CAMBEWARRA Public was among nine schools from the Illawarra and beyond that took over WIN Entertainment Centre recently in an explosion of song, sound and celebration in the national creative learning festival Wakakirri.
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The school story-dance festival was a burst of colour and joy on a cold night in Wollongong, bringing together students from schools as far afield as Cambewarra, Macquarie Fields, Tullimbar and Dapto.
With just a few minutes to tell a story through song and dance, nearly 1000 young students took the stage through the night to tell tales about animal poaching in Africa, the world’s first feature film in 1906’s Story Of The Kelly Gang, and even an intergalactic space-hopping odyssey complete with light sabres, storm troopers and robots.
Almost 100 children from Cambewarra Public School took part in the performance which was reminiscent of The Lion King.
The school received a number of awards for their performance and their story.
Teacher Trent Burns said the students had been working on the show for about 14 weeks.
Mr Burns co-ordinated the entry but said credit should go to the students and the team of people who came up with the concept.
“The parents who put together the costumes did a really good job, and most of the dance was choreographed by former Nowra High School student Savanna Lloyd,” Mr Burns said.
He said the concept, Protect or Poach, told the story of African animals being poached and the consequences.
“We tried to think of an issue that was known world-wide and we fell in love with the African theme.
“Poaching is something all the students could all relate to,” he said.
