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Churton Park 9-12 boys singing to the girls

Singing is going really well this week!

All 4-12's will be singing 'Beautiful Day" together on stage.

Island Bay Advanced students will also be singing "Down in the River to Pray" led by Nina as Robot SU-Z at Last Chance's outdoor church service. Also singing in this scene will be Jeb, Georgia and Finn from IB 9-12s.

Naia Alkhouri and Emma Domb will be singing the Creek lullaby without accompaniment.

It is important that all children practise their songs at home as well to make the most of our rehearsal time.

The songs are in the online show folder and can also be found here:

Beautiful Day and Lyrics
Down to the River to Pray and Lyrics
Creek Lullaby (Lyrics on script in scene)

Here are my top go-to costume shops!

www.costumebox.com.au
Great service, great products and super fast delivery. The Robot SU-Z suits made it over from Australia in only one day!

trademe.co.nz
TradeMe has a huge amount of costumes at the moment. The only downside is that they don't have a good layout and costumes are gendered meaning I end up searching both "boys" and "girls" sections for aaaages. Girls can be knights too! Also they have a "Costumes" section under "Clothing" but then they also have a "Dressup" section under Toys>Pretend Play. I end up looking through all 3 sections- and sometimes also Sport>Dance>"Costumes" too!

Wellington shops for bits and bobs:

Pete's Emporium: 2 Parumoana St, Porirua http://www.petesemporium.co.nz
Spotlight: 120 Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara 1
2 Cheap: 41 Manners Street, Te Aro
Good 2 U: 11 Manners Street
Wisebuys: 49 Dixon Street
Rainbow Bridge: 169 Riddiford Street, Newtown (Huge costume sale right now!)
Coinsave: Everywhere!
$1, $2, $3 Store: next to Newtown New World (50% off on the 1-3rd of every month!)

These shops have costume elements and some full costumes- just be sure to check online first to see if the costume is available for a better price online.

Kids don't need big expensive costumes- just a few accessories will make them feel just as special on stage. Kids also love to make use of your old clothes and/or raiding second hand shops for something preloved and funky.

In this year's Wonderplay show, we have tons of robots! A cardboard box, old vacuum cleaner pipes, egg boxes and buttons will go a long way. Maybe it's a project the family can do together? The cheapest metallic spray paint is at The Warehouse- it was $5.99 per can at my last visit. Check out the shop at the rubbish dump for some extra unique additions to your costumes.

Here's a great robot costume tutorial that the kids can follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rINaqaM3S8U

and one for grownups: https://youtu.be/BonSn-ZNSz4

Here's a tutorial for you to follow together:

http://pagingfunmums.com/2013/08/06/how-to-make-the-coolest-robot-costume-ever/

Check out these great DIY robot costumes for inspiration: http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/robot-costume.html

UPDATE: Just a response to a common question that I'm getting: For the 1850's cowgirl/boy characters. Jeans are fine. Sure they weren't invented yet, but I doubt they had time travelling robots or talking pigs either :)

Sneak into more classes through Wonderplay's Youtube channel

PS: We know how Bamboo grows but we took creative license

I have so many photos, fun moments and short notices to share that never make it into the term newsletter. Here is somewhere they can all be shared!

This will be particularly useful for quick notices for Robot SU-Z and the Cattle Kids. Sometimes I stumble on a great costume website I want to share but not by mass email. Other times, the kids take funny photos of their work or one will experience an amazing epiphany or a very odd, but genius line.

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