On Thursday, the Gracefield School choir sang at the Plunket Concert at old St Paul’s Cathedral. There were about 15-20 people in the whole group. I was in the harmony group with other people and the rest were in the melody group.
Parents transported us. We arrived at the Cathedral and walked in the door... the church was so beautiful and bright. We had to walk to this place and to get food and water. The options were two different types of bars and there were also bananas and apples. It was delicious and after that, we were full and ready to perform!
Sitting down, we waited for our turn. We finally went up wearing our kapa haka tops. I felt nervous but excited. After all the wait, we sang Forever Young, then people roared at us with happiness. Then we sang You Can Fly and it was the best experience in my entire life. The lights were like shining diamonds and the crowd was a roaring lion.
There were other performances. There were kapa haka performances and also, my cousin’s school. But my cousin wasn’t in it. I came home with my mum on the train. The plunket concert was so much fun and I hope in the future other students at Gracefield have the operationality to do the same as we did.
