A note from Mrs Hogan...

Congratulations to all of the children on fabulous opening and closing ceremonies. You showed your countries and their dances great respect. I was amazed that everyone focused and remembered their moves so well.

Thank you to all of the family members who supported us either by providing props (scarves, ties, etc) or by attending our presentations.

We realise that many couldn't make it because of work commitments and that the videos on our blogs are hard to see (there is a 100mb limit for each file), so we will offer the dances on DVD to you, each DVD will have all 12 dances on them plus a selection of photographs from our sports day. There will be a small charge of $10. These can be ordered at the office at the start of term 4.

The introduction and class dances are below. Enjoy!

Welcome to Room 6's tribute dances

Room 6's tribute to Irish Dancing

Room6's tribute to the Namibian Tribal Dance

By Tori Sadler– Room 6

Music Appreciation – Indigenous Music - Kuranda Warrior
This piece of music is not slow, but not that fast. I think the person who made the music wanted it to be like that. She has repeated the music and put in a beat at the same time. I think the people who listen to this would be the people who would listen to music to put their mind on something different. She has used a didgeridoo and a bongo. I don’t really like this piece of music.

By Je Eun Lee– Room 6

Music Appreciation – Indigenous Music - Kuranda Warrior
The artist is a virtuoso – A brilliant, skilful performer. The beat is a steady repetitive musical rhythm. It is a vibrato, a repeated fluctuation.

The target audience is aboriginal warriors or the Australian audiences. I can see people walking in the deserts and birds chirping in the trees, in the forest. When the piece of music goes boom or “OooOoo”, I can see hunters in the forest hunting.