Sky Dancer with NZSO at CBS Arena

Sky Dancer with NZSO at CBS Arena

Sacred Heart students had an early lunch on the Thursday 14 November as we were preparing to see the performance of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra perform at the CBS Arena.

In the midst of a humid and hot yet windy day, we walked to the Arena from Sacred Heart, through and beside the traffic, the talk and laughter of children suppressing the roaring engines of cars, and once we reached the Arena, the atmosphere was rather different the one outside, the air was cool but the noise was still filled with the sound of children chatting amongst each other, it got louder as we were joined with other schools who were also keen to see the show.

By the time we settled down to our seats and got ready to see the performance of the Orchestra, they were still getting ready, the children saw this as a marvellous opportunity to keep on talking to their friends, but some were eager to see the show and waited impatiently for it to begin. 

After an eternity of children talking, laughing and fussing around, the show began. It began with a blare of instruments, the sounds danced and flew as different instruments playing in harmony created the voice of the whole Orchestra, the voice that was created by the singing instruments. Every group knew exactly when to stop or start playing their instruments, and this created and told an amazing story, using not words, but music.

The day ended with another trip-walking back the school, packing up our school gear and getting ready to go home to families, ready to tell them the splendour that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has given to us, and the heavenly treat that they gave to our ears.  By Roche