Variety Concert 2023

Variety Concert

On Wednesday May 17, Ōtaki College hosted an extravaganza of talent at the annual Variety Concert. It was a wonderful time with Music, Dance, Drama and Fire Poi! Students from Year 7 to 13 were involved. We were entertained by our MC’s Te Akau Epiha and Sam Georgetti with some great jokes and a game of Simon Says!

 The evening started and ended with Dance and there were five bands in the middle. We had Hayley Boyer who performed two Dances, and Charlee Allan and Rakapa Epiha-Hall who charmed us with their ballet and hip-hop dancing. Our two Smokefreerockquest bands gained valuable performing experience before the heats on Sunday and our Year 7 and 8 band gave their first performance ever! The other two firsts were a barbershop group with 5 senior music students singing Sh’Boom by the Chords and a Fire Poi dance by Isabel Hogan. It was an exciting night and the audience loved it.

 Comments from performers included:

“Awesome that people were able to come and enjoy a concert post Covid. Full House!!! – Freddy, “Fun to perform for the first time” – Henry.  I wanted to do Elvis dance moves” – Turanga and “It was fun and scary” – Taleah.