Cultural Festival 2016

Tena koutou katoa,
                              well everyone, the Cultural Festival is over and you have made me (and the school) proud. I loved your energy and your enthusiasm on the night and how well you performed. I have had so many parents coming up to tell me how much they enjoyed the show and how amazed they were at your performance. They could now see how much hard work you had been putting in to your kapa haka or pasifika rehearsals and what you can achieve. I have included the link to your performance from youtube so you can watch yourselves (again and again and .............).

We have just been invited to perform at one of the University kindergartens and I am trying to sort that out over the next week or so. In Term 4 we also have the Ilam Culturalfest. Last year we called it the Ilam Polyfest but this year we have expanded to include performances from India and surrounding countries. Watch this site to get more information in the coming weeks.

Once again thank you for all your hard work leading up to the Cultural Festival and what you achieved at the festival, you were a pleasure to watch.

Ahakoa he iti he pounamu ("although it is small, it is greenstone" - a Maori whakatauki which can be translated to mean "our children maybe small but they are precious to us").


nga mihi nui

Mr Withers

Parent Ticket Order Form                                                  

Cultural Festival 2016, 29 August - 2 September, Horncastle Arena

Tena koutou

We warmly invite your family to come and support Ilam School performing in Cultural Festival 2016. The event will include a showcase of cultural performances, visual art exhibition and wearable art pageant. This is a wonderful opportunity for our tamariki to experience and perform at the Horncastle Arena and we hope you can join us. The last day for parent discount ticket orders is Monday 27 June and these can be purchased through the school Office. Our school is performing on Thursday September 1 between 6.45 pm and 9.00 pm at the Horncastle Arena (Jack Hinton Drive, Addington).

Important Notes :

• Tickets can be paid online or by EFTPOS through the school Office. Ilam School bank account details are 06 0665 0082688 00 and write ‘Cultural’ as a reference.
• ∙ If you miss this deadline, you can purchase your own tickets from Ticketek.
• Concert start times are: matinees 12.30pm and night concerts 6.45pm. Please be seated 10 minutes prior to concert commences.
• Parent tickets will be allocated group seats, therefore independent bookings will not be seated with the group.

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DUE BACK TO SCHOOL BY MONDAY 27 JUNE 2016

YES please. I want to order Parent tickets for Cultural Festival 2016

Parent Name __________________________________________________

Phone ______________________ Child Name______________________

Room Number. ____________________

Show dates: (please tick one)

□ Mon night 29 August @ 6.45 – 9pm

□ Tues night, 30 August @ 6.45 - 9pm

□ Wed matinee, 31 August @ 12.30pm-2.30pm

□ Wed night, 31 August @ 6.45 – 9pm

□ Thurs matinee, 1 Sept @ 12.30pm-2.30pm

□ Thurs night, 1 Sept @ 6.45 – 9pm (Ilam Children perform on this night)

□ Fri matinee, 2 Sept @ 12.30pm-2.30pm

□ Fri night, 2 Sept @ 6.45 – 9pm

Number of adults ___________ @ $15 per person = $_________

Number of children __________ @ $8 per person (13 years & under) = $_________

TOTAL to pay school $__________

Dear Whānau / Parents / Caregivers

Thank you for supporting the Cultural Festival 2016, the following is information about the festival and your child’s involvement.

Your child is performing on Thursday September 1 between 6.45 pm and 9.00 pm at the Horncastle Arena (Jack Hinton Drive, Addington).

Tickets are $15 (adult) and $8 (child) and can be ordered by completing the Ticket Order form and handing it in to the school Office. These must be booked and paid for by Monday 27 June either by EFTPOS or online (details on order form). If you miss this opportunity, you can purchase tickets through Ticketek.

The Performers Entrance at Horncastle Arena is the side door on the left beside the ticket booths. Access is strictly for performers and their nominated helpers (those with official security bands), parents will not be allowed access beyond this point. We will meet outside the left hand entrance, weather permitting, no later than 6.00 pm. If the weather is wet we will meet inside, to the left of the main entrance. This will give us enough time to sort out any problems before we take our seats for the performance. At the end of the performance we use the same meeting place for parents/caregivers to collect the child/children. Please ensure you arrange for your child to be picked up after the show.

Performer seating will be in reserved seats pre-arranged with the school. Children must remain seated with their school group for the whole concert and may NOT leave their seats to visit family etc.

Performing children will be expected to stay for the whole concert out of respect for other performers.

If your child needs medication, please ensure I know and that the child brings their medication with them for both the rehearsal and performance. Children are NOT allowed to take food and drink into the Arena and may not buy anything from the foyer before or during their performance. Please ensure your child does not bring excess personal property ie: jewellery, watches, rings, toys or cell phones. If you have any lost property at the festival, please contact the Event Manager: 021745767.

Personal video cameras and photography is permitted so long as it does not impede the view of other audience members.

Festival image rights: Professional photos and recording taken during the Festival by the Festival may be used, printed, published, digitally transmitted or broadcast by Festival personnel by any means for the purposes of promotion, website, administration & facilitation of current or future Primary Schools Cultural Festivals. Video footage may also be screened on local, national or international television or visual medium. Individual images cannot be excluded from promotional videos or video footage compilations recorded, distributed and/or sold for each concert.

It is difficult to restrict filming and photography of performers so if you are concerned about this it is best to withdraw your child from the performance and enjoy it as a spectator.

The final point is that each school is required to help the organising committee by having an adult help during one of the performances eg selling programmes. If you are able to help, could you please let me know as soon as possible so I can get in contact with the organising committee. These types of festivals are largely volunteer and by offering to help we can keep ticket costs to a minimum.

We hope this information will help make your festival experience go smoothly and be a great success!

Kia ora koutou

Mick Withers

Kapa Haka Co-ordinator

Whakataka te hau update

Hi everyone,
just updated the blog and have attached a video of Whakataka te hau underneath the lyrics. The song is very slightly different in a couple of place, but the pronunciation of te reo is excellent, have a listen.

nga mihi nui
Mr Withers

Welcome to Ilam School Kapa Haka 2016

HI everyone and welcome to the Ilam School kapa haka blog. We have a large group of students this year with over 90 members in the performance group. It's great to see so many children giving kapa haka a go, I am very lucky to work with such a great group of Ilam students.

It is a big year this year with the Cultural festival at the end of August. We will need to be really focused during our kapa haka time to ensure we create a performance we are all proud of. That means being on time and sitting in the correct place in our lines ready for Matua Maaka and his helpers. To help, I have added to the right-hand side of the blog, a list of waiata and their lyrics. You can use these to practise your singing and the pronunciation of te reo. The list will grow as the year progresses.

nga mihi nui
Mr Withers