MP3's Recording Studio Visit

On Thursday the 27th of August, the school’s band, MP3, visited the University of Otago’s recording studio. They recorded four original songs entitled, “The Best You Can Be”, “Reach For The Stars”, “Got To Let It Go”, and “Do The Right Thing.” In the morning when they arrived, they were shown the main studio where they would be recording. The main sound track of the band was nearly completed before lunch and it only took two or three takes for each song. In the afternoon we had one more song to complete and then it was just the vocalists who were needed to record the vocal tracks. They did the vocals separately because otherwise the band music might spill over into the vocals. This was the fifth time that the school band has been to the recording studio during the last six years and it has now produced a total of 20 songs, including 17 original compositions, some of which were co-written by the children themselves. Although the recording work was completed on the day of our visit, the recordings have not yet been mixed but we are all looking forward to hearing what we hope will be a very professional sounding CD.

Cross Country

On 11 August, the Milton Area Schools Cross Country was held at Tokoiti School. The track was around their school field and some neighbouring paddocks. The junior children had a much smaller track of about 1km. It was a bit muddy with all the rain and snow we had had a couple days before the event which ended in a couple of people losing a shoe! The Years 3, 4, 5, and 6’s who finished in the first five of their races get to go down to the South Otago champs in Clinton on 19 August. After their race, the children were very puffed and hot with all the effort they put in. There were heaps of parents and family members there to watch their children. Every child should be very proud of themselves for competing so well and congratulations to those who qualified for the South Otago champs.

Greased Lightning

MP3: "Already Gone"

The Final Countdown

School Concert

On Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening, Milton Primary School students performed a concert at the Toko High School hall. The evening began with the whole school singing a lively song called Kiwikids followed by two songs by the junior children. The other items on the programme consisted of: two Maori songs by the senior school, a kapa haka performance by the juniors, a song performed by the school band, a senior dance group, all the talent show finalists from the juniors and seniors, and an amazing play by the juniors called “The Kings Spell”. The junior talent quest was won by Dan and Will Leslie, and the senior talent quest winners were Charlotte Herbert, Jenna Griffin, and Kate Brady.

At the end of the night the seniors performed some entertaining syndicate singing for the audience.There was a raffle and many prizes were won. The hall was full to bursting on the Thursday night and nearly as full on the Wednesday. The concert was enjoyed by everyone. It was a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday and an even better performance on Thursday evening.