Term 3 Week 8 recount

"Mum how long are we there?" I asked.
"A few minutes later!"
Finally, we were there at Elim Collage at the Koanga Festival. Mrs Graham told us the way to go to the changing rooms.

First, I went to one of the rooms to change. In the rooms I saw the teachers that are waiting and some of the Kapa Haka students are waiting as well. I got my uniform and I went to change behind the shelf. I felt excited and a bit nervous that we going to perform in front all the audience. then Mrs Melville told us to do the moko, toanga and feathers on heads, we look beautiful as a swan and we sang happy birthday to Mrs Plowright because it was her birthday and she was so happy.

Next, we did some polish on our performance in the rooms. After a while we finished polishing the performance the helper in the Collage takes us to a room to get ready. Then we went into the a black curtain and in the our front it was the stage, we waited a few minutes until the other school finished.

After that, we walked on the stage and looked at the audience, the festival seems to be more smaller because the audience is not so much but I saw Mrs Johnston, Mrs Plowright, Mrs Graham, Mrs Hodge, Mrs Huges and even Mrs Melville and Matua Feanaza who teaches us, after looking at the audience the guitar started, we started, we started our performance. We first sang E nga iwi, and then Jade B, Olivia, Jade dis the Kainga, then we started the whakaeke. And then Te Whenua and the poi song, and then the Haka and and the closing song and then we ended the performance. Jade and Caleb walked to the front and two of the students gave them a certificate and then we headed of stage behind the curtain and up to the changing rooms we each got a lolly and we went to change when we finished some people went to buy some food at the food stall others go home.

Me and my mum went to the food stalls it is really hard to decide. Finally, we dicided that we are going to have a snowie with lots of colour flavors on it and my little sister had a sprinkle Mr Whippy ice cream then we finished our food and went home.

Overall I thought it was a brilliant performance at the Koanga festival our Kapa Haka group have done well. Mrs Melville said we were amazing and Matua Feanaza too. I am looking forward to do this again even we need to practice a long time like this year we practiced a  year but we performed well.