GALA 2010
We've had it on good authority the weather will be fine that day - and it was marvelous!
Check out the pictures and if you would like to feedback any ideas, suggestions and thoughts on Gala Day please email Jana on jana.seibt@gmail.com .
Cake stall
Pizza, BBQ and Bacon and egg rolls
Toffee apples, Candy Floss, Slushies &
Cookie Decorating
Tattoos, Idol Makeover & Face painting
Bouncy castle, 'The Edge' & Funco rides
Soccer & Nerf Target Games
Hoop tossing
Lucky sticks
Lucky dip
Tombola & raffles
Mini jeeps and pony cart rides
Dunking Machine
Principal Steve Collins
From left to right - our lovely teachers Helen Ashman, Will
Trayes, Bevan Rathcliffe and Ruth Osborne
Buskers entertaining the crowds
White Elephant, Toys, Books, Clothes &
Plants
External vendors
We raised over $35,000 at this year's Gala and the money will go towards IT in classrooms and a replacement entrance sign. BIG Thank you to our generous families for all the donations & turning up on the day to ensure our Gala was a massive success!
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Sunflower growing competition winners
2nd Shane McCutcheon
3rd
Makayla Foster
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Stage Performances & Other Events
(click here for a printable stage and
events programme)
After weeks of auditions, the grand finale of Whanga Idol final was on stageOur very special judging panel made the final decision and some great prizes from Whangaparaoa Recording Studio were won.
Audience
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Stage MC -Jenine Maxwell
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to all our great sponsors who helped us making this event possible!
Well done to all our volunteers that brought this Gala
together.
A special thanks to all our teachers and staff
members who helped before, during and after Gala Day.
Sweet thanks to Clare Thompson and Helena
Humphries for coordinating a big team that gave us a sugar rush
of cakes, sweet treats, waffles, ice cream and ice blocks.
Big Hi5 to Andrea Mitchell who pulled the QuickFire Raffle
together.
A huge Thank You! to Justine Wilcox-Brown, our
stage manager, for creating a line-up of performers, helpers,
teachers, sponsors & Idol on stage - what a great
drawcard to our Gala.
Appreciation to the managers and co-ordinators of
games, activities, equipment, food, external
vendors, signage, saftey, finance, sponsorship
& general mangement: Sunita & Craig Hines, Fleur
Bartholomew, Sarah Southcomb,
Suzy Thompson, Donna Skyrme, Michelle MacDonald, Michele Irvine,
Dianne Farrow, Michelle Pirie-McNair, Liz Acott, Steve Ashman,
Lee Tempest (left) and Gwenda Holster-Dowler (right).
Universal Records @ Sanctuary Valley -
Brigitte Legendre
