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The objective for this Milestone is to have an original piece of written work published. I have wrote a story for the newspaper about J-rock.


J-Rock

Fifty Ngatea Primary School students from year 4 to 8 had the opportunity to take part in a dance performance to share a story at the Claudelands Arena Hamilton for a competition called J-Rock. J-Rock is a competition/event with dance, drama and design for New Zealand primary and intermediate school students with an opportunity to express their creativity through music and dance. It is a way to share stories in dance and perform to maybe be awarded some certificates.

Students had to practice from Monday to Thursday for a month which is a great deal to get ready for the big day. It was 16th June when they set off to Claudelands Arena where they were going to share their story with more than 1000 people. Their performance told a story about a girl who is given a gaming machine  for her birthday. With the gaming machine comes a gold creature which is like the addiction to the game. The girl played on it all night and had the decision to play with her friends or play on the addictive, mind controlling gaming machine- she chose to play on the gaming machine. She plays many games - each difference dance groups with different dance styles. She began with a clown game, an army soldier game and a zombie game. The games started to take over  the main character's mind and the game characters started to turn up when she was not playing. She had to stop playing with the help of her friends - the performance ended with the gaming characters out of her life for good.

The main character commented “J-Rock was an amazing opportunity for me, I enjoyed learning the dance. I think our story line had a very important message and it was a privilege to be the main character.”  A zombie character said “I think we had a good topic. I think we did some awesome dancing and am proud of what I did. I encourage more people to do it next time for it is an awesome experience.”

Thank you to the people that helped out. Also many thanks to the volunteers taking their time to help out. The NPS J-Rock crew did a great job and won many certificates. They won an award for Participating, another for Excellence in Choreography, the award of Excellence of Visual Enhancement and the award of Excellence of Concept.

Many thanks to the J-Rock crew - you did an awesome job.