Aquinas Senior Drama students are rehearsing for a production of Ionesco’s ‘Bald Prima Donna‘. The show is for one night only – 21 October. Year 10 students are also showcasing some work with a one-off performance of of ‘Living with Lady MacBeth’ on the 20 October. Both performances will be held in the foyer at…
Sports and Cultural photos will be taken in the College Gym on Friday 26th July (first week back in Term 3).Attached are the schedules outlining the times for group photos. Coaches and managers of teams are welcome to be part of a photo. It’s important that groups are on time as the photographers won’t wait…
The Junior Choir performed an intensive repertoire for the Tauranga Primary Schools Music Festival on Monday 3 September at Baycourt Theatre. The theme of the festival this year was ‘It’s About Time’, so their repertoire included songs about time, such as ‘Time After Time’ and ‘Seasons of Love’. These songs were performed in a mass…
The Night Is Young is a show, in which ten Bay of Plenty secondary schools from Katikati to Te Puke, are invited to showcase their performing arts talents on the Baycourt Stage. This year three very talented acts from Aquinas College took to the stage to perform. Year 13 students Ronan and Duncan Hendry blew the…
The Waikato ITM Band and Orchestra Festival was an exciting 1-day music festival held at Waikato University, on Friday 24 August. Over 1000 high school students and their various different musical ensembles met to perform in front of their peers and adjudicators. The Aquinas Concert Band and Aquinas Jazz Band travelled by bus to take…
Kia ora whanau Nga mihi nui ki a koutou me te tangi hoki ki a ratau kua riro atu. As we approach the end of Term 1, it presents an opportunity to reflect on what has been a very busy and positive term in the life of the College, as you will read in this…
A number of talented students and staff have been wowing audiences with their singing, acting and dancing talents. Mary Poppins ran for 6 nights are Baycourt in September. Star of previous school productions Bugsy Malone and Oliver, Yr. 11 Michael Graham appeared alongside his father, Fraser Graham, cast as George Banks. Katie Graham, a Yr…
Congratulations to Eliza Ward (Year 8), Michael Graham (Year 11) and Abigail Speight (Yr12) who have been announced as part of the Tauranga Musical Theatre’s production of Mary Poppins cast that will run from 23 Sept – 7th Oct at Baycourt Theatre. Michael will play the part of Valentine and Eliza the role of Jane…
Our congratulations go to Bella Wright (Year 9) for being offered the role of Brigitta von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” 20 city touring company that will commence on 29 Sept – 29 Oct hitting the stage throughout New Zealand.
On Friday 9 June, Voci Celesti travelled to St Peter’s College Cambridge, to compete in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Big Sing Choral Competition. They presented songs from the following categories: New Zealand Composition/Arrangement, Classical Composition, and one of their own choosing. Judges comments included “You managed good dynamic contrasts, vowel sounds, and diction was…
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