Students from the Kurri Kurri Learning Community shined in front of a packed audience of teachers, parents and friends at the annual Edfest night at Kurri High School on Tuesday.
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The evening kicked off with a display of students’ artworks in the gymnasium set up in a real gallery format.
Winners were then announced in a presentation in the school’s hall, as judged by Krysten and Graham Walker-Cox (see list of winners at the bottom of the page).
Ms. Walker-Cox said that all of the students who participated were winners, and deciding on the recipients was a very tough task.
“It’s always hard to pick winners,” she said, “especially when there’s so much talent.”
“Art itself is the greatest prize that you can give yourself and just keep doing it.”
Each school then performed items of singing, dancing and drama complete with choreography, costumes and smiles.
Weston Public school performed two dance routines, the junior students to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off while the senior students danced to Tonight Again by Guy Sebastian.
Pelaw Main choir sang I’d Do Anything from the Oliver musical, and the dance group took on Breakfree by Ariana Grande.
Kurri Public School’s choir performed a rendition of Home by Mumford and Sons and their dance group put a modern twist on Born to Hand Jive.
Kurri High School’s HSC drama group performed, and the band and dance group performed to Running by James Bay and closed the show with two more musical items – Creep by Radiohead and Our Lady of Sorrows by My Chemical Romance.
The dance group from Mulbring took on Roar by Katy Perry, before the Stanford Merthyr Infants girls sang I Am Australian and the whole school put on a body percussion item to Rain.
Kurri High School community liaison officer Heather Sutherland said the night was a fabulous showcase of talent from the local schools, exemplified by the huge turnout.
“It was definitely a full house, there was standing room only in the end reflecting the ongoing strong community support our students have,” she said.
She believes it may have been the change of venue from the gymnasium to the hall this year, which provided a stage and lighting but “whatever it was the performers all had an extra special buzz about them which the audience was thoroughly enjoying.”
WINNERS
Art
Kindergarten: Naomi McDonald – Stanford Merthyr Infants, Sophie Drummond – Kurri, Kailie Walker – Stanford Merthyr
Year 1: Hunter Bodo – Stanford Merthyr Infants, Harrison Clements – Stanford Merthyr Infants, Carla Sempf – Kurri
Year 2: Charlotte Harris – Mulbring, Lily-Mae Moore – Stanford Merthyr Infants, Alexia Fullick – Kurri
Year 3: Jacinta Dennis – Weston, Charli Stephenson – Kurri, Summer Merrick-Farley –Pelaw Main
Year 4: Aneva Bartlett – Weston, Arabella Henning – Mulbring, Jye Linnane – Kurri
Year 5: Paul Jimenez – Pelaw Main, Jessica Ainsworth – Weston, Grace Murray – Mulbring
Year 6: Albie Wells – Mulbring, Elisyah McElhinney, Jason Cox-Ryan – Kurri
Kurri High School
Year 7: Deacon Fellowes, Cassidy Boyd, Olivia Barlow
Year 8: Bella Couperthwaite
Year 9: Eden Richards, Shae Hunter
Year 10: Lauren Gardner, Natasha Winefield
Year 11: Kirra-Lee Jenness
Ceramics
Year 7-8: Chelsea White
Year 9: Laura Peters
Year 10: Hannah Waters
Year 11: Kiara Studdert
Photography
Year 8-9: Emily Davidson
Year 12: Mango Ware
Life Skills
Corey Baumanis
Aboriginal Artworks
K-2: Kayla Merrick-Farley – Pelaw Main
Year 3-6: Tamira Hudson - Weston
Year 7-10: Emily Lloyd
Judges Choice
K-2 ($20) Mischa Bordett - Weston
Year 3-6 ($30) Jade Gear - Kurri
Year 7-10 ($40) Ebony Jefferies
Year 11-12 ($50) Jack Shanks
Aboriginal prize ($20) Chloe Allaway
