Issue 234
Local News for Local Communities
Wednesday 25th June 2025
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SHOWQUEST WINNERS
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Rolleston College is celebrating a standout achievement after its learnerled team won first place at Showquest 2025, recently, with their powerful performance titled Sonder. The piece explored the quiet complexity of everyday lives and encouraged the audience to develop empathy for others. Set to a striking visual and musical backdrop, it followed
the stories of everyday individuals and the personal challenges we all face— prompting viewers to reflect on the idea that every stranger we pass has a life as intricate as our own. “Our team of 50 have been rehearsing for the past 3.5 months, with planning and development of our performance starting before the school year even began,”
said teacher Jemma Dalley. received high praise from “Our performance challenged judges, taking out several the audience to look beyond additional awards: the surface and develop • Best Story (Special Award) empathy towards others. It was • Excellence in Technology incredible to see our students • Recognition in Dance bring such a meaningful • Recognition in Music concept to life on stage.” • Recognition in Art Rolleston’s performance Continued on page 3…..
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