Ben Wisbey, I thank you from the bottom of my heart what an awesome team to take this journey together.
We look forward to announcing the 2022 College Musical at the Final Assembly next week.
