Yass Valley primary school students returned home on Tuesday, November 28 after Saturday night’s final performance of the biggest and one of the best Schools Spectaculars ever.
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Both Berinba Primary School and Yass Public School students ventured to Sydney, a trip not soon forgotten, to not only perform in front of thousands of students, but also participate in making the Guiness World Records. What’s more, the last performance was screened on television stations across the country.
The Schools Spectacular cast officially counted as 5322 for the Guinness World Records title included a 2,700-strong choir and 2,300 dancers.
Alongside the choir and dancers was an 80-piece symphony orchestra; a world-class stage band; and more than 40 Featured Artists were described as “Officially Amazing”.
At times they flooded the arena stage with vibrant intensity while in other intimate scene performers captured the huge stadium audience with their mesmerising talent.
The show was a classical extravaganzas blending the symphony orchestra and choir to explosions of pulsating rock and pop.
The Schools Spectacular was said to “colourfully unfold the broad spectrum of music and dance”.
Schools Spectacular Executive Producer Jane Simmons said everyone should be proud to share in the triumph of the 2016 show.
“Schools Spectacular 2016 was amazing,” Ms Simmons said. “Every single performer, the incredible teachers and staff who brought it all together at the arena and at school, the students’ parents and all who contributed deserve huge applause for the incredible efforts.”
Creative Director Sonja Sjolander said the Schools Spectacular met the challenges of the new Olympic Park venue – the biggest in the 33-year history of the iconic show.
“Schools Spectacular truly lived up to the traditional of the QUDOS Bank Arena which has hosted the biggest names in entertainment,” Ms Sjolander said. “Our cast and crew rank with them as stars”
There was something for everyone, including Trekkies with actor and Playschool favourite Jay Laga’aia reprising his Star Wars role with some of Spec’s tiniest dancers, before performing with four of his children – all Schools Spectacular cast members.
Even before the last of the audiences filed out of the new Olympic Park venue, planning was already underway to make Schools Spectacular 2017 bigger and more impressive.
This years Southern Schools Spectacular lived up to its theme: “Dream Big”.
